The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-25
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make her appearance smiling and com
posed before a courtroom filed with the
curious and vulgar. It is, on the con-
| trary, sufficient proof that this mysteri-
! Gus woman is extraordinary and worthy
of study. What is she? Who is she?
| Who is she like?
In the first place, she has personality
This is no common little dove of wo-
I man, weepingly affectionate toward her
ill-used husband. Mrs. Molineux is in her
self fascinating-a statement which no
| one will contradict And she is beauti-
ful-a statement which will be contra
dicted by good many.
Nevertheless. it is plain she has ele-
ments of beauty-a good height, a slender
hgure, long neck, a well-set head, del
| icate, aristrocratio nose and chin with
character; an abundance of pretty hair,
and large brown eyes with well-defined
black pupils. 1t is known that Mrs. Moli-
neux's left eye is artificial, but she has it
so we'll under control that this defect
could not be suspected.
Her greatest beauty is her skin-trans-
parent, soft, sometimes pale, oftener
| Hooded with exquisite color always inno-
cent of cosmetics. Certain of her physi-
| cal characteristics which are commonly
| taken as the earmdrks of gentle birth are
perhaps rather remarkable when one con-
siders that Blanche Chesebrough was the
daughter of carpenter who lived in
Westerly, R. 1. James Chesebrough was
also an inventor. He was not particu-
larly successful in either line
His children grew up in comparative
poverty. There were four girls and a boy
They were all versatile and quick-witted
but Blanche was the anly one with a
natural gift in any direction. From her
babyhood the girl could sing. When she
left the common schools she went to
Providence to study music.
Then there came a time when Blanche
Chesebrough wondered why she should
not attempt to see a little Of the world.
Her mother and father were dead, her
brother Frank had gone to live in Boston,
and her three sisters, who were older than
she, were all married. One married John
Knapp. of Minneapolis and the two others
had become respectively Mrs. Howard P.
Dixie and Mrs. Waldo Stearns, both of
New York
So she came to New York-young, buoy
ant, comedy, and with so sweet a voice
that they were glad to let her sing in the
choir Of the Hill Church, Brooklyn. They
paid her so a Sunday. Her brother in
Boston contributed to her support, and
her sister, Mrs. Stearns, gave her pres
ents. So she was able to lead a pleasant
sort of life and to dress extremely well.
Mrs. Alice Bellinger, with whom Miss
Chesebrough shortly went to live in West
End avenue says that this is partly due
to the fact that Miss Chesebrough was
wonderfully clever with her needle. The
girl did not make any intimate woman
friends. She is not that sort of woman.
But she received a good deal of attention
from men, and together with her sister,
Mrs Stearns, was seen constantly in a
set of people who were merry and well to
do ara cultivated successfully the art OF
having a good time. One of these persons
was Albert Morgan. whom Miss Cheese
brcugh knew at one time very well and
to whom it was believed that she was en-
gagged. On one of the yachting trips of
which Miss Chesebrough and her sister
were so fond there appeared Roland
Molineux. And this is the real beginning
of the story. What precedes is merely in
PRODUCTION.
People usually liked young Molineux
Blanche Chesebrough was among those
who thoughthis manner engaging. But to
her he was one of a good many. To him,
from the day of that first meeting in
n Sha 2 j. 90
to say, the only one.
He came to see her often in New York
at the Marie Antoinette Hotel. al the
Mystic Flats, at Mrs. Bellinger's. Miss
Chesebrough lived alone if she felt ike
it. She considered that her own affair.
Her relatives, her former friends in
Westerly, everybody who had known
pretty, reserved. reserved ambitious
Blanche Chesebrough as a young girl con
Guided that she had made a wise move in
coming 10 New York to live. She seemed
always happy, always in an atmosphere
of iuXry and admiration.
She had long enough train 81 admir-
ers TO satisfy any woman's vanity. Her
rooms were continually filled with fow-
ers and other gifts by which men OF
gratiate themselves with the penniless
daughter of Rhode Island carpenter.
But-here is another evidence OF the
mysterious side OF her character. Most
women need a confidant more thar they
need food. Blanche Chesebrough made
no condolences. Her own sister, Mrs
Stearns, whom she saw constantly. did
neE know which of these men Blanche
preferred. or whether she preferred any.
As for Monlineux. this sister had hardly
ever heard OF him. when Blanche an
nounced her marriage
Young Mr. Molineux was not only per
sistent n his own attentions 10 Miss
Chesebrough. but Represented some ~ his
friends TO her One Of these vas Henry
Barnet. At this time Barnet and Monlla-
eux were great friends Molineux says
this friendship was uninpsired a. the
time ofBarne,'s death. a year ago last
November from diphtheria-or cyanide o.