The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-15
Nellie Neustretter Not w. K.
VanderbiIt's Charmer.
NINE. nellie is THE FAvORITE
Story OF Nellie's Adventures From San
Francisco to Europe and
Back Again.

Vanderbilt in Paris, and not Nellie Neu'
stretter. Miss Nellie Is in the city, and
has been here three years. She ar
rived direct from Paris. She lives in a
luxuriousiy appointed fat in stylish
neighborhood between 59th and Goth
streets, not stones throw from Broad
way. Last night, with a gentleman
much older than herself. she occupied
two orchestra chairs at the Casino.
Her costume was marvel OF pink
Parisisn delicacY, and as she entered
the lobby of the theater, which was
crowded with first nighters, she created
a decided sensation. Her companion
looked painfully "havseedy" in COM
parison, az he was dressed in an ordin-
nary light sack suit and straw hat.
Miss Neustretter is trif1e under
medium hight, with large, fiery black
eyes and hair. Her hair was brushed
straight back from her low, broad fore
head, while two prominent "spit" curls
adorned either temple. For hat she
wore some sparkling jewels that could
nave USSA put AA OnS
pocket.
Early yesterday afternoon reporter
had been given the tip that the big
dailies were all wrong in the Identified
ton of the young woman who was said
to be creating such havoc with the do.
nestle peace of Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt, and that the young woman
who had been named was in this city.
"Nettie, and not Nellie, Newsletter,
began life as Nettie Cohen" said one
of the clubmen. "She was born in
Eureka, Nevada, and her father was
Ben Cohen, who amassed,a fortune In
the clothing trade. She was beauti-
full child and her fathers pride. When
fourteen years of age he decided that
the educational facilities of Eureka
were not good enough for his daughter
and he sent her to the Mills seminary
at Alameda, California.
"When in her 18th year she was
graduated from the seminary and came
home as beautiful a specimen Of young
womanhood as you ever gazed upon.
On her account alone her father, hav-
ing retired from business, moved to
San Francisco, where he hoped to make
a brilliant wedding for her. She was
witty, graceful and all that was charm
ing, which, with her beauty, easily
made her the belle of the town.
s'From her associates in the seminary
Nellie had obtained love Of gaity,
which soon led to unconventionalities
in her manner of behaving herself,
and 1t was not long before she posed
prominently in two continents. Her
face was familiar one on Market and
Kearney streets, San Francisco, until
she met rich old man named Roths-
Child. He became so infatuated with
the dark-haired beauty that he placed
his fortune at her disposal, and she
made things hum You can bet.
up to that time pretty Nettie's
heart, however, had not been touched,
and it remained for a young cigar
drummer named Neustretter to call
that entirely his own. Both were much
in love and they were married. For a
time she was all that wife should be,
but her husbands business keeping him
from home the greater part Of the
time, his wife relapsed into her gay
mode of life.
'In 1887 she left her husband and
came to New York with Laura Edel-
mau, a popular woman Of Los Angeles,
who is now under the protection of well
known carriage manufacturer of Chi
cago. The young woman bad not been
in this city long before a prominent
manufacturer, with almost unlimited
capital, succumbed to her charms.
"The couple went to Europe, where
the fair Nettie travelled like princess,
and on her return to this city she
created a sensation by the magnif.
cence of her fine toillettes and jewels.
In 1890 she returned to Frisco on visit
to her parents and set the town wild by
the magnifcence OF her attire. She
returned to this city and In 1891 again
went to Paris. The wealthy manufac.
turer was still her toy.
s'TteY stopped at the Centennial
hotel In Paris, where Miss Nettie scared
90 high that she was requested BY the
manager of the hotel to seek other
quarters. Her conduct on that trip
wasso sensational that her friend cried
quits, and returned without his black
eyed pet. Nettie, however, was not
long without protector, and some
months after the manufacturers return
she also landed in New York. She had
In the meantime, however, risen in the
social scale, and was registered in one
of the leading hotels of the city of
nutches Da Costa.
'Her toilettes continued to be mar
vels of beauty and good taste, but the
duchess uncontrolls BILE desire to paint
things led the hotel proprietor to re-
quest her to move. Among her love
affairs in this city one which attracted
much attention was that with popu-
lar bachelor lawyer. That's all
know about Nettie Neustretter, except
that hear she IL going on the stage
and has been engaged by prominent
manager Of road companies."
The reporter called on Miss Neu-
stretter, but when she learned the
puport Of his visit she laughed and said:
"There must be some mistake. I'm.
fortunately, do not know Mr.. Wander
bilt and am not Miss Neustretter,
therefore, cannot help You. thought
You had come to interview me on some
theatrical matters"
"But are you not Miss Neustretteri"
asked the reporter; "and were you not
Miss Cohen before your marriagei'
81 am certainly not nor was not.
would be very glad to help you II l
could, but great mistake has been
made. cannot understand how the
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