Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-02-21

A v at least every one who Is equip
ped with any degree of imag-
1nation-dreams AID hopes and wishes
that some day she may be a grand
lady, with every luxury she can ask.
she wants to have princes and mil
llonaires at her feet She wants to be
sought after, admired These dreams
don't come true, at least not often.
The Cinderellas usually are limited to
the confines of the covers Of a book,
writes Charles Somerville in the World
of this city.
Mary Jane Reinseimer, once of Reig-
elsville, Pa, is an exception.
In country hotel in Easton, Pa,
II years ago, Mary Jane was wait
ress. She was pretty Dutch girl,
eighteen years old. She had crude
charm, and her wit was sharp.
I'm going to get out of this she
determined. I'm going to be some
body. I'm pretty; men like me- wom-
en- who are no more attractive than |
have these things. Why shouldn't l
have them?"
Determined to Gain Her End.
The difference between Mary Jane
and the others was that Mary Jane
didn't stop when she made her wish.
Size kept on, working with might and
main 10 make it come true, and it
didn't matter to her how she gained
the end. Her code was not that
,countenanced by society, but Mary
Jane knew little, of codes, cared little
for them. She wanted to conquer.
She did conquer. Now she is thir-
ty years old, and all things she wish
ed for are hers.
1t remains to count the cost. She
says she is happy. Perhaps she tells
the truth.
Had Mary Jane lived in the days of
the old French courts she would have
beeE du Barry or a Madame Re-
camier or q Pompadour. AS it is,
Mary Jane is mistress of mansion
In the fashionable Rue des Bellies Feu-
lilies of Paris; she is scintillant par
ticipant in the brilliant conversations
In European salons; she rides in mo-
tor cars, wears jewels Of enormous
value and her gowns are among those
that set the Paris fashions.
And always with her womans van
ity af1ush Is the satisfaction of long
list of admirers-indeed, adorers!
Mary Jane Reinseimer Of Reigels-
vile, Pa, that was; Nine. Marie van
Reinseimer Barnes-Creel of New York
and Paris that Is!
And all in IL years has been enact
ed this amazing transition!
Modern magic-surely.
At the age of eighteen she arrived
smiling and confident for her conquest
of New York; with startling success
she carried her campaign to Europe;
she Tilted duke, danced with the
Baron de Rothschild of France, and
had a score or more of New York no.
tables. young and old, on the strings
of her enchantment. She won George
Enrico Creel, Gillian multi-million-
aire, for husband.
captivated Waiter de Mumm.
She held Walter de Mumm. scion of
the champagne" de Mumms of Ger
many, for three years in AFFECT thral-
dom against the fury of his family
and ct his last faint effort to break
away from her lotus flower influence
answered the attempt imperfectly with
the blaze of a revolver-and three
DAYS later he. from his hospital cot,
pleaded with her with bouquets and
billie .doux for reconciliation!
Paris, which loves to give sobri-
rnets. has long called her the Midget
Carmen" But this is only recog-
milton of her beauty and impulsive-
ness. otherwise Il is incomplete. She
is fascinating but not sloe-eyed: she
is temptations but far, very far. from
being brazen. The little ex-waitress
has more the manner of marchion-
ess of the decorative days of the Petit
Trianon.
The answer 10 the question as to
whether she has beauty. wit and dar-
ing is best given by chronological
consideration of her achievements.
First Appearance in New York.
IT is a little vague-her advent to
New York. The story is that she
went from Easton to Allentown. Pa.
Allentown is prettier than Pittsburg.
and quite as important.
After Allentown it was New YORK.
She dabbled in chorus work-dabbled
daintily. But she was not to be found
ever in the gay acknowledgements
tories of the hoi polloi. The little
waitress aimed with fine discernment
for the bull's-eye contained within the
inner circle of the conservative risque.
Her fame spread in certain set
the Young chaps who own or whose
"guv-nors" own those six-cylindered