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The Caliph of Bagdad and the Empress Insanity Tale
A sensational NY stage routine by Herrmann showing a vanished maid on a chair is recounted alongside a New York article describing a breakfast with Pope Pius IX where Empress Carlotta of Mexico collapses into insanity. An eyewitness narrator, a Vatican attendee, recalls the dramatic breakfast scene and the Empress’s deteriorating condition.
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Herrmann
New York
Vera
Hermonyn
Bagdad
Hermann
Mexico
Pius VI
Carlotta
Mgr
Antonio Reier
Lope Plua IX
Vieste
Connett Maximilian
Bardy
Austria
Lombardy
Maximilian
Francia Josef
Venice
St Anne
Plaza of San Marco
Marianne
Perdinand
Cathedral of St. Mark
Church of St. Mark
College of St. Ann
Grand Canal
Malamocco
Mexicoilian
Aean
Holy Church
Emprese
Ag Iwan
Church of St Mark
Vatican
Empresa
Emnprest
Ponteff
Holy Watcher
Holy Father
Poe
Cardinal Antonelli
Antonelli
Hudland Masmillian
Irieste