Blanche Molineau's Life in New York

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Blanche took jobs singing for socialites at parties. She made friends with a lot of these people and sometimes expressed interest in funding her education, but nothing ever seemed to come of it. Blanche was sometimes invited to join them on their yachts in the summers where she'd often sing for everyone. Her dream was to some day study music in paris for extra money. In august 18 97, blanche was invited to sail up to the coast of maine. And that's when blanche met roland molina roland molineau who had a nonchalant air of self possession, poise and breeding.

In 1895, Blanche Chesebrough moved into a small apartment in Gramercy Park, in New York City. She brought a portrait of her parents, a vase for flowers, and her piano. She later said, “music had been my one absorbing interest,” and that she wasn’t interested in getting married. But eventually, she agreed to anyway. When she returned home from her honeymoon, she learned her husband was suspected of murder.

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