Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-07-11

son was ardently attached to her pecu-
liar husband. and grieved with such
sincere heartaehe that the nervous pros
tration following his demise short \
time ago finally resulted in death
the other. morning In Boston. 4
Kate Stokes was one OF the most
dashing and brilliantly handsome
women in America. She began
her career as bareback circus
rider OF the most daring accomplish
ments and grace. Her father used to
run the Stokes amphitheater on Clinton
street In Chicago, and bewitching Kate
was the JOY of impressionable youth
and bald searchers after novel sensa-
ton. She would run into the ring like
blaze OF superb loveliness, toss her
hair and leap to the horses bare back
with as sure foot as Steve Brodie's.
she smiled and grew rosy in the most
bewiidering fashion, and was always
carefully watched by her mother, who
never allowed anybody else to chaperon
her charming little daughter. When
Kate grew into womanhood she was
taken away from the sawdust ring and
placed in boarding school, where her
beauty and escapades variousIy brought
her into romantic view of an interest
ed coterie which had never reveled in
her public exhibitions of daredevil
pluck. Still her mother watched over
her and her father surrounded her with
such simple Injuries as his circus saw
ings allowed. Just when the rumor that
Stetson would marry vernona Jar
beau was rife, Kate Stokes appeared in
New York. chaperoned by her comely
mother, and the two were frequently
guests at John Stetson's Fifth Avenue
theater. Without more than the usual
financial warning in quiet breach-of-
promises cases, Jarbeau fiuttered into
the field of Jake Bernstein, wealthy
Hebrew. and announcement of the
probable marriage of pretty Miss
Stokes to John Stetson came soon after
the Jarbeau episode became known.
Stetson was completely captivated by
the handsome circus rider, and through
his influence the fearless equestrienne
secured an appearance in legitimate
comedy, for which she not only had an
ardent penchant but considerable tai
ent. Instantly her beauty captured New
York, she was the club toast for sea-
son, but demurely lived in comparative
seclusion with her mother, accepting
the admiration and compliment of the
clubs with much proper scorn. She was
tall as Shakespeare's Rosalind and had
astonishing muscular strength. coupled
with the daintiest Of curves and deli
cately feminine beauty OF outline. Her
skin was rich in color. clear as lily
petal and full OF delicious little
changes. from blush to exquisite pal
lor. Her teeth were savage, small and
kittenishly white and her mouth and
nose Bouguereau and Botticelli paint
red and beautifully curved, rather thin,
but soft and perfect She married Stet-
son. and the manager squandered his
money upon his lovely wife. There was
between them that Unconditional, placid
sort of sulky devotion sometimes OBJ
served in compatibly mated pairs in
peasantry or bourgeois couples. Stet-
son permitted Kate all sorts of liberties
and Kate took them neither greedily
nor indifferently, but as due, with no
particular return of thanks, and her af-
lection for John was deep-rooted and
big-hearted.
When John had occasion to travel
Kate went with him. and when Kate
had occasion to travel John thought 1t