Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-11
PARIS TRICKS.
How Woman Cot Enough OF Eu-
ropc-.-'rhc Wife Of y san Francisco
Banker faShiouah!y Robbed III Paris.

An unusually ilagrant case Of French
rapaclty has come 10 light, the victim
being the wife OF ono of the most
prominent bank presidents Of San
Francisco; Young, not over twentv-four
or twenty-five; has light yellow hair
and brilliant complexion, and has come
TO Europe with French lady physician
Of high standing i'll New Work, This
person was engaged Nv the San Fran
cisco bankers wife AZ u salary of 500 II
month, Ill expenses paid including trip
to Europe and back. 80 they started
the wife and companion the husband
aud children remaining ut S,tn Fran
cisco.
On arrival in Paris they took up their
abode in the Continental Hotel. Tie
rooms occupied by the san Francisco
bankers wife cost her SO il day. and
before long John Arthur, the We'll known
English house agent, Wine merchant.
exchange broker, etc, Of the Rue dc
Castiglione told her TINT he could do Il
great deal better than that for her. He
then took her to see n vast and elegant
suit of rooms in one of the grand
avenues near Arc dc Triomphe, for
which she promised to pay $500 n
month rent, the same persons from
whom She hired thcrooms undertaking
TO furnish her suitable carriage,
horses and driver for 5000 Il month
And what about my meals Y she
asked.
"Oh, we will furnish Madame what
ever she desires" the concierge am
swercd, Madame has only To let us
know when she wishes to dine mt home.
and we will procure what she orders.
This seemed satisfactory, and the
lady, with her companion, entered tho
new room, and found NIL things pleas
ant. Soon, however rumors began to
spread about concerning the enormous
wealth OF the new ledger. She was
another Mrs. Mackcy. When she went
to the opera She wore u girdle of din.
monds as big rs hazel nuts about her
waist amt hanging Gown n foot along
the side OF her dress. A bracelet finer
than Cleopatra ever owned casped her
arm near the shoulder; laconot eNcelled
III any case in the exposition complete
| " covered tho yoluminuus folds Of her
gorgeous robe.
Az the house Il small array Of trades.
people were running every day 10 oilcr
novelties in dress. lace, hats, pnrnsols,
boots, fansand what not, To tho banker
| princess. She had one trunk entirely
full of 1ars. She has forty or fifty
dresses from Worth. She has every
thing from everybody who charges much
and makes elegantly.
Why don't that concierge send me
my bill2e The lady asked of her com.
panion after fortnight on more had
elapsed. " want "a see how an
Standing here. Tcll him e send III his
bill. =
Still the b.ll came not. Her meals
were very simple and could not have
cost more than ~ each. Al length, by
dint OF insisting ON it, the bill came II
was outrageous. The charge for meals
averaged 800 week fun $50 for each
dinner. Here the pluck OF IL woman
from orr SIDE Of the water came in. She
would pay no such cyOrbitant charge.
lie became insolcnt. Shook his billsi
her face, and told her he'd 'ehave the
law Of her. if She didn't. She ordered
him ont Of her presence. Then she sent
for Arthur, the house agent, and let him
know what nice position he'd got her
in. u will not pay such bills. Mr.. Ar.
thur she said, Indignantly; not be-
cause Of the money, but because / will
not allow these people 70 think they can
make such fool Of me"
She was ~ much annoyed thnt shc
has taken her passage home for the ! til
Of this month, though her original in
tention was TO prolong her trip to the
Goth of September, and 60 through Ger
many and Switzerland. BY Fastening
her departure she finds herself in
trouble with her companion, who holds
out for the European tour until the
18th Of September, as agreed.
If you want to stay until the 29th Of
September" the plucky lady answered
YOU can pay our own passage back. ]
will bay your salary until then on Tho
other side; but ! have had enough oi
Europe
The belief is that the companion is in
league with the swindlers. And any one
who has lived any time in Paris know
that this game Of collision is constant
" going on between coneiergcs and
servants and comprehensive latter
parties receiving per centage On VIVA,
the former can swindle ont of the en-
ployers.
THE steamer 1nadyr, while yoyaging
near the Tong Tong Islands, recently
ran INTO an enormous ray, or fiat fish
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