The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-11
MASQUERADERS.
Peesilsritlss Of Persons Who Hide
Their se'.
An Emsassadsr Paradlng In WomAn',
AZURE,
Aaa Pelsles s,rrln. in the Army.

Lady Wsrily Montague Is credited with
having sAid thai the 0uly rrIecmins lua-
ture ot being woman 10 the fact thai You
cannot by any possibility merry one
Probably the majority ~ her teA nave
agreed moTe or less openly wien UNA shArp'
tongued lady in ttis opinion, YET there
nave not been wanting indiVduhs VINO
have attempted the hitherto supposed lm'
po,sbiliy, 10 wiiuess crriall instances
which have Of late successfully conte, ied
The claim Of for iRn wars ana home lusials'
ton upon the puzzle niflt.uu,
one II tho M A. Irinsfkaple hrs 'oiloal
myst cries on record, rNzllng mat az lhe
Identity ofthe man ia tho Iron mask, Is
ihat on me lex oftle Choyalisr d'E1u. The
cheyalier was a i .cuch envoy 90 Eag ana
In 1891. lie acted D. pive'e as.n. OF
. Louis Nv aud lived la London fourteen
yesfs. lie was a hanls1me man OF rather
effeminAte appearance aud was aocced 10
be very shy Of ladies and 20
n, vas there the story 30.
about that DO Wac ~ woman and hrst Do
came reueraliy kuuwl when the gambling
brokers began 90 take lots ON las sex. Oue
of these wagers gave i've 10 case before
Lord Mansfield. and the scandal TINS
omb. .salor ali 20 ordtr him TO resume his
proper dress, that OF woman. THIS she
aid aud was alNnYs aiterwUrd known as
Nn,o a Eln. A life u this remarkable per
sonRgc stated that Hhe assumed the dreF OF
youth IN order 20 secure higher eddca'
tIonal opportunities aud thus entered tho
College Mfzarlu a. Paris, aud aitsrward
became doctor OF lave; Was the author OF
several leersed volumes aud Was intrudGced
by Prince De Cont 20 the KING. H. wa
said that the king knew tue secret OF her
sex, but for her remarkable talents selected
O. tm.
sia, which wa, 50 well pefioimed thnt
she was afterward sent 70 London. Dur
inc the French revolution Nine. d'E1n
came again TO EuglHnd, where she diel Ia
1910. After her Death it was asserted that
the character Of a woman was = disguise
aud that Nine. d Eon was man after All;
But the facts in the case are not regarded
ns proven either way. This curious per-
sonage, Il misht be remarked, never CON
tracted marriage IN the character OF eth
or sex,
In the early part q this century there
died In a French town an old soldier bear
inc the pame Of Pierre Lebeau, who had
fought In the Napo comic war; aud won q
snecial medal for bravery. Being retired
from tho army he lived quite alone ana OF
last died in solitude. when nelshoors
came In 20 prepare the BODY Tor burial u
was found that this gray old hero OF many
battles was ia very. truth woman, and
when the poor creatures small elects were
examined pApers were found giving sad
tale of suni ring and wrong. Deserted when
a girl by false lover, she had been cast Oh
by her family and friends, and, 10 escape
the lie OF shame into whicn she was thrust,
she managed by deception and sukteridge
10 become enrolled as soldier. by rare
GOOD fortune she had been able to escape
discovery and 10 live quiet, honest life
until the sad and lonely end came as we
haya said. Many instances are on record
In Europe aud our own country OF women
Who he'd enlisted or tried to enlist as SOL
diers. Many are told by newspaper reports
which probably never occurred. la the
majority OF instances the deception is al
most instantly discovered, though there
have been cases IN which 1t has been sue
csssfully maintained until wound or
death on the battle field had revealed 1t.
AsUccEssFUL DISGUISE.
An instance OF successful disguise strik-
ipgly like that OF recent date occurred In
England about the. middle OF the last CEN
fury, A young woman named Mary East,
was engaged TO be married to wild coun-
trv lad. but he becoming implicated in
robbery, was tried and transported for life,
which made his sweetheart vow never To
marry. Another young woman IN the
same locality having been Tilted by her
lover. formed a like resolution, and tho Two
girls. both between 16 and II years OF age,
cided that they would 20 to some place
vhero they were not known and live to-
gether as man and vile. They decided by
lot that Mary should put on the mans APP
parel. and this she accordingly did and
called herself James Howe. They Went TO
the town OF Epping and there opened
nublIc house. For nearly twenty years
thew lived together ut various places, al
yyays engaged ut inn-keeptng, and we're re-
rarded as very respectable coupler
SECRET.
About this time y woman, an old neigh
bor octheir young days, moved into tneir To-
cality ana conceived the idea OF making
capital of hef knowledge Of their secret.
This she did by sending 10 the supposed
James Howe for money, declaring that II II
was not given her sue would make pubic
the TACT that he was woman. Inc couple
having at 6 p[o'pS'0 quite 'u ready
10 purchase immunity from annoy
suee Dy ls.s vi Is or 80, whica they paid
at intervals during the following twelve
years But her success made the neighbor
more greedy and she increased her de
mands enormously. The supposed wife
now died and the psudo husband paid no
attention to these request Tor money, but
when they became more importunate-the
unscrupulous woman sending some men 10
threaten her James Howel with death II
she did not give them SlUO-she became
story. This, of course, deprived the rapa'
cious neghbor OF her opportunity, aud II
sls, IN ade II advisable for the supposed MIR.
Howe 10 assume again hJr proper garo and
,ne, when she did, and retained the same
curing the rest of her life. This Is, we be.
Il we. the most remarkable case OF this kind
O imposition known. This couple lived
together for over thirty-two y ars. carving
on a prosperous wine business the while
tney were reputed to have saved over So,
OOO-and yet the ir true status was never IN
the least suspected by their neighbors
CrHER INSTANCES.
In Western New York, about the year
1850. a similar instance came to light In
this cas- the deception had not been carried
on for more than four years, and those con-
cerned In IL had entered into the peculiar
partnership for ends not so innocent. the
pseudo husband personating cousin OF
the supposed wife in order 20 secure Tor
their Joint use some property wiilsd hun
a relative. The fraud vas revealed by
the upexpected return OF tho true cousin,
who had Been supposed to DO lost At ses.
Some twenty-five ears ago middle-sged
couple came TO Kings cousty, n. ana
bought aud stocked small farm there.
They lived in apparent harmony for about
two vsare, when they had fierce quarrel.
and then il came out that they were both OF
the same sex. two old maids, who had
agreed to assume the character OF husosna
win a better social position and carry or
businefs together SUCCESSFULLY. The cause
OF the Disagreement was said TO be
Jealousy, the supposed husband
peinx unwilling that her CON.
naniop should ever speak TO . genuine
man. The property was divided and they
: III lsft the country, aud their old nsigh- |
bore never heard OF neither OF them again. |
This incident 10 given as newspaper Incl
depf. we cannot vouch for its truth.
THE sANcrITY OF MARRIAGE.