The age-herald., 1897-11-19

l
 l Another won an that ,s now attracting
 a good deal of attention is Mile. Neus- l tratter. whose home Is in Paris and not
 Chicago The Neustratter woman Is one
 of the most famous at the French capi-
 tai. She set the people of two eonti-
 nents talking two years ago, when she appeared upon the boulevards of Paris
 using the carriages and liveries of Will
 liam K. Vanderbilt. MT. Vanderbilt
 rented a house for her. The Vanderbilt livery was never so conspicuously dis played in New York as it was by the
 Parisian woman. It did not last long, but 1t was done in such a bold, dashing
 manner that Mrs. Willie K, graspsd the l opportunity and petitioned for divorce | in New York or the statutory grounds
 MT. Vanderbilt was methodical. He did
 not want to drag his wife's name into
 the nlire. He acted the part of a gentle
 man. His giving the Neustratter wo-
 man his carriages, horses and Hveries
 was premeditated. He had a legitimate | ground for divorce, but had considera-
 tion for his wife and did not want to
 make her the defendant and Oliver Ha- l sard Belmont the correspondent. The
 divorce was granted. Mr. Belmont is
 
 band. That tells the story. The trouble
 began on board of yanderbilt's yacht in the Mediterranean on the south coast | of Italy. In moments time Wander 1 bilt abandoned everything. The pas-
 sengers quit the yacht and took the trains from Italy to Paris, Vanderbilt going upon one road, his wife and Bel
 mont going upon another. They reach l ad 1ic Ina r. ter woman in MT. vanderbilt's carriage passed and repassed Mrs. Vanderbilt and MT. Belmont time and time again as they drove in the Champ Ellysees. | The Neustratter woman has again come | to the front, and this time is also spend- 1 ing American money. She is now using the carriage, coachman and footman of Count Castellane, the son-in-law of the late Jay Gould, and husband of Anna Gould. She has perhaps finer carriages purchased by the Gould money than was given her by MT. Vanderbilt. Her pres ent conduct is the talk of all Paris. The Gould money is going with great rapidity and there is talk of a separa- ton between the count and countess. It was in Paris, July last, that George Gould took his noble brother-in-law aside and quietly told him that he must cease his extravagant habits. The naughty count gave MT. Gould to un- derstand that he would spend his wife's money as he saw fit. He had given his name to Miss Gould for money. She had been amply repaid, and all he re- ceived in return was a few paltry mill lions of American dirty money. Count Castellane is going the pace that kills, although it is supposed that all of his wife's money will be gone long before he has reached the end of his lane. The Neustratter woman is the best dressed female in the world. She leads the fashion in millinery outfits. Silly Ameri- can girls who see her in the boulevards look upon her as the model of fashion. They patronize her dressmakers. They have their costumes fashioned as she has hers. She snaps her fingers in the air and says all Americans are fools, that is all who come to Paris. They have nothing but money, and it is her business to get all of it she can.
 
 Another Chicago woman has achieved considerable notoriety lately, but in a much different manner from those men, ltioned above. Mrs. Fione Van Schaack brought suit some time go in the courts of New York against her husbands | father, Peter Van Schaack, a wealthy Chicago merchant, who, she claims, | alienated her husbands affections. She ''soalsed' her wealthy father-in- law to the tune of $65,000, and these who are familiar with the case are impressed with the idea that it was not at all ex- orbitant. Mrs. Van Schaack married John c. Van Schaack some years ago, which was very displeasing to the young | mans father. The elder Van Schaaclx did a great deal of talking about his daughter-in-law, circulating scanda1ous | reports about her character, all of which was intended, and so resulted in the sons leaving his wife and returning home to his father As soon as Ms. | Van Schaack succeeds in collecting the amount given her by the jury, she is to | go on the stage The Jaw suit has given | her a great deal of free advertising, and of course has fitted her for start in the dramatic profession. The only thing missing, however, is a good, first-class scandal This was left out. The idea prevails that the attorneys managing her case did not penetrate far enough into the future for stage purposes If there had been a general case of scandal developed no doub5 the verdict would have been greater, and them Mrs. Van Schaack would have had more money to put up for the purpose of being ex- plotted upon the stage. It has not been said that Mrs. Van Schaack has any dramatic ability. That is not necessary. She has figured considerably in the news- papers. has received a verdict of $so,000 against her father-in-law, and that, in the opinion of herseR and friends, is sufficient to make her a great actress,
 American people talk a great deal about | the lack of ability upon the stage. No l one is to blame for this more than the people. Americans do not attend the tlleater for the purpose of witnessing ex- hibitions of art alone, but more that
 they may see a person who has been the center of some unwholesome scandal. Curious people are the Americans.