Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23
FIERCE QUEENS OF THE PARIS APACHES

N seldom, either In ire pages
w of imaginative novels tor Boo
rtul ne which n said Co be
stranger than fiction, is thcra To De
found Bu equal 90 the astonishing ca-
rcor of Baroness Houtzel, born Coun-
tess Walowsk0, who hypuouzed 10y I'd
friend, has thrown away ul her wealth
and insists upon living like % heggar
So astounding indeed is hcr story that
were 81 90. supported by tac state
ments of tho unhappy womau's hus-
baud aud mmily, one would be Inclined
90 lRuph az &C.
Baroness Hclutzol married % years
ago, at the ugo of rs. the richest cloth
manufacturer in Poland She was. and
is, woman Of remarkable beauty
tall slim and arlstocratic. with am
abundance Of fair hair and pair 1i
dark violet eyes. Tho history of Che
family to which she BELONGS is o.
strange ono. Her great gruudmothvr.
the first Countess Walowska or any
rotc, was prescott lu Warsaw when
Napoleon Bunaparte stayed There bo-
foro his fatal Russian campaign Tho
great soldier promptly fcll in love with
the beautiful Russian countess but for
addresses. Finally. however she sur
rendered on condition that DE should
free Poland from the Russian yoke as
soon as the campaign was over. Need
less to say, me never Kept his promise.
but tho countess was loaded with pren-
cnts of magnificent ieWelry, her hua-
band and child received large estates
and several French titles which the
family stiu use. The most valuable oi
La dos I'd ..fn
rs now in the hands Of the present de-
scendauts hypnotizer The police be-
ucve that 10 has been placed iu pawn
shops in different parts OF Italy and
Russia, and that those who lent money
ON IL nave not the slightest idea of it's
tremendous historical value Amongst
other things there is magnificent
rope OF pearls, a diamond necklace and
pendant consisting OF one huge cm-
erald set in hrilliants. But the most
interesting of an u.s. marquisc ring
composed of diamonds and rubics. In
side are Napoleon's Initials and the
countess with the date dix Avril 1910.
tot toujours' april the 10th. lSlp.
Thine fOreNo) Baron Hcintzel rs
Offering "a large reward for their dis.
covery,
HELD spirit PARTIES"
AAN N''nN f'NAfANIlA lI NIlIN historical
pair Countess Marie Walewska. spent
most OF her time, before her marriage
with Baron Heintzel Won Hohenfels boo
warsaw Her mother am eccentric
though highly intellectual woman. set
the fashion of holding what are there
called spirit PARTIES that is, seanccs
where spirit mpping goes on until the
small hours of the morning. To these
parties used 10 come certain Madame
de smolenska, who often acted as me-
dlum ANA soon became friendly with the
young Countess Marie
On her marriage, Marie removed to
her husbands country estate. called
.Lagiewnika, and did not SEQ Ma
dame de Smolonska for some years.
one day, however this lady arrived
at the manor house on a visit. and s1ig-
gested that as the weather was had
they should pass the time by trying 10
recall the spirits of Napoleon and his
amorata, Countess Walewska. Tho
baroness agreed. ana from that day she
mas been completely in the power OF
Madame de Smoleusza.
HOW IT WAS WORKED
AT first her husband did not notice
anything wrong. Madame dc smoIen-
SKA is good-loOking woman. with a
pleasant manner and am the ncighbors
were delighted 90 have such am aadi-
ZION 10 their somewhat dun circle. Tls
baron ls busy man and only noticed
that his wife seemed enchanted with
her visitor. IL was not until tbev ba1
been going on for months that he dts-
covered that Madame de Smolensk.
was holding hypnotical sittings I'm his
wife's rooms, at which nobody but tho
baroness, herself, and a little peasant
child were present. The child. when
questioned, declared that Madame a.
Smolenska put the baroness 10 sleep by
means Of passing her hands befors
her face, and then read her long lo.-
lures in which she declared that Id was
a sin 10 have money, wear Jewels ana
live in luxury when so many thou-
sands Of human beings were STARVING
The little girl was also put TO sleep st
times and some OF the servants. who
overheard, by means Of putting their
ears 10 the key-hole say that the
baroness was perpetuany crying tha-
the poverty OF the world weighed UNION
her soul and hurt her.
These slttings began 10 tell upon the
baroness health Her husband noticed
this and noticed also that She ceased
20 wear tewelry one day he asked
hcr why she did not wear any orna-
ments and she answered that She could
not bear 10 think people in the town
close by were starving while she came