The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-25
Charmed Il
Equally by il
Three Fa1noustt
EacIp,
Ready to Be|nt
His Bride--Un
able toChoosql
Between Theno b.
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and Crazed b
lndecision, th|n
Lieutenant Ha' !, :,
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follow Out 3
Iva
His Brains /: !:


among the living He was not seen e
evening by any Of his friends. Aftar|
packing his trunks and rearrangine3
wardrobe, his valet was dismissed for
night
Next morning the Lfeutenant's lif61
body was discovered lying full length
the Persian rug before the manteI in
sitting roon- Near 1t had fallen the
volver with which he had blown out
brains. AS mentioned at the beginnina
this account the photographs OF
Countess Irma, OF Mile. Renouardt, and
Mile. Lorraine, stood side by side on
mantlepiece.
A quantity OF cigarette ash Uttered
mantelpiece, and was trodden into tha =
Sian rug. The Lieutenant was an inyei
ate smoker OF cigarettes. It was plain,
these signs. how he had spent the eyenf
after unpacking and restoring to the -,
telpiece his photograph Of the Countess
ma, now f1anked by those Of Renouardt
Mile. Lorraine-the three most beauff
women In the world. each Of whom
loved to the point Of madness-and q
ready to become his wife!
AS he gazed into the three pairs os II
tured eyes-smoking furiously and dr<
ping cigarette ash on the mantel-the q
Of indecision in his brain developed fuss
monster. How was 1t possible for him
decide? He loved them all equally. ea
was ready to give herself to him I'D
could he renouce the other two? He pao
backward and forward, treading cigarel
ash into the Persian rug.
When the Lieutenant realized fully 81
a decision was impossible, tbs one possij
solution Of his difficulty occurred to b
His revolver was handy, and he did !
hesitate to use t.
For some reason best known 10 the
selves, the relatives of the unfortuu}
young man have not favored the publ
tion in Vienna newspapers Of the abb
details Of the cause Of the suicide z
official explanation. while temporal
deranged." has suficed
The Countess Potacka left Vienna
mediately. going to her country estate
the neighborhood' of Warsaw, where d
denies herself to all visitors II is WI
pered In Vienna society that she
en-hearted-but that her pride v
eventually come to her rescue. for she
one of those who cannot deny the 9
dences furnished by the suicide chamb
that either one Of two famous PA
actresses might have become her succe
full rival. And that is reflection Will
would hardly permit spirited Poll
noblewoman to languish very long
There Is no doubt that Mile. Renouar
and the charming Lorraine were sincere
shocked by the news Of the tragedy,
though they have since endeavored
create the impression that they never ed
ously considered the impetuous mat
monial propositions OF the young ofacf
They are consistent In this: otherwI
they would naturally resent his unce1
monious departure without waiting ]
learn their decisions.
Students OF psycnology, both IN FHf
and Vienna, who have the outline OF n
story as told here, agree that any pf
fectly sane young man Of the tempef
menr of Lieutenant Hoffschneider.
similar circumstances, would logically
expected TO solve his problem In the san
tragic manner A prominent biologist
this connection. is quoted as obseryinSk
fresh and emphatic suggestion OF modef
physical decadence among the leisurt
class, due to the exaggerated importan&
given nowadays to the subtleties OF ~
tender passion. Over-trained minds a.
nerves sap the physical bulwarks pol
sessed by savages and by those who LEI
the simple life. and leave sensitive orshy
izations open to just such tragic episode
as ended the career OF Lieutenant w
Aoi1schneider.