Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-02
HIGH LIFE IN PARIS.
The Queer Ways In Whteh Some Great
yoblsmea and No5lep2mea Make Money.
Correspondence New York sun ]

The leaveu of pOstivism is working
with en9eance in the lump of the Eu
ropesn aristocracy BY positivism | mean
OF course, that practical temper OF the
time which strives above everything else
! TO put money in the purse. With our
q mobiles OF to day this question OF money
n is uppermost; indeed, ST the rate things
N are going, the Yearbook OF European
q nobility will soon be nothing more or less
thsn a business directory.
In Eugand, the law Of primogeniture
4 has kept the great fortunes and estates to-
pether: vet even in England not a few
slenderly. portioned younger sons 60 into
trade NOWADAYS 1t Is in Germany, IN
France, and in Italy, however, that the
descendants of the Crusaders have devel
oped the keenest passion Tor the chase OF
tie gold piece. In Germany, because the
greater part OF the nobility Is poor, 10
common with the rest of their country.
men la Italy, for the same reason. In
France, because the Revolution and the
abolition OF primogenlture destroyed the
large fortunes.
1t is in France, Of the three, that the II
yasinn hy trade of a caste that formerly
uset 10 Turn up its nose at mOney-maSlng
and mAney-makers is the most notable
and noticeable. Not to speak here OF the
marriages OF beggared mobiles with the
heresses of Cincinnati pork-psckers or
Peruvian Cuano dealers - matrlmonlsl
unions these that enrich finely the worn
out acres of the descendants OF the Chew
aliers-there are the great industrial en-
terprises, the mines, railroads, and banks,
whose Boards of Direction serve as hot
houses for the fine flower OF the ruined
arislocrGcy.
Moreover, the richest mobiles set the eX
ample TO the poor ones. The number oil
Dukes, Princes, Counts and Barons who
sell the famous vintsges OF Champagne,
Bordeaux and Bourbon, wOull suffice to
organize courts in all the republics OF the
two Americas But that is a qusSl-sristo-
cratic commerce, and sundry crowned
heads do not disdsin TO turn an honest
penny by it. Let US pass then, to the
petty trader We shall fad that the Book
of Hersldry includes the names OF a
crowd OF tradesmen and tradeswomen
who would not be out OF place in the
square of the Temple or under the pillars
OF the tishmarket.
There was Duke Pozzo di Borgo, Just
dead, millionaire a dozen times over. lie
sold his game, the poor, thrifty man, as
eagerly as though he had been a simple
poacher, and he reteiled the fruit Of his
country seat al Saint Cloud like 8 kitchen
gardener of the Plsin of Genneviiers
He also sent TO market baptized milk-he
was pious man, the noble Duke-tur
nished by his two cows.
Another grand selgneur, the Marquis de
Chsbrol, drives thriving business t.
loaning out silver plate tor weddings al
dinner parties in town, 1t is the family
plate which ne puts TO this use, and the
\ pieces ornameuted with the De Chsbrol
coat.of arms furnish forth the table OF
8 Monsieur prudhomme, to the delight OF
that worthy but worshiping man.
The Marquis makes q handsome tang
Il out OF it.
There is also the gfest Baron de Foy
Inventor and propagation OF the matri
monial profession" Do you want wife
not too mature, not too sent mental ;
Address, in all confidence. any OF the
branches OF the house-Paris, London or
Vienna Deposit 100, 500, or 1000 francs
according TO circumstances, plus com
mission OF per cent. on the lady's dot
Once in awhile the house has to sue de.
linquent patrons; usually, however, the
excellent Baron gets his fee, as his
splendid chateau al Saint Cloud testlfes
tie has rivals, though, in the persons OF
certain Marquises, Countesses, aud
Baronesses, who are trying to draw trade
away from him by cutting under his
rates. they are satisfied with deposit of
80 francs, or even % francs and charge a
commission of only 3 per cent. on the dot
Let US not overlook the Countess de
Benouville. She leased a hslt.dOz"n small
houses and apartments IN the quarter of
the Champs Elysees, furnished them tcO.
nomicslly by making her purchases at
auction sales and rents them out to Eug-
lish and American visitors al handsome
profit. Note that the Countess is very
rich and that her husband gives ner an
allowance for her toilet that would com.
fortably support an entire family.
Three of the most elegant and distin.
guished ladies of Paris, whose names are
constantly recurring in the soc ely news OF
journals, have formed company Of the
most original kind and keep shop, their
confidential agent doing duty as shop
man. They furnish the wares--nCthng
else than their cast.otf dresses and toilet
kniCkknaCks Of which they have become
tired. 1t is understood that these ladies
are doing a capital business, and that
soLnCbnCs, IL tue INV macy vi Llt DUuuOlT,
they grsclously exhibit their account
books for the inspection OF particular
friends.
The Baron de Morlsnge has amassed a
pretty fortune IN q still more singular
traffic lie opened an anonymous agency
for the procurement of masses. His
drummers secured the country, knocked
81 the doors of the chateaux, and can
~ nj In aF A.
slrOus OF having masses said for their
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