The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
he Naughty harrison Sisters.


Five white elephants not the calcimined sort
that Barnum brought over, but five really and
truly celestial white pachyderms. would hardly
have caused a greater futter about the gang
planks of the North German Lloyd steamship
HaveI at New York last week than did the five
naughty Barrison sisters, who have arrived
home after moving a swath of titled hearts on
the continent. On Aug. 81 Count Arthur Palla-
vicini was found dead in his roonls at Buia-
Pesth, having committed suicide by shooting
himself. In his hand was a photograph of
Ethel harrison, and a note, on which was writ
ten:
II beg Miss Ethel harrison to come to my
cofis and press a kiss upon it,
This is only one of a series of sensational and
often tragic incidents that marked the path of
the five Barrison sisters during one years stay
abroad. Count Won weaeI. an officer in a crack
German regiment, was ruined because of the
harrison sisters. and Count BarnstNf eloped
with another. according to the stories that have
come across the water during the past twelve
months, and they raised such a commotion
among the susceptible titled youths of Ger
many that Emperor William Instructed the Ber-
lin police to see that they hao tickets for an
other country. The five girls--Lona, Sophie,
Ethel, Olga and Gertrude-are from sixteen to
twenty-siN years cid. They made their profess
sional detut in New York in 1891. with DeWolf
Hopper in Wang" and the Gerry Society at
tempted to stop their performance on account of
the ages of the three youngest. who were only
children. Their good looks. gay clothing and
sittenish conduct made them the talk on Broad
way before their trip abroad. They now return
for an engagement at Roster & Balls New York
vaudeville house. and the New York Herald man
writes of their arrival as follows:
The laughing, baby-faced Barrison sisters re-
turned to New York across the gangplanks of
the North German Lloyd steamship Havel, bear
ing upon their shapely shoulders as the spoils
of their European campaign the ban of the Ger
man Emperor. the broken heart of a count or
TWO. the allegiance of the Johnniedora of Europe,
ana last, but not least-a mystery! When Papa
tleron. their manager, ranged them in line on
the dock and started in to count. he discovered,
to .M Nc oorr9r, 'hh &c t sssut were n siT; 10 the
representative of Roster * Bal, while the cold
chin WHISPERS. count those girls, viii you. and
tel nae how many there are!''
Il am ruinedi' groaned F1eron. Il went away
from America with five and / come back with
six; | can never explain It"
easily: leave that TO me- Then. catching the
a,tenttan OF she reporters and turning to the la
girls was 1t that the Count shot himself for?''
,n The an sisters elagped a.r Their hands msrrily at
Ethel the Count Killer didn't look like the
S wears s a Nio see Expression * + eionde IL Ik IS t aTia fsal' t bas
there Is a ealker worm gnawing at her heart.
senger jumped overheard. They say he di-
Ntded his time nights between staring at the
s. / and at isthel as she brooded on the saloon
New said Mcconnell. II you leave Ethel
leave her out because OF her romantic halo
ls,s her o sr' a o9g have ANA married ri g Lena, which yhi,,t
SELF you add Ethel. which gives you back your
II want to say, interrupted Manager Fleron,
that the story about the German Emperor hav-
Mcconnell taside)-say. he's the grandest In
the world; he's The limit.
tRs girls began to chatter at me at once. Iona
All the giris-Do say pleasant things about us
~ tho ,,feastt Gu ~
.a nGpa and lo 90 sas n'esI5, y sne k s@SUk where her o | cae
set some lobster a la Newburg?'
Olga-I've got d long nose.
Inser-And | no nose at all. but l should like
Gertrude issa~ueiiy1-say that / shook my teeth
it sitting III the sun on deck. '
Mcconnell dragieally,-Teil me which one of
you / shall commit SUICIDE for2
Why didn't You marry the poor count?' l
@ohr' interrupted Inser. scornfully. he had
But he was Of very good family. said Mime.
a very nice little fellow chorussed the other
We were very sorry about hint exclaimed
silence roared Papa Fleron.
Thus It VII be seen thar the naughty Harri-
were bundled into a cab and driven 10 the Giiseyy
HoasS, where they were Toasted on raw oysters,
content. In the evening they occupied atbox at
Roster & Balls, where they will open their en-,
The five sisters wiz do their songs and dances
Whicn We're popular IN France and Germany,
and Mrs. Fleron Iona Is To appear In 4 move
equestrienne act. one Of tile features df this
performance VIII be an undressing aet-but Tho
nodus operandi, Mcdonnell says, must for thr
present remain a profound secret.
The soubrette'a Angel Daft.
All soubrettea should mourn. Albert Weber.
who snent the fortune his father left him ana
put his plano, manufacturing business in tho
hands of a recs T because of the way in which
he lavished NOR on stage women, lis held in
the insane pavif. al Iseilexl,e Eyoanttat ,hat
he may be exaniu "a as to his sanity. Weber
A0nanaeneed % shos5 a disregard for his fortune