Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-05
OTHER SISTER A RECLUSE.
VICTORIA MoRoSINI VERY POOR
WHILE GIULIA SPENDS
100000 A YEAR.
A VERMONT MYSTERY.
Left Coachman- Husband Without Reason
and Fled from Him Through
Country for Years.

Inc WOrlu neafS mucn OF MISS Glulla
Morosini, Lady Bountiful, heiress, expert
whip, woman of fashion; it hears now
and then of Attila Morosini, her brother,
whose sudden marriage six years ago
to May Caroline Washington Bond,
lineal descendant of George Washing
tons brother Samuel, set the tongue of
society wagging, but it never hears of
Victoria Morosini, the sister of these
two.
She lives her own life. which is not
theirs, in cottage Swallowed by the for
est peaks of the Green mountains
whether self-immured, or exiled by her
father, few know, and their lips are
sealed. This woman, still young and
beautiful, is as if dead to the gay world,
on which she turned her back twenty
two years ago. when she eloped with
Ernest Huelskamp-Schill her fathers
coachman.
Mystery in Quiet Life.
The gossps of Rutland, VT, after es-
tablishing her identity. gave up long
ago trying to fathom the mystery. New
York has forgotten that such a mystery
existed, and quietly and unobtrusively
Marie Baldwin. as she is known, is
rounding out her existence in spot
where the only connecting link between
her and the dazzling life of which she
was once part is the metropolitan
newspaper.
The story of Victoria Morosini reads
like the scenario of modern romantic
drama, with the final act unpenned.
Every element is as clearly cut as though
stamped with a die. Love, hate, the I'M
accountable disappearance of the heroine
and her ultimate discovery in convent,
hidden far from the beaten path, form
the theme of q tale stranger than fiction.
The scenic investiture included a palace,
cloister and a hut, and the picture
upon which the initial curtain rose.
While Giulia Morosini is mistress of
her fathers mansion at Riverdale-on-
theHudson, where her entertainments
are maryels of luxury and whence she
scatters largesse with a bountiful hand.
Victoria is boarding with. a private fam
lily on North street. Not long ago Giulia
was quoted as declaring that no woman
could dress well on less than 100000
year. She has just been telling the pub
lie how she spends twice that amount on
her own costumes. If Victoria invests
500 in clothes in one year she considers
herself extravagant. The one has
dozen equipages at her command; the
other a public hack, which may be hired
for 20 cents an hour.
Stayed III disguise.
When Victoria first appeared in Rut-
land as an inmate of the Convent of the
sisters of st. Joseph, at Meadow street
ana Convent avenue, she wore a heavy
nuns veil and dark blue glasses that
completely concealed her features None
IN the village save Rev. Father Thomas
J. Gaffney, the parish priest, knew her
identity. When she came was as much
OF mystery as her object in immuring
herself in the cloister. She was evident.
ly woman of refinement and cuIture
and she was beautiful; even the veil
and the glasses could not conceal this
fact.. She was well supplied with money,
her income then being $4,000 a year. and
this added to the mystery.
inns was in 1894. 1t was not until a
year later that the curious folk of Rut-
land; who had used every means known
to them to establish the identity of
Miss Marie Baldwin," succeeded in
learning her secret. This discovery re-
suited in Mrs. Sclhiling leaving the CON
vent and going to the home of Michael
Dugan, druggist. There were stories
current that the young womans father
had promised to take her back into his
nome II she should remain in conceal
ment for fifteen years. Whether this is
true or not, it is certain that Mr.. Moro
SIM was greatly displeased when his
daughter became known under her right
name and left the cloister. Her income
1t IS said here, was cut in half. She dis
carded glasses and veil and was recog-
nlzed as the most beautiful woman in
the town.
Married Fathers Coachman.
The romance which has resulted 50
disastrously for Victoria Morosini began
IN the summer or 1854 when her father.
employed as coachman Ernest HneIs-
kamp-Schilling, soldier of fortune. On
September 3 of that year they eloned
and New York society received n shook
from which it did not recover for waells
1t was the first instance in which the
daughter of a man of wealth and SOCIAL
prominence had married a coachman
and the newspapers printed the story in
detail. Giovanni Morosini was deeplv
grieyed by his daughters youthful esca-
pade. Mrs. MOroSini was heart-broken
Victoria and her husband fled to En-
rope. But even there they remained in
the public eye, and in a few months re-
turned. The $1,000 the bride possessed
at the time of her marriage was snent
during the European trip and on reach.
ing New York husband ana wife were
in serious financial straits They took
lodgings owned by Schillings step-fatber
and both went to work. Schiling OBJ
tanned work as conductor OF a street
car, aid his wife went into the cborus
of the 'Amorita" company, then play
ing at the Casino theater. On the night
it was announced she would appear the
house was packed to suffocation by an
audience attracted through curiosity
The young woman was a drawing card
for a few weeks. but at the end of thar
time, as she had shown no remarkabIe
dramatic talent she was allowed to re-
sign. After this, for nearly two wears
she dropped out of public notice
Husbands Vain Search.
On August 20, 1885, a friend of the
Morosini family, who for six months
had been trying to effect a reconciliation
practically succeeded. 1t is said thar
Victoria was summoned to the Office of
her fathers lawyer and there was as
sured an annuity provided she agreed to
certain conditions laid down by her
father. What these were did not become
public. but on September 1, two wears
lacking a week from the time of her
elopement, the young woman walked o,,+