Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-06-24
PATHS BRUTAL. LORD.
How tho Marriage was Brought About and
the Result.
ILondon letter.

PATHS earnings are something
fabulous. When she sings no man
ager can afford support of any,
thing above mediocrity. 1t is the
necessity of paying the diva all the
proceeds which compels her ap.
pearance at the most forlorn thea
ters in the capital. Her seasons
are sung in houses that would COM
pare as the Bowery theater would
with the Broadway houses.
Her good-for- nothing scamp Of a
husband shares handsomely in
these earnings. For, by the terms
of the Infamous French law, though
it was proven that he was unfaith-
full from his wedding day, the wife
is compelled to pay over moiety
of her earnings, even after the de-
cree Of separation was pronounced.
scamp as he was proven to be, it
was awarded, involving the terms
just cited. Patti proved by ire
.proachabls witnesses that he had
stolen all her money to gamble aud
aud that, like the generality Of
continental Europeons, when in n
rage beat her mercilessly. Wife,
beating is an ordinary incident in
all ranks of continental life.
Eo,s worthless q scamp this Mar.
quis de Caux is 10 known to every
one in Paris. 1t was an evil day
for Patti when the Empress Euge-
Hie took it into her head to catch q
rich wife for hiW. Blue with all
the blood of all the Towards of
France, he was for twenty years In
the market for a rich wife, when
the Empress kindly charged herself
with his fortunes. She took this
interest in him first, because she,
like a good politician, strove To
strengthen her husbands precarious
throne, and, second, because he
had IA fine figure aud made an I'M
posing parsonage at Court. The
marquis, when Patti appeared in
Paris, was horribly poor. lie lived
with his mother, Madame la Mar.
quise de Caux, in little street
back OF the palaIs Bourbon-now
the Chamber of Deputies. The
mother was reduced to the most in
digent straits, and it is related that
she got some Of her income by the
preparation of u subtle Identifying
powder, which rejuvenated the
COURTS DANES.
Patti was made much of at court,
and the empress began to ply her
arts of guile to entrap the unfortu-
nate singer. The Emperor was in
duced to promise diplomatic pro-
motion in the event of marriage.
For time the young mamie was
nearly forty-gave up his grisettes
and paid court 20 the singer in the
most approved form. He used to
take his place in the orchestral
stalls ut the opera and sit staring
at the diva when she came upon
the stage. All Paris laughed, for
all Paris knew that the scamp was
simply striving to capture mine
to pay his debts and his other less
reputable diversions.
The wedding was. rs bright
as the Empress could make It,
but the pair quarreled before
they had been two days to.
gether. The nature of the cause
hinged on the excuses of the nus
band, which endangered the life of
the wife. They had hardly been IL
week together when the servants
We're compelled to rescue Patti
FROM the blows of the Marquis $,
The marriage was a gold mine for
him. X niilion or more was paid
to liquidate his gambling debts.
An equal sum restored the cha
teauX of his ancestry. But this
did not satisfy this thrifty noble
man. He exacted the salary of his
wife in advance. This was the
cauee of frequent ruptures with
managers. Patti would have prob
ably endured all this if the mis-
creant had RETAINED from forcing
the wantons of his revels almost
into his wife's presence. The mis-
cradle business came to al end in
st. Petersburg In 1875. The leech,
besides robbing his victim of her
earnings, attempted to steal her
jswelry. She refused to let him
saeritice them. He accused her of
in1delity with Nicoliui. She asked
him sarcastically how he could
wonder if she thought more of Nj
eolini than of him-a gambler, Il
thief, wife beater and II procurer?
He struck her in fury, and N!coliui
rushing in gave him Il sound
thrashing, and when ne crawIed
from the room his wife was in the
tenor's arms, treating him to a
tableau, not unlike the mimic
ananaa In Il nokoH far uanra