The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-23
MoROsINPs DAUGHTER.
An Effort to Extract Money from Her Father
by Threatening to Go ON the Stage.

An Effort to Extract Money from Her Father
by Threatening to Go the Stage.
New York Special.
When the elopement of Victoria Morosini with
her fathers coachman first became a matter of
public notoriety it attracted the attention of
Frederick Mordaunt who says he is a speculator
in theatrical matters, and has been engaged for
some time in presenting small dramatic com
panies in Western towns between Chi
cago and Denver. He had an enthusiastic
appreciation Of the wide advertisement which
Miss Morosini had received, and he came on to
New York for the purpose of concluding bust
ness arrangement with her, whereby she should
appear on the stage under his management.
When he arrived here the sensation over her
unusual exploit had become rather an old
story. But thinking that perhaps the excite
ment might be rekindled if the young woman
could be induced to make another public move
of sufficient spirit and unconventionality he
cured an introduction to her and began working
for contract. He says he found Mr.. and Mrs.
Schelling in very humble quarters, and, after
some talk, offered her 500 week
for ten weeks for concerts, and she
was to take her husband along and
pay all expenses A day or two later
he withdrew the proposition and made a new
one, covering 40 per cent of the gross receipts
for concerts here andin Brooklyn She said she
had no clothes fit to appear in, and Mordaunt ad-
vanced her funds for a suitable outfit and gave
her husband money to buy suit of clothes.
Mordaunt paid for all thegarments, and, besides,
paid the living expenses of Schellng and his
wife at various restaurants
Mordaunt, in relating his experience, says;
Zone day when called on them Mrs. Schelhng
said that she wanted me to do her favor.
want you, said she, TO make a contract with me
for appearances in public. But it must not be
real contract What's it for, them"
1 asked Just to show TO show whomP
TO Jay Gould. Papa would not have me sing
in public on any account. He would rather
give SIS, 900 than have me do so. Do you seeg
And you want me to see Jay GouldP Precise
ly.' We'll, I'm not in that line of business. )"
This was three weeks ago At the same time
they sent messengers TO Yonkers to see Mrs.
Seedlings parents, and get money from them,
but without success. Mordaunt meantime, had
moved them into handsome quarters, and was
also paying the rent When he had advanced
about 81, 200, he suggested that Mr. and Mrs.
Schelling give him their note, payable when
she had secured an engagement and was in
funds. This she Indignantly refused to do, and
told him that they wanted no more of his assist
anee Mordaunt parted from them after up
braiding them for their ingratitude. A day or
two later Mordaunt was urged to reconsider
Mrs. Something's proposition regarding the
bogus contract He was assured Mr. Morosini
would pay $25 900 rather than have his daugh-
ter sing in public Mordaunt might have
$4,000 out of that. Victoria and her husband
wanted $40, 900 to buy farm, and 81 900 was to
be given to Something's step-father, the keeper of
the beer saloon and to Mrs Stoebel for the
trouble they had had in the elopement affair.
Mordaunt says IF Mrs. Schelling makes any
money L shall try and collect what they owe me-
but | fancy that is lost money. OF course
can never hope to get it from Schelling. One
of his ideas is to run yellow cab. He can get
one for Sc a day, and he says the income is about
$40. Then he had proposition to take place
as coaehman with a family where his wife might
act as seamstress. He thought that under this
arrangement he could save money but his wife
would not hear of yellow cabs and pleaded her
utter inability to act as SeamstreSs. !"