Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-10-15
sOME FRENCH ARIsrOCRATs.
How Questionable Society" in
Paris Amuses Itself

Paris Correspondence New York Times.l
The aristoeracy is giving an immense
amount Of food for scandal, and
several suits against fashionable celeb
rites appear on the horizon, prolific
in extraordinary details aud reyela-
tions. One is based upon a free fight,
which came off at Etretat last week
A gentleman and a young lady, Cecile
by name, were taking a walk on the
shore Of St. Jouin, when a carriage
drove up, another lady jumped out
and, without,a word, went for Ceeile
with her parasol. The gentleman,
who is the husband of lady No. 2.
tried to part the cOmbatants. Ceeile,
showed fight, and got a black eye;
Gecile lost her chignon, Nine. de Y
her bonnet, and the gowns of both
we're in rags. when the legitimate one
was pushed into her victoria. Mon
sieur thought prudent not to go home,
but took the first diligence to Havre;
.Oecile departed in asother direction
and madame sent for her lawyer, The.
hero. or the victim, as you may please
to call him, is the vice president iof.
the swell Partisan club; the heroine
A daughter of one of the financial
magnates; Cecile is a well-known &C
tress whose e~quipages are cited for
their elegance in the Bots de BoulOgne.
Then there was an English gentleman
who likewise distinguished himself at
the came seaside resort. where he in
sisted on forcing his way into the ac-
tress dressing room at the Casino,
during a representation, and thrished
the doorkeeper for refusing his
admission. NJ. Y. was very violent,
and was struck off the list OF Casino
subscribers Immediately, and has been
indicted for assault end battery, and
will be tried and held up for ever.
more as an example of the folly Of
yielding to ones angry passions. But
his case is not nearly so ~disgraceful as
is that Of Count -, who bears the
name Of one Of the noblest families in
France, yet, for all ,that, viii appear
next month IN the correctional police
court on a charge Of swindlinq. The
count made the acquaintance Of Mile.
j. A., a very pretty brunette, at
Louchon last month. As he is heir
70 a fortune of300,O0O francs a year,
his advances were accepted, and next
day, Mile. j. a. gave her lover a
thousand franc note. begging him 10.
sond 6fty francs to Paris By telegraph.
The count did not send the remit
lance and did not return the chang,
lui re did borrow. on the same even
irg, another FIFTY louis. which, with
he first sum, he proceeded to lose at
ecarte. Four and twenty hours later.
a. neither had any money
left, mademoiselie proposed that they
should have recourse to the pawn
brokers. She had some diamonds,
e a fine collection Of sc%arf-pins,
nong which was a black pearl worth
e. Q Onsand francs. This he wrap
ped p carefully, and put in her peck
e., with especial recommendations TO
Re exacting aboutthe loan. Anxious
10 cast one last fond look upon the
precious jewel, mademoiselle opened
rs case on the road, and found it
empty. She telegraphed from the
first stopping place to friend who had
stayed behind, went on to Toulouse,
and found there a dispatch awaiting
herarriyal, by which she learned that
Don Alphonse had left the hotel after
jbtaining the transfer Of all his debts.
amounting to 4000f., to his travelling
companion. Being a pretty woman.
Mile a. had no difficulty in obtain
ing funds for her journey to Paris,
where her lawyer, after hearing the
facts, gave a legal opinion to the eff
feet that it was a clear case Of obtain
ling moneyunder alsepretenses which.
elassed in the code as swindIing, will
send the noble count to Mazas
for six months, unless the court
should opine that the transaction is
based upon immoral considerations.