The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-26
PARIS S~PEND1HRIFTS.
A Brilliant Social Career Abruptly Ended
An American Couple WHO lived Beyond
Their Means.

A Brilliant Social Career Abruptly Ended
An American Couple WHO lived Beyond
Their Means.
Paris Letter to the New York Times,
Another man overheard and more's the
pity, this time it is an American. shall
give no names, no initials, even, not for the
sake of the culprits themselves, but for the
sake of those who have the misfortune to
be their relatives; it is a doleful story, but,
l fear me, only too m She was
such q little beauty some one nicknamed
her La Rousette" ut Mrs. Ms splendid
ball a fortnight ago: with a complexion
such as Giotto used TO paint,-ivory with
the slightest tint of pink, like q blush or
The moss rose and hair of that golden
auburn SO loved by Titan, and no one
thought to sneer at her %conceit, even if she
did wear it streaming over her shoulders, as
only she would have dared to d.. in public;
slight and delicate as Titania, with great
blue eyes, and a sylph. like figure, and fairy
feet,-a pocket venus, in short, worthy of
admiration which her presence awakened
everywhere. We saw her for the first
time at the opening of last years salon.
leaning on her husbands arm-he too, was
well enough in his way, but only Us an &C.
cessory- III an exquisite toilet of pale-blue
satin, with u huge boquet of tea roses in
her hand; and We wondered who she was,
and wondered still more that her laugh
should sound so strangely rs if it were
meant to hide a sob. And they we're rich
too; Cincinnati hogs sent them $50, 900 a
year, perhaps more; but if their revenue
had been q million, il would have been
insufficient. What a pace they wenti
No fortune could have resisted such ex-
travagance. Money goes fast nowadays and
theirs did not last long,-a twelvemonth at
the outside,-and then the crash came.
But they concealed their embarrassments,
and stuck to their hotel, a bonbonniere,
with its windows looking out on the verdant
horizons on the Pare Monceau, full of
flowers, and choice pictures. and rare Gu.
riosities, and costly furniture. Their stables
were always irreproachably kept; their ser
wants were numerous. Madame seldom wore
any gown more than three times, rarely so
often, and all were by 81. Worth. They
had their box at the opera. and the Fran
Gals, and never missed a first night" and
gave balls and dinners, and We're cited as a
bright particular constellation in the frma-
ment of fashion.
Although there were debts everywhere,
although there was not a centime in their
purses, no one suspected their situation.
ana invitations weru received and accepted
us II they were rolling in ahruence. Some
people IN their despair might have resorted
10 suicide; they did not. For them poison
and pistols possessed no attractions, SO they
Dolted' without leaving any PIP. Cs. on
thelr numerous %acquaintan 2es, never com.
huiilctuhg thelr intentions to any one ex-
cnept the'bhick nurse who had accompanied
mem from the States, after the manner OF
detanltlng cashiers Or lovers on their hon
ey-moon. And their hotel await its %truants
,helr servants howl after Unpaid wages, and
ieglons OF esasperated creditors, from the
butcher and baker to the jeweler and horse
hgnles, cia1nor for the discharge of their
bills, while Mr.. IS d~ishonored name has
been posted at the clubs as q swiudler.
ne absconding pair should have landed
IN New York by this time, and are safe from
prosecution; but / wonder what will be-
come OF the "Welcher," what wilI"be the
end OF his wife, and the fate of their poor
cn,laren. These last, at least, are inno-