The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

man-she Does the HouseworIS.
Manages the Live Stock and Saw.
She Was Never so Contented and
Happy in Her LiGe-Queer Sort Of
Life.
Santa Barbara, Cali Claims among its
citizens the most fascinating woman In
the world. Nobody who, has seen Gle
mente Ruiz or heard her history will
challenge this claim. s -3G
Clemente is twenty yeats old, and has
been married thirteen times in three
years. Each time she has been passion
ately loved; each time she has heartIess-
ly deserted her husband. All Clemente,s
lovers agree that she Is the most tickle
as well as the most lovely woman that
ever lived. Her story reads like a mod
ern Wonder-book. 4s@-
Three years ago CIemente was a guile
less child, but as beautifully formed and
richly colored as a freshly blown red
rose. When her first lover found her
she was simply one Of a swarm of chill
dren belonging to poor Spanish family
in Santa Barbara, merely a little older
than the eleven others and incomparably
lovelier So, at least, Count ToIfskow.
Of Russia, thought her. 49,.
Today Cfemente Coto, as her name now
is, is living with her newest husband in
poverty. Titles, money, position. adj
vantages-she has had them all and
thrown them away. With them have
vanished, it must be confessed, a good
share of her fascination
The people of Santa Barbara remember
well the wooing of the elderly Count
Tolfskow. The count was gray haired
and nearly sixty, but man of wealth
and an ardent lover The Ruiz family
were delighted with the attentions the
count paid them. CIemente airily &C
cepted his homage. Finally she agreed
to marry him. It was only a whim, be-
cause a few weeks of wifehood taught
her that she did not love- the count. So
she went to Los Angeles an appealing,
pretty child of seventeen, and they
granted her a divorces $50
Now that she was fairly launched on
her matrimonial career, CIemente awoke
to the meaning of her own beauty and
its power. Her discarded husband had
supplied her with money he was not
poor. The man who would win her must
make himself an Irresistible sutton For
a time the Baron Baudry, her next lover,
fulfilled her demands in this respect. His
devotion won her promise to marry him.
The baron took his prize to New York
on the bridal trip and engaged steamer
passage. Clemente thought she would
be sick. She was not sure she loved the
baron, anyway. So she persuaded her
gallant husband to allow her to return
home. Lonely and not quite sure Of her
| self she wandered back to Santa Barbara
Out in California there was waiting for
her the susceptible young son of Phila-
delphia oil magnate. His name was John
Wilbur, and Clemente thought she loved
him. They did indeed live happily to-
gether for several months, until the Will
| bur family heard whispers about the
young daughter-fn-law which did not
| please them, and offered Clemente a
| large sum to give up her position in the
| Wilbur family.
| The young woman was piqued at this.
| 1t doubtless led her to listen to the love-
making Of John Harper, a wealthy young
/ Cincinnati man, with whom she eloped a
| few days later. Mr.. Harper is distinct in
| the list of the Spanish girls husbands,
for the reason that he died before she had
an opportunity to leave him.
! To the men who met CIemente at this
! time her deep mourning added greatly to
!
waiting young Albert Rice an Albany bus
mess man, with whom Clemente had a
| brief, and, to her, unsatisfactory matri-
| monial experience. Mr.. Rice was not IN
| teresting enough for this experienced
! young woman. For her next husband
she chose a different type, Will S. Hauk,
the famous Texan stockman whom she
met in Austin.
| This infatuation did not last long, and
| after she left Mr. Hauk CIemente had a
! rapid succession Of husbands-Al Truax,
a notorious follower of the races and the
| heaviest player at Latonia; Charles Viii
! liams, a Southern California ranchman;
Capt Ellis, of Eureka; Charles Emery, a
! jeWeler; A. S. Krump, a San Francisco
| drummer, and finally Charles KIett, a
| barber. .4r.
Barber shop life seemed tame to the
woman who had been a countess and a
! baroness, so she slipped out one day and
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