The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-06


many OF those state secrets which he q g.
cnsed q having betrayed To- Bismarck. Il A.
~ Madame de Girardin was 8 very pi6us woman.
IT may be that the pleasu of5 1Aiking ftligion
macy with the regular attendance of Cardinal
Chigi the papal nunoio. OF her receptions or
the literary celebrities for which, in the days Of
the first Nine. de Girardin, this salon WAS
famous, there was still remaining toward the
gier, Arsene Houssaye, Meilhao: ana Hsleyy.
Later the statesmen Of the third republic made
their appearances and the whole Of that truth.
ful and ardent tribe of writer's and artists
which the last twelve years have produced; and
through Paris ever failed to beg for q presen- -
tation into the salon Of M de Girardip: which
one Of them, said seemed to him to be tho
quintessehce of civilization Music was
not as much cultivated as conversation
what music was to DO heard. there was Of tho
very highest order Nine. de Lagrange, Nine.
Carvalho, Nilsson, Nine Krauss, Mons. Vardot.
are among those who used to sing there to the
accompaniment OF such masters as Gounod,
occasions the world Of fashion sent it, most
prominen: Representatives. Nine. Solomon de
Rothschlld, the Princess Troubetskoy, Nine
Canrobert, and there was always flying de-
tachment OF the most charming 6fthe ladies' Of
the. American colony, including Mrs. Wagner
and q beautiful daughter, Mrs. and Miss Bates
and the beautiful Miss Radcliffe But that
salon has now passed away forever, and the
auctioneers hammer has scattered all the rare
paintings, statues and bronzes in which it,
master used to find 30 much delight
sPECULATING ABBE.
All abbes are supposed to be good men, but
sometimes quite the contrary is the case. In
the good old days when the Bourbons ruled in
France, it was not at all uncommon for lively
and lusty able to be the lover ;of one Of tho
grande danes of the court; but that, along with
many other good things, has long since CONS
out of fashion, and il there is any billing and
cooling between priests and petticoats, it Is
done in France sub rosa, just IS it is in other
it But if the French priesthood Of the nine
teenth are in this respect better Than those Of
tho eighteenth century, when. il we may credit
the racy memoirs Of those days, they did not
take the trouble to hide their licentious doings
much men Of their times as their predecessors
were, and as the lust for wealth Ia the
besetting sin Of these latter days, it 10
to that form Of lust that they would
seem to be addicted This reflection has been
suggested to my mind by the exploits of Mon
sienr Liable sicard, one of the priests of the
parish of Notre Dame des BONES Nouvelles
whose darks ways and tricks are now under
investigation by the criminal authorities Of
this capital The able is one of those active,
energetic priests who mixes good deal in So
ciety, and who has the oily, insinuating and
obsequious manners that are so often found In
gentlemen Of his cloth. One of the favorite
lounging places Of Monsieur rAbbe has been
the stock exchange, and he was not at all averse
Of the stocks that have fuctuating tendency.
His flyers of late have not PANIED out satis-
factorily, and as his salary as first vicaire was
insufficient to keep up his margins with tho
brokers, he hit pom means Of raising the
wind, which not only shows that he is man
of C6nlnH in financial Ooaftara INIT o1so films
trates the old saying that all the fools are not
yet dead. To carry out his little game the
able needed an accomplish, and he found
just the one he wanted in q young Partisan
na Of This o YOUNG
man was presented everywhere by the priest
as an orphan who was suon to come into
handsome estate, and for whom he had ar
ranged marriage with wealthy heiress, with
Of these assertions the able induced wealthy
banker, Mr. Hoas, to advance his protege the
sum OF 10000 francs. He also induced
fashionable dressmaker to advance to the same
person 16, 900 francs, on the condition that
and that che might include that sum in her bill
Jeweler was found who was confding enough
to part with diamonds and other jewelry to tho
amount of 10000 francs, which the young
gentleman has desire to presentto his fancee.
the dressmaker and the jewelsr began to b.
afraid that there might be something wrong,
and they at last ended by doing what they
should have begun with; that is, by going to
the a;s.n young s, lady whose name had been
aaaneee Of bis Young A''f friend d. This his
young lady, Mile. Marson, was an heiress and
the man who gets her will get with her dot Of
1000, 600, put it happens that not only is she
not engaged to the abbe's protege, but she has
never even heard Of him or Of the able! The
victims began by going to the archbiship.. who
could not help them, 30 they went to
the correctional police court where the
matter was turned over to one Of. the
judges Construction. as the. officials
criminal charges and do the work Of the grand
jury in deciding whether there is or is not
case for the courts to take hold Of. AZ. the
judge d'instructlon has decided that there is
something in the charge, Monsieur. Fable and
his accomplish are now under bail to answer at
the next term of court to the accusation Of
cheating by false preten,es.
MANAGERIAL SHARK
+! The performance at the .Gymnase. theater
came to an abrupt end last night The specta-
.Caverlet, received bach their money and were
sent away at the conclusion Of the first piece.
After long wait the stage manager came be-
fore the curtain and announced: "Mr. Marais
having refused to continue to play the role of
Caverlet, the money will be returned: at the
box Office" He had hardly got the woras out
OF His lips when Marais himself appeared and
declared that he did not refuse to play: The
audience waited to find outwhether the per-
formapce was going on or not: and; like all
making as much noise as possible This lasted
over an hour, when the lights were turned out,
and for more than another hour theme was q
surgipg crowd around the ticket Office and in
Vulnerable disputes, in which the commissaire
de police had to interfere, before every one got
back his money and went away According to
Manager Koning, the only eide which has yet
besn heard, tho actor, refused to- play the role
on the ground that it was not in his line, which
is that Of . jeune premier, and that for him to
play 1t would injure him professionally, and
the manager adds that this is onlwan excuse
in order to get out Of - contract,
which binds him to the Gymnase for several
years to come, in order to become the leading
man with Sarah Bernhardt Of the Porte St
Martin. But those who know Konins feel very
sure that there is something more in the little
incident than he is willing to admit There
was probably never q theatrical manager
who has had more law suits with the
artists Of his troupe than this same Koning, and
there is none who has a.greater skill in devils
ing iron-clad contracts which place his pension
naires at his mercy. 1t is generally among
the ladies' OF the profession that Koning finds
his victims, and as a sample of his manner of
proceeding I may cite the following recent
case: When he took the Gymnase Mile. Tes-
sander was the leading lady Of the company,
and knowing she desired to leave, Koning beg.
ged her'to stay, offering her long engage
ment, but inserting in the contract penalty Of :
50, 900 in case she shonld leave him before
its termination. Months. passed on and Mile.
Tessandier was not cast fox any OF the new
pieces that were broughtout at the Gymnase.
One. day she was offered short engagement
at the Oden, and had, to, psy Koning !, 300
francs. month and relinquish her salary
before she could get his permission to acceptit.
Ao then made matters. nlCOmfOrtaOl Tor
her at the. theater that she determined to sIeave
him at all risks. Koning agresd to let har 60
for. 10, 900 francs cash and an equal sum in
notes, and it was only the other day that the