The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-06
Women Whose Beauty
Pays Their Support

lhcy laugh about 1T now. The young sOra
of a Paris politician had obtained tickets
Tor them. He was enamoured of Mantle.
Inc function was at it's height. The girls
had seen the sights and taken lots of re-
freshments.
Now let's dance" the young fellow
said. He had brought Cleo a partner
Then the terrible thing happened. The.
girls tried to waltz with them-and COULD
not. They, the hope of the grand opera
ballet! Two of the most learned little
cancers of their age in all the worldA
The music don't so right" they said.
there is no room. The others don't dance
right. And we nave never learned to-
waltz like that, just round and round, held
by a mani"
Both Cleo and Louise Mantle are today
well fixed, and. like Elise de We're and tho
dashing Casabianca. they may we'll have
begun the real estate speculations that
alone would nave made them rich by uti-
lizing their rent money ana not paying for
their gowns or hats. The seat of these
speculations is known to be on thee oteauE
st. Cloud. Anna Held is also known to be-
IN on 1t, as we'll as Dortzal and Desprez-
IN tact. 1t is a kind of theatrical booming
OF building lots, the first time it was ever
worked in Paris. Two girls are known to-
nave sold the same lots half a dozen times
each-but that was an exception. All the
same, the others have come so we'll out OF
the speculation that they are beginning To-
ocOdlS WHETHER Tedl eSIale-eNen as an IN
v~estment-is not more remunerative than
jewels.
This tendency to put their savings In
jewels grew out of the successes of Otero
and her imitators, who actually starred on
the strength of them? and. furthermore.
one can have a forced sale" every now
and then.
The "Forced" Sale.
L Will not name the latest Paris beauty
to pun off this reliable old coup; but para~
graphs began appearing that recounted
sSfnpathetically her financial sorrows. She
must part with her wonderful jewels'r
We're their burden. Fraud, all fraud! On
the day of the sale. therefore, you might
not understand a thing you saw. Half
the professional beauties of Paris were
present. Also a slick descriptive reporter
for each of the Paris daily papers. Every
mothers daughter of the beauties knew
that the jewels there exposed for auction
at the Hotel Drouot We're not really those
OF the alleged unhappy beauty, but were
furnished by a speculative ieweler. Yet
YOU saw the fair ones bid them up like
forced sale bargains.
a word will explain the mystery. ..Pcr-
haps they We're a little dear" said one who
had bought a couple of rings, but not so
dear as in the Rue de Ia PaiX shop; and
got my name in the papers as a buyer
see, the long description. 1t will do me-
good now-and later on, when I have my
O'- eoA~s @tiirA iSi liN lilOI LII III
trancing smile), the money thai I bid with
was not all nine. i was aided!"
Such is eminin sagacity-of the style
disclosed by Lucie Gerard in the case or
Charles-the-Bald.
Why should not q millionaire horse
owner boost" the fortunes of q young
and talented artistic? Such an one ac-
Lucie to the races. IT must let
on my own horse" he said; ".and the more
so, as he has a good chance to win. Here
is a 500 note. Do you go and bet it. You.
Will bring me luck. If we win YOU shal&
keep half the winnings"
1t was only a stsp to the ''pari mutuel','
betting booths; but Lucie and her friend
Jane Harding, hrs to pass the bookmakerss
to get there. They heard the odds whss-
pered. -Four to one against Charles-the-
Bald" Lucie repeated, why that is our
horse, Janet"
Fifty to one against Dewdrop IIT.'>
said a voice nearby.
II say, JAMIE" argued the sagacious one.
the baron IS a silly. His horse will pay
only 4 to l and Dewdrop will pay so to II
I'm going to put my money on Dewdrop."
She did 1t, and when Charles-the-Bold
fell, throwing three others, the baron told
her gently not to mind. At the next OBJ
stacle two more horses came to grief, SO
that the wretched Dewdrop reached the
winning post-alone.
I'VE win." cried Lucie. WAS I saga
cious?" AS a fact Dewdrop paid 20 for L
in the Paris mutuals.
1t is all yours said the d.sgustcd has
ron, as the fair actress came back with.
her $1,000. L could not bet against my own
horse!"
In contrast to all this easy money-get--
ting | know of nj more touching history
than the adventure Of Cavalieri's unknown
pretty sister.
The Reward of Loneliness.
rms sister, Ada Cavalieri. lives in
Genoa. Not only IS she younger and fresh
er than Lima. but she is her living image,
only as timid and retiring as the other is.
brilliant and ambitious. In a word, this;
beautiful girl works for a living as a gov
erness, and her past seven years nave teens
a martyrdom. She cannot keep a place.
she is SO beautiful.
The latest word is tina she IS engaged to-
be married, but this happened a year or SO
ago during a visit to her sister, Lima, In
Paris. after she had lost a place through
no fault of her own.
Listen. One may be a tower of virtue
and still know that one is lovely. Ada
tried on one or two OF Lina's
gowns, and those about them stood as
founded. 1t was Lima herself-Linb fresh
and dainty, younger also, as IL grown exl
traordinarily happy. What happened? It
is possible that Ada may nave said some
OF the proud things Il poor, beautiful yirE
may easily imagine in the face of LUXURY
Ana Lima may have answered that besides
mere beauty there is also charms and tai
mt. In any case Ada hit on a sudden re-
solve.
Secretly she dressed herself in one Of
l>lna's loveiiest gowns Then she per-
suaded Lina's maid to accompany her to
own photographer.
II am feeling peculiarly bright today.'s
she explained. ~ have had good news,
and ought to take some specially good
pictures.'
The astonished and delighted photoe-
put in plate after plate.
'cignorina, you have never had such
Ire and charm" he said. cit seems to mo
hat your profile. even. is more delicately
pure."'
Few of the portraits ever go. into COM
nerce. Lima Caval:ori had the negatives
destroyed. But Ada smiled the natural
of an honest girl that Paris after
noon as she left the photographers. In
ler pocket ting.ed ten gold pieces. They
we're the spoils of her victory. They con-
sisted OF an honorarium that the phosog-
'apher had pressed on her when he
earned bV her CacnaI odr-tc,ta. 49, a.