The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-01
A MILLION A YEAR.
The Career of u Chorus Girl-A Princes
Favorite.

The Career of u Chorus Gir1-A Princes
Favorite.
There is black-eyed and black-haired
young woman who comes forward every night
on the stage at Roster Il Balls Concert Hall,
in New York, and with good deal of French
chic and vivacity sings two or three little chan
sonettes such as are to be heard In the cafe
chantantes of Paris. She is bright and spark
ling In manner, shapely of figure, and receives
the applause that greets her singing with a
smile and graceful little courtesy and disap-
pears from view. She is announced on the
programme as Ellie de Belleville.
The World has taken pains TO ascertain her
history.
Five years ago she played small part in
the "Merry War; at the Thala. Within the
five years she has touched the extremes Of
fortune. She has spent million dollars in
one year and she landed In this country with
only 50 in her pocket-book.
She went on the road with the Thalia Theater
Opera Company several years ago and met De
Belleville the actor, whom she married.
The climate of America did not agree with
her and she decided to return to the air of the
Fatherland. There she received news of her
husbands actions; that she was crazed with
jealousy, and receiving fresh proofs of it on
her return to this country, she dismissed him
opera and appeared in drama with varied sue
cess. OF her life there, she says;
''Some time in 1886 Prince William saw me
at the races near Berlin and asked who ! was
Shortly afterwards officer of his staff treated
| young friend of mine In what thought was
| very dishonorable way. and wrote to Prince
| William asking him If he would use his in
| fluence in the matter l received an answer
granting me an audience. But why go onf
| | do not believe that any woman would re-
| fuse diamonds and costly dresses, horses and
carriages, a magnificent house on the prin-
cipal street Of a European capital, every lux
| ury in the world and such position as
afterwards attained. | had everything. The
best-known men in the country came to my
| drawingroom. My brougham was the most
costly and conspicuous in the drive. / had
all the money could spend. spent mil
lion dollars in one year, and besides this con-
| tracted debts to a very large amount
| ~ was the talk Of the town. Berlin is a
small place compared with New York, and all
| my eXtravagant demonstrations were noted
and discussed. But knew 1t could not last,
| was always sure Of that. People began to
talk about Prince William. They spoke Of the
| fact that he was married man. They pitied
his wife and they said what was perhaps true,
that he could not afford to conduct such an
establishment as he had given me and indulge
| my eXtravagant expenditures. The feeling
against me grew apaoe. Angry looks greeted
me when | went out driving. There were
many who would have liked to kill me, and
they cursed me as | passed. At last one
morning representatives from the municipal
authorities came and told me would have tc
leave Berlin. "
Thinking things would blow over in while
she gathered some jewels and went away to {
little country place short distance from Der
lin She wrote repeatedly to Prince William
but the letters were intercepted When she
returned to Berlin she found her house dis
mantled and all of her furniture seized ant
sold to pay her debts. Even her private let
ters had been taken, She was warned to leav,
Germany as she was not German citizen
She returned to this country resolved to Sc
cure Il divorce from her husband, return t
Germany assert her citizenship and recover
her property, This she seems in a fair wa.
to do. Her old lover is now the German EN-
peror and she believes that II she obtains al
audience with him she can recover her prop
erty. Strange career for chorus girl.