Evening star., 1896-06-11
DESCENDANT OF L.OUvERTJRE.
Washington Girl Who Knows How
to shoot.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Dr. Beatrice Schultz in whose veins flows
the blood of Toussaint TOuverture, the once
celebrated black chieftain of Hayti. and OF
Antonio Maceo, the Cuban insurgent leader,
is the finest pitsol shot among her people
in Chicago, and is an elocutionist, writer
and social leader as well. As marksman
she can hit the bul's-eye ten times in sue
cession at 100 feet; can throw a tin can IN
the air and send five bullets through II ere
it reaches the ground and shoot holes in
dime at ten PAGES distance. She can take
a revolver in each hand and send two bul-
lets simultaneously inside The center ring
of a target at thirty PAGES She can break
glass balls and shoot birds on the wing.
only she says she doesn't like to Kill the
birds. And once, she says. she frightened
flying fOotpad nearly out of his wits Fy
sending a few bullets through his gar
ments after he had made a dismal failure
Of an attempt to hold her up.
Her love for craftsmanship. DIR. Schultz
feels, is inheritance from her great an
cestor, L'Ouverture, from whom She is de-
scended the mothers side. Antonio Ma
Geo, she says. has also the blood of Lou
venture in his veins. for part of the
Roupe family. to which L'Ouverture was
related. removed to Cuba and intermarrie1
with the Maceos. DIR. SchultZ's mother
was Roupe and was part Indian. She
married NJ. Cartier. wealthy French
Washington, d. c., where she still resides,
and where DIR. Schultz was born. Nine
Cartier has a locket which cnce belonged
to LOuverture's wife. 1t contains the only
photograph of L'Ouverture in the United
States.
DR.. Schultz is a tall. handsome woman,
nearly white. and with blonde hair Yet
in her large eyes and prominent nose can
be distinguished a resemblance to her ne
gro ancestor. Toussaint rOuverture She
is twenty-six years old. Her educat ton was
obtained at the Howard University at
Washington, and at the Fisk University at
Nashville, Tenn. She afterward took a
course of study in the Harvard Medic al
College in Chicago. She SPEAKS French and
is a skillful pianist. She married New
Orleans business man when she was only
eighteen, and has one child, boy Of
eight years. AS an elocutionist she is
clever, and in her school days won several
prizes through her ability in that art. Her
passionate love for the dramatic art led
her to study many of the best things in
English literature. and finally to take a
special course of dramatic training, pre-
paratory to a professional stage career;
but the realization of her dream was pre-
vented by her early marriage. Her hus-
devoted herself to the study and practice
of medicine. She writes poetry, and is
writing a novel on heredity. Her family
owns valuable property in Washington.
Although she has only lived in Chicago
during the last three years, DR. Schultz is
well known among her people here, and is
prominent socially. For several months she
was matron of Provident Hospital, and
when she resigned her position a year ago
the Colored physicians of the city gave a
superior entertainment for her benefit at
Bethel Church. DIR. Schultz resides on Ar
mour avenue near :s5th street. She enjoys
a good pract much of which is among
white people