, 1869-04-18

day is the last number Of the DID ~ Qant, ocai
Ing on the utter Generalization Of society Id con
dreas. The writer, whose nons d. r{upx Is ivan DC
WoastJne, traces the story OF yotnE mst11cd NO
man launched on the shallow seas Of fashiouablc
Is foar thousand 7ea1. and be allows her sI hun.
dted pin money. The tremendous expense OF the
toliettes worn In society eIcitcs her ambition her
tunlcs "a exquisite, her diamond alsrcttec
q ~ pure .atef - those Of her friends
at a. tns e, 'hs Ii.af1 a she
snd her husband payA They ~ to Ttourt1le:
th5ee tollestea daJ sse then Indispensable; she
COM ven ~ sse tns n aa,psse Ia ss1 the
New Years Day the younK wife duds abe has q
second tina nut1peot her allowance; but agatn the
husband PAYS In few months the scene Is ne
enacted. hut this time 1t Is serton& he signs
cheque, but In decided manner tells her thai this
state Of things must como to IN end; be has three
umes paid exoratant hills: he. viii not do 20
agnln; and now commences the trsuA The
world and Its inexoIable exlgrncies claim her
lot It's own. Madame must Appcar everywhere,
sna n a syeT san I not oatsnne at least
cqu1iA She Ia nhmlred, bat as vet, abe Il honest
The fatal New Tear retu1nx E1lls pour ln eoc
1GHs ,ss, not Tsre to TIT IoF hep her creditors
young life she ls addressed In q tone or !nsolcucc
Al this crisis visitor l. announced II proves to
be certain Aas9ulse, . Woman Of authentic rank,
beauty Of some twenty scasous bacf, to be mel
With IN the moss exclusive sdlonA whose true name
ought to bc PNI1uete. She Ia PERHAPS uTSy 6dul-
rabiy preserved, excessively agreeable, and &C
qua1nsed to franc WITH the fortune Of every man
IN Paris az wel! na or the exAct amount every
young WOMAN Of the world owes her drcsama1ef.
cut alone; you meet her At oflcial dinnera and at
petite sntpsrt and her name constantly appears as
pat7onese Of charity balls. At the doors or fash
!onatle chapela she may often be seen In suMpru-
Gus apparel In spite OF her narrow income, acting
as 9s<ftnse. Note that the precise amount
dropped BY good souls into her crimson velvet bag
p an ray S,<,t
Sun1ce It that she sends In next morning he. col
lection 10 n. le Curc. Her rank Is un1onbted,
but then she Is poor, and u it not fair that zhe
should 6bare With the other poor the fes1lt Of
her deyouone The Pro1tnete has timed her
Visit well She Is In tears; her young friend, her
~ T. ~ ar the mere : sa
willy, Aarquise, tMy husbands promotion de-
pends on good word frun NJ, The banker I
L Iinnre Wo1d i rom % you w vii sas SUMO" pI pts1 ~
company NE What harm can l. do your The
young woman. a1nlable, and too glad 10 escape Ior
thoughts Of her debts NOW Keep her awake Il
night; she reoecta She has repeated her rlstt, and
lonnd u - 80 kind; he has even talked to her
mere tribe, couple Of thoussnd. to Tie mt Who
asked niru. 1.-TWO Thousand pounds.' Il would
more than clear all her debta, and then Bhe would
and never again run up . bill Two thousand
pounds 70 b had for Asking! but morning Gomez
and the young wife hesitates and snt1nkA- An tn
1AA%-S4As NeGAk p1Nu40tJ " tuC
anuounced-he threatens to send hia bIll TO her
husband This decides her. She dresses-shc
makes herself beautiful. As she crosses her din
swimnlns head she quits her hotel. and Jumps in
s5s hss vision. n,Is, e r51ns s.,es TO nc coen ~
III III the world, and therefore she sae mus. ;
dress viii more spiendor Than before. Seam
stresses nc no Longer her only credi1ors the Mar
hlante, L. raraciouA- She must pay without hcsi-
taton; she must lie Without scrup1e. The two
q a1 u nfE s Is she
hand 70 take her 70 the country. I.uta week has
not elapsed ere the village Post Once Is deluced
contains IN imperative comuand from VI -,
the banker. lie insists on her return, be requires
her presence Lis wrctehcd victim invents his
banker awaits her II the nrst station.
y " n,s can s., no loages PERM, H. ne presenee
becomes her task to induce him to shoot In Alge-
ia Or tsh in Norway. The young wife, alone
Wr1th!ng under the yoke she has voluntarily as
mi1er, but he u poor. The nrnoge counted three
husband. wife aud paytnE lover; 10 shcse Il now
rnulatc v lth friEhtfpl raptdtJ- She ends another
Tanker. then thru The uumher Of her rnalr
xtstioss !nesesseA and IN exa:t proportion dlmiu-
secret only 70 her husband. Certain salons ale
closed to her At Last the fatal hour nr1ircs, and
nef hnspAhu'3 5 cy res hfE opened.
The D1dtc a Qudtrt revcala another and yet
more criminal phase Of BoclA life The results OF
thrss nnconluRA unions must oe done away With.
Delpechc and her thrce nasociaiea OF Montauhah
have representatives in Paris who, for hundred
Euinea4, will blot out a. n1nJ eIisteuccs AZ may
rTDEe inconyenient nenentoes OF the past Cu1-
Gus details are given OF the celebrated n1ntaii-
ner, whose tea-partes to ambassadresses and
Anchcsscs hare Aready reported One anecdote
| Of that gentleman Is worth E.EtnR. \ DochcssS
whose cards were ont for ball. went to him and
1mplored him to invent perfectly new costume
for her: Tie consented; anI that, moreover, the
"crcatlon" tttc term Is corTcct> should he aup-
Piled gratis On the receipt OF An invitation for
hts wife. That pcfsonRXe sppeared al tho
Duchess nall and, it il sid Wa dressed In bet
ter taste than her husbanda cus.oncrA As
specimens Of hts bills TWO are given: the sum
oh. mtrattl diet., BY the lA1y 5 husband Another
Of r7Sooo, TO be paid BY m adHlter, Is yet due,
THIS sketch, loaihsome though It be, Is not tItg-
Eerated- II Is photograph Of Paris life, IN the
Aaior& Of the great world Needles 70 renArt,
there arc bright exceptions, but no man who
EnoHs soctet3 as u has become cat accuse the
D4atA Quatrs Of having Bet down Au2ht In
tnal1ce. His statements are facts, hldeous you
VIII, but you cannot refute them The number
has been bought up At any Price Ipaid carly this
morning u. for m1ne.-Ittrts Ger. LoAdou Star.