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Out of the Balkans

Part 1: Out of the Balkans

Chapter 3, continued:
Madame Helen, Louie and Lily:
New York, New York

Newspapers of the time made much of scandal stories, especially if they involved prominent members of New York's society.

The New York Times was no exception. "All the News That's Fit To Print" included sensational accounts of people's private lives as revealed in court proceedings. Lily and her family were hardly "society" but Lily's experience was sufficiently bizarre to attract attention and readership.

The American Weekly full page article made the most of the moment-of-truth when Eleni and Lily tore the smoked glasses from Tsavalas revealing him as a beggar on the streets. Dominating the page were an artist's conception of that fateful event and a beautifully photographed portrait of Lily.

Lily and her family would hardly have wanted to see their shame receive such attention. Who gave her photograph to the press?

Finally, with publication of her annulment proceedings in The National Herald, a Greek language newspaper with large circulation in New York and throughout the United States, Lily's public humiliation was complete.



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