The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-25
SPENT 81, 900, 900 In ONE YEAR.
Edith de Belleville Cuts a Wide
SWath with Emperor Will
Iiam's Money.

'Some time in 1856 Prince William
saw me at the races near Berlin and
asked who l was," said Edith de Belle
vile to a New York World writer,
Shortly afterward an officer of his staff
treated q young friend of mine in what
l thought was a very dishonorable way
and wrote to Prince William asking
him if he would use his influence in the
matter. l received an answer granting
me an audience. But why go on? dc
not believe that any woman would
refuse diamonds and costly dresses
horses and carriages, q magniicen,
house on the principal street of 8
European capital, every luxury in the
world, and such position as after
ward attained. I had everything The
best known men ID the country came tc
my draWing-room. My brougham was
the most costly and conspicuous in the
drive, had all the money I could
spend. spent 81 900 600 in one wear
aGd beside this contracted debts to q
very large amount.
81 was the talk of the town. Berlin
York, and all my extravaganza demon
STATIONS were noticed and discussed.
But | knew it could not last. l was al
ways 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 establish
ment as he had given me and indulge
my extraVagant expenditures. The
feeling against me grew apace. 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 to leave Berlin.
II acQuiesced, because I could do
else. l sent a message to the
Prince, but received no answer. I do
not believe now that he ever received it.
Even then did not take things very
seriously. l thought matters would
blow over after time, so gathered my
jewels together, took some dresses, and
putting what money had at hand in
my pocketbook, went down to little
country place Two or threa hours from
Berlin and waited. 1 wrote Prince
William from here again. Again
no answer came to nv letter
After lew weeks I returned to Berlin.
| went to my house. can not describe
my surprise when | reached there. The
house had been dismanteled; all nv
beautiful things were gone. The furni-
ture,s pictures, brio a-brac, everything
had been carried off and sold, so I was
told. and the money applied to the Ii
quotation of debts which had been in
Cured in establishing me in Berlin.
Butnot only was the furnitu .e, pictures,
and statuary gone'but every thing of a
personal character. All my letters had
Two or three packages of
letters from De Belleville, and another
from Prince William were among them.
The completeness of tie wreck simply
stunned me, but could not DO any
hing, and accepted the inevitable.
Then they said asI had married
an American l belonged to
America, and was no longer a Ger
nan citizen, and on this pretense they
warned me again out of Berlin. l wrote
or the last time to Prince William, but
Igain receiving no answer, l left the
German capital, and have not been
here since.n