The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-22
TWO WOMEN At War
Continued from Second Page.l

'Iiane de Pougy entered at this juno
ture. A little cir, on her way to school
could not have Ioked more innocent She
wore simple frock of white; al her throat
was pin, violet, which might have cost
ten francs. while TO the rear her nurse
stalked. tall as grenadier. with jewels
OF every size. kind, nature and description
fastened every which way all over her
towering person. 1t was not war. but II
was magnificent Outwitted. foiled and
undone, Otero took back seat, from which
never yet has she arisen.
"A young person so resourceful was
bound to go far. Lame de Pougy did. The
wicked duke and the wickeier king were
turned down in favor Of seecter royals.
So exclusive did she become that she COM
nlitted suicide. The venture, failing, stim-
ulated others to commit suicide for her.
After the fashion of Cora Pearl. she made
graves and bankrupts. On one occasion
prince.et, in taking leave Of her, said:
'Au Revoir' How oddr she exclaimed.
Why, you must be milionaire.'
Napoleon fel not because of his defeats.
but through the magnitude OF his sue
cessss. The victories of Lame continuing,
Waterloo was inevitable. 1t was at HON.
burg that she met il.
'Hom5urg is suburb of Paris. situated
in Germany. After the war-not ours. but
the French-when Blanc removed his tables
to Monaco, IL became for a while entirely
two and six pence. OF recent years the
Prince of Wales. attracted by the waters
OF the Stahlquelle. has made it fashion
ch1a ~ ~ Do
but OF Mayfair and Fifth avenue. In the
ear y autumn II is Sne OF the most per-
fumed resorts in Europe. II smells of
orris and of pretty women. Apart from
inhaling the fragrance. there is not much
TO do, and because Of the conformation Of
the place not much room in which 70 do
II. In addition. though there are more
hotels than private houses. the majority
are not Waldorhan. AS already recited.
the best IS Ritter's Park. II fronts the
Kursaal. and contains the sauvest odors.
"On reaching Homburg therefore, II was
but natural that rms. Goelet should de-
scend at this inn. and. in view of what
has been related. that she should want the
has been related. 1t is natural. too, that
Mile. de Pougy. being already in possession
Of the suite, should have held on to it like
grim death. 1t would have been odd if
she hadn't. For there. according to her
own quite modest account she was able
to properly receive and becomingly enter
tain one or two of her most intimate
friends. her chums. as she describes them,
the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Henry
of Orleans. Besides, queen OF a realm of
her own, she saw no rhyme and less rea-
son why she should retreat before the
queen OF another.
Mrs. Goelet felt differently. The young
womans pretensions were treated like so
many cobwebs,- TT seems to me-" said
De Pougy. when matters were at last set
categorically before her; at seems to me
that this lady takes things with a pretty
high hand To which the inn-keeper re-
piled: She takes them from where she is
''He spoke. it may be, wiser than he
knew. In spite Of the Duke of Cambridge.
in spite of Prince Henry OF Orleans. in
spite of their combined influence and pro-
tests. in spite of previous victories and
historic successes, in spite OF the protec-
ton of the great and the countenance of
the elect, in spite of the majesty which
over there doth hedge queen of the demi-
monde. in spite OF everybody and every
thing. the pretty door was shown to her.
and out of it she passed. There was her
Waterloo.
"And there. too. Is an example OF Ameri-
can ascendancy abroad. Ten years ago such
a triumph would have been impossible.
Ten years hence of what use viii Ian Anglo
aliancle be?'