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THE sG,LoUts naEAcH,oF PROMISE CASE

S~A-s SSs-10oAo pufsaS11fOk fFhOmlSE CASE
The great suits sfos: breach ofop:omisc
cafstang VS. Shaw, ats.. Louis, has excl.
Etsd / e gooddsal Of attention throughout the
country. The wealth of.the defendent and
theiafge amouut'of damagesclaimed made
the,case a prominent one from thesfrst.
In the fsttrialthe jury came to the
conelusiop that Miss EfieT Carstsng, who
belongs tosastespectable family. and was a
| welleducatcd young woman, had been dam
aged in her feelings and matrimonial pros
pects TO the amount of one hundred thous.
and dollars, and they rendered verdict ac.
cordingly.
A new trial was had and it has just ended
in verdict fer the defendent. A commits.
sion was appointed to take testimony in
distant places where Miss rCarslang was
known. The counsel on each side accom-
panied the inquisitor on bis travels, and TIE
witnesses wero cross examined as though
they were in Court on trial. this way a
mass OF testimony was accumulated pro-
Judicial to tho character of Miss Carstang.
Speaking Of this case the Boston Herald
excellent authority upon all things relat-
ing to The ladies' INDUCES in the following
pretty plain, but none the less truthful sug-
gestions:
The jurors were evidently of the opinion
the lair claimant Of the hundred thousand
dollars belonged to that class so aptly typi-
lied by Dumas in his famous comparison
OF the basket Of peaches. The fruit as il is
exposed 10 view in the basket looks all alike
out here and there you may find specimen
with suspicious spot under the skn--not
large spot, but still spot. The unsouud
peaches represent demi monde women. who
are clever, handsome, well-bred, cultivated,
agreeable, and so on, but they have the taint
lhe dcmi monde woman has no affections
she has onIy appetites; she has no heart
only sort of air pump her rule of life is
founded upon Interest tables. The question
OF money is the only vital matter with her.
She is gambler, and her game varies &C.
cord'ng to circumstances and surroundings
OF her victims. In some cases she has been
suspected Of murder, in others she has led
on her prey step by step, until he has been
comfortably lodged in the penitentiary
but, in the majority of instances, the opera
t'ons of this interesting and important class
OF the community are only known to the
parties interested. The breach of promise
dodge is favoritc one with the demi monde
but such cases, in this section ofthe country
rarely come before the courts. The victim
prefers to pay roundly rather than make
himself ridiculous. This class of women
affect to despise the unfortunate women Of
the street, and they probably hate them
more unreleDtingly than the most virtuouse
people do. In most cases the victims to the
women Of this class deserve their fate.
Their folly seems to be unaccountable. The
only explanation Of their conduct in some
cases is their limited knowledge of the
world and its society. They are absorbed
IN business until they become we'll stricken
in years:tbeir health begins to fail, they
bave acquired riches and just then begin to
look around them for enjoyment; They
have no business to trifle with tue, eslipgs
OF honest young women, but it seemsiiniust
that they should pay one hundred thousand
dollars to salve the feelings of one who be.
longs to the rotten peach class.