Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-18
a French Cause Ceiebre.

What it is agreed to call good society still
continues to keep the Paris law courts busy.
La the present instance good society has not
been naughty, but only iuprudent oa tho one
and nisSardly on the other. The case, which
is civil one, is striking proof that caste can
be lost hero quite as well as in India; and it
was perhaps to prevent such cases as the pre-.
sent one from arising that Bu1dha prescribed
that the Indian widows should be burned on
their husbands death.
Had Widow Le Moyue observed the Brah-
min rite, she would not yesterday have been
under the painful necessity of suiog her aged
mother tor pecunisry allowance. The lady
described IN these legal proceedings as Widow
lie Moyne Is 20 other than tho former gay
Duchess dc Persleny, and her mother, whom
she sues for pension, is the Princess de ia
Moskows, the daughter of the famous banker,
Jacques LATTE, sod the daughter iu law of the
braVest of the brave, Marshal My. | give
the case as stated by each advocate in turn,
since it assumes TWO very diff.rsot aspects acr
oordiog as it is NJ. Dschaud or NJ. Helbronuer
who speaks. The former pleaded for the
youpger widow and the latter for the princess.
Mime. lie Moyoe this is NJ. Lschaud's vor.
sion) was married to tho D ike of Persguy 10
1852, and he LETT her a widow. WITH FIVE child.
rem at the beginniug cf 1872. she next mar
red NJ. La Moyne, bsrrister at Cairo, who
disd recently. The Pfioc:ss de Ia Moskowa,
her widowed mother, gave her no dowry Oh
either occasion. though she could very yell
have afforded 70 hestUW uDou her very con.
siderable allowance, ~ her income is estimated
OF Gl6,0Q0 aaona!ly. N,G hur daughter,
Widow Lo Moyne, the eX Duchess Of Pcrsiguy,
2nd former bright particular star of the eX
empress, s0!rccS Is n such siraI!eDod orcuUI
stances that she has ool suhotcaJ "a )ney to set
her up 10 housekeeping. She therefore prayed
the court Yesterday 10 order hrr N 1ther to al
loT hsr e4O month and 20 give her EGO
down to purchase furniture With.
Her venerable out by 90 means generous
pafout, the wesltnr princess. of ,red her a
yearly pcnSea Of E32O, which II. L,chaud
treated 90 ridiculous Tor LADY 10 nne. il
Moyao's position. But" r.pi3d his sd0er-
ssry, NJ, HeEbrunrer, "Lhe widow Of tho Duke
de Porsiguy has left, halivv., some souvouira
10 the Chrolqle of tho sccord em pire, aud Il
St. Simon had been able TO see aud nesc her.
concealed 10 some corner Of the Sale des Marc.
chaux, he would have ske.ohed very piquant
portrait of her.
Those ungallant remarks aro irrelevant TO
the case. and as ulcaed for as they ars uagal-
lant. But NJ. L.chsud showed quite as great
q lack of chivalry by retorting as follows: 1T
is rather to the Princess d. Ia MoskoWs that he
might have devoted few curious pssos Bat
the most curious part Of NJ. Uabropner's
speech is that 10 which he shows how Freach
uoblewomau may lcse caste. aod. at the same
time, her right 70 decent iooome.
Widow Lo Moyac." he said, who claims
situation from fortune worthy of duchoss.
forgets that she laid aside her ooroncs aod sent
her coat Of erms to the lumber room, when
she married business agent ia Egypt. If the
1920 year offered har by her mother would
Iave been mere trf, Tor the Duchess Of Per.
signy, it is surely a sufficient allowance for tho
widow of Nj. La N1oyne. She has already .E4SO
q yaar, and e320 added to that makes sSU0
Year. Is it her mothers fault if that Income
is not enough to satisfy bar inordinato desires
of every kind?'
The court showed itself more geoorous than
the Princess d, Ia Moskows, at her expeuse OF
course. and ordered her to pay her daughter
an annual pension of G4S0, and give her Gl60
down to make a fresh start 10 housekeeping.