The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-02
The Beautiful Woman 10 Whom All
Washington Youth Bowed.
MRS. HOPE EASToN is HER NAME.
From What Has Lately Been Learned,
Nothing Was Too Good for Her and
No Cana Was Too High.


people in this verdant town who would
gladly donate a purse of 500 TO any per-
son giving information as TO the ante
cedents and present location OF one Mrs.
Hope Easton, an English blonde with
smile, that would entice 1915 out of the
last four possessed by the average man.
The lady I'm question has been an absent
quantity for a week. and there are some
kindly old deacons here who would be
pleased TO accept per cent. of their in
vestments 18th the charming stranger
ana call IL setried affair.
There are also a few who would give a
few hundred more to be assured that
the woman will not return to the capital
In the near future.
From what has been learned lately II
would seem that nothing was too good
for Mrs Hope Easton, and no game was
too high.
Furthermore, when she reached after a
victim she never failed 10 get him, and
this is why Washington has held so much
attractiveness for many OF the set who
leave early for the mountains and shore
as a rule.
There may be more to tell about this
matter In days TO come. For the present
there is what follows:
HER ARRIVAL TIMELY.
Mrs. Easton arrived here about the time
that the numerous wives of distinguished
men were leaving for the seashorc and
elsewhere.
She looked and dressed brilliantly. and
l. evad 10 xrat me
followers. who Is a member OF the swell
Metropolitan club, to give her an intro
duction. This was at the close of June.
One week later she had all of certain
set at her heels. She came as blessing
to the old fellows who were aching to
be real devilish now the wife was away,
and she came as the first attraction the
younger generation had seen since the
winter season closed.
That Mrs. Easton was sport none
will deny One enthusiastic son Of big
somebody yesterday related proudly how
she won all his money at poker In one
night sitting.
He further gave a diag am showing
that the deed was done in the ioadame's
own apartments which she had rented
for the year.
Then IL came out that she was a fol-
lower of the races, and bet all she enticed
from victims on such horses as threw
mud at Brighton Beach and Haw-
thorne.
WAS CHARITABLE IN A WAY.
Indeed ii is really asserted by one of
the ladys friends he discovered two rude
men were in the habit of getting her
money and placing IL for her at the lone
poolroom at ST. Asaph every day.
She won on Sidney Lucas for few
hundred and at once went down to the
office of n local newspaper and placed
the proceeds on the subscription list
which is being engineered in the inter-
est of the famine sufferers i'm India.
When an old beau who had just been
introduced learned of this he produced
$500 for the famine sufferers. He is a
retired real estate dealer here and man.
aged TO spare much more before he got
through but the famine plan was so
good she caught them all and garnered
in about as much as a thousand
This must have gone into her pocket.
as IL ''ne'er was seen again"
The dear unsuspecting wives might yet
be In danger of Mrs. Easton had it not
been for the irate father OF one of the
most correct young persons in town, who.
by the way, is engaged to marry a lady
with title.
The young man had returned to the
city from the watering place in New York
at once went into the spirit OF the thing
In headlong manner. and could do moth
ing too crazy. Finally he had a brilliant
idea, and proceeded to put IL into execu-
tion.
GAVE A SEELEY DINNER.
The family mansion is located in the
upper northwest portion OF the city, and
as II was closed for the summer he soon
had the colored caretaker brbed and pre-
pared for a Seeley dinner on n small
scale, with Mrs. Easton as the one lady
guest. and the queen OF the carnival.
Only a select few attended. but IL is re-
lated that what the party did TO modesty
and propriety as well as to the furniture
was something fierce. The orgy lasted
until a. m, and as bad luck would
have IL. the irate parent came to the city
that morning 10 attend to some business.
The colored caretaker was so scared he
told all he knew, and the father later
found his son In Mrs. Easton's COM
pany.
There was something OF scene, and
the son came home minus his money and
good diamond pin. Then Mrs. Hope
Easton disappeared, and there has been
no JOY in certain circles since.
According TO one who claims 10 know a
little about the case the liabilities are
about $4,000 and the assets "A powder rag.
broken trunk. a wicker rocker and some
warm memories.