The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-05-16
OUT
OF DANGER
Vas Near Death From Accidental
AcOnite Poisoning.
ENGAGEMENT BROKEN OFF,
Accident Makes Public the Fact Ihat
she Is Not TO Marry n. jules
BIois, the Mystic-Her Sec
ond disappointment.
ENGAGEMENT BROKEN OFF.

Paris. May 16.-Mme. Calve, who |
was very i'll as the result of taking an |
overdose Of aconite, is reported to be |
out of danger. She was to have APP
peared in the evening performance OF
the examination Of Faust" but dis
covering in the afternoon that she was
quite hoarse took a dose Of aeonite.
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon she be-
came i'll, and two hours later her CON
dition was so serious that grave fears
were felt as to her recovery. The
vigorous action OF the physicians, how
ever, was successful, and the singer Is
now thought to be on the road to re-
covery.
Calves accident has made public the
startling fact that quite recently her
engagement TO Jules Blois, the mys-
tic, has been broken off. Her intimate
friends have known Of it for ten days,
! it is said, but the greatest secrecy has
been preserved, as both were so east
down that mutual friends were hopeful
Of effecting reconciliation.
Disagree About settlement.
According to Dame Rumor, the dis
agreement came about over settle
ment which M. Blois wished his fiancee
to make upon him so that he might
be free from financial cares and at
liberty to pursue his philosophical
studies. Quarrels over monetary settle
ments are common In French matri-
monial affairs, but this latest reverse,
an affair of the heart, following so
soon the ungallaut treatment accorded
her by M. Henri Cain, who Tilted her
Hast December on the eve of their mar
rage for Mile Guiraudon OF the The
atre Comique, has proved a great blow
to the singer
She has been appearing regularly
since the disagreement making a
brave show of Indifference. but her re-
cent action indicates that she has been
keeping up by the use Of powerful
| stimulants. Calves admirers, with
Gallo gallantry, are hoping that the
poisoning will have the effect of bring
ing her and her lover to an under
standing.
While a member of the Metropolitan
Opera company In New York Calve
was greatly admired, and many
wealthy Americans paid her devoted
attention. but she turned deaf ear to
them. She had been in love for years
with NJ Cain. noted as writer Of op-
cratic libretti
l
VI. Gains UnGnIInnt Conduct.
1t IS said that for years they wrote
each other daily and would have beer
married but for the objection Of NJ
Gains parents, who did not wish an
opera singer for daughterin.Iaw
When they died the marriage was ex
pected to take place. but NJ. Cain sur
prised every one by announcing ht
would lead Mile. Guraudon to the al
tar.
While Paris waited for the effect Of
! this announcement on the prima donns
Z she furnished an unexpected surprise
, by announcing her engagement t,
Jules Blois. noted writer on diabol
} ism She had long been a lover Of tn
occult. out Of which grew her strangr
journey on a eames back to Egyp
I, and the orient. accompanied only By
the Hindoo mystic Swami Yivekanan
{ da and d retinue Of servants
on this journey she met in Egyp
Mile Jane Hading and made friend
with her after a ten years feud cause,
! by jealousy. They had both been en-
I amored of the same man, but he hat
! Tilted both. On her return to Pari
Calve joined the occult circle which
met at M Blois' home When thei
engagement was announced it was sal,
I that Calye had been hypnotized BY TIL
! mystic.