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The herald., 1895-12-01
PAULINE LUCIA TODAY

They are peculiar light blue in color,
and fash and scintillate when she talks
with 4lever-ceasing brilliancy. Bismarck,
il was said, fell in love with her eyes, but
that is a separate story and very inter
esting one jusG now, because OF Il book
which has Just appeared in Paris entitled
Bismarck and Women. 1t is written by
Adolphe Kohut, warm friend OF the
German statesman.
Those whose memories reach back thir-
ty years TO 1865 will remember a great
deal of talk about Pauline Luoca and Bis
marck. She was tine greatest singer of
the day and he the greatest statesman.
They knew each other well, and ever
meddling rumor hinted tCO well. Mat
tiers we're brought to focus when photo
graphs appeared on sale in Berlin show
ing Lucca and Bismarck in the picture.
This photograph caused so much talk
that Bismarck had the negative destroyed
and as many OF the pictures rs he could
discover.
There are several stories told to explain
how Bismarck and Lucca came to be
photographed together. Lucca tells one
"a nice, discreet plausible explanation,
and kohut, the friend of Bismarck. in his
book, also tells one equally nice, discreet
and plausible. but quite different. Less
discreet friends of the two say that both
,troIes are equally wrong, but neverthe-
css they will be gwen here.
The herald., 1895-12-01

I transact your business later And she
looekd up into Bism arck S fare and plead
ed with her beautiful eyes. Refusal was
impossible, and the statesman accom-
panied the actress to the photoGra piers
First OF all picture was taken of each
separately. Then the actress, with her
lmpetuous way, cried:
oh, your eXcellency!! | have a cap
ltal idea. Let us have our pictures taken
together.
Bismarck could not refuse this child
like request, and, without any thought of
the consequences. he allowed the photo
grspher to proceed. A few days later the
portrait of the most celebrated actress
with the most celebrated statesman OF the
time was in every shop window, and for
some time the matter was the tal6 OF
Europe.
But the two persons interested soon
saw that the best thing they could do
would be to withdraw the picture from
I circulation, and the negative was finally
destroyed.
Later Bismarck served as witness at
the marriage OF Pauline Lucca to Baron
Wallhoffen. 1t is curious fact that
Lucca sings today as well as she ever did
In talking ABOUT the possibility of ner
return TO operatic work she said that
she feared the eXCitement of reassuming @
some OF her famous roles would be 80
great that it would kill her. There is no
PROBABILITY tbat size Will ever be seen on
the stage again, as she has taken up an
occupation which greatly interests her,
that of schooling young girls for operate
work.
She confines herself to twelve pupils a
year, and deyotes but thres hours d dav
To the work. She exercises great care in
selecting them, as she hopes to make of
each famous singer and actress. They
| must all be l6 years old when they begin,
and possess theatrical as well as musical
/ talent. Out OF seventy two girls all mus.
ically gifted. she accepted but three, and
IN ore than POO were tested before twelve
were chosen.
Her home here is beautiful one, and
lnterestlng because of its numberless tri-
, putes shuweled upon her by celebrities
and royalty during her operate career.
Every summer she moves to the Villa
! Wallhoffen at Gemunden, at which she has
had tiny theater built, and where she
pursues her work OF making prima don
mas.
The herald., 1895-12-01
TO CLEAN FINE LACE

As lace has never been more fashion
able than at present. few hints in re-
gard to cleansing it may not come amss.
Many persons find after washing it once
that it has lost its beauty. Probably the
principal reason why their lace does not
look well after their cleaning process is
that they have rubbed 1t, and the one
thing TO remember in cleaning lace is to
avoid rubbing it. The best way to do Is
to obtain a bottle or round stick or some
other round smooth article and round it
roll the lace. dampening il slightly as
you do so. This will stretch it and make
it smooth. Leave it on the bottle, or
whatever you may use until it is quite
dry. then take it off and lay it in folds OF
live or six inches long. The best plan is
to tack the lace, so as to be quite sure that
the edges are even. Fill a basin with
cold water and add little ammonia or
The herald., 1895-12-01

quiet and stiffness, forming a complete
contrast to the ravishing Pauline Lucca
of few years ago, VINO had the cities of
the continent eternally waging war with
each other as to which should have the
wonderful singer for season. In the
retired circle in which she now moves
she Is no longer even known as Pauline
1uoca, but as the Baroness Wallhoffen.
But notwitbs standing her fifty or sixty
years, it might be unfair to the lady to
paiticularize further, Pauline Lucca to-
day is as handsome and as dainty as of
old. She walks regularly each day up and
down the Ring street, chic and graceful
as ever, with the same careless swing
OF her pretty figure and with the bloom
of health on face which shows no trace
of time. She is tfiHe stouter than ten or
twenty years back, and she dresses fash
iona oily, like the rest of wealthy Niennese
femlnlpity.
1t was Pauline Lucca's strange eyes
which helped to make her famous, and
they have lost none OF their weirdness.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Famous Ex-opera Queen
Sings as Well AS
Ever She Did
THE BISMARCK PHOTOGRAPH
Two Discreet Stories Explaining How
II Happened to Have Been
Taken--She Is Now Living
Happily in Vienna

VIENNA, Nov. 21.-The name of Pau
line Lucca is one which thrills the heart
of the experienced opera-goer. Almost
forgotten now, she was the queen OF the
operatic world for nearly thirty wears,
with the music lovers of Europe at her
feet. 1t has been said that Emma Calve
is the only real Carmen VINO has been seen
since the days of Luccs, and in that a
sterling compliment is paid to both wo-
men.
Pauline Lucca has dropped S , com plcte-
v out OF public sight in recent years that
The new generation knows little or moth
ing about her except. perhaps, that her
name has a familiar ring. Yet it was
only seven years ago that she astounded
the musical world by suddenly stepping
down and retiring into the quiet of her
own homo.
Since then she has been seen but little
in public. With the skill OF rare artist
he has managed to enguif herself i'll
The herald., 1895-12-01
Los ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY

borax. In this put the lace and let it
soak, squeezing it gently every now ana
then util all the dirt is out. If the lace
is very much solicit it may be necessary
to change the water. When it seems
quite clean, take it out of the water,
pr.ss it 50 as to get rid OF some OF the
water and put it 10 dry in the sun. Then
lay it fiat on the palm of one hand and
slap ii hard with the other several times.
The stitches may then be cut out and
the lace refolded in different creases and
the slapping process repeated. With the
non lace; hut by treating it in the man
nsr already described it will lo)k as
good AS new and retain the soft appear
ance, which is one of it's chief beauties.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Business Suits to Order

the successful cutter the coastone who
have dozen back for alteration We turning
the order suits this In Sack Suits
them at ST. next then $50 $500 $4,000
$500 and The last four prices cut from the best weaves
foreign Cheviots Wods Place next
will secured for permanent
Ready made at from $7.35 to $22.5o.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Polly
Polly
Miss NoneVhaos the Sunris


Miss Moneybags the sunrise
Hath never viewed afar,
Nor in she dawn-enchauted skies
beheld the morning star.
But Polly trips at o'clock
Across the twinklin' dew
To milk the cows
Meath apple bows,
with petals drifting through.
Miss Money bags the ballroom
Adorns with gems aglsam,
And sinks to rest with faded bloom,
Of conquered hearts to dream,
But winsome Polly goes to bed
With bees and butterflies,
And softly sleeps
And ever keeps
The dew light in her eyes.
Miss Moneypag in satin
May dazzle half the world,
And oft the glance of envy win,
Bodiamoned and pearled.
But Polly in cotton gown
What need hath she of art,
When Just to see
Her lissome glee
Hath robbed me of my heart?
-Harper's Bazaar.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Fourth Agency
Shuman's Boys and Chldren's Clothing

wou require page tell all about these goods Their
svle speaks them; the qualities all right 1t Is the
Make which would call attention to- We-made suits give
the desired satisfaction. We em wopece
$1,000 large boys and young have them
$1,000 Our boys stock at all other low and lower prices
IS ALL RIGHT
The herald., 1895-12-01
lucca described it only the other day

Lucca described it only the other day
in this way:
walking out one morning in Berlin
met Prince Bismarck. We were good
friends and walked along together, but a
swarm of humanity recognized us both
and clustered about us, pushing us one
way and then the other. 1t was intense
y disagreeable for both of us, and the
demonstration was becoming larger every
n in tie.
Ne pushed our way into the nearest
doorway, hoping to- escape from the
way into the hallway. We could do
nothing but knock at the nearest door
and ask for admittanoe, which Prince
Bismarck did. 1t happened to be the
place of Angeren. a photographer, and as
q pretext for escaping the crowd, Prlnce
Bismarck said:
"'Ah! We have come to have our pic.
lures taken F"
That is Lucca's story. 1t might be
added that she took four of the photo
graphs, but later they mysterlously as
appeared from her house. She sald noth-
ing about it for some years, but later
mentioned it to a Journalist friend, VINO
had something printed about 1t. y lew
days after the appearance oil the news
paper Pauline Lucca Tec"lved mail
package from Narzin, a small place near
Berlin, containing one OF the missing
pictures 1t is from this picture that the
accom- panying sketch was made. Lucct
now claims that no letter accom- panied
the returned picture, but some years ago
she exhibited to a chosen friend letter,
long and affeotionate, the signature TO
which was twisted almost into lllegloll-
ity, but was still like that OF Bisamrck 5.
Bismarck was living at Narzin at the
time the pioturs was returned.
Here is the story Bismarck's friend
tells about the taking OF the photo
graph:
In the summer of 1865 Pauline Lucca,
who was then in the ful flush of hsr
beauty and her talent, happened one day
to he stanuing at the door OF her MOTEL
ready TO so out. Bismarck happened TO
come in. He Immediately extended his
hand.
Your excellency, said the acrtess, L
am going to the photographer; Will you
60 with me?'
% 'Impossible; am expecting some
one on business.
=" No nonsense, said Huoca; you can
The herald., 1895-12-01
A Hairy Boy

The greatest curiosity OF Western
France is a modern Esau, in the person
of Leon Fernerod. the 9-yearold son of
well-to-do parents, living in the little
village of Vindieq. The boy was born in
May, 1886, and from the day OF his birth
has been covered with heavy growth OF
curly, straw colored hair. Several at
tempts have been m ade to remove tnis
queer hirsute growth, but so far all such
attempts have been in vain. The boy
dislikes very much TO be called "the
hairy boy" and even his parents are said
to he very sensitive on tine subject.
The herald., 1895-12-01

Alphonse Daudet has been sorely trou.
bled by his uncom plimentary remark
about English women. He declared the
other day that he had decided to say
nothing about women in the future, be-
cause this sex, usually called feeble, has
too many defenders when attacked"
The herald., 1895-12-01
Our Own Agency

In fact Own Make for refer to MERCHANT
TAILORING DEPARTMENT. second floor great people
readymade stocks for those who Cannot and
who Will Not prepared the fullest In Panaoons
and make them right in the house. he prices start at end
s. pair We all the latest 1rouser-
ngs, you them ready will find them from
$3.50 $3.50.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Fifth Agency
Carhart's Workingmen's Clothing

OVERALS These goods Union Made and
appeal all Union wongmen patrone the local house
which handles them. That's ourselves We about everything
Mh the home of the Carhar brand and
stock these goods second IN buying Overas
other working garment look for Carha and here you will find
them. Ask for them.
The herald., 1895-12-01
Johnston and Murphy's Shoes
Third Agency
NOxall Shoes

other shoe like price and them with Noxa
will readily their superiority At $2oo-n fact low
S75 and $sos and $500 positively they have
equal. They and they comfortable People
them tell they hardly them out We know their
good that the tell ask for them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
Life Saving In Runaways.

Mr.. j. Friedlsnder, OF this city,
has out one of the greatest inven-
tions Of the age, and one that will
certainly save many lives in pre-
venting accidents in runaways, by
detaching the horse or horses from
the vehicle and stopping the
vehicle in it's own length. The
appliance is so simple that it can
be applied to any kind of vehicle
and lady or child can operate it,
1t works to perfection, as witnessed
by a LIGHT reporter yesterday.
Mr.. Friedlander has patented it
and has made arrangements for
its manufacture and sale.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
The Art of Chinese Burglars.

The Chinese burglar takes an in
grcdient Of his own, burns it, and
blows the smoke through the key
hole of the bedroom where the master
of the house is asleep. The fumes dull
the senses of the victim Just enough to
make him helpless, while at the same
tire permitting him to see and hear
everything that goes on in the room.
The only antidote against the charm is
pure water, and most of the wealthy
Chinese sleep with basin of this near
their heads.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01

averse to earning his own living any
longer, he settled down at the poor
farm in the township of Piscataway,
not far from New Brunswick, and there
he has since remained. To-day he is
totally blind, but his eyes, though
sunken, have the sparkle of one who
can see perfectly. His body is bent and
his shoulders are contracted, but the
muscles of his arms and legs are frmer
than those of many a man not yet
thirty. His jaws are toothless, and his
words are uttered with a whistling &C
compartment, but his voice is strong
and full, and his laugh is as hearty as
it was century and more ago. His
long hair is white, out thick and luxu-
RANT; his whiskers are iron-gray, his
heavy bushy eyebrows are still almost
jet back, and he can dispose of solid
drink of good rye whisky with a sort of
smack that betokens the heartiest rel
ish. Though he believes his father to
have been an Indian, his skin is white
and his features are of a pronounced
Caucasian type.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01

1863, at Appomauuox, snen passed
through the ranks of my company,
about shoulder high. Fifty yards to
our rear was the Twelfth Virginia cav
airy of Rosser's brigade. The men were
standing to horse, ready to mount
This shell struck an outside horse in
the flank and went straight through
him, cutting him literally in two. An
hour afterward, was told the soldier
that stood beside him was dead. / do
not think, though, that the shell killed
the man, for l saw the horse struck and
saw the soldier fall. But do not think
the shock was severe enough to have
killed him, for he made too much noise
in falling for man seriously hurt. 1
am inclined t think that this death,
which occurred a short time after that,
was from some other caG3c."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
OLDEST MAN LIVING. ,
Believed to Be One Hundred ard Twenty
Three Years of Age.

Is Noah Raby, of the Pathway
poor farm, n. j., the oldest man in
the world? If the story of his life,
which he tells to the New Yorl; Herald,
be true, he has passed his I'D birth.
day. 1t was about eighty-thrce years
ago, according to his recollec ion, that
Noah Raby, ordinary seaman. received
his discharge papers from the stanch
frigate Brandywine, which Lad just
finished cruise of inspection of the
various ports of the United Safes, and
was then locked at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The day after he left the naval
service he betook himself to New Jer-
sey, where he joined himself to farm
er, and for money agreed to serve as a
hired man. Since that time he has
never stepped outside the boundaries
of New Jersey. For more than half
century, with more or less stcadiness,
he followed the occupation he had
chosen, and then, twenty-eight years
ago, being full of years and decidedly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
DEATH In PASSING SHOT.
An Old Soldier Tells of Some
Wartime Experiences.
He Never Knew an Instance in Which
Death Resulted Except from Actual
Contact-Peculiar Eject of
Flying Missiles.

John Ii. Carlisle, of Little Rock, Ark. +,
was in the thick of some of the most
noted skirmishes of the civil war, and
narrowly escaped death more than
once. His father served under COM
mand of Beauregard, and one of his
brothers was in the Eighth Virginia
regiment that went up the hill in Gen.
Pickett's division at Gettysburg, July 8,
1853, and was one of the thirty men
that were alone left out of the $50 that
climbed the hill on that memorable
day.
Says Mr.. Carlisle in the st. Louis Re-
public: Il was anxious to know if either
my father or brother in all their war
time experiences had personally known
of death being caused by the passage
of shot or shell without their even so
much as coming literally in contact
with any part of the body. But neither
of them had ever been near enough
when such thing occurred to speak as
eye witnesses, though both had fire.
quently heard of it. But having been
knocked over once by the force of a
shell, l think know as much about the
effect of a passing shell as anyone who
has lived to tell such things, and as far
as my personal opinion goes do not
think that death ever resulted from the
mere force of passing shot or shell,
without their striking the body. Those
deaths reported to have resulted from
such occurrences 1 think were due to
other causes.
During the Maryland campaign a
young soldier by the name of Selman,
in my command, was, as we all thought,
killed by flying shot, but in few
moments he rose to his feet and took
his place in the slxirmish line, appar-
emily all right, except for pain in his
breast, across which there was a dark
bruise. OF course. we all thought this
was from the shot, which must have
struck him, but were all much sur
prised to learn that the slight wound
had been inflicted. not by shot, but
by piece of fence rail.
Now, the facts were these: The
shot struck the fence before it passed
on to the man, and the splinter came
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01

slower than the shot, so, while the eyes
of the men were turned in the direc-
ton in which the shot had gone, the
rail did its work without being seen,
and had the soldier been killed we
would naturally have thought that the
simple force of the shot did it, as there
was the blue mark across his breast
During the battle of Brandy Sta
ton, Va, June 0, 1868, a shell passed
very close to me, flying not more than
twenty-four inches from my right side
The horse next to mine was killed,
and its rider, young man about my
own age, and myself fell forward on
our horses necks. 1 thought, of
course, that my companion was hurt,
and the moment 1 recovered 1 leaned
over and caught him by the shoulder.
He was not injured in the least, any
further than being stunned by the
shock, and did not know that his horse
was dead under him.
THE shell had passed down through
the horses rump. The line had Just
been Strengthened from curve: that
caused the center horse to be packed in
so tight that it could not fall at once.
though perfectly dead.
THE only sensation 1 experienced
was a dreadful pressure, and, though
my right leg was pressed hard against
the horse, / received no more serious
shock.
Again, on the morning of April o.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
Race Meeting Assured.

A meeting of directors Of the
Jockey Gu b was held in the office
of Mr.. Z. NJ. Ford today at noon,
at which it was decided to hold a
race meeting on November p,
%, 80 and 30. A committee was
appointed to arrange for re-
duced rates over all the
railroads, and also COM
mittee was appointed to arrange
the program. Most Of the neces-
sary money is already raised and
the balance will be raised this
week. Among those present at the
meeting were: Messrs. George G.
Eichlitz, Z. M. Ford, John Adger,
DR.. Moore and others.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS,

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for children teeth
ing. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind collie, and is the best remedy
for diarrh9a. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. 927 Tyr cod
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01
FREE COLUMN
In the Sunday Morning Light

Persons wanting situations as clerks, la
borers, or other employment, are invited to
use our Sunday morning issue FREE of charge,
space allowed twelve to fifteen words: copy
to be handed in not later than Saturday even
ing, So'clock. Notices of Lost, Wants, Found,
For Sale, etc., charged at rate Of one cent a
word. Other business notices in this column
- cents for three lines each insertion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01

MIR. T. A. Scott this morning
leased the Jockey club grounds
for a term Of three years. "Tom"
says he will put in a road house
and keep the place in first-class
condition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-01

t. w. Smith, Of Indianapolis,
Ind, is in the city, seeking health.
He is quartered at the Maverick.
Bis brother is with him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-08
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Toronto Globe Newspaper Burned Out
Firemen Killed and Injured.

Toronto. Can. was visited by a million
dollar fire at 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
which resulted in the death OF two ire
men, the serious injury Of seven others
and the destruction Of the Globe news
paper building on Yonge street. In the
heart OF the business quarter, and three
fine business blocks.
The fire started in the engine-roOm In
the basement Of the Globe building. ana
when the firemen arrived. three minutes
after the first alarm had been sent in,
they found almost the entire Globe build
ing in flames.
The heavy photographic presses owned
by the Toronto Lithograph Company. on
the second and third floors Of the building,
fell through with a great crash. and the
wall Of The hdilding fell out and buried
eight fremcn, injuring two so that they
died in a few hours. Some Of the others
are so seriously hurt that they may die.
The killed a4e Robert Bowery and
Charles Smedley. The injured are Chief
Ardagh. legs badly fractured and back
Injured; Francis Forsyth. head cut and
internally injured. Robert Foster, leg
broken and hurt, and internal injuries;
Harry Saunders. leg broken and foot
badly crushed, and James Davidson, hand
injured.
The fire was famed by a strong east
wind, but a good deal Of snow had fallen
during the night. and this alone probably
prevented the destruction Of the whole
western part OF the city. The tiremen
confined 1t TO three ~neighboring blocks,
but before II Was got under control ii
had destroyed 5000 90 worth Of property.
the biggest loss by a single fire Toronto
ever suffered.
The chief losses are the Globe Printing
Company, $4,000; Toronto Lithographing
Company. $l25. OO0. Harry Webb, restau-
rant. building. and stock, $500. and Nc
Kinnon * Co., wholesale dry-goods,
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