Palisadian., 1923-09-07
TALENTED GIRL DIES
ON AUTOMOBILE TOUR
Elizabeth Rautenstrausch, IS, of
PaIisade, Expires Suddenly at
Home of Friends, PittsfieId,
Mass, En- Route to White
Mountains.

Palisade was greatly shocked last
week at the sudden news that Eliza
beth Rautenstrausch, Is, only daugh-
ter of Prof and Mrs. Walter Rauten-
strausch, of Dorincourt road, had died
at Pittstield, Mass, while the family
was en- route to the White mountains
by automobile. The report proved
only too true, for the body of the
beautiful and talented young girl was
brought to the family home on Friday
morning last. The story of the pass
ing away of this charming girl bears
all of the sadness possible to put into
words. She was apparently in good
health, the family having left Palisade
last week Friday morning by auto
mobile expecting to tour through the
White mountains and New England.
The party stopped over Saturday
night in Pittsfield where Elizabeth
had close friends with whom she
spent the night, the family remaining
at the village hotel.
1t seems that some years ago Eliza
beth had had internal stomachic hem
orrhages from broken blood vessel,
from which she recovered but which
time the family was warned that a
recurrent attack might come at some
future time. However, for number
of years no attacks came, so the mat
ter was passed up. 1t therefore came
as terrible shock when the fond par
ents were informed Sunday morning
that during Saturday night Elizabeth
had had terrible hemorrhages again
and local physician called in to at
tend her. Hearing this, Professor
Rautenstrauch called up DR.. R. B.
Urton-Opitz, of Palisade, the family
physician, and urged him to come at
once to Pittsfield, which he did. After
Dr. BurtonOpitz arrived immediate
consultations were held with local
physicians in Pittsfield and an opera
tion was decided upon. The poor girl
however, had lost great quantities of
blood, and though the operation was
successful in closing the ruptured
blood vessel, she was unable to with
stand the shock of the operation, and
so she passed into the Great Beyond
Wednesday night at 1910 a. m, the
doting parents and her brother being
present
The funeral took place at the fam
lily home in Palisade last Saturday
morning, and was largely attended,
the interment being at Englewood in
receiving vault for the present. The
floral offerings were profuse and beau
tiful
Elizabeth was a source of great
hope for her parents. OF remark
ably retiring and quiet disposition, she
was at the same time possessed of
unusual intellectual gifts. She was
passionately fond of music, and was
attaining great proficiency in the art.
She took up both piano and violin. and
was skilled at each to an unusual de-
gree She had been the recipient of
a fine musical distinction through the
watchful care of Walter Damrosch,
the great New York composer and
director. He had heard of Elizabeth's
talents, and sought her out to become
a member of his honor classes in his
conservatory.
Miss Rautenstrausch was student
of Horace Mann School, Teachers
College, Columbia University. where
she was highly esteemed by all teach
ers and the student body. She was
preparing for Vassar which she would
have entered with the fullest equip
ment, for she was a close student of
all of the classics. On her dresser at
her home which she left were about
all of the most intellectual works she
could gather, including bit of high
class fiction, Horace, and other Latin
works, Emerson, and many musical
books. She had been a pupil of Furidi,
the great Hungarian violinist, and
who played in her honor at the fu-
neral, rendering with much feeling
Jostins Lullaby" In death Eliza
beth was of wonderful beauty, with
sweet smile upon her lips. the pic
ture of peace and restfulness, as
though she had passed into the Great
Beyond in complacent mood. Her
friends in Pittsfeld, the Robert D.
Bardwells. who own fine estate,
were particularly fond of the dead
girl, Mr.. Bardwell saying she was a
marvel of intellectual accomplish
ment, and that he dearly loved to talk
with her. Her influence upon chill
dren. he said, was marvellous.
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