Show A WOMAVS ROMANCE The story of Madame Ruppert famous fa-mous on two continents the proprietor proprie-tor of a face bleach who died a fortnight fort-night ago in a little Missouri town reads like a romance Her maiden name was Amy Shelton arid she was born of humble parentage in the town where she died growing to young womanhood wo-manhood in her native place Then being full of energy and very ambitious ambi-tious she started out like a boy to seek her fortune She found it very quickly in St Louis her first stopping place Here she became acquainted with an old lady who had long treasured treas-ured the formula of a secret facial wash in which she had great faith She persuaded Miss Shelton to undertake under-take the manufacture and sale of the bleach and so well did the girl manage man-age the enterprise that in ten years she had built up a reputation both here and in Europe and a fortune She lectured everywhere on the care of the complexion and counted among her customers many crowned heads Her death at the early age of 32 was from consumption superinduced it is believed largely by her constant travel and continuous work Of her handsome fortune but little remained when the end came her open hand to all who came in contact with her makIng mak-ing it easy to dispose of even her generous gen-erous income |