The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1898, Page 26

CISCO CALL, S OCTOBER 2, 1898 béen more | t been deadly there is at last some ht indecation of a renew al of society activity in town. Some of the smart set still Mnser in the ‘mountains and at the ashi , for the rains have 1de the country more alluring than ever and the glo- ‘rious moonlight mishts of the la Jed out numerous coach- at Monterey r, before an- 1 society in town week hav ing partie: particuierly and San Rafael Fov other two weeks has passec full force will have returned to and will be bedecking herself in purple and fine linen for thegapproaching fes tivitd Soctety’s jaunting car will start oo | its m roand October 8, when the aturday Fc aightly Club-will hold its t meeting. Jite the repeated denials of Mr. | ament the awakening to life Night Club h hour, re- :n Sent out Ty of his very popular Fridz 8 ntly at th lented, for notices h neing its reviv. during the ‘sea: at Native § s of four and last of the se nd the second tillons, of which the be fancy dress. This annou as brought a thrill of pleasu ticipation to the little who are patiently first ball, to 1 forth into real cause them buds. Among those who are thus looki forward to their first season a M Loughborough, Miss Alma McCl Miss Olive Holbrook and 3 B! ham, daughter of Dr..and N Char! B. Brigham ] Orifices are still be made in so- ciety’s ranks by the almost daily de- parture of matrons and bells eastward, northward and southward. In on v, from Ross Valley alone, twenty- six people are said to have turned thelr | bacl Calif . Amon¢ them were M Coffin and the Misses Cof- | Mrs. John Kittle and Miss Lucia, llens and many others, whose | it will be difficult to fill. Of who are contemplating winter pleasure trips are M chmidell, M Rosenstock and her daughter, 'Mrs. | Robert Nuttall, who, together, will| spend a number of months in New | York City. Mrs. Lester (nee Hobart) *swill also spend the winter in New York. | S | As usual, the most important of the ceiebrated | ble of these Genevieve to C. A. Wil- South Africa, of interest on will be The most not is the marriage of Mi Goad, whose engagem liams of Johannesbur has been_ the chief topic * the soc apis si t a few ways be weddings autumn this month Goad has al- favorite and, ment would participation mmense < n although her recent bereav debarred her from in the winter gayeti associates. The wedding day has been set for October 12, immedlately after which the couple | will depart for ‘London and Paris, go- | South Africa, where Mr. extensive mining inter- ing later to Williams has ests. o el which is that Another wedding of Interest, is booked for the same date, of Miss Eva Moody and Mr. Henry Clarence Breeden, who, after their wedding, will reside at Burlingame. The wedding bells promise to keep up their lively ringing until still later in the month, when Mrs. A. M. K. Heathcote will become Mrs. Lucius Al- len Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Lilienthal gave a delightful dinner on Tuesday evening, ir home. corner of iranklin ana s to take place Octo- ber 5. Thi ts were Miss H I Miss Esberg and M Schwabac Alfred E; . Louis Greenebaum anc Richard i her interest in the and taken rtments at the California. Later in > fall she will take a trip East, vist en route. Her many frien pleased to know th: v return here and o her own with her son, Mr. C. August Spreckels and Miss T - Spréckels will leave next month long visit In the Bast. Miss r will accompany them. wi who has been a ks making a tour of ti returned Friday evening, 3 John P. Jones and her daughter, Miss Georglana Jones, returned la W sday to their home in Santa Mon- le George J. istant Surgeon Charles P. Kindle- visit in this city Bucknall. with Dr. and M A be . S. A, and Mrs ; Miss Lucy cisco, are stationed at for a few month: Miss T - Morgan is, visiting friends at Burlingame. Mrs. Phebe H York for Hamburg Mr. and Mrs. W Kindleberge Huntsman o Philac ger, f San lelphia Diegc Mm San 0. Billani-Zifferer has returned from d is located at the Palace . R. H. Pease and famil been spending the summer Portland, expect to return to their home here next week . . "lorence Scott Stetson entertained ends at lunch- of her youpg { Inesday at her home, 13 Scott laid for twenty n e table was aborately decorated with pi candelabra and flowers. The of honor were Miss Gertrude d Miss Idaline ecrans. reached here of the mar Grace Hollenbeck, only and Mrs. Hollenbeck, of and Lieutenant H. O. nth United States Ca: v missed by he * ADVERTISEMENTS. - THE FASHIONABLE ADDRESS 'DIRECTORY OF CALIFORNIA. Our SOCIETY BLUE BOOK FOR THE SEASON OF 838-99 1S NOW IN PRESS. Address any changes In T In order to Subscription price five dollars. the inside front cover at a cost of $100. The same will be printed in the most elaborate style of the printer's fifteen days. 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The lists will be closed in esidence or reception days to the publisher. secure a copy subscribers will please notiry clu art. the Mysell-Rollins Com- Editor and Publisher, 8an Francisco, C al arroll have returned from a trip to San | at Benton, Montana, where Lieu- | Williard is at home on sick leave, | haying been seriously wounded in the at- | tack on the blockhouse at El Caney, in | the beginning of the Santiago campalgn. | He was in command of his troop during | that famous charge. The bride lived at { one T | ber 15 tenant time in San J well known in social y popular. The young couple will remain at Benton until Lieutenant = Williard's | wound will permit him to report for duty. | "Mr. and Mrs. G McLeod of Ho- orge F. noluiy are visiting Mr. and t Van Bergen of 1720 Bro: Mrs, George Wheaton gave a very en- Mrs. J. W. oyable luncheon on the 224 at her home in Oakland to the following named la- i Mrs. Isaac Requa, Mrs. Edson Mrs. W. G. Henshaw, Mrs. H. M. er, Mrs. P. E. Bowles, ) J. A irs. Mrs. Peder odall and Mrs. Miss Mary E. Dooley of San Francisco will be married next month to Robert S. Chilton Jr. f the Consular Bureau at Washington. Miss Dooley is a sister of Mrs. Frank Caldwell Zimmerman and Mr. Chilton was secretary to Levi P. Mor- ton during his administration as Vice President. Babcock have taken Hotel Richelieu. of the engage- Pratt, daughtersof and David L. Ros- General and Mrs. apartments at the Announcement is made ment of Miss Minnie the late C. C. Pratt, coe of Los Angeles. Mrs Aldrich has returned from Car- son City, where she was the guest of Mrs. Wiiliam Stewart John ackson and Miss Lucy Jackson are spending a couple of months T M. ¢ | at Napa Soda Springs. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jackson Jr. are Iso at the springs, and may remain there until Christm | . Mrs Thibault and her son, | Lionel, ott street, are residing | with Mrs, 3 Stuart at 252t Dwight way, Thurs- Mrs. Duff C. Green returned las d: from New after with her daughter: and Miss Florida~Gri Colonel returned Bella Vista f Mr. and n the D. Mayer have and are at the Hotel winter. hy Hopkins have dénce, 2614 Pacific e for the winter. S. Bigelow and her daughter, cling in Europe, were re- Samuel Wood, whose en- who cently joined by gagement to Miss Bigelow has been an- nounced. The wedding of Miss Eleanor Ingersoll are tra and Bronsse Briz Wednesday last. accomplished viol resident of Humbol, past few e Alameda and Mrs. Brizard rd took place on The bride, who is an nist, was formerly a t County, but for the has spent” her time in | Francisco. Mr. and rd have taken up their resi- dence at 605 ight street, and will be at home after November 1. Mr. and Mrs, S. Freed (nee Friedlander) will be at home thig afternoon at 15 Mor- rigs avenue, between [ifth and Sixth street; Miss Nellie Sullivan has returned from Bartlett Springs, where she spent the summer. Ay Oro Fino Parlor No. 9, N. D. G. W, will give a dance on Thursday evening, October 6, at Native Sons’ Hall, for the benefit of the board of relief of the order. epiavile Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fontana and family have left here for an extended trip | through the United States and Europe. | They will return about the first of April. Mrs. E. B. Zabriski of New York will spend the winter in California, residing at 418 Leavenworth street. E. G. Burns, late of Paso Robles, and family, have taken rooms for the winter at The Lenox. Miss Gussle Dawson has returned home after a two months’ visit to Miss Loulse Borden of Santa Clara, and will receive the first and third Wednesdays. The v\'(vfl(lln§ of Miss Alice Sinclair Ste- phenson and Robert Stephenson will take place at the bride's home Wednesday, October 12. Miss Glide of Sacramento, Miss Margaret Sinclair and Miss Annle Clay will be the bridesmaids, and Miss Sadle Sinclair the maid of honor. o es e Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dohrmann, who have been spending the past two months in New York, are expected home the be- ginning of October. Mrs. W. H. Blackburn of 1433 Steiner street has returned tq her home, after a two months’ trip through the southern part of the State. The Oleta Juniors’ B. B. C. gave a_de- lightful party Saturday evening, Sep- tember 24, at the residence of Mrs. Denny, 1132 Shotwell street. The following pro- ramme was rendered: Plano solo, Miss essie O’Connor; recitatfon, Miss Annie Lally; song, W. D. Hughes; vocal duet, Misses Alma and Elsie Volgtl; specialties, A. A. Gaffigan; recitation, N. Crawford; song, C. Godsil. Those present were: Mrs. Denny, E. Pendergast, Miss Alma Voigt, W. D. Hughes, Migs Tessie O’Connor, C, D. Miss Gertie Hackett. N. Crawford, Essie Moore, A. Stienberg, miss J. Lally, Miss Emily Arm- awford, Miss Anne Lally, A. ss Grace McCarthy, C. God- . Denny, Miss Miss_Elsie ouise Denny have H B. , Mi sfl, Miss Kate Leah strong, Gaffigan Bertha Mohr, B. Rosenberg, Voigt, Allen Gaffigan, Miss i and Miss Josie Denny. Mrs. P. Schoenfel will recetve her friends this afternoon at her residence, 305 Octavia street. The wedd|{!& of Migs Ancle Well to Charles B. Well of Modesto will take | place Sunday, October 9, at 2:30 o’clock, at the residence of the bride's f-rems. and Mrs. Joseph Weil, 1814 Pine Bernstein of Santa Rosa are here on a }r’}sfl land are stopping at the Golden West otel. Mr. and Mrs. Ben I'leisher have re- turned from thelr wedding trip. Mrs. Fleisher will be pleased to see her friends Ferfl_v at 1404 O;Fflrrell .stree(. Among those who sailed on the steam- ship Australia for Honolulu Saturday, September 24, were: John Alger, D. . Austin, A. Banning and wife, F. T. Bennett, Robert Birnfe, D. E. Brow Miss T. Brown, Miss E. G. Brow! Dr. D. A. Carmichael, U. S. M. S M. Cooke, Miss M. Egan, Miss M. C. F rell, Mrs. C. J. Fishel, E. W. Fuller, T, Gosliner, A. Haneberg, A. Heuer, . B. Henry, Phil Hirsch, Mrs. C. C. Hoffman, J. D." Holt, G. A. Howard Jr., Dr. E. L. Hutchinson, Allen Hyde, Miss F. Hyde, Fred A. Jacobs, 8. B. Kenfield, Mrs. J. S. ]Iflober, J. R. Kocher, P. Lewis, A. A. on %JA H. McDonough, A. McPhetridge, Dr. H. B. Montgomery, James O'Connell, Mrs. F. M. Ostrom, James Pas A Reed, C. J. de Roo and wife, Mr: Rothwell, W. Schneider, S. W. Miss F. Sherman, H. C. Smith, wife and two children, G. W. Spencer, §. Strozyr ski, Commdnder Z. L. Tanner, U. 8. N Harry L. Waste, C. J. Webster. EMILE BRUGUIERE'S ENGAGENE. EAREST Marguerite: I tell you. You don’t believe it? T cross my heart and hope to die, Peggy, dear, for the ‘“somebody” who told me knows. Gather up your re- grets, Peg, and put them away in cam- phor for future use, for they'll a ail noth- ing now. Emile Bruguiere Is going to be married Tt is a disgrace that with an over- stocked local matrimonial bargain-coun- | ter Emile Bruguiere should lose his heart | in Kentucky! Why, oh, why, did he ever go so far away from home in search of a bride It's only too true, alackaday. Pray don't Imagine his heart & simp nicked in this affair. That susceptible or- gan has capitulated “In_toto the charms of a Louisville belle. When Emile came back from the South two months ago we all welcomed him to ¢ith our best foot forward. I have de- Toted at least two evenings a week to him, consclentiously going through the score of his new opera, “The Mutineers. the pity of it! Ol ametiody”” told. me SHE fs very beau- tiful. *‘Somebody” has scen her picture. REBREERVUNEN TWO SUCCESSF Box 5% HE war has not furnished the only example of the triumphal march of America’s children, for the so-called “American invasion of England” by our forces dramatic and musical has been rivaled in en- thuslastic’ welcome only by the recep tion accorded our army In Porto Rico. In the theater, the concert and the opera the most appreciated andA ap plauded artists have been Americans and this is the more remarkable be- elther from excessive patriotism or a lack of artistic feeling, prefer to honor their own mediocre talent ratber than acknowledge the genius of unknown foreign artists. There is no nation so cold and lacking ing for the arts as ‘the English, and nefther is there a nation that works so hard to educate itself in these several branches. That they have improved is shown by the appreciation accorded our representatives which is in direct contradiction to the reception Delna recelved a few years ago. She came from Paris with a reputation worthy of her superb voice and a dramatic ability only equaled but not excelled by Calve, yet London had no praise for her and she returned to France greatly disappointed. The most appreciated of our artists this year have been for the stage Annie Russell and for the concert Leo. nora Jackson. These two have suc ceeded in pleasing not only their audi- ences, but that formidable person, the London critic. The London_ press has called the at- tention of the English actors to the life and 7o of the American sctool and ad- vises them to take a few lessons from their American cousins. Miss Russell has won for h:reelf the namejof the “English Duse,” and one of the leading papers declares that “since Ada Re- han's appearance in London America has not sent over a more competent representative ~* her dramatic S S One London paper amusingly criti- cized Miss Russell for pronouncing miniature “minnyature,” and medicine as a trisyllablc Instead of “medcine,” which is the latect English corruption, and wound up with the remark that “this probably forms a part of Ameri- ca’s system for the Improvement and correction of grandmother’s English.” Miss Russell expressed herself as de- lighted with London audiences and the artistic circle in which she has found herself. She tLinks the audiences quick in appreciation of detail and is sure of sympathetic response to any little touch she may give a character. At the same time she prefers the American audie.ce that she knows so well and whose aprlause has encouraged her in her work. In spite of the fact that she has had many tempting offers to re- mnl:esurmmently in Lonion she has refused them because she does not wish to leave America, but she will probably Thel; e;filg‘el;\en} s announced of Miss Rosalie o Jot einberger, 3t oin” and Miss 8. ‘Bernst Miss Bophie play in London during a part of each Whist! while | cause the conservative English public, | in knowledge and feel- | HRBBUBURRRULURNS UL AMERICAN GIRLS IN LONDON | | | | | | gether. | spect. Even her name is pretty—a family name —Lelgh. Emile goes South again in a month and then on to Europe With wed- ding bells clanging in his wake. T promised I never, never would tell Well, I haven't told her last name—it has memory. When the other ave burned Incense at the al- gooa looks and_better pros r of his capture I'm afral fraid to think what will hap- I'm a oh, pen. S0 self-confessed I am suffering the two supreme agonies of life—the agony of jealousy and the agony of ennul. For idleness is the fate of all those who have been fooligh enough to return to town this early. But, sister Mabel is coming out this winter and we us and the family are all scampering around town to pros cure purple and fine linen befitting such a beauty’s “coming out.” Positively it’s one continuous round of shopping. or all manner of things that a woman can put (Fmr lnlm crown of her %end. or the sole of her oot Or wrap round her shoutder, or fit around her walst, Or that cah be sewed on, or pinned on, or laced, Or tled on with a string or stitched on with a bow In front or For bonnets, shawls, s for breakfast, and dinners, and balls. I pity papa. For though 'tis mamma and Mabel who foot the streets, he foots the bills! festerday the D. K. E. fraternity of ley gave a house-warming from 4 . They have the dearest Snuggery house, and we simply took possession ehind, above or below; collars and mantillas, capes, Dres Molly Pines, Gertle Bates, Marie Weils, Edna Dickens, Addie Dibble and “Your Own Flo” came home to- Charlotte Ellingwood was to Fave gone with us, but she left for the country on_Fride Oh. 1 had a letter frem Caro Crockett ster She that lrmlss'\;ld it nol ng down to Burlingame or e hors e ‘Why couldn’t she have said that “Blingum’’_missed me Ve Jobart blue Walter Ho it ‘we girls don't t arrie Ayers. ~beribboned himself ake the as usual. dame interest in Walter that we used to. bstone, you can You ecan carve (1(10” his tom 801 h it on his card, e T M ion married Is & youns man L The Crocketts and Hfihk(n}fes are com- back to town next month. ing back toma 1 called on Mrs. Martin Tuesday. She said she was going to help the giris have a gay winter. fheater parties galore, and—perhaps— ant then Mrs. Martin looked wise and Would say no more. form of entertainment Vhatever m it is sure to be a succes: Martin gives ns are never refused. That has sons, and that the Mar- RURRRRR WRWE Her invitatio] Mrs. Martin LEONORA JACKSON. vear. Miss Russell has many pleasant | reco’lections of her visits to San Fran- | cisco. She finds its audiences among the most critical and_intelligent in the | United States, not only from a theatri- cal but from a musical point of view. | She thinks the literary circle a most | cultivated one and far in advance of | many of the tern cities in thie re-| She has many friends in San | Francisco and mentioned the names of many well-knc /n people. | Tn response to my question about one | of the London papers claiming her as | English, Mi Russell renlied: My | mother is Irish, my father English. I was born in Liverpool, spent my life in New York, so you see, I am a typical | American.” | O UL e S TR | EONORA JACKSON, the violinist whose London success has added | to the laurels already won on the Continent, was born in Boston | February 20, 1878. Her musi- cal studies were begun in Chi- cago, where the family settled, and after a veritable triumphal tour under the patronage of such peo- ple as the Pullmans, the Higginsons, of Boston Symphony Orchestra fame; the Vanderbilts and Mrs. Cleveland, the talented child went to Paris.in 1891, and | was admitted to the Conservatoire, tak- | ing second rank in a list of 165 candi- | dates. | During a stay of two years In Paris she appeared before the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, besides taking part in concerts with such artists as Eames and Plancon. Then she went to Ber- 1in to study with Joachim, who received her at once into his own class at the | Hochschule, where she remained four | years. Not only was her talent so remarka- ble, but her progress so rapid that in the autumn of 1896 she made her debut | with the Philharmonic Orchestra of | Berlin, Herr Joachim doing her the | honor to conduct. Her success was in- stantaneous, and shortly afterward she was asked to play at a special court entertainment held at the Royal Opera- house, before the Empress anc_ court. This was followed by a tour through Germany and last October Miss Jack- son won the Mendelssohn state prize of 1500 marks, which is open to competi- tors of all nationalities, and to singers as well as Instrumentalists. She played at the Symphdnic Society of Cologne last January, which is such an honor that artists like Sarasate are glad to appear without a fee. Not only was Miss Jackson offered a good fee, but at the end of the concert, which had been another triumph for the young violinist, the president of the society came to her and said that, in view of the rare pleasure she had given them and of her artistic attainments, the di- rectors had decided to double the sum originally offered. Not content with this, the society gave a banquet in her honor a few days later. One of the results of this suc- tin coffers are long and deep and wide has nothing to do with the case tra la. Perish the %hou ht! The first of the Greenway cotillions is going to be a fancy dress. 1 svo!(e of going as “Folly,” but I'd just bhave to Sct natural, and every one would recog- nize me. Mabel suggests that I go as Rosalind and she as Cella—but Rosalind’s ‘costume has its drawbacks, that is from a feminine point of view—so I think not. Write, Peggy darling, and suggest some- thing for me to WeAL . v prIMSY. FRANK UNGER'S ENGAGEMENT. CCORDING to Honolulu opinion Frank Unger is going to be a radiant benedict after all. The blissful depths contained in the words, “What's mine is yours, and what ls yours is mine,” is after all to be fathomed by the gay and dashing Frank.who is perfectly willing, nay even eager, to live up to u?e first clause with all the, sincerity incidental to that attendant upon the second. Yes, in spite of all contradictions, it is said that Frank Unger Is going to be married. There is no change of base, only a change of lady. And it's flg in - for Frank Unger's affec- ff?fns’“.?r‘é”s'sm to be concentrated on his former flancee’s mother. At least Honolulu society thinks so. “Aunt Lizzie Wilder,” he is call- ed in Honolulu, is one of the characters of the town. She is a widow, rich and She loves the officers and is weli known to the navy. She is as depend- ent upon men for a good time as is the typical high-bred summer girl She shines #nd scintillates in masculine s while with women she will not 't aerself, but sits back languidly indifferent and exasperatingly dull. Sl:l(l is full of a certain dry wit and she will Keep a circle of men in fits of laughter while she scarcely smiles. Moreover, she @ocsn’t weigh her words, and In a place the size of Honolulu this is exeit- irg F}nnolulu shrugs its ® shoulders and | says: “‘Oh, Aunt Lizzie said that!” but ‘Aunt Lizzie’'s words live just the same BURRRRRRTRVRRR TRRE A NNIE RUSSELL. cess is an engagement to play with the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra at Leipzig, which Nikisch conducts. She appeared just before her London | debut at a musicale given by Madame | Marchesi in Paris. There she met| Monsleur Lamoureux, in one of whose concerts she played later on in Lon- don. The London debut was made at Queen's Hall in February and the en- thusiasm of her reception has only been augmented at each successive appear- ance. She assisted Paderewski in opening the Salle Erard, besides performing with him and Melba at Mr. Astor's soiree. 3 It is certainly marvelous to see this young girl, who does not even look her 30 years, playing with the ease and skill that many well-known violinists have worked years to acquire. Her bow arm is not less remarkable than her breadth of tone or the depth of her ex- | pression. It is to be regretted she will | not be heard in America for some time, | but her engagements In Germany and England will prevent. Miss Jackson says Californla holds a particular interest for her, as her father was a forty-niner and lived there twenty years. He met his wife in San | Francisco and they were married by Thomas_Starr King. Miss Jackson was recently asked if | she had any watchword to help her in her work. She replied: form of a conundrum. “Yes, and it is in the What is the | largest room in the world?" “The room for Answer: improve- ment.” G. B. THE POISON- MANIA.| Continued From Page Twenty-flve porarily by her father, who sent °St. Croix to the Bastile by means of a lettre de cachet. It so happened that St. Croix was placed in the same chamber with Exili, from whom he learned the art of mix- ing poisons. After his liberation St. Croix taught the art to the Marquise de Brinvilliers, with whom secret mur- der soon became a mania. The mem- bers of her own family became her vic- tims. Her motive, if she had any out- side of merely gratifying a strange passion, was said to be vengeance for the imprisonment of her lover, or to obtain possessfon of the estages of her tamily. She first practiced: the fatal art upon her father, permitting him to die by inches, as it were, as she fed him the poison during a period of eight months. Perhaps so much time was occupied in disposing of her father to avold the suspicion that might attach to a more sudden death. She then put an end to her two brothers, and next attempted the life of her husband, who, however, was saved by antidotes given him by St. Croix. Although St. Croix did mot scruple to ‘waste in extravagance the i“emn in- heritance of his mistress, he was not willing to become her husband, and and Aunt Lizzie knows it full wel this lends zest to her pastime.of g ting off good stories. When Aunt Lizzie i likes, she loves indeed, and when she hates she’s a three-volume-novel ene- my. Aunt Lizzie likes Frank Unger, so they say. ‘“‘His company just suits me; we get along perfectly jolty to- gether,” she has asserted many times, but until lately nobody thought to ques- tton in what capacity. When Frank Unger laden with floral leis stood upon the deck of the steamer- and good by to Hawail néi, on his last visit to the islands in 1897, he felt that the girl he left behind him was the only girl deserving of a training that would give her the proud distinction of rivaling the owl all njght wake- fulness, preliminary to his welcome home from a Bohemian Club Jinks, And as the steamer slowly sailed out of the sunny harbor of Honolulu, he un- twined a lei from around his hat and threw it at the feet of Helen Wilder with an aloha which rang with all the intensity of a poetic temperament. After a few months’ correspondence Frank Unger announced his engage- ment to this belle of Hawaii. He bade farewell to the Bohemian Club and to all the comvpanions of the red room, and the owl room and to all the ad- juncts of gay Bohemia, and he gave his last bachelor dinner and he set sail for the coral reefed shores of Hawail, for the waving cocoanut trees and the palm lined avenues of his future home, And the wedding day was set for June 10, 1898. The Bohemian Club sent their congratulations and a handsome pres- ent, and the happy couple were too far away to realize the accompanying sigh for a weak and straying comrade, The courtship waxed. apace. Frank nger declared that in the originality of his lady love lay the charm’ which placed her gt the head of all the girls in all the -lands .he had visited in his various trips around ‘the world as pri- vate secretary to Harry Gillig. An helress can_afford_to. be original | and Helen Wilder has $500 a month in her own name. She ner, boyish in appéar: in action. Her hair is cropped close, she walks with a-stride and-often-an accompanying whistle, and she wears a man’s hat, “vithout a quill." Besides she is abrupt and she calls a spade a ?pade with a frankness almost alarm- ng. A lovely cottage at Waikiki was built for the young couple; the .invitations were out and then Helen Wildér took a professional nurse and safled for San Francisco. The months passed and Helen Wilder did not return. Then one -day covered 'a mine | I Frank . Unger . dis- in’ Mexico, . He told Aunt Lizzie” that he :would go and work the mine. And when he married he would not have to feél that his wife was supporting him:. And “Aunt Liz- zie” smiled and sighed; the. smile was for his ambition and. the sigh was for | his loss. Once more Frank Unger stood upon the deck of the steamer. and waved adieu to Hawaii .nei, and at the feet of “Aunt Lizzie” he threw a ‘lei of the sweet-scented maili. - “Aunt’ -Lizzle™ picked it up and 'she carried it home and sprinkled it until it was hopelessly faded and then she dried it in the sun and treasured the faded souvenir. Frank. Unger is, with the ‘mine in Mexico and San Francisco, from where, it is said, he carries on as lively a cor- respondence with “Aunt Lizzie’ -as the steamers to Hawaii will permit. Helen Wilder explains: that she does not love Frank Unger any: the less, but only she likes independence the more. ““Aunt Lizzie” says that Helen is too delicate to go-to Mexico; that she her- self needs a trip; that -she :will not persuade her daughter to- marry: any man,,no matter how congenial he may | be to her. Everybody knows that | Frank Unger is_a prince of good fel- lows, and Honolulu winks -the other eye. hence, to prevent her-from demanding such a thing, he kept the Marquis de Brinvilliers alive. - The Marquise added her sisters to the list of her murders, and is credited also with having administered poison to a number of other persons in no way connected with her family: ‘She is said to have reveled in ‘'a sort -of insane pleasure in thus destreying her fellow- creatures. She carried poisoned cakes and food to the sick ln hospitals, and also distributed them among the poor, her object seeming to nave been to as- certain the exact effect- of the poisons upon persons whose sudden. death was not likely to create suspicion. St. Croix becamiethe victim -of his own criminality, dying suddenly in 1672 from the effects of accidentally breath- ing the effluvia of a poison which he was preparing. Among: his papers were found some that pointéd to the guilt of his mistress, who -fled-to England and afterward resided for: some time in Liege, where she was-captured. In searching her a general:confession was found on her person, which, though not received as-actuar proof - against her by the judges, furnished the means of discovering sufficient evidence of her crimes to convict her beyond- all doubt. She was sentenced to-be beheaded and to have her body burned, and this sen- tence was carried out in: Paris July 186, 1676. The poison used. by heris thought to have been common arsenic. The execution Of .the -Marquise de Brinvilliers did not check these terrible crimes. ~The mania seemed to spread more rapidly than’ ever. The police,.who were kept busy in in- vestigating the .mysteries, found that the madness, which had originally de- veloped among the higher classes, had infected the lower ranks, even the peas- antry. - -Death was.everywhere. No one knew ‘whose-turn would come next. Friends became’ “suspicious of each other; fathers. mistrusted their sons; wives had .no confidence in their hus- bands; rivals in. love were never at ease; a state of dreadful unrest pre- vailed throughout Paris. -The police finally secured- evidence that the traf- fic in these poisonous drugs was car- ried on principally: by a woman named La Voisin, in company with two priests, Le Sage and D’Avaux, and another wo- man called La_ Vigoreaux. La Voisin' was: a. popular fortune teller who had among her clients the nobility of Paris. - "She had. conceived the idea of predicting :to the expectant heirs the exact date of ‘the death of their wealthy relatives, ‘and having her predictions fulfilled by ‘means of poison. She was so successful in this occupa- tion that shé .was compelled to take into her confidence and partnership-the two priests and La@Vigereaux, who was also a fortune teller.”.The poifsons that they sold were called ‘“succession powders,” truly a - most significant name. - B . As a cloak to the mefarfous’ trafflc, this association of poisoners practiced the so-called black art,.pretending -to discover secrets, to recover things-lost, stolen or concealed;" spirits-were made to appear; the stars were ‘consulted; horoscopes were given;-lost. 'lové 'w regained for dejected lovers, and so on. These persons and..their':numerous accomplices carried on their operations for nearly three years after the execu- tion of Madame -de..Brinvilliers. At last the sudden death, without'any ap- parent cause, of a large numniber ‘of. per- sons of high rank.and .great ‘wealth brought matters to -a crisis,. resulting In the arrest of La sin; /La: Vigou- reaux, the two priests, ‘and. about forty of their "accomplices, DS An irregular tribunal" éalled .the Chambre Ardente, becausé the. punish- ment inflicted by it was by burning, was appointed to investigaté the: whole affair of these extraordinary .crimes: ‘It was authorized to inquire.info all cases of poisoning. witcheraft, imrjety, sacri lege, profanation and coining. - The principal evidence was' obtained - from the compounders and retailers.:of - the poisons themselves. . The " most < de= praved and villainous of these was Ste- phen Guiborg, a priest 71 years, of age and almoner to the Count.de -Montgom- ery, who revealed everything .in his confession. 3