Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-01-21
CLARK'S WIFE A PUZZLE
FOR SOCIETY
HOW WILL WASHINGTON RE.
cElVE FORMER RoLLicKlNo
MoUNrAlN LASS WHO Ap.
FEARED As GODDESS or Ll3.
EarY At SUITE CARNIVAL

MovNrAlN LASS WHO Ap.
PEARgp ~ GODDESS or Ll3.
EarV At SUITS CARNIVAL
A New York dispatch. dated Jan. la.
says When senator W A. CLARK.
o. Montana. walked ashore from the
kronptiaz wilhelm. biz wife. she
beautiful Anna Ia Chappciie. whom
be discovered few years ago rot
licking mountain maid sharing the lot
OF her family at one Of TIE senator's
mining camps. was ~ his side.
nut the curious crowd which had
gathcrcd al The pier 20 witness the
homecoming Of thls YOUNG woman $50
strangely graduated tn enormous
wealth was erlcvously disappointed.
Inc famous baby Andrea Of golden
birth was not on the plcr The sen
ator explained that u had been decld.
cd that tho baby should not venture
ON an ocean voyage. aud she had bcan
left behind 10 me care OF half a dozen
nurses.
senator Clark a0d wife win return
10 Paris a. aoon ~ he has finished bis
senatorial duties IN WASHINGTON IN
the meantime Mfs Clark will make a
trip through the wcst She viii yislt
the scenes o. her childhood IN Mon
tana and may spend a few days IN Los
Angeles.
both Senator aud Mrs. CLARK were
IN mourning oul Of respect To his
mother. uAo died IN Los Angeles IN
J December. Thoy announced that for
this reason they would not return or
accept invitations while Ia washlns.
ton.
Just how 10 receive this newly made
woman OF Washington o. problem
which u pusxling the leadoge ~ New
York society The power which wealth.
gives her and her position ~ the wife
OF United states senator assures her
nm entrance No least into the outer
crust % the 900. but whether or not
. society Will open ns arms and receive
8 her Into tta inner circles IA an unan-
= swerod question
J. Fortunately the time for deciding
J. this question has been automatically
= Put on by the senator. lie viii r..
main In Paris for at least another
p year unill his new Fifth avenue man.
\ sion 81 completed. ny that time 20.
4 cicty will have had time TO yiew this
4 new candidate and pass upon her siigi.
n Diiily to its exclusive domain
i Mrs. Clark IA tail ana slender and
. about tweniy.thrce years old She haa
o a typical french face.
Pretty, but Poor
q II can be- Imagined with what con.
. nictinR feelings Mrs. Clark will return
q 10 Montana n has not been moro
y than eight years since she was pic
turesque mountain maid, sharing tho
a bitter poyeriy Of her parents and
d wanting bat her rare girlish beauty TO
q attract the eye OF the casual pas1erby.
@ fuiay she n woman ~ fashion
l. and the wife Of one 81 the worlds
richest men. Il was the beauty OF TIE
. aixtecnyear-old mountain lass that
arst attracted the notice OF Senator
u Clark. A carnival was held In Butte,
and Anna LaChappelie appeared IN the
roio OF the Goddess Of Liberty
70 senator CLARK singled her out from
among two scores o. girls and made
II inquiries about her. 10 found that hcr
father was penHiloss and IN want and
that four other children In addition IA
Anna were dependent upon him.
" "Dr." LAchappelie pies.
About the time that the senator
q. made his Inquiries about the youns
Goddess OF Liberty. "Df " iachnppel,,
!; was seized with fatal Illness. on hi,
A. death bed he bcsoughi the favor OF ths
copper King Cor His family
Senator Clark not only undertook
the education n Anna. bat he found
4. places Tor her brothers and sisters and
10 placed the mother beyond want Anna
was frat sent Ia a private school
" rherc she developed musical tcrden
10 Giles. and on the recommendation d
~ her tatorf was sont 90 the Boston con
} aeryatory From there she went q
Paris.
o, senator Clark gAid periodical yi4ii'
to Paris. and runners began e spreas
rs that be- had a closer regard for hel
than thar ~ a guardian They wer'
aG promptly denied. however. bat las
snly friends Of the senater we're star
10 tied 20 read Ia the newspapers iha
u senator Clark and hls ward had beer
IL married at Marseiilos. France. threl
years previously ana that a daughte
D. nov two years Old had blessed th'
y union.