The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-09-26

Paris Correspondence San Francisco Call,
An unusually fragrant case of French
rapaCity has come to light, the victim
being the wife of one of the most prOmi-
ncnt bank Presidents Of San Francisco,
young, not over twenty.four or twenty.
five, has light yellow hair and brilliant
complexion, and has come to Europe
with French lady companion, who
was recommended to her by physician
of high standing in New York, This
person was engaged by the San Francisco
bankers wife at a salary of $50 month,
all expenses paid, including trip to
Europe and back. So they started, the
wife and companion, the husband and
children remaining in San Francisco,
On arrival in Paris they took up their
abode at the Continental Hotel. The
rooms occupied by the san Francisco
bankers wife cost her S2j day, and be-
fore long John Arthur, the well-known
English house agent, wine merchant, cx-
change broker, etc, of the Rue Castig
lone, told her that he could do a great
deal better than that for her. He then
took her to see Il vast and elegant suite
of rooms in one of the grand avenues
near the Arc de Triomphe, for which
she promised to pay $500 4 month rent,
the same persons from whom she hired
the rooms undertaking to furnish her
suitable carriage, horses and driver, for
5000 Il month.
"And what about my mcals?' she
asked
con! we will furnish Madame what
ever she DESIRES" the concierge an
swcred. "Madame has only to let us
know when she wishes to dine at home,
and we will procure what she orders'
This seemed satisfactory, and the lady
with her companion entered the new
rooms, and found all things pleasant,
soon, however, rumOrs began to spread
about concerning the enormous wealth
of the new lodgcr. She was another
Mrs. Mackey. When she went to the
opera she wore girdlc of diamonds as
big as hazel nuts about her waist and
hanging down a foot along the side of
her dress. A bracelet finer than
Cleopatra ever owned clasped her arm
near the shoulder; lace not cXcelIed in
spIendor in any case in the Exposition
completely covered the voluminous
folds of her gorgeous robe.
At the house, II small army of trades
people were running every day to offer
novelties in dress, lace, hats, parasols,
boots, fans and what not, TO the banker
princess. She has one trunk entirely
full of furs. 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 bil%' the lady asked of her COM
panion after fortnight or more had
elapsed. g. want to see how am stand
ing here. &" Tell him to send in his
bill"
Still the bill came not. Her meals
were very simple, and could not have
cost more than - each. At length, by
dint Of insisting on it, the bill came. 1t
was outrageous. The charge for meals
averaged $l60 week--full $50 for
each dinner. Here the pluck of woman
from our side the water came in. She
sent for the concierge, and fatty said
she would pay no such eXorbitant
charge. He became insolcnt, shook his
bill in her face, and told her he'd "havc
the law of her" if she didn't. She or
dered him out of her presence. Then
she sent for Arthur the house agent,
and let him know what a nice position
he'd got her in. " will not pay such
bills, Mr.. Arthur" she said Indignantly;
not because of the money, but because
| will not allow these people to think
they can make such a fool of me-"
She is so much annoyed that she has
taken her passage home for the lth OF
of this month, though her original in
tention was to prolong her trip to the
10Th of September, AMI 90 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 29th of
September as agreed.
If you want to stay until the 10Th OF
September" the plucky lady answers,
you can pay your own passage back.
will pay your salary until then on the
other side, but have had enough of
Europe"
The belief is that the companion is in
league with the swndlcrs. And any
one who has lived any time in Paris
knows that this game of Collusion is
constantly going on between cOnCiergcs
and servants and comprehensive lat
ter parties receiving percentage on
what the former can swindlc out of the
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