The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-09
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TIONS IND CENEES.

Mmc. Rachel and Her Oupcs--Tho
Mysteries of linumeling AN Amori-
ca Girls Adven5uro--H How PcercsSc.s
TravelNIss Stevens.
Fam Tie C;acinnG En2uircr.
LosDoS, Feb. 23.---Y"u may per
haps remember the name Of Madame
Rachel, villainous old harrilan,
who Processes to be ablo to render
the complexion Of her dupcs
''1aautiful forever She has Just
served out Il term Of five years i'm
prisonmont for obtaining money by
swin;linY AMI fl,ul in this WY,
and has hardly got ont again and
into new shop, wlo1, beginning
her o!l tricks, she is taken in to
custody once moro. The wonlor is
that suc.l a notoli ious old creature
should be able to make new dupcs,
bat then "Lonlon is IL world,' and
young ,>cop}c who wcro children
when the other trial took place are
now men and women, and the past
to them is but Il blank of croquct
balls and college.
Mrs. Godfrey Pcarse, the present
plaintiff. is daughter Of the
celebrated Grisi Mtrio, the opera
singer, ana is wcllcl to man Of
means. Size is Il be .u;ifui young
, creature, ust twenty fonr years Of
age, and one of the last women in
London to require sncA aid as that
offered by M,lamc R,"Aci. She
had no knowic l;yo vii ttcvar OF tlc
woman $ former career, AMI merely
went into the s'>op (wiich had up
the sign over the door, "A.abian
Pcrf'lmcr b. the Qlcca') to buy IL
paper Of violet POWDER. In the
course Of the purcn $50 R,chel ask
ed her if she lil not wish to DO
made bclutiful f,:oyar! Mrs.
Peaisc very pointoiiy asked her
why, if she possessed this secret.
she did not apply it to herself, 70
which Rachel ropiicl, ''PorAaps you
don't know how old L am; T. am
So" This was, Of course, untrue !;
she is not within quarter Of Il
century of that age,
Then began the squeeze. The
price for ell n,moiiny WIS sud to be
$4,000, and Rachel asserted that
she was thcn doing it to 81.
! Countess" who had pawncI her
i jewels to her in payment. This
Airs. Pearse did; anil her inability
to get them back, or to obtain any
return for her money or valuabics,
aHccpt II plentiful crop OF pimp!es
all over her ftre from the poisonous
washes, the "Arabian" pcrIumer was
usins, led her to confess the matter
to her husband, who placed it III
legal hands.
The subject is fill of interest to
me because L hear SO much about
''enamcling" and getting "liXod up
in Paris, AMI all that sort Of thing,
from the ips of American women
who come here. It is really sur.
prising to see the amount Of
credulity extant among our women
on this subject. There is n settled
and widespread belief among them
to tho effect That there is "a man.
in Paris who. for the sum Of $500,
will enamel Il face so that tho com
pleXion will be for tho space Of
three years as lovely, us delicate, as
fascinating rs bit Of Scvrcs por-
cclain. Of course [ know who "tho
man is and where his shop is,
having often bought harmless bit
Of soap or q tooth brush there; but
! I peter not to indicate him
definitely, for I think he gets more
than enough money from our coun-
try women as it is.
An American girl went over to
Paris with her brother, the othor
day, and tho instant she was left
alone with their companion in tho
carriage, a middle aged Frenchman,
he insulted her. She told her
brother when ho returned, ana
there was fearful outburst. Tho
Frenchman gave his card, and said
he was deeply sorry, AMI would
abide by tho decision of tho other
as to the consequences to cnsue for
his mistake, but certainly he nevor
suspected NIadcmoisello was q lady,
as she was painted! Yhe brother