The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-22

sAN fkAAOfcCO, Sel.
louisville. XIV NEW YORK. Ny
burg. wished the best suit Of rooms in
the best hotel. That is only natural. II
is the best alone to which Mrs. Goelet is
accustomed. Her husband who died over
a year ago, If less wealthy than Cr0esus,
was much better off than Monte Cristo.
He had money enough to put Spain on me-
feet. The fashion. too, in which ne spent
it was quite hidalgo and entirely grandee.
His residence at No. COS Fifth avenue, was
fitted in a maner beside which many a
palace would seem cheap. The summer
home which he had al Newport is Sc
ductive as a seraglio and big as a bazaar.
In Europe his companions were royals.
When his yacht, the Whyte Ladye, was
in commission. his guests came from in
the neighborhood Of thrones. The May
flower. the yacht on which he died. has
been regarded as a boat more crack than
the Car of Russia's Polar Star. But on
ship, as on shore, if his wealth was ap-
paraent, so, too, was mis- taste. The one
came from his grandfather, he other from
his wife.
The former, Peter Goelet, was a
farmer. What he cultivated is immater-
ial His farm is the reverse It extended
from Broadway to the East River and
from where the Windsor hotel is to with
in few rods of Union Square. Parts of
it have been sold, but other parts have
been added. With a single exception it
constitutes today the most valuable
property owned by any one family in town.
OF it the late Mr.. Goelet inherited the
larger share.
Twenty years ago Miss May Wilson be-
came his wife. This lady, whose brother
afterward married an Aston and whose sis
ter married Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr. is
the daughter of Richard T. Wilson, a local
Millionaire. originally from Georgia. In
view of al lof which it is not surprising
that Mrs. Goelet should want the best suite
in the best inn wherever she may journey
It would be surprising if she did not
AT Hamburg it happened that the rooms
which Mrs. Goelet wanted were tenanted
by Mile. de Pougy. Once upon time Mrs
ks-Lord-then plain Mrs. Hicks-occu-
pied an entire floor at Claridges hotel. in
London. Then it so fell about that her
majesty. Eugene, declared that she would
not be happy until she got 1t. Mrs Hicks
refused to move out but she asked the
other lady to move in, which the latter
did and behold plain Mrs. Hicks enter
tanning an empressi In the present case
such an arrangement was Impossible Mrs
Hicks. II plain. was respectable. whereas
Nile. de Pougy is neither.
Incapable OF doing what she thinks
wrong. and that for the reason that she
would never think wrong that which she
wished to do, this young person belongs
to what Mr.. Kinpling has catalogued as the
oldest profession going. Originally iani-
tors daughter. subsequently the wife Of
an army officer. latterly variety actress
but always a caress to the eye. she Is
queen Of the demimonde. Her arch-rival
was Otero.
The food Of foods the most captiva ting.
the most digestible. the one Of all others
that can Zoe eaten raw. is beauty. Otero
possessed it. Cleopatra was less a para
disc of the eyes than she. If Semiranis
were not myth. it would be pleasant to
fancy that she resembled her. Last year.
when she appeared here she sent thought
spinning like a comet through space. In
marvelng al the enigma Of her beauty, it
seemed as though the ladies who live and
hove and have their being in Mars must
regard her as a sister. II was unearthlv.
Bat she should have been framed When
she sang. instead OF illusions OF the super
terrestrial. there was human peacock.
gAttering and absurd. When she danced
she descended from Semiramis 70 the COM
monp'ace. In the yellow jungles Of her
lingerie there was nothing 70 attract. Il
was when she stood. her hands on her
hips. the tip Of her tongue just visible.
that all her sins were forgiven.
About Lame de- Pougy there are no sur-
gesions OF the past. no suggestions O,
/ the unearthiy. no suggestions OF s.n. II
/ she stepped from 4 dream she could not
I lok more demure. Pretty as a peach and
quite as unaffected. she Is charmcui even
/ in evj, Thoroughly end-of-the-centurv.
! vivacious. alert, the pride Of her nl1in-
er's heart. she resembles Otero as cham
! payne resembles choral
In spite 81 which. or precisely o. that
+ account. jealousy resulted. \ duel which
ensued Is historic. The scene was Monte
Carlo. Into the spieudors OF the Eamhl fng
+ hail Mile de Pougy emerged one evening
with a wicked duke on one side ard a
w.ckeder king on the other Otero had
/ for escort but lord Of the NeersEe, wick
ei. 700 perhaps. vet alarmingly common.
Tae contrast diminished the ls5v sn ne,
seif-esteen- No one likes that. With hate
in her eyes and owe on her lips she deter
I mined - dep,oy for action.
''On me morrow thedght was pulled OF.
When Otero appeared in the halls 49,
the arch % her insteD % the crown - II
head she was one glare o. gl.t.e-vi7E lew.
els Her oorsase was a 0las,roa az 6ia-
monds- About her waist pearls hung II
ropes She had douuces q -ubies. san
phires Cor frills. there were bracelets .
her e.bows. and necklaces which. descend.
ing. Illuminated her breast. The eject was
/ not bizarre merely. z; vas BYZANTINE. :
leisursly triumph she promeaadea. her ewes
/ about
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