Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-19
GAN WIN MEMS LOVE
WHEN SHE CHOOSES

from a nearby house, during the five
hours a day that Mile. Baundet
agreed to masquerade a as hag.
Her makeup was one of the most
realistic ever donned. She smeared
her face with grease paint overlaid
with CRIME, bowed her back, and
donned the garments borrowed from
beggar woman who called at the
back door. Only to make them
worse. she solled and tore them
more. and bound her feet in un-
slightly and worn mems shoes.
Gets Four Proposals the First Day.
The watchers the first day were
astounded to see a midle aged man.
well dressed, apparently a. gentle
man, stop to do little act OF benev-
olence and remained for ten minutes
nj the corner. His entire manner
changed after a moment, in which
he offered the hag at his feet a
franc. lie was differential, courte-
GUS, and he raised his hat when he
| passed on. Shortly thereafter
careless. we'll dressed youth, evident
" a clerk, glanced at the crone,
stopped, remained talking with her
for fully twenty minutes, and final
ly made an effort to take her hand.
He evidently was beseeching her to
marry him when the elderly man
returned, and he and the young
man almost came to blows over
something. The elderly man drove
of the younger, and presented the
hag with a bunch of violets, after
which he hurried away. During the
Ave hours two other men, both OF
high class and apparently men pos
sessed OF money, stopped and be-
came interested. The party watch
ing from the window OF the break
fast room overlooking the corner
was mystifed.
Apparently tho hag did nothing
10 attract attention, yet four men
had grown vastly interested in her.
At 4 O'Clock the crone left the
stand. hobbled painfully to the
gate In the wall, stepped inside, and
Joined the watchers.
Then came the greatest surprise
OF the day. Two OF the four men
had proposed to her in writing, at
her request, and one was a man OF
wealth and standing. Four propos-
ais she had received In Ave hours,
and from the only men, 80 she said,
that she had tried to make propose.
Nine Men lay Fortunes at Her Feet.
The second day was even more
astonishing. No less than nine men
OF all classes stopped and proposed
TO her. Some OF them wrenched
themselves away with looks of dis
gust. but returned later as II COM
PEELED by some great power, and
proceeded to lay their hearts and
their fortunes at the feet OF a
grimy, hldeous street beggar. one
OF those that proposed was a man OF
their own set. There no longer was
any doubt( and Mile. Baudet beg
ged her friends not to require her 10
remain at the corner again.
They insisted. however. on anoth-
er day. all being wildly curious to
discover her secret Although she
begged them to let her on she con-
sentod TO one more day.
That day, however, she ignored
most OF the passersby and did not
try her receipt except on three oc-
easlons, each time bringing the vic
time TO her. She forced all three to
make written proposals OF marriage,
and brought them triumphantly "a
her friends.
The girl was shivering from loath-
ing when she tore of the beggar's
rags and donnei her own gowns
and she vowed that the test was
cruel 10 herself and her victims
| Also she vowed she never would re-
veal her secret,
VIII Not Use Power on Man she
Loves.
Half OF Paris now knows thai
Mile. Baundet has discovered tht
| sacrat of comnaliino any man 10 fail