The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-05
LADY DENTIST
HAD A CAREER
Was at One Time Considered the
Most Beautiful Won-
an in All
Europe.
POWERFUL AT COURT
Now Seems Satisfied to FIJI and
sr& Pull Teeth and Wear
Cheap
Apron.
| By Karl H. Won Wiegand. Berlin cor
respondent OF the United Press.l

BY Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
respondent OF the United Pressl
BERLIN, April 4-Berlin now
boasts the only "countess-dentist' in
the world. Countess Benzel-Sternau
Won Hohenau, who with her beauty
and Jewels cut a wide swath in Hun
gary Austria, Germany France anG,
Monte Carlo for some years, has just
opened a dental parlor in the fashion
able west end Of Berlin.
Countess Won Hohenau has had an
unusually varied career that made her
| famous-some say notorious-as an
international celebrity, in half dozen
countries. Princes, dukes, counts and
barons and money kings, worshipped
her beauty. Her jewels were the envy
even of princesses. Today she is
plugging teeth, killing nerves, ad-
justing crowns" and fastening
bridges"
The countess was born in Buda-
pest. In her palmy days she played a,
conspicuous role in the political arena
/ Of her country, and was a power to
be reckoned with. AS Rose Wallen
stein, a ravishing titian-haired Hun
garian beauty. she married Count
Scho 2nberg. While Countess Schoen
! berg, she made the acquaintance OF
NJ. Poloni. then a Budapest lawyer,
who bectme madly infatuated with
her. After Kossuth was received by
/ Emperor Franz Jos sf Francis Joseph
and peace were established between
! the Hapsburgs and the family of the
great Hungarian hero, Poloni became
minister of justice.
Those in a position to know. claim
ed that 1t was the countess who had
! played great role in this recOncilia-
ton, and that it was she who had Sc
cured this important post for her
friend. Indeed, political opponents OF
Polcni created a. great scandal by
publishing alleged copies Of compro-
missing letters said to have been pass
| ed between the countess and far in
| fuential friends in Vienna. The coun-
tess reputation suffered severe
jolt, but that did not dull the bright
snesspf her eyes nor detract from her
charm and wit in the, eyes OF her
friends and admirers. ~ pta -a.
In the winter of 1908 at the instiea-
ton of the Prince of Monaco, beau
tys:contest was held at Monte Carlo.
Countess Schoenberg was declared to
be, the international prize beauty
Famous artists in Paris and Rome
painted her pictures which were pur-
chased by princely admir- ers at high
prices Suddenly her star began to
wane Her friends dwindled. There
! were whispers Of tragic suicidal fin
| ish to some of her CENTRALIZED lovers
! Princes and dukes turned their backs
on her. The freshness of her youth
was fading Her smile seemed to
| have lost its pot sncy. She was clear
ly on the "slide.' but the cause was
a deep mystery.
Divorced from her hus band, she en-
deavored to get another start for
the dizzy h sights of life in the CAPT
tails of Europe by seconG' marriage.
This time she married scion of enc
of the most aristocratic families in
Austrian nobility-Hugo Alexander,
gel Won Sternau and Hohenau and
Princess Frederick of Hohenlohe.
Countess Schoenberg became Coun-
tess Won Sternau and Hohenau, and
related by marriage to the proud
princes Of Hohenlohe and princesses
OF Valid SEX and Pyrmont,, and no end
Of other families of the highest Ger
man and Austrian nobility.
This marriage, upon which the AL
manach de Gotha is discreetly silent,
proved even more unhappy than the
first, Count and Countess Won Ster-
nau and Hohenau separated. Fate
and fortune was against the countess.
Gorgeous gowns began to give place
to less elaborate attire. Some of her
finest jewels were no longer seen.
With youth and beauty fading and
friends gone, something had to b.
done. And, with courage and resource
fitness, Countess Won Sternau and
Hohenau decided she would go to
work s. p ,-... .... ..
respondent, Countess Won Hohenau
wore long white doctors apron and
looked thoroughly business-like. One
patient had just been dismissed. Five
others were waiting in an ante room.
The countess led the way into lux
uriously furnished salon in white and
gold adjoining her office. Everything
was rich but not conspicuous. Every
where were signs that the countess
had good business"
A modest shield bearing the mod
est inscription, DIR. Rose Hohenau.
Dentist" is the only shingle. tackled
near the entrance to her Office.
At Ave and thirty. the countess still