The morning times., 1896-06-22
BON MARCHE,
3ll.3I6 Seventh ST.

organizations in playing tue stirring music
| that made war memories even more vivid.
THE PRETTIEsT GIRLS.
One booth was allotted to Michigan, and
there presided society queen from that
State. She selected the prettest girls she
could find TO aid her, going among her
friends and acqaaintaEces in tue depart
ments TO secure them.
Then she made the most of sentiment in
tine offerings from her stock Of goods con-
tributed. Some one in her rctiEue sug-
ges,ed that she put into execution a device
for catching dimes and quarters and at the
same time amusing the giver. This was
called "A Cure for Broken Hearts" It
consisted of two views. One was OF 10 &C.
count without the other. and they cost 10
CENTS apiece. They must be taken in the
order prescribed.
Curiosity induced the first, and, of
| course. after that nobody would be satisfied
without seeing the other. The first view
represented n suicide. The disconsoIate
lover was hanging from the limb of a tree
"a most desolate picture. 1t was well
executed, SHOWING IL tirrdry wass and
the somber gray day that bore down all
hope and left life not worth living.
The other picture was the scene of a
,
niments faithfully portrayed. The bri9e
and groom, in the glow of health and
beauty and hope, Were standing before
the minister pledging their vows, willie
the brilliant supper in their honor was
pictured In the background. 1t was really
we'll done for the occasion, and made a
lively impression upon the behOlder.
In the hands OF pretty girls 1t proved
a very productive factor in the supply OF
cash for the great benevolence projected.
The idea caught the fancy OF the crowds.
and few places We're more patronizcd. 1t
was in charge OF Miss Barton, then just
budding into wonanhood. She was not
yet eighteen. With a rarely beautiful
face, she joined the health and spirits,
the grace and culture, that go with good
English parenta sc.
She could be demure as a timid child
when she chose, and bright. quick and
loquacious when that suited her callers
humor. Few who met her failed to re-
member those clear cut, regular features,
with bright kindly eyes and a perfect com
plexion.
Among the visitors in the early days Of
the fair were the members of the Russian
legation Russia had been the one ally of
the Union in the struggled Just ended, and
was credited with ha wing saved the govern
ment at critical moment by a fleet hover
ingin easy reach of New York harbor. Not
much of this story had then got into print,
but all the facts were well known in diplo-
matte circles, and the relations between
Americans and Russians were most cordial.
ATTRACTED THE BARON.
An attaChe of the Russian legation was
the young Baron Bodisco then havingscarce-
ly attained his majority. He was tail,
slender, with dark hair, clear eyes, a light
curling mustache, and features showing his
high birth. His manners were courtly but
touched with the generous freedom of
youth. his eager eye, watching for any
thing new, caught sight of the Cure for
Broken Hearts," and he was an early
visitor at the booth. Bat the thing worked
by contraries for him-at least 1T first
he went home Co disquieting tiIoUsn pleas
ing visions of the beautiful face that pre-
sidedoyer thecure. Next day he wasdrawn
to the fair, AMI again found himself Locking
at the pictures in Miss Barton's both. He
found way to more formal introduction.
In brief, they met eacao.her often through
the weeks the place remained open. and at
the close the young Russians admiration
had awakened the kndest sentiments in the
Americans girl'sheart. They wereengaged
Mr.. Barton's family had lived on Thirty
fifth street, in Georgeto wn. bat as far as can
be easily Learned here now. they wereliying
circle.
The wedding was in an Episcopal church
near the circle. The young couple soon al fter
left for tile Russian home, and have since
lived there steadily, with the exception
fan occasional trip to visit the family here
Soon after their marriage Baron Podiseo
purchased the Georgeto wD property and put
1t in his wife's name. Her father and bis
family were given a life tenancy.
TT
lived the latter parto { their lives are stand
ing now, very much as they used them.
There Is the quaint, old-fashioned fprnt-
ture, the family pictures, the little articles
ofofnament. the keepsa kes which gladtleuedi
the hearts OF the Old dpeopie. Onthe southern
wall of the sitting room hang the pictures
Of Baron Bodiseo, his wife and their eldest
son.
In the portrait the baron Is handsome
man, thirty years old. with high forehead,
deep-set eyes, delicate, Though strong fea-
lures, and ma rtial bearing. His coat Is COW
cred with the insignia OF rank. The boy.
ten or twelve years old, has q round, full
face, pnutiny lips. a mischievous eyes and
carly hair, tumbling ever a broad fore
head.
The face OF the mother is OF q pure Eng
lish type, scarcely yet to be described as
It is gracefully set off by folds
of lace thrown loosely over full Coils OF hair
tn set Off the beauty of the face.
On the other side of the room is an Oil
portrait Of Mr. Barton when he was a pros
porous bookseller in New York. and over the
m8ntela crayoD Of Mrs. Rlrtop at the time
OF her daughters marriage.
Beside Miss Olga, who has heenne ia
nous as one of the czaYina's maids of honor,
and SOD. who already holds high rank in
the Russian army, the Baroness has several
Younger children. Her husband was mt the
time OF his death cue OF the courtefs in
personal attendance upon the
car, and possessed his favor in a marked
degree. The estates OF the family In
Russia are, by repute, In keeping with the |
position its members have held for years
at st. Petersburg.