Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-02-23
THE CITIZEN
One Woman's Career

From Town Topics.
A story has recently come 70 my ears
concerning certain episodes in the career
Of a sprightly and dashing American ma
tron who long ago threw of both the pa
rental and matrimonial yokes, and whose
house in London has been for some years
past the centre of artistic, literary and even
royal interest. The career OF the lady
in question has been sufficiently risquee to
have ruined physically and sueially less
INSCRIPTIONS or more emotional sister.
But madame is magnificent in her superb
lack of human feeling. and he .fHeSSe has
carried her unscathed through situations
sufficien tly delicate to warrant her dls-
missal from court, notable for the lax
ness of its morals and for the historic IN
reference of woman and in national al
fairs. In spite of time, the woman is stlil
marvelously beautiful. She is petite, with
a figure rounded and svelte, and her face is
piquante and dradiaat in spite of The tact
that not demi-moRdaiHe in Europe has
ed so altogether gay or eyentful life.
The career of this fair one began away
back il, the Hub, where she first tried to
enter society and failed, though she sue
ceeded in driving the men wild with au-
miration and the women with envy. FIND
ing the front door closed, she decided to
enter By the back stairway, and forthwith
proceeded to Paris. There was game
there. and she made a wager that she
would entrap the Emperor. She was prac-
tically unknown and was laughed at. In
the most chic and charming OF toilettes she
wens to the rink and skated while the I'm
perial party was present. As climax, she
f,inted, Toildi The Emperor noticed
| her. was charmed In week
| Mademoiselle had the eRtree 10
| he most exclusive houses in Paris. One
| point gained. But Imperial favor cloyed.
| Beck to Newport! But the Partisan story
proceeded her, and society frowned more
nan ever. Mademoiselle snapped her
lngers at it, and executed pas Seut'
| Then she married a man old enough to be
ner father, but several times millionaire.
| society smiled Marriage IS the retort
courteous to gossip. Madame had New
port house and New York mansion. She
entertained and snubbed in her turn to her
/ hearts content. She had the reputation ol
| oeing the most beautiful, most heartless,
| and most fascinating woman in America
| Several OF her children became paralytics,
and died through, 1t is said, the sedatives
| administered them by Indifferent nurses.
| Madame was none the less radlent, but she
| felt her field too small. Ore fine day she
eloped, and nobody was surprised but her
| husband who, however, when his eyes
were thoroughly opened, cut oil her allow
| ance and left her to her own resources.
She lived none the less magniticently by
her wiisl A Bey of Egypt made her suit
aule allowance, and she surprised Paris one
day by driving through the Champs Elysees
Ii ball dress, and with her feet oyer the
dash board. IL was wager, aud all things
tuid, Madam's reputation suffered very
| liLtle. But when, through her influence
over her enamored Bey, she commenced
To- create unpleasantness on her return To
Egypt, she was politely requested to leave
the country. She refused, and it required
a war-Ship and military escort to convey
her away in the state she demanded.
| Then commenced her career in London.
| she took the most charming house, wore
the most becoming gowns. Her beauty
and her witchery of manner were irresist-
i II, har-nQ
men. And she had above all the knack oi
| covering her affairs with the finest web ct
morality. In her .taur pas was merely d
charming eccentricity, mercenary Hd'SoH,
harmless friendship. 1t was her knack
o. glazing things that saved her from the
late OF mere adventures, and made her Il
power III the most exclusive sets of Europe.
| Sac mad herself introduced at Court. II
goes without saying that so beautiful u
face must have won the impressibie
| Prince. Strange to say, it won the
| Princess also, ana Madame made her ay
into the most exclus slve set III London. 1t
seems trifle amusing that one of the most
notorious and blase creatures III Europe
SHOULD have become The friend, not only of
the Prince, but u $50 OF the Princess. To-
DAY the lady Is power III London. In
| spite of the fact tnat she Is at present the
bonnie annie OF a well-known composer, she
is received everywhere, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that she has been on terms OF
intimacy with more noted men in Europe
Than mOralst would care to dwell upon,
and that each Of them contributes some
| thing toward her substance, her salon Is
the centre OF wit, beauty, and nobility
And the most amusing thing about 1t all
Is that although she would never be recOg-
nlzed among the exclusive sets IN America
who have long memories and, naturally
enough, sympathize with the husband in
the case, the air OF London seems TO make
difference, and damsels that would not
Tor the world be seen with her in New
York are ushered under her wing into the
gay, If not, strictly speaking, exclusive set
that circles about the Prince. For the
rest, although middle-aged ard mother
in-law now, Madame has lost little of her
marvellous beauty, and none of her pierre
Ing wit and repartee. Though how she
has been enable to keep both these and
her social position intact with the life she
has led is the marvel of i'm de steele
society.
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