The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-06
A REAL BARONESS
ON STAGE Al HERE {:
"Mrs. Mike O'Brien'' On the Play
Bills, Really the Wife OF
Baron Won Zeiber.
MARRIED HER TO a TITLE IT e.
The Purpose Of Her Father Car "a;
ried Out and Her Husband
Soon Left Her.
MARRIED HER TO A TITLE IT !:

real live baroness on the stage OF q
local theatre is an arlstocratic sight mat
seldom confronts a Richmond audience
hut the "Bijou" offers the attraction
this week. and all for the small ana M
significant price Of half a dollar, as me me
circus barker" is wont to say.
This title in itself is full Of infatuation,
hut when it is attached to a lady whose tr.
mast is dim, mysterious and allnrlns' tne
combination simply gives genuine thr RI
"a all those who are truly romantic.
baroness Marie katherine Won zeioer'
IN her hlstrionic work, forsakes ner 5.l ..i.
ionic name and appears as Mrs NIKE
a, brian in About the Town. pay
n which those clever comedians, Murray Murray
and Mack, are starring. AS the lrlsn
lady. the baroness wears the pest ~ my
wardrobe and MARBLES few things da1's-
ling with runs and trlils' ", ,,a,, -
mr.. Ollie Mack was kind enough 70
infroduce The Times-Dispatch man q 70
+ iris titled member of his company.
II.,Tsn,t Mack a little dear?' remarked
the Indy. .I'd steal him II he were not
sealed up iii tight package 49,,
ut isn't often that We nave k'n ~
dukes and baronesscs at the ,Bi9ou. .ne
newspaper man cum %s'f ahi I,s baroness"
complained the Mrs. O Brian OF inc
stnrs III isn't because love the stage,
but because I need the money. Nh
Tells Her Life Story.
After a sympathetic pave. the slave OF
the pencil requested a recital OF tne = suu
story of her life'
go on" said Mr.. Mack; tell him tht
whole truth except your age. re do1'
expect the truth about that'ifi 49, - :
bit of persflage, the baroness was pre-
vailed upon to toll this story: .
~ was, before my marriage, Marie
Katherine Packer, daughter OF Governor
Packer, of Pennsylvania, and niece OF tht
president OF the Lehlgh Valley Railroad
Z 1 Nv father determined that should mar
nv a title, and so when was only SIX.
f teen was taken from the convent ane
married in Philadelphia to Baron vor
zeiber, lieutenant In the lmperin
Guards of Prussia The Kaiser gave hi
consent to our, marriage and for five
years was happy, although my nuspane
during that time was wild and someWha
an philadelphia, when we visited
there. was a belle at tho Assembly Balls
and a friend of all the smart set. Count
css Pappenhein, who was MISS " heeler
OF Philadelphia, and who married IN
same year did, was amongst ny
friends. !,
t,,re. nv dot was exhausted, and my nus
hana deserted me In Paris and LETT M
rs starye. for an old woman OF Sixty. VIII
a horrid past. was only twenty-tW
then and she was sixty. Just think OF y
Wine, women. racing and cards a.
enough To ruin any man, and baron Vol
zeiber had all OF these vices. ! haa
make my living or perish from huhse'
50 wont on the concert stage snd re
t,,-n ed 70 America with the lmperh
Rand Of Vienna. The next year wa
Leading soprano with sousn's Bana; 'l ~
vent with the Boston symphonic !, ~ y
chestra. and afterwards with the rus s
burg orchestra, and the Salem .orcne =,
ira | have always been dra'nutl
nr;n,a donna, and want to sing hoo
r,nbcr before leave this town, )usl
show the people what can DO
1Aro none OF, your wealthy relative
a,,vao" asked the newspaper man
yves. some OF them. My first cons.,
,f,sa Mary Packer. Is the ricnest "o''.n
T.. ponnsylyania. They have given ~ ~
NO cold shoulder since went on :, -
.tare hut ri get fortune somc aa
from the estate. .,acked
The Baroness stated that her "s ,',,
husband was still cutting vice s"n q.
In the continental capitals, ana t''a' .
had not gotten a divorce
,'1m fair example OF lnterna'!on
marriages" concluded tho lady. y ao''
believe they pay.