Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-02
HEALER TREATS DANSEUSE
Electric Rays Threaten to Destroy
Loic Fullcr's SiSht-EpisOde
of de MerOde.

Copyright 1899, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, April 1.-CNew York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram )--Loie Fuller S
sight has long been seriously threatened by
the piercing rays of colored lights flashed
on her in her serpentine dance. This ter
rible peril of blindness has been before her
for years, but she has elected to stand by
her art at all costs Various devices have
been tried to protect her eyes, but none
have answered. When she leaves the stage
she cannot see for several minutes and only
preserves her sight by lying for hours daily
in darkened room. She is now undergo
ing treatment at The hands OF DIR. Cowards
the mystical healer, who has worked what
appears to be almost miracles among his
blind, deaf, dumb, asthmatic, consumptve
and generally afflicted clientele. His treat
ment is given publicly.
Loie said today: Yesterday was my sec
ond visit l hope DR.. Cowards will save
my sight. There was young man there
for the second time today who had lost
his voice. ! was told by woman accom-
panying him that he had not uttered word
| for years. He spoke, or rather whispered, a
few sounds after the first visit and yes
terday heard him thank the doctor in low
distinct tones When my turn came l al
lowed my eyelids to be stroked temples
and head to be manipulated and when / left
the healer's hands l felt just as If ! had
been electrified. l am greatly hoping /
shall be cured. / have tried every great
| oculst in Europe without getting any hope
that l could continue my work and see."
| Cleo de Merode just had a narrow escape
! from becoming the duchess of Manchester
| The young duke. when recently in Paris
was introduced to Cleo and forthwith be-
Al.
other jewels presented her with a bracelet
containing a large ruby surrounded by
costly diamonds of the purest water. He got
the jewels at Guy ct Fills, Rue de la Paix
who opened a credit account for him, with
! $500 for this little memento. Presently
he offered to marry Cleo, who bashfuly ac-
cepted him and he forthwith went off tc
| the marie of the ACCOMPLISHMENT where Cleo
| lives to arrange the formalites of the cere.
| mony. His name got whispered about ant
a rumOr of his intentions reached the Brit.
J sh embassy, with the result that his mother
! the Duchess Consuelo. hurried to Paris ant
| knocked the whole scheme promptly on The
| head.
Cleo, wrathful at this trHing with hel
! young affections, took the dukes bracele
and offered to resell it to NJ. Guy, who haC
already been notified by the duchess that sh,
would not be responsible for the dukes deb
nor give him money to discharge it. Guy
! therefore, froze to the bracelet, believing h
had been tricked, and Cleo instituted sui
for it's recovery, which, If tried, would hav,
brought out the whole circumstances. TIL,
dukes friends, however, intervened oppor
tunely and gave the jeweler $4,000. Guy
then handed over the bracelet to Cleo anC
the escaDade ended. The duke has nov
:
heard from again, as he throws himsel
| from one affair of this kind into another
reckless of consequences. His grandmother
the duchess OF Dtvonshire, it Is under
stood, provided money to settle the Cleo i'm
broglio.