New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-27

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US redOuble our energies to save the risi1
generation; to make them good citizen
strong In the right, invincible by evi
, happy, earnest Christians. ready for 81
Lords work, and ripe Tor Heaven.
Beautiful and Bad.
The following story of wickedness is eol
by the Paris correspondent of the St. Lou
Globe:
In Paris. more than in any city am a,
qualnted with. strange things are CONSTANT
happening. This fact is recognized by til
application in other countries of the adiet
tive frenchy to what is peculiar, surprisin
or sensational.
There is not the least need here Of lou,
nalistic invention. if the press contribute
Will but seek that which it is SO easy Il
lind. The most interesting and remarkabl,
facts and circumstances rarely get into th,
city newspapers. owing, of course, 60 lacl
OF energy and enterprise ON the part Of 70
porters. The average Erenchman dislikel
facts. not knowing how singular, how at
tractlve, how poetic they are. He prefers
to exercise his imagination, which can moi
create shadows half so curious and enticina
as the substance 20 be had by observation
! have just heard Of . very strange or
! ganization, if it may be called such, consist
! ing originally OF six young women, from
| eighteen TO twenty years Of age, whose
purpose is 60 charm men to their destruc
ton. The founder is q remarkably pretty
girl, the daughter of . wine merchant at
Macon. She was finely educated, carefully
reared. and engaged to q physician OF the
town, when . Partisan actor. PLAYING in the
provinces, completely won her heart. Fall.
ing in love with him tho first night she saw
him on the stage. she might have justified
her imprudence by Theophile Gautieg's
verse
The heart that loves Sorsets all disc but love.
if she had happened to read or remem Der it.
She acted on it at any rate. sending him an
ardent billet. and receiving one in return.
He seemed to be as much enam0red OF her
as she OF him. He assured her, if she would
elope with him. that he would marry her
Immediately on arrival in this city.
Vhe faith tina: amorous passion inspires
was hers. She quilted home. parents. atii.
anced husband, wealth. happiness, all, 70
ny with the actor. Arriving here. he de.
terred the fulfillment of his promise week
after week, ard finally forsock her. leaving
letter behind. telling her. with cruel can.
dor, that he was tired Ut her-1hat he dlo
not wish ever to see her again.
His desevtion nearly killed her. She
would have committed suicide had she not
been seized with brain fever, from which
she did not recover FOX ;ncre than two
months. The great wrong did not break
her heart. it destroyed it. She rose from
her bed Of sickness wholly changed. She
Is that most dangerous and terrible creA.
ture. beautiful and fascinating woman
withouspoweg to love. without susceptibility
to pity.
She resolved 10 revenge herself on man.
f,u %I,x. DIV lnn
was the plan she deliberately Matured:
She determined 90 seek out q certain
Number Of young and handsome women.
who had been injured Like herself. and
bind them by solemn oath to Cuin any
and every man they could tempt into their
tolls. Her first idea was 20 form an asso-
citation OF twenty such Circes, including
herself; but she could not find more than !
live with the requisite qualifications of |
beauty. interestingness. understanding of J
human nature and freedom from softness OF |
disposition. Those were precisely to her
mood and mind, and she educated them in I
bitterness and hate. harraDguins them by !
he hour, until they were converted into !
OveIy ministers OF destruction. Strong,
eloquent, she nodded them 20 her
will: she ruled them by the force and tas-
'ination Of her character. Without any
owe in the usEa. sense. they loved and
cared her; her slightest wish was their law l
Three years since they began TO work I
heir urine OF evil. They took lodgings in
litferent parts OF the town: though they
frequently saw each other. their visits were !
lways clandestlne. The baleful success I
hey met with may be imagined in city so
centioUs and luxurious AZ this-a city
there. more than in any other, pretty, !
npriucipled. adrGit woman may be q
,emesis to our sex fox wrongs that any part
it may have done.
Each one Of the SIX secured q sich lover: |
ithin q twelve month the lovers were
lined. at least IN purse. Two of them blew
ut their brains; one committed forgery:
10 went to Algeria; the remaining two ran
way to America.
The successors 20 these simpietons. soon
shared similar fate. Men are !,
ever wanting; for the designing sisterhood
.ew them as honey draws flies.
The charming wantons were known for I
cir beauty, thel; elegance of toilette. their n
lendld turnouts all over the capital. The !
I'd they got from their victims furnished ! {
EN- with the means CT securing more. ! i
ley became the cage: bids for their favor t
n so hish that no ordinary mortal could o
'pe 30 SHARE It. The stories of their fascina- q
N. thelr conquest, their heartlessness, / o
dely bruited. rendered them doubly peril. | n
.. Beautiful and bad as they were, their e
auty and badness were exaggerated. and =
er acquired the NaIua Of the Angel ! q
lughters of Satan.
Every veeS oE two .hc selfish eorceresses 4
Il by appointment. told one another wha, 8,
d happened, the condition Of their duDes, I a,
: special weakness of these. and discussed I,
, best plans to pursue toS their Own inter. 2
She who formed .hs !itt!e;c,ub was the | h
est by few months. and invariably pre-. Al
ed over and led the deliberations. The I W
ne she had assumed was Mignonne d.
eaur. a glazing Sarcasm oa her nature. h
ce. instead OF being Dariingfot the h,
art, she was Devil of the Soul. Her n
,wledge OF the world, her spiritual in. o.
b.. being much greater than that OF her y,
ociates. sho pointed on: any and every a,
ect of .hei: programme. and instructed -e
N how to manage most effectively the | III
4 they had enthraiied. Each one Of the nf
always went 20 the chic; tor guidance in
an guidance was needed and thus Mig.
ne prevented her sisters from making
ly misplays which would have lost them
game. OF
y ;nformer. who is acquainted with the =.
zen. especially their leader, is amazed -
the extent OF their acquaintance with u
weaknesses and vices of his sex. "No
~ he says, lis safe, if once exposed to
r arts: They know him as botanist
VS. Tower, as an anatOmist knows the Rt
Ian body. They can spiritually dissect LIT
and pUt him together A0a,n vat ha | ~,