The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-01

/ ed TO be in the Windy City one Town
/ send Wallace. prevarieator, in ordinary 10
( the Grand opera house. l nthe company
/ then playing at the opera house was a
winsombe and plump damoselle yclep'
Grace Kimban She and the press agent
evolved an after-the-show supper party In
which the grand duke was 10 be astraily
present. The next day the first page OF the
Chicago papers contained an account OF
the grand ducal supper party and of the
behavior OF the grsnd duke al the con-
! vivial board.
The cTowning fancy of all was that
which made him drink champagne from
out OF Miss kimbails slipper. The story
was telegraphed all over the Country. and
when the grand duke struck New York
all the press agents were waiting for him.
The emissry % the Broadway theater
scored first by prevailing upon one of the
dukes aides 10 accept a box for that
nights performance of sally in our
Alley. Reporters OF all the newspapers
were notified OF this and told TO be on
hand that night 10 write a story about
the grand ducal box party. something
would be doing" they were told.
II will probably never be known what
kind of a sensation the press agent OF
the Broadway had prepared for his grace.
Whatever IL was. II didn't happen.
The promoter OF sensations for publica-
ton for the Casino worked upon the feel
ings OF one OF the pretty members OF the
chorus and By appealing 10 her patriot
ism. as it were. fired her with the ambi-
ton of winning the grand duke away from
81,
The maid in question. Clara Belle Tay-
Tor. called up his grace on the phone IN
his apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria.
and hy maintaining an air of great dis
cretion. refusing 70 give her name 10 any
of the dukes suite. got word TO Boris
own ear. To him she spoke low, low.
soft and low" and in a voice so Ian
guishinsly sweet. that he sent back the
box presented to him by the management
Of the Broadway thcatcr. and engaged
two boxes at the Casino.
Discretion had been the price exacted
by the grand duke for his transfer OF pat
ronage from the Broadway 10 the Casino.
and the bargain was kept What happen
cd after the perfo nance was never given
to the press by the press agent. Nobiesse
oblige,
At the time when Duss was giving his
at Madison Square garden on ar
island very, very distantly initiative Of
Venice. the press agent engaged the ser
vices Of a very attractive locking young
woman and had her fall into the canal.
The expected commot'op took place. and
the turn was greatly improved by the
jumping into the canal OF bona fide
spectator in evening clothes. who effected
a sensational rescue.
In Milwaukee a local press agent went
this one bitter by driving in a cab with
a woman to a bridge over thu Milwaukee
river and throwing a uannikin dressed ia
clothes over the parapet the !
woman in the cab shrieking piercinRiy /
the while The foul deed" accomplished |
the cab and its two occupants ratified !
away. the cabman. who was ia the con- 1
spiracy lashing his horse fIriousiy A ]
number OF passcrsby had seen the woman +
thrown over the parspet. heard the
shrieks. and saw the body disappear below
the surface Of the river. The police were
soon On the scene. and with them tire re-
poTters Long accounts 81 the~criTnc APP
,eared iu all the afternoon papers and IN
he morning papers o. the next day.
The river vas dragged and the body
-ecovered on tho chest was painted the
GLOWING legend. saved from the sea.
low playing al the Grand Opera House.
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