The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-07-30
EROMlPARIS.

PARIS, June 90, 1853.
Eve1y Day Life In Paris. n 0mance Of
the Week.
Toe give your readers some idea of the "
cry day events in the currents Of Paris lie,
I shall note down few of the most imror.
tant occurrences which have como TO my
knowledge during the past week. may
mention tWenty-one suicides have aken
Places mostly cf young women who, either
threw themselves into che Seine or suff1cated
themselves with fumes Of charcoal, fordisap.
pointed love OF scoldings from their urents.
So little do these people regard life, TIA. sui.
cides from the latter cause very frequently
occur. Enough Of interest attaches to each
Of these cases of shfcite 20 merit a place in
the romance Ct the day, brt they win occupy
to much room to be mentioned here.
THE HUsBAHD WHO was asoLpJ'
In the Rue Chaussie Antin wonders tfev.
er cease. Il 10 amongst the peopb of this
street that the financial anecdotes are re.
ceived with the most ecfat. They amused
themselves much lately, in this street, with
certain married couple, who, with mutual
consent, had obtaineda separation of their
goods, and in virtue Of arrangements perfect
ly conformable to law, had arranged to COM
plete the divorce.
They had between them incompatibility of
humor, like SO many others, who very appi.
ly, do not separate for that; for if each was
willing for this motive to break the coniupal
tie, whata busy time for divorce would the
courts present!
Monsieur complained Of the UNEQUAL char.
acter of Madame-of her caprices-of her
prodigality; a. for more grave reproaches,
he had no method of verify ing them. y
Madame reproached Monsieur especiallv
with his avarice. He refused her the least
luxuries. She had not even box at the op-
era, not to mention an cquipage. She was
deprived, so shc~contended, of all the plea
sures of which she was entitled,
1t is true that those reproaches were badly
enough founded. How give an equipage and
a box at the opera, when one possesses but
fifteen thousand francs of income! But
Madame pretended to believe that Monsieur
hid the real figure of his fortune, and made
himself poor by avarice. ~
The husband had put in the project of d.
vorce but one sole condition.
81 shall not pay tho borrd Of Madams, !"
said he. -
"Agreed," responded the lawyer Of Ma
dame.
The response COMPOUNDED him. "How
then is she going to live!" he asked of him
self. "She has nothing or nearly nothing.
committed the great foolishness of ,espous-
ing her without fortune, contenting myself
with the magnificent hopes which she had,
and which have not been realized. Happily
We were not married under the regime OF
community She has but the right to, carry
away that which she brought sum of sew.
quit at this price; but she how is she going
10 live! | am curious to see that.
There are women with, whom the problem
would have been soon solved. But Madame
bad virtue even-rare thing for the fashiono-
Bile Rue Chaussee d'Antin-a virtue assured
BY the most solid notifications, by the best
principles and by the most solid Qualifications
BY the best principles and by the officially of
ioing otherwise. TWAS kindly added that
Madame had always had an excellent reason
or her escape; she had never been tempted
at is not that: that she will do when she
has NO longer even the beauty of the devil"
'.sleshe charitable husband.
oon satisfied, however and in q way which
him more than he had ever been
ls:onished in his life. i
After the separation had been pronounced
y decree and by regulations of law not
ess powerful, and that Madame had pocket
d the seven or STRAIGHTFORWARD francs return
d to her, taken box at the opera,
there she had she had shown herself in rich
gillette apd covered with diamonds; she had
iven herself fine carriage, horses, servants
very-in fine she had bought splendid res
lence in the city. and delicious country
ouse, for all which she had paid cash down.
"What does all this meant" cried the hus-
and supplied.
1t mes mt, quite simply, that Madame had
cen "playing" secretly in stocks at the
curse for long time, and that after having
,alized an enormous fortune, she had deman-
ed the separation from her husband in order
withdraw her money from his parsimonious
and to be able to deliver her.
If without control to her taste for luxury !!
I'd for the splendors Of life. =
She has succeeded, and the husband Il fu-
ous to have let escape this splendid fortune
hich he should have taken SO much pleas.
9 in managing. +,
DRY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS "soLD" r
IN DIFFERENT WAY. il
A young man, elegant. distingue but almost !.
thout fortune, and living on the proceeds of :,
modest employment, became smitten with =
3 charms Of daughter of rich proprietor. =
: had met her the past winter at the balls :"
d soirees, where he was frequent and as :,
ious attendant, and finished by being re- y
ived into the family as an honora BILE visi- -
;. II was an encouragement without -
ubt, but he had, Notwithstanding, but little :,
pc to see his suit accepted. How could he II
etend to bring the brilliant and solid advan- =,
yeswhich alone determine the appreciation -
the choice of calculating parents! His =.
our-propre had told him that he had made r
lively impression on the young lady's heart; -
reason added that that was but u roman "
and n win cuccess which would he read