Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-15
ENAMELLING LAD,Es-MADE "BEAU
TIFlL FOREVER,


The Court Reports Of the London Times con.
tain the trial Of the following curious case:
LEvBRsoN v. cARNEoIB.
Mr. DAVIDSON was counsel for the plaintif, aud
Mt karslake, @ q and Mr. Raymond Tor the
Ths wet an action to recover sum Of 992s s..
for work done by the plaintiffs wife, VINO Is
known az Madame Raches, in enamelling the
After Mr.. Davidson had opened the facts of the
case,
Madame Leverson was called and saId-I car
ry on business in Maddox street. Bond street, as
an enamellsr, and my husband is a perfumer. In
Decemoef last Detscn named Heating came to
rue and rec uested Il at would attend Mrs Car.
negie In Belgrsve Square; declined to do so,
saying that never attended strange ladies' but III
Mrs. Carnegie would call upon me had no objec-
ton to attend Der The maid called for one Of my
circulars, and bad one, and sti pressed to attend
pe'son- lily but declined, and her mistress called
upon met she said thst she was the Hon Mrs.
Carnegie, and wished me to enamel her; that for
some time past she had been afflicted with ab-
Scesses In her bosom, and that by reason Of an
operation performed unon tef In Paris h-r com
plexion had much faded; she had q serious scar,
and II would enamel 1t she would paw me any,
thing for my services, declined to do so, saying
II mig 1t prove Injurious to her TO do 80.
gave her printed paper, upon which were
my te-ms; and she sid that she had frequently
read the advertisements inserted by me In the
Curt Journal. She stated that, II could make
her appear in public without wearing a high
dress, she would give me | 000 o. any amount
she was perfectly aware that only attended the
elite OF society The enamelling was 10 be on the
neck, face and arms. Mrs. Carnegie had been
very handsome indeed, and althoug b very Young
she had much faded. do not paint ladies I
attended her upon more thEn three occasions
One process mieh: last for ever, and one for an
evening only supplied her with cosmetics and
perfumery, and things she could not have done
without, and received many compliments for
what had done for her. She told me that she
mad been to fancy dress hunt ball IN Wales,
dressed as SNOW !" after having been enamelled
oy me, and was dressed in white tulle covered
In white flowers, TO represent snow storm.
r ON the beginning TO the end have not re-
celved any m 'ney, and she referred me 10 q MI
Robinson, her doctor. She brought some jew
eI'y to me. and ofe'e ed me the rings Off her fin
gers, but declined to take tneu, saving that
wished for some money, and Mrs Carnegie said
nat she would pay me on the honor of { lady in
three weeks. i never saw Nj. Clrnegie, but
knew that he va residing with bis wife and
she told me that he had remarked how very
much she had improved Of late | saw Nj
Robinson and gave him the particulars of nv
aim, and be submitted them to Mrs. Carnegie.
her complexion when she q st came to me was
very sallow, and she looked languid. h;y pro.
c1n changed her so much that she is now beau
tlfui woman-indeed, very beautiful woman.
Cross-esamined Dy Mr.. Karslake-I am the en-
sneier, and my daue htsr is in practice too There
10 really no enameliug. AL impurities of the
skin and dirt are frst removed by the constant
use Of the bath and certain herbs. WhatI do is
ladies that cannot remember when Mrs Carne-
gle cail-d. Ladies generally like secresy In these
ce'ei, but not In ell. l enamel children that are
Drought 20 me- IL Ia no secret among ladies.
enameled Mrs. Carnegie four times, as nearly as
l can recollect She did not take nv recipe for
one guinea. hid the scar by a process known
only to me, and in doing that enameled the
AZ II O'Clock at night, and she remained until 2
O'Clock In the morning
Re eIamined.-MY process Is called by the la.
dies enamelling, bat 1t 10 not so. After the pro-
IL resembles painting on ivory. Mine 10 a or, cess
OF cleansing this skin and rendering II trans pa
ee' ee L. not closing up the pores by plsstering
appearance after the second or third application
that she wished to be made beautiful forever.
am positive the services have rendered are per-
manent
Mr.. Baron wilde.-Do you mean to saw that
you com piled with her wish?
Witness In continual on.-I have made her
beautiful forever Ii a lady is not scared one ap-
Plication would be sufficient. II 10 very difac cult
10 enace scar; there were scars when | COM
meneed and there were none afterwards.
After Mr karslade had addressed the jury for
the defendant,
The Hon. Capt. Carnegie was called and said :
My wife has separate income Of her own of f7OO
or fSOO year. she has a scar on her bosom
resulting from an operation On the 23d of March
trst knew that my wife had EN- ployed Madame
Leverson. NV wife then inform me Of Il, and
produced Madame Leverson's account | never
authorized her to employ her. 1 always supply
my wife with sufficient necessaries and medical
attendance. | regret TO say that the scar Is now
worse than IL was at the beginning OF the year.
Cross examined by Mr. Davidson.-My wife Is
In this neig kborhood now. / am a sailor, and In
command Of a ship. / did not send my solicitor
to see about the settlement of this bill allow
nv wife to 60 TO doctor when ! am away.
After the learned counsel had addressed the
jury on behalf Of the respective clients,
His Lordship summed up, leaving II to the
IA w he hsfe had n
mis- wife to employ Mrs. Leveson In the way she
ad been employed, when
The jury Immediately found a verdict for the
defendant.