The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-11

involving the corset. nut a N % greal
significance 60 the dowager or those who
have come 90 resemble her IN ngure. In
spite OF this ameliofatlon the French ply
sicians are stul attrbuting "a the corset
20 many feminine Als that q seems rs
objects can never Withstand this attack.
one powerful example OF the 10 effects
Of corseis has not yet been quoted
Nvette Guilbsrt attributes all her present
Illness to tighs iacing. She has Just been
removed TO Berlin ana viii undergo an
other operation there 50 Tar the French
physicians have been able to do nothing
for hcr relief and her talk OF returning
TO the stage has no foundation. IN fact.
although she Is fond OF telling her friends
that she will some day act again. Her
trouble Is compete failure OF the clFcuia-
tory system and the doctors have % far
done nothing more than AFFORD her tenn
porary relief. Tho trouble always re-
turns aud her present trip 60 Berlin was
made la the hope that the German phS
sicians may be able 60 do more than their
French colleagues.
YVctto very frankly confesses that che
had laced from the time she wore corsets
iirst She began as a cloak model and
gained that employment hecauzo she was
tail and erect. Her waist was normal for
a woman Of her size The beauty OF her
figure was the SOLITARY physical charm
she possessed and much OF that came
from her waist. which was small. bu,
never looked la the least like the erea-
ton OF "a corset string. II used 90 De tho
subject Of comment here chat she moved
SO easily TO give the appearance OF per
feet freedom OF movement. Il was never
suspected that her small waist was not
natural. But she has confessed now that
Il was not and that her career has come
prematureiy TO an end from that cause
She Is unable 20 move OF her own sccord
and q carried from place 90 place. Luck
ily she saved her money during her DAYS
OF prosperity. Her two visits 10 the Uni
ted States realized S5O.0oo Tor her and her
earnings In Europe were larger than those
OF any osher singer on the cafe chantant
stage She has just finished a new home
IN Paris and owns in addition a place
In the country Her married life has
been very happy 50 she has only her lost
health 10 bemoan now
one Of the many brilliant girss who have
graduated from Mount Holyoke Seminary
died recently. alone. In a ramshaokie old
building at Valparaiso. Ind. where she
had lived for thirty years. barely speak
ing to her neighbors. and never allowing
them 90 come "a her house. The great scr
row that embittered her whole life aud
led her 90 become hermit Ia the midst
OF busy city and ultimately TO die neg
lected and alone. was the death of her
younger sister whom she ido.ized After
this event sophia CESate turned her back
on the world She refused 90 forget her
grief She would listen 70 40 words Of
comfort She took up the life 81 reclusc
and fought the word and dehed lts SYM
pathy. until finally Il eft her alone. and
death found her 20
Sophia Choatc was n cousin % Joseph
n. Choate. the United States Ambassador
to England and vas also near relative
10 Horace Greeley. She was the daugh-
ter OF one Of the richest and most infiu-
entail families IN Indiana After gradual
ing az Mount Holyoke Seminary she spent
considerable time IN travel. and then re-
turned 10 Valparaiso. where she was a
prominent figure IA the eociety OF the
town.
Although people bought her poor and
she died with only 5 cents IN the house.
papers and notes we're found showing she
possessed property Ia Indiana and Michi-
gan. and a valuable lGo~acre farm la the
latter state.