Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-26
tho Last Days OF BohsmIan
woman.
The New York correspondent Of the Phil
adelphlA Telegraph writes as follows,


The New York correspondent Of the Phil
adelphlA Telegraph writes as follows;
The other evening accepted an invita-.
ton Of somewhat peculiar character, aud
paid visit TO a certain feminine reputable.
| ity, who at ono time was exceedingly well
known as Queen In Bohemia. That time
has long aimee passed, and the woman Of
good abilities, who might have won a fall
success upon the stage or with her pen, now
llvcs from hand to mouth In one wretched
room, dealing out spiteful gossip In excel,
drinking raw whisky, snndvlchInR nef sen.
fences with highly favored oaths, examining
herself with spirituallsm, aud -induIgIng
largely In "reminiscences Of PALMER days,
when diamonds and laces were plentiful
aud she one Of the giddlest Floras Of the
period.
The acquaintance who introduced me
promised me should see strange eight, to
use his own language, eau Intellectual
woman going to the deylll"
Tho description was a very sad one. 1t
was very sad 10 soc that woman lying there
for II was past midnight aud she was In
the rumpled frllls OF her nlght-dross betray-
ing more than q blondo-burlesque amplitude
Of bosom, her checks more becomInKly
hectic than any rouge could mako them,
and her eyes flashing like generous, dark
gems. With a carelessness which she
neither apologiEed for nor attempted TO
remedy, the bedelothes were huddlod around
her form, and as we entered she nunK down
the book-it was swedenborg's t'HsSVen and
Hell'--and greeted n. With a 1auey self
possession which the aiTlnesS Of her attire
rendered rather plquant, IL was Ike visit.
Ing a piayed-out Cora PeATl-a ooeoiis In her
last days when the frSt Two syllables are
gone out Of the bubble and-squeak Of exist.
enee, and only tho squeak remains. She
had come down 10 the coup mdl0re Of life,
amer having fingered long, 10th 10 depart,
over the grouse aud pheasant. Some vail
liable diamonds sho still retained, and one
magnificent cluster sho had fastened around
her neck. The furniture OF the room was
extremely cheap and common, aud the
various articles OF the toilet were "slunr'
around with a greater regard to the con-
venience OF the moment than the eternal
hthess Of things. I'.,
How she talked II was painfully graft
lying TO hear her. Her power In conyersa-
lion was far beyond that Of any one else in
The room, and she welded II necessarily and
With apparent relish during the hour We re-
nainedj now giving anecdotes OF Lola Mon
eE and Adah lsaAcs Menken, (Wbose pot-
raits decorate the walls nf her room, ) now
N--~s-NNI .NNSA1iaAhk Akhluh WAL sue
srmed the shameless hypocrisy Of woman
Who VIGOROUSLY apes morality aud scandal
res, FOR splte's sake, profession she never
Dossessed the physical charms TO succeed in. |
'ur1ng the very strong cigar that one Of the |
men 10 tho room had offered her, bullying |
Ter guest for not having brought her 90 |
much a. a mng OF alo from the restaurant |
Glow, quoting Thoughtful aphoriGms from
lnINer and emotional passages from Byron,
expressing 4 sensuouS delight In children,
nd especially In boys, swallowing raw liquor
nth no greater apparent flush either In her
ace er emphasis, proudly trampllbg down
or sense OF degradation, and Boosting that,
ght or wrong, she meant to tight Ii out
n that line to the last day Of her exlstence,
ohantly announcing that IL was her prln.
pie In life 10 do as she pleased without
ring - what anybody thought, the
oman was q spectacle not easy 70 DO for
'tten. She was one Of those fascinating
lners whose repentance angels are said to
lolco over. WIN sho ever give them a
Iance1