Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-07
roREpAuGms BEAUTY.


This Phantom Of Delight sacs the old
Snowman in Philadelphia Court.
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. s.-Mrs Pau
lus Keyser, otherwise known ms Louise
Montague, the $4,000 professional
beauty, yesterday brought suit in the
court of common pleas before Judge
Pierce against Adam Forepaugh, the
circus proprietor, to recover 50 4OO
being her salary under contract nj S75
per week for thirty-two weeks in tLe
circus season OF 1899. Miss Montague
is said TO be preparing for the stage
and did not reach the courtroom
until half-past IL o'clock. Miss Mon
tague was attended by counsel and
took a seat inside the lar. The judre
smiled pleasantly as the vision of
beauty burst upon him, and, rising
to his feet, waited until Miss Mon
tague was seated. She was dressed i'm
black, and almost completely envelop.
cd in n sealskin sacque reaching TO her
feet. a polka-dot veil depended
jauntily from her hat and partly hid
her features. A few moments passed.
and Adam Forepaugh, big, brusque,
and dressed in his everyday clothes,
walked into the bar, also attended by
his counsel. The courtroom was filled
in less than ten minutes with persons
anxious to catch glimpse OF the pro-
fessional beauty. She seemed in ex-
cellent spirits. Mr., Shakespeare
briefly stated the beauty's case. Fore
paugh listened intently, and east his
bright eye quickly over each juryman,
smiling u quizzical smile OF 'derision.
He studiously avoided looking at Miss
Montague, who sat cycling him with
critical. determined expression. She
stepped up into the witncss-box and
was sworn Then, gathering her seal
skin sacque closely around her form,
she swept down again, Jerking her
skirts aside so that they might by no
chance be contaminated by the show
mans plcbeian touch, and took chair
facing his honor, ut whom che smiled
serenely, displaying a magnificent set
of teeth.
Mr. White, rubbing his dazzled eyes
and putting on an intensely pleasant
| look.
The American Lalla RoolSh detailed
how she had travelled with Forepaugh
during 1881, and how between the 10Th
and 18th of December of that year she
had been re.engaged for the following
| season. A day before the circus start
ed out she went to Forepaugh and
asked him whether her state-room in
| the car in which she had contracted
to travel had been prepared. Fore
paugh told her it had not been and
would not be, and that she would
have to travel with the common herd
of performers and drivers. She re-
fused to do 1t, and, upon upbraiding
Forepaugh, was told that another wo-
man was engaged at Sl5 per week to
take her place. Forepaugh here
i whispered something in his lawyers
ear.
"Did you not tell my client that You
would see him--iirst ?n said Mir.
White, looking as if he had caught a
mouse mapping.
The beauty leaned forward, and
fixing her cold steel-blue eyes upon
her interlocutor, said sharply, 'Sir?'
The question was repeated, and with
whitening look of mingled amaze
ment and Indignation she said, 81 dc
not remember having used any such
language
Again Mr.. Forepaugh's eyes twink
led as he whispered into Whites ear
The latter blushed and inquired
"Did you. upon your previous trips
with the circus, occupy a berth alone"
always she said.
Mr.. White dwelt upon the question
in an insinuating way, and made ont
more attempt to break down her testi
mony.
The hot blood mounted TO Miss
Montague's cheeks, and she replied
stingingly: 1.-Two ladies slept in thu
berth above me. My own berth was
occupied by me alo8c."
Mr. White made several more mile
attacks but the beauty steadily helc
her ground, and gave back more thar
she received.
The hearing was adjourned at
o'clock until Monday morning at II
J o'clock, and as the graceful iigur
, passed through the courtroom Their
} was a general rush to catch one last
: long, lingering look.