The evening times., 1895-12-04
VICTORIA foaIslII's LIFE
Lost 70 Society ~ Tears, She Is Dlssor.
asd dhiIsaoll Cslvsll.
Living in Utterseolusion. She Has
Not laken voys of Nun and Her
Purpose Is a Mystery.
New York World.

New York World.
Victoria Aorosini, daughter OF Banker
q. P. Morosini, is now living in the Convent
of the Sisters OF st. Joseph, corner OF
Meadow street and Convent avenue, Rut-
land, VT.
As Mrs. Ernest Huelskamp-schlling, wife
OF her fathers coachn,an, II will be reineni-
bercd, she figured as one of the most mys-
terious disappea RANGES the press OF New
York has ever tried to rathoni. Her eiope-
nient with schiliing ON September D, 1854,
her subsequent appea rance as q chorus girl
Mt the Casino, ana then her strange depart
ure, in what direction no one could say,
were successive chapters in an always in
teresting story OF metropolitan life.
Additional interest was given 10 the case
from the wealth and high business stand
ing of Giovanni p. MorOsini, who was an
intimate friend and associate Of the late
Jay Gould.
The discovery Of Victoria Morisint is
beyond question or doubt, as the lOiiow-
ing details viii fully establish. Schlll-
ing's own search for his runaway Wue,
carried on AS it WAS under great d.ui-
Guilty, was followed by the public win
dramatic interest. Many persons voicn-
teered to help him, but sentiment and
sense of fair play proved feeble weapons
against money and the social prestige
OF one OF New York's leading families.
The detective instinct Of scores OF per-
sons who have followed this case as roe
used to run down the thread OF q tragic
mystery, led In almost every instance to
the doors OF q cioister.
This refuge seemed to be the most nat
urai one for her, and when Yictoria's
mother died, December 3, 1893, and The
funeral WAS delayed four days. many OF
those who went to the little private chap
el OF the Sisters of Charity in Mount Saint
Vinyepts Convent, where The funeral ser
vices were held, hoped to identify the
daughter in the crowd Of praying nuns.
But the solemn day passed without a sign
of hr. That Victoria attended the tuner
al there Is little doubt. She had been liylng
at Rutland for about Year, under the
name OF Mis- Baldwin, and was In the
habit OF visiting her family at River
daie-on-the H undson once OF twice year.
So that the reconciliation was, as had
been guessed, reality.
Victoria has nut taken the vows or
nun. There In no evidence that she intends
to. She lives at the chnTeBt. dresses In
black exactly like the sisters of St joseph,
except for the white forehead band. While
her convent life il as plain, isolated, and
uneventfnl as that of the strictest ascetic,
she is not subject tn the discipline OF the
institution beyond her wish. She has
grown s,mewbat,, stouter since the days
when she danced in tights with mandolin
and song at the Casino, while her German
husband made 81 a day as a Sixth avenue
car conductor.
The real mystery about Victoria Moro
SIM Schilling IS not sn much her where
abouts as the: mutive that keeps her in
retirement. The facts, as the world views
them, do not call for permanent isolation.
She would drnp out OF mind quicker IL seen
oftcner. Her refinement pr"vokes curiosity.
After all that isas been said about The
persistent retirement OF Victoria Morosini
Schilliug, there stili remains doubt as
to the real cause ,if ii. To be sure, con-
vent was a natural refuge after her two
years career IN the humble apartments OF
her husband and on the stage. Her family
are devout cath,iics and have for years
been patrons IL the Sisters of Charity: The
mother was Frcmh-canadian; the father
is all Italian and connected with an ancient
Venetian family. He had his schooling in
revolutionary times
With such parentage II is small wonder
that Victoria, after first deserving the
mansion IN the Hudson and then her hus-
bands flat, should have remained with the
sisters for time. Being a Catholic and
naNlnS itlt SbS
could fi;,f obtain a divorce. She met her
parents the day she LEFT her husband in
1886, and the reconciliation then brought
about was never disturbed by further dif-
ferences.
Down to this point the story is COM
prehensibIe and natural enough. In
moment OF irritation, Occasioned by an
Incident at her home, she det ermined
upon The wild plan of eloping with her
fathers coachman. That individual, col
orless, good-Datured chap, had been sent
away from Riveriale because lie was
paying too nauch attention to Victoria
BE returned to the house September 8. 1884,
to collect a bill of one OF The help on
the place, and Miss Morisini ran TO meet
him across the lawn. Mrs. Morisini saw
her daughter kiss the discharged coachman
and she exclaimed when Victoria returned
to the house:''I never want to see you gain"
That night Ernest schiliing and Victoria
Morisini were married In this city.
Months after her mad marriage she met
her father on the street, and she said, in
telling the incident to a friend. that she
almost tainted. "He did not see me, - she
added. land tottered home. A few days
afterward 50 W him again. and he sa W me,
but neither of us said word. How lonEed
to rush into his arms. Although Ernest
was very kind, his friends were not the
kind of people to whom l had been ac-
customed. l became prey to my con-
science. For days at time / would
do nothing but weep. Imust have been crazy
the day ran away
After trip to EurGre, Victoria decided
to 60 on the stage. There was an uncon-
scious capitulation to that taint of fa,u-
GUS romance that led to her marriage in the
first place. She fir sang in concert went
West returned to Boston, then appeared
in Indifferent parts at the Thala Theater.
Finally her engagement at the Casiao
brought her some small measure of sue
cess as dancing girl.
1t could not be trUthfully said that Vic
toria baskcd to any extent in the light
OF popular favor. She was, to be sure,
the choicest curiosity in town for months.
Men threw flowers at her feet and ap-
plauded because it was the thing to do
at that time. But it was a sorry exhibition
of both stage and parCuet. and she had
sense enough at any rate to finally put Il
stop to it by releasing herself from the
engagement at the Casino.
Elephant, Seed and Snake.