Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-28

Chapier-what They Say About steaIing
Horses and Children.
The STAR has made mention several times of
the fact that band of gipsies have been camp
ed for some weeks in the neighborhood of the
Chain bridge A STAR reporter visited them
several days since. The camp Is small one,
not more than ten people in ALL two wagons
and four horses. The band has made its pres
ent camp there to await the arrival of several
other branches of the same general band, who
have summered in thenorthern states, and now
are daily expected to arrive here on their way
to North Carolina, where they will winter. There
will be when the entire party meets here about
seventy-fve in the band that will start out for
North Carolina At the gathering in North
Carolina there will be in all nearly one thousand
gipsies; six hundred and over are women and
children. Besides the North Carolina gathering
there will be tribes collected in other southern
states The branches of the band that unite
near this city are
GOVERNED BY QUEEN ZELDA
who was chosen for this high position on the
death of ZanOs, 1.-The child of the stars"
near Columbus, Ohio, two years ago. Zanos
had ruled as queen for eleven years and one Of
her commands was that this annual gathering
should take place. Prior to her royal command
the gipses spent their winters in the south bat
were never together, roaming about as different
bands. "a they did in the northern and western
states during the summer. Each band. however,
sent representatives. a son and daughter to see
their queen and learn her edictS for the coming
year and were given their donation for her sup
port Women stand equal to the men among
the gipSleS on all matters. and there is always
"a daughter, woman, as well as "a son" a
man. sent on missions i'm which the queen or
the general interest of the tribe is involved.
Next in authority to the queen is Mnnette,
the Chain bridge, is in Baltimore. and viii re-
main there to await the arrival of some of
Henderson's tribes. who are to sail for
Europe to arrange for the coming over of sew
eral Scotch tribes. who are to be employed by
the several theatrical companies to be put on the
road playing ''Romany Rye the principal
scene of which is gypsy camp. Mnnette is a
middie-aged woman and is regarded as one Of
the most intelligent and highly educated women
OF her entiretribe-Ste talks several Ian and
is an ardent student OF astronomy besides having
devoted much time and study to the occult arts.
she has written, for the education of the girls of
her tribe. several books one of them being a
work on aStrOlOgy, which is spoken of by those
well read on the subject as a valuable book
Minnette generally does all the fOrtune-telling,
though in her absence her daughter Celia sup
plies demands in that direction.
Gypsy BEAUTY.
Celia is about as handsome a woman as one
would care to see. She is about twenty-three
years of age. Her figure is fine, and her beauty,
gypsy beauty-that healthy bronze tint which
the skin gets from constant exposure has only
heightened her beauty. Her face is oval though
her features are strikingy impressive. The nose
is Grecian. Her lips a bright red and senuous Her
eyes are study-daTk and deep, mellow and
fascinating. Her look is or the questioning
kind, which appears to read the persons who
address her Gypsy beauties ALWAYS have
lnstrous rich black hair. and this was no excep-
ton The luxurious growth was arranged in a
gypsy, twist She IL in every sense the typical
daughter of magic. the queen of
witchery, the comforter of weak-minded
lovers, and the puzzle of the scientists.
There were no STACEY" effects in her tent. such
as stuffed owls. skeletons. parrots crows OF red
blankets which now and then see in fortune
tel!ers tents There clean-lookng single
bed. a rocker. a small chair and three-legged
stool Pasted on a large piece of card board
which hung up in the rear of the tent were
pictures cut from the Graphic OF Types of
American Beauties" probably eight or nine in
al. The STAR reporter found Celia very agree
able company. She cenversed well, ana showed
that she was Careful reader. and that her mind
was Feteftive- She said she was born in Wales
though her mother French and her father
English. Her parents name was Maddern
though she said as well as she remembered she
had never been called by any other name than
Celia. no one having ever added the Maddern to
1t until she heard The STAR reporter speak to
her as Miss Maddern.
Gypsy LOVERS.
She added that she would soon drop the
Maddern part of her name. as she waste be mar
red after they arrived in North Carolina. to a
young man named Osmanla Montrose, who,
when she heard from him at last was with a
party OF gpsies near Providence, Rhode Island
HE is a real nice young man." Celia said, in an
assuring kind of way. 'Here is his picture :"
The photograph showed a rather fine looking
young man, who. when his picture was taken.-
1t was a tin type,-wore a large straw hat and q
thick looking cloth OF some kind around his
neck. THAT neck cloth is dark red" remarked
Celia, land he wears it all the time. He would
look much better if he took it off,
In further conversation Celia said she had
NEVER SLEPT IN BUT ONE HOUSE
In her life, and that was in tavern of some
kind in New York when she arrived In this coun-
try, eleven years ago Il slept there two
nights" she said land then we took the road.
was born in camp. and if have my way about
1t i want to die in a camp"
THE YANKEE BOY AND THE Gypsy GIRL
Il had chance once TO leave it, but did not
1t was two years ago in August We were
camped just outside the Charter Oak racing
park in Hartford A frequent visitor was a
gentleman whose father is large owner in the
Meriden Cutlery company. He asked me to
marry him, but could not for had promised
Osmanla. He could have given me nice clothes
nice house and everything. 1 went with him to
See his parents twice. They gave me nice
welcome. but somehow got scared that might
forget Osmanla and / left them As soon as
could That wagon out there my father bought
from his father"
''Of course you can tell fortunes?" THE STAR
reporter inquired.
Yes, and tell wonderful things at times:
things that have no knowledge of until / am
told OF them afterwards. This is in cases " here
am deeply interested. Ordinarily ANYTHING
VIII do. for most people come to us from curl
osity. and forget everything We say as soon as
We do ourselves. had
A STRANGE EXPERIENCE
when was in Hartford. horseman, whom I
saw three years before at Rochester. N Y. came
In our camp He said he was PLAYING I'm hard
luck. and ha d been buying losers in the pools.
took his hand and looked at his palm for the
Line OF Fortune. II strikes from behind the
ball or mount Of the forefin9er across the palm
and Line of Life and loses itself near the flesbv
part OF the hand on the little-fipger side but I
could not find 1t Immediately While tracing it /
asked him whom ha u-as horn ua