Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-01
CORA PEARL.
Further Facts About the Queen Of the
Demi- Monde,

Further Facts About the OuOcn Of the
Demi-
From, the Baltimore Sun.
Prof +. Nichols Crouch says that il
Cora Pearl, the celebrated "Queen Of the
Demi- onde,n whose memoirs are about
to be issued in Paris, is his daughter
Emma, she is considerably older than
she Is stated to be in the account of her
from Paris published yesterday. That
account represents her TO be "a years Old.
His daughter Emma was about Is years
old when he came 70 this country in lSA9,
leaving her with two of his other daugh-
tiers at nunnery school at Paris That
would now make her ~ years Old. But
the difference in age scarcely initiates
against tue theory that Cora and Emma
are tue same persons, since IL is not
very uncommon thing for women to
make mistakes as 10 their age on the side
Of youthfuiness.
Prof. Crouch left his daughters, who
were at the Paris school, in charge Of his
mother, who was married 10 MIR. Watts,
first violOncello at her Majesty's Theatre.
His mother had purchased property IN
Guernsey, and moved there with her hus-
band. There the Misses Crouch spent
their vacations While there Emma quar-
relied with Mr.. Waits and left her grand
mdther's. Prof. Ciouch has never from
that time TO this known where his daugh-
tegabIRma was, though his mother did Tor
some time keep up communication with
her.
The following interesting sketch is
given by the Philadelphia EUentRg ] ele-
graph.
Cora took up her abode in Paris in the
days when the second empire was in the
tull flood Of its artificial prosperity. Sue
had not a handsome face, but she had
fine figure, and she rode superDly. Liter
ally, she gailOped into notoriety in Paris,
and under the rule OF the third Napoleon
nOtorietY was fame. One Of her great con-
quests was jerome Napoleon, whom she
captured while out with the Princes stag
hounds at Woodworking TO hounds
and riding TO hearts were pretty much
the same thing with this cheer
full young person. Another Of her great
friends IN those balcyon and vocilerous
days was the Duo de Morny--he who
tgllEes in Daudet's ssNab0bp as the Due
de Mora-and it is said that Jecker, the
notorious Swiss banker, succeeded
through her in winning over De Morny to
his side. and thus secured the continual.
tion of the French war against Mexico.
Counts ana Dukes without number were
also found in her train, and her adveu-
lures were quite as exciting as any pic
tured bY Daudet and Feuplet."
with the Franco-PFusslan war and the
Commune the star of COra's destiny
paled and as she was growing to be an
Oldish woman by this time. it never
again recovered it's brihiancy. AstrO-
/ nomically speaking, she reached the point
of her highest ascension simultaneously
with the empire; that is TO say in 1867
the exhibition year. 1t was in this year
that she played Cupid, in the opera of
"Orphee aux Enters" dressing the part
extensively, tasteiully, but not exces-
sively, in a zone and necklace Of dia-
monds. After the wreck Of the empire
Cora returned TO Paris-having been tenn
porarily domiciled in London--and gath
cred together the remnant Of Der court.
But it was dark time ia Paris. She
was growing old; her titled friends no
longer were numerous, and the few left to
her were far less friendly than Of yOre.
But she was rich, for, with C .mmendable
prudence, she had garnered her harvest
while the sun still sbOne. Under this
combination or circumstances the time
seemed favorable for her turning deD0te.
However, young Duyal-the rich proprie-
tor OF the many cheap eating-hOuses in
Paris founded by the worthy butcher his
father--appeared upon the scene. and his
plant expressed frequently and always
in four figures was Needed All Paris
lNukuEu db LUIS COufiutcbb udt kut Iii0A6~
triOus Cora had made in the youth OF her
old age; ana Cora laughed too, for the
france she was winning were
plentiful and real. When the francs
were all gone she dropped the butchers
son as she would have dropped an
orange that she had squeezed dry; the
butchers son, being refused admission to
her apartment, incOntinentiy shot himself
upon the threshold This was in Christ
l. ~ Il.
was that Cora was ordered out0f France.
She appealed 10 Lord Lyons for help in
vain, but after drifting about Europe for
a time was permitted to settle down In
Paris again. But 1t was no longer the
Paris OF the Due de Mora and the COmte
de Camors, and she was Obliged 10 raise
tbe wind bv auctiOning of her treasures.
This sale was one Of the events OF the
day, and realized some 500, 000 which
was about twice The Intrinsic value Of
the articles disposed OF. The last time
she was heard OF by the world at large
was three years ago, when her milliner
brought her before the courts 20 know
why she should not DISCHARGE trifiing
balance OF 4,4i5f. 23c., which remained
due on an old account the original
amount Of which was 32.000f.
"Jules Claretie, the present director Of
the Theatre Francois, some years ago de-
voted his attention TO Cora Pearls career,
and tersely described her as a part Of the
moral history Of the second empire. She
was a pale woman, with little cats
nose, eyes hardly pierced In her face,
large mouth, and half OF an odd reddish
hue. Her cold, hard look was like that
OF Sheffield STEEL SHE Is not wrote a
correspondent in January, 1873, sue Is
not, and never has been handsome; on
the contrary, she -, and has always been,
very pl0in.'"