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been one OF luxury. excitement and
unailoyed pleasure. Her apartments
al the Luxor. where she lived under
AN assumed name, We're among the
most magnificent in the city. Every
thing that art and money could buy
was at her disposal Her rooms were
hung with the finest OF tapestries,
while gems OF European art alled the
different apartments. Every sunday
night IL was her custom. for the last
two years, to attend the Ofpheum-
She generally had a seat either near
or beside Mrs. Joe Harvey. She al
WAYS came IN late. and as she entered
the theater she attracted attention by
her magnificent gowns.
ATTENDS THE ORPHEUM.
In fact. a large portion OF the sunday
night crowds at the Orpheum watched
for the appeara nee Of this superbly at
tired woman. Her jewels were royal
When Smith first met her, it is report
ed she was in very hard straits Her
jewels We're all in pawn Her first re-
quest was that smith should get the
jewels out. and this he did.
The next thing he did was TO estab-
nsh her in the luxurious APARTMENTS. II
is said her gowns and furs were un-
eqzafed by any in San Francisco Her
set cf ermine is said 10 have been the
finest that has ever been displayed in
the city. She also wore occasionally
magnificent set Of mink furs. These
were especially the envy Of the women
who happened TO see them.
While her stage pretensions were not
great. she still had aspirations. About
eight years ago she appeared at the Or
pheum. doing q turn with Don Cam.
The latter had a fine voice, and while
Lillian Leslie was only a singer in
small way, her magnificent beauty, her
gorgeous costumes and her stage pres
ence helped carry out her part in the
team
About this time Truly Shattuck ap-
peared on the scene and was a great
friend OF the fair Lillian. 1t is report
ed that Lillian and Truly contemplated
a starring trip to Europe. Just before
the proposed trip was carried out, a
millionaire appeared on the scene and
Miss Leslie abandoned the scheme.
SMITH TO RESCUE.
For a time all went well with her,
but the friend who had induced her
o TO remain in san Francisco and give
up her theatrical career met reVerses,
so Lillian was thrown on her own re-
sources. Her beautiful gowns, her
magnificent diamonds and her jewels
all went TO the pawnbrokers and until
she met Ed Smith she was in dire dis
tress.
Smith came to her rescue, took her
jewels out and lavished upon her the
luxuries that are the portion of a
queen. Just prior TO her departure on
April she intimated to some of her
boon companions that her man had
fixed her plenty" She added that
she was going TO Europe to cultivate
her voice and that she had "wads of
dough" to spend while she lived in the
whirl Of gay Paris.
A day or two previous to her de-
Parture she made calling tour in an
automobile to. bid farewell to a coterfe
Of her friends. She told some of her
set that she was going to Paris and
10 others she said she was going TO
take a southern trip.
AS a sport at the race track, il is
reported. none could equal her. She
not only enjoyed the excitement of the
races. but loved to mingle with the en-
vironment of the betting crowd. She
always had plenty Of money to wager
and. was always supplied with stable
secrets and tips that seemed to come
direct from those who knew. Her
losses were not heavy. She was wont
TO spend her winnings with a lavish
hand and whenever she won il was the
occasion for g celebration Of some
sort.