The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-27
THE POWER
OF LOVE"
Is the Title of a Book About to
Be Published.
1T is an Autobiography and Its
Author
is ZELLA NICOLAUS.
She Tells of Her Experience s
From Innocent GirlhOod
On Through Those With Mil
IiOnaires and Law Courts.

New York, March 27.-"The Power of
Love" is the title of book of passion
which leila Nicolaus has written for
the edifcation and entertainment of in
nocent young girls and inexperienced
sons of millionaires.
The author of this new publication
was prominently in the publics atten-
ton few years ago, when she sued
one of the best known and wealthiest
young men in New York society and
nearly caused a fatal breach with his
family.
Until a year and a half ago it was
currently reported that the case had
been compromised and the young wo-
man had left the city in consequence,
but the scandal was resumed when it
became known that she had appeared
in the millionaires's down town office
and demanded a final settlement of the
affair. After a few weeks consultation
between the lawyers of the two per
sons, a compromise was effected, and,
il was said. the fair plaintiff departed
from the city with $4,000 of the mil
Ionaire's money.
The book with the luminous title is
human document concerning the life OF
the authOreSS and certain parts OF hef
experience with the millionaire, whose
identity she seeks to hide under pro-
sale name. The manuscript of THE
Power of Love" is in the possession OF
a publishing house and the book will be
issued within a month. 1t will consist
OF nearly 200 pages, profusely illustra-
ted with sketches of the most stirring
events in the story.
The authOresS spent nearly a year in
the writing of the book, and has sue
ceeded in making an exceedingly inter
esting and Well-cOmpOSed nara tive. 1t
is the tale of an innocent girl whose
course of life was altered by the con-
tact with wealth and the desire to love.
The heroine becomes enamored of
millionaire who satiates her cravings
for position in life and gratifies her
fOibleS. Unmindful of the results which
both anticipate the two continue to
scoff at the protestat lions of the hero's
family, and they grow fOnder of each
other rs the outside influences strive
harder to separate them. The story
treats of every phase of the eScapade
from the first meeting of the hero and
Zella to the fearful separation which is
rich in legal phraseology and promises
10 leave the city.
Every page of the book contains
enough words of passion for an ordina-
ry WilcOxian love song, but it is utter
ly devoid of anything suggestive. AT
proper intervals are inserted in the mar
Tauive copies of the letters which pass
ed between the lovers. There may be
a few better love letters in existence
than these, but they have never been
published in book form. Unsophistica-
ted lovers can use this book instead of
the Model Love Letter Writer
The first chapter treats of the girl
hood days of the authoress in England.
1t is redOlent of descriptions of the pure
flowers that grew in the virgin soil
about the ancestral home of the young
girl The latter end of the chapter de-
scribes the girl as dreaming of love by
night and loving by day. 1t paves the
way gracefully for the authors first
marriage, which is commonplace, and
occurs in the second chapter.
The city of Chicago is the scene of
the third chapter. which is not respIend-
ent with matrimonial bliss.
The fourth chapter is descriptive of
the herOine'S blissful life in New York
with the hero. A Daudet might have
written this part in a more graphic
style, but ii would have been impossi-
bic for him to inject more expressions
of affection than Zella has done
Europe without Zella was a barren
waste to the hero. apparently, for the
fifth chapter describes their joint trip
abroad. This trip did not end happily
since it was interrupted by the antics
of the demon jealousy, and the return
home is signalized by my Lawsuits"
IN chapter 6.
This part of the book is tear-stained
and filed with expressions of grief on