Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-18
OPERA BOuFFn HUSBANDS.
Theo's Tailor Husband-The Romance
OF Aimee and Other Artistic
Copju9al Life.

NoW AotA SSohhois
Theo's husband Il . tailor oi the
Rue St. Honore In Paris.
They are good friends but live very,
much - . great many French couples
do who have nothing to do with the
stage. he goes bis way and she goes
hers There Il . strong durable sffso.
ton between them. When she comes
home from her triumphs and her
escapes she turns the earnings she has
made into his caisse and he puts It
into his tailoring business, which 10
most prosperous and to which she IL
the sole heir. One of these days
when she has grown too OLD or too fat
for opera bouffs she can quiet down
into an honest little bourgeoise with Q
pleasant income that will support her
for all the years of her life.
As 1t Is, Theo has an eye to the
main chance. She has hosts of ad,
mlrers, of course, In Paris and they
know they please her by purchasing
their latest style from the tailor.hu s
band. He Is a good tailor, too, which
"NhOb ~ LILO A0up CAuObibks
When q new admirer is introduced
by o friend she will often say: my
dear fellow, where did you pick up
that atrooious redingote, those fearful
p~antaloont7 You ought to look better
than that, for you possess bonnie mine
My husband, the dear, good man, oan
do better for men than that. By oil
means 90 and Zee him."
She will often say, "Your flowers
annoy me. Why not spend the money
In good, servioeable olothes2"
These hints are under stood and
they are complied with instantly. She
soon knows those who have gone tc
the Rue Saint Honore and will cease.
lessly joke at those who propose tc
have had their suits made anywhere
else.
A wicked wsg In Tae Figaro said
that q popularity of Theo's little sum
mer place, at Asnieres, was that golt
headed nails protrudsd everywhere
They appeared to be of no other u.s.
than to tear clothes, and this helped
the husbands business.
Theo makes 1t . sacred duty tc
write twice Q week to her husban {
and to send to him 40 often a. possible
the money shs has earned. She ha
the usual distrust Of American bank
and financial establishments and IN
sists upon being paid In French gold
Not till then does she feel she own
anything.
The tailor husband had Q notion O
coming over to America on a visit t,
his wife. Bot she dissuaded him II
the strongest manner "Let us bot
make money while We can" she wrote
"There will come plenty of time t
spend it hereafter"
Perhaps the only reasonable faul
that can be found with Theo Is tina
she wants to save too much and max
too much In America. She often wear
her costumes much too long and unit
they get pretty well worn out an
shabby. She had one costume In IL
Grand Casimir," that of the Ecuyere
which had seen many better days
and pretty far back. In "Ls Joli
Parfumeuse" her drenes ought reall,
to be renewed.
Aimee, who will come here, II |
pretty certain, next year, made q poin
always Of dressing well. She wen
perhaps to no excessive expense, bu
her colors were always we'll chosen, he
stockings were quite . feature and sh
was Invariably piquante and fresh.
And. by the way, how very charm
ing but how very untrue this romano
of Aimee and poor Darcy, who die
recently In Havana Of yellow fever
He and Aimee had been constant T.
each other for nearly ten yesrs-a
age In the life OF a prims donna Il
opera bouffs. 1t Is said that Aime
was poor, and that Darcy, who had &C
copied an engagement with Grau, wa
sending her every week t%wo.thirds
his salary to support her. PerhaI
had she needed 1t and called upo
him he would have done It. Bat III
) fact Is worth Darcy unfortunate specr
lations with Aimee's money which hs
pulled her down from sfiuence
gsnteel poverty. That is to say,
X, S250,0OO which she had when Oh
. went to Europe, only $!5 900 was lef
Then they resolved to part. She ga.
she could not afford to spend no NOR
He had grown lazy and would new,
work again while a franc RENAME,
/ He meant to accept an engagemeI
Q somewhere, and he did. They part'
n good friends, but 1t was understoc
they were not to come together sgai
a Il Uncomfortable than 1rnka-than 1