Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-26
TheEvening Story
WEARING
A CROWN
By JOHN Y. LARNED

same is placed on the head of another
person will produce like eftectT'
II don't believe it."
IL do"
"WhyT
Because. in the nrst place. 1t has
been demonstrated by medical men in
Paris. and. In the second place. I once
had case of it in my own practice"
Give me the case"
This was the doctors story:
There were two sisters. l do not
care to give their names. so will give
fictitious names--Lillian and Louisa
Lillian was the older. During a GER
tain winter it was proposed to give an
entertainment for charity, and the sis
tiers were among the performers.
Among other attractions were living
tableaux. In one. Of these tableaux
Lillian took the part of Queen Mary of
Scotland. seated in a room of Holy
rood palace at Edinburgh, surrounded
by courtiers. Lord Darnley, whom she
afterward married, was among them.
Now, the man who personated Darn
ley was very tall man-Darnley him
self was long. you will remember
whom Lillian had never seen before
rehearsal. Strange to say, she fell vio-
lently In love with Darnley. There
was but one rehearsal before the per-
Torrance, and. while those who took
part were being posed. it was noticed
that the queens eyes were bent on
Darnley lovingly. Perhaps you have
never seen a woman so infatuated with
man that she can't keep from show
ing 1t. | have.
Nobody thought Of the crown the
queen of Scots wore or where 1t came
from. l certainly did not then. but
since 1 have hunted the matter up
and have learned all about it. Lillian
by her evident predisposition for this
fellow who personated Darnley attract
hearsaL When the tableau was CIV
en- before an audience she looked at
him SO lovingly that all except those
who knew supposed 1t to be part OF
the performance and were delighted
with the representation.
This performance was such a sue
cess that 1t was determined to repeat 1t
the following week. The day 1t was
to be given again l was called ON to
visit Lillian professionally. l found
her in an abnormally nervous condi-
ton, with other symptoms. l forbade
her taking part in the tableau. which
was to come off that evening, and 1t
was decided that her sister Louise
was to assume the part in her place.
"What do you suppose happened?
Louise was very like her sister, and
during the few moments that the pic
ture was exposed to the audience she
regarded Darnley with the same infat-
uated look that her sister had worn.
SO that most of the audience supposed
that it was Lillian who personated the
queen and was assuming the same
lovelorn expression as when she had
exhibited before. was in the au-
dience and was astonished to see a
real lover look such as l had seen in
Lillian.
made a good deal Of talk, for 1t was
evident to most Of them that these
lovers looks of the sister were real
/, being brain specialist, at once saw
a problem before me. 1t seemed to me
that there must be something In the
relative position Of Darnley and the
queen known to each of the sisters
that produced the love or an effect sim
liar to the. emotion felt by the real
Queen Mary for the real Darnley. But
on inquiry learned that Lillian knew
nothing Of the historical relationship
between Mary and Darnley. while Lou
Use had supposed that Mary hated him
accusing them of being in love with
the man who had personated Darnley.
drew from them their feelings while
in the tableau. Both admitted that
they had felt strange emotion which
had disappeared as soon as the curtain
was rung down and they took or the
crown. made bold to ask them the
nature of this emotion; but, it being
a matter on which woman would
shrink from speaking, / got no definite
information. But from different ad-
missions coming from one or tho 9th
er of the two I gathered that they
felt an emotion the nature Of which
they did not understand themselves.
THE matter passed SO far as remark
was concerned. but not from my mind.
Yet. seeing no solution OF 1t. finally
dropped trying to solve 1t. Then came
the announcement Of these fellows in
Paris. had no sooner read 1t In the
newspapers than ! reverted to the
tableau. and l Immediately thought of
the crown worn by the two sisters. l
went to the man who had furnished
the costumes for information about 1t.
He referred me to a certain theater
and gave me his card introducing me
to the property man. i asked him to
tell me something about the crown
that had been used In the tableau.
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