The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-30

changed her name at the altar. and all
went well for a little while. Business
called her husband to Portland, and they
therefore moved there, and alternated be-
tween the WebfoOt City and San Fran
cisco until 1887. A few months before the
close of that year events began to mold
themselves for an important epoch in her
life.
Nettie was, in one sense of the word,
going TO the dogs" She dressed expen-
sively, wore good jewelry. and in many
ways showed that she was handling
plenty Of money. far too much, in fact,
for what she could get from her husband.
To those on the inside, though, this was
no mystery. Neustadter's business kept
him on the road a good deal of the time,
and while he was away she was enjoying
herself to her hearts content.
Many and many an evening she sat
down to dinner and supper at swell re-
sorts with choice spirits like Porter Ashe.
Fred Webster. Tom Williams and Harry
Veuve, and she achieved her reputation
as thoroughbred because no pace could
be set that was too fast for her. She,
however, managed to fool her husband,
and he did not know anything was wrong
until one day she told him she was going
10 New York to visit some of her relatives.
And away she went.
After her arrival in Gotham strange
stories came to her husbands ears. He
learned that her trip TO New York was
made in company with crowd one men,
Der of which was the celebrated Laura
Edelman Of Los Angeles. Laura had
record of her own. She was one of the
most beautiful women in Southern Cali
fornia. but the moral traces could not hold
her. and one day she let every one know
she had kicked over them by deserving her
husband and child. She distinguished
herself. too, shortly Def ore her departure
by riding To the courthouse in a hack and
in broad daylight shooting at man who
1t was afterward learned had Tilted her.
Nettie was therefore in pretty shady
company with Laura Edelman for a
partner, at least Neustadter thought so
and be began to make a close inVestiga-
ton. He found that his fears were more
than realized. He made one final effort
to get back his happiness. He wrote to his
wife and said: Come back and all will
be forgiven"
But his request was unheeded and real.
izing the situation he applied for divorce
In the California courts and he got it. This
was at the close of 1887.
Nettie was then left to her own devices
She was so charming and such good COM
pany that even in the mighty armament
of New York she shone with unusual bril-
liancy and the good luck which had
marked the opening Of her career STAYED
with her. for she captured the heart OF
Gfudaha Dor thu mi
He gave her sumptuous fat bought her
a carriage and horses, and gave her
servants and all the money she wanted.
In 1889 he took her to Europe and she
travelled like a princess. Everything she
had was of the best, and when she re-
turned she possessed a wardrobe from
Worth's and jeweIry that had sparkled in
the shops of the leading houses of Paris
and London.
Nette began to banker, though, after
her old home. 10 the midst of all her
gayety the thoughts of her childhood in
California and of her parents. who had
meantime moved TO San Francisco. came
back to her with such irresistible magnet
ism that at last in 1890 she packed her
trunks and cane West.
She took rooms at the Palace Hotel.
dressed better than any woman in town.
wore thousands of dollars worth of gems
and spent money as freely as If she had
an unlimited letter of credit on the United
States Mint. She hunted up all her
old acquaintance. and they talk vet of
some of the gay times they participated in
during that eventful period.
But money was going out and none com-
ing in. 80 Nettie bad TO turn eastward
again. She took with her as companion
Jessie Whiting, very pretty girl from
Oakland. and shortly after they reached
New York the news came to the coast that
the two women had gone on a trip TO
Earope.
Even If the news had not been received
their wherea bouts would have been known.
for few months afterward cablegram
came TO the press stating that NettIe had