The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-09-15
Nellie Neustretter Not w. x.
Vanderbilt's Charmer.
NINE. NELLIE is THE FAvORITE
story of NelIie's Adventures From San
francisco to Europe and
Back Again.

who is basking in the smiles OF W. X.
Vanderbilt in Paris, and not Nellie Neu-
srretter. Miss Nellie is in the city, ana
has been here three years. She ar
rived direct from Paris. She lives In
luxuriously appointed fiat in a styisn
neighborhood between 59th and 6Oth
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 a marveI OF PINK
Parisisn delicacy, and as she entered
the lobby of the theater, which was
crowded with first nighters, she created
decided sensation. Her companion
looked painfully "hayseedy" in com
parison, as he was dressed in an ordin-
nary light sack suit and straw hat.
Miss Neustretter is a trife under
medium hight, with large, fiery black
ewes 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
have been put in ones waistcoat
pocket.
Early Yesterday afternoon a reporter
had been given the tip that the big
dailies were all wrong in the identifca-
tion 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 fortune In
the clothing trade. She was a 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 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.
"From her associates in the seminary
Nellie had obtained love of gaitY
which soon led to unconventionalitie
in her manner of behaving herself
and it was not long before she poseC
prominently in two continents. He
face was a familiar one on Market ant
Kearney streets, San Francisco, unit
she met a rich old man named Roths
child. He became so infatuated witt
the dark haired beauty that he place.
his fortune at her disposal, and sh
made things hum you can bet.
.Up TO that Time pretty Nettie'
heart, however, had not been touched
ana il remained for Young ciga
drummer named Neustretter to cal
that entirely his own. Both were niue
in love and they were married. For
time she was all that wife should be
pnt ner nusbanu's business K, eping hII
from home the greater part Of IN
tine, his wife lelapseu into her ga
mode Of lie.
I'm 1887 she left her husband an
came to New York with Laura EIDE
man, a popular woman Of Los Angeles
who is now under the protection OF we
known carriage manufacturer Of Oh
cage. The young woman had not bee
in this city long before a promineu
manufacturer, with almost unlimite
capital, succumbed TO her charms
tine couple went to Europe, wher
the fair Nettie travelled like princess
and on her return TO this city sh
created a sensation by the magnii
cence of her fine toiilettes and jewels
In 1890 she returned TO Frisco on Wis
TO her parents and set the town wild b
the magnificence of her attire. Sh
returned to this city and in 1891 agai
went TO Paris. The wealthy manufa
turer was still her toy.
They stopped at the Centennii
hotel in Paris, where Miss Nettie scare
so high that she was requested by II
manager of the hotel TO seek otht
quarters. Her conduct on that ri
wasso sensational that her friend erie
quits, and returned without his blac
eyed pet. Nettie, however, was M
long without a protector, and son
months after the manufacturers retul
she also landed in New York. She hs
in the meantime, however, risen IN u
social scale, and as registered in OF
of the leading hotels of the city
Clutches Da Costa.
"Her toilettes continued to be ma
vels of beauty and good taste, but Il
duchess uncontrolls BILE desireto pal
things led the hotel proprietor to
ouest her 10 move. Among her To-