The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-07-15
THE WAGES OF SIN.
THE ONCE FAMOUS CORA PEARL CAR
RlED OFF BY A CANCER.


THE ONCE FAMOUS CORA PEARL CAR
RlED OFF BY A CANCER.
She Dies Wretched, Poor and Despisctl-
Some Incidents of Her Adventurous Life
-HowasShe Spurned Il Man Who Had
squantlered Millions Upon Her.
PARIS; FRANCE. July 9.-Cora Pearl
died here last night'of cancer. She was
in dire poverty. and was attended during
her illness by an official of the bureau
for the Medical Relief of the Poor.
1t is now many years since Cora
Pearl took Paris by storm. She ap-
peared one morning In the Champs
Elysees, mounted on a fiery horse, with
her long, red hair hanging down her
back and gllstening in the sunlight.
She had voluptuous figure, and man
aged her horse with admirable skill.
She became the rage, and young men of
fashion lavished their gold on her and
were ruined with rapidity. Her career
was remarkable, and she was the heroine
of not a few tragedies. So long as the
moneyo her admirers lasted everything
was smooth, but when they came to the
end ofstheir tether they received a rude
dismissal. Some of them, after being
cast ca, ended their sorrows in the Seine.
In her palmv days Cora lived in
beautiful villa on the Lolrct, near
Orleans, given to her by a baron. The
villa bore the name Of Bcauseiour, and
for many years Cora and her successive
victims dwelt there in licentious splcn-
dor. In her decline she got young
parvenu, son Of the founder of the Boull-
lors Duval, to spend $1,000, ,000f. on
her. When he thus got through his
fortune he appealed to her tenderness
for small loan. which she dryly refus-
ed. He called again to renew his
instances" and failing to soften her,
triedssto blow his brains out. In
doing This he wounded himself severely.
Cofa, on seeing him fall and the blood
streaming from his wound, crleG out.
.You low, coarse fellow; do YOU take
my honse for your fathers butchery?
Don't you see that you have filthicd my
new carpet:"
Among her admirers was an imperial
prince, who encouraged her in her desire
to appear on the stage rs Cupid IN a
part in which there was good deal to
say. Her vaultng ambition on this oc-
casion overleapcd itself. The footlights
are cruel to- revea! vulgarity and plastic
defects. An English accent is uncndura-
bic in French role played i'll 4 Paris
theatre. So1the siren was damned, and
her imperial admirer took her on tour
round Europe, beginning at Bristol,
Clifton an | Bath. where he passed her
off as his iNustrious wife, who was repu-
ted to hab,e reddish hair. She even
wer4 TO y ss:sntsas the Princess in ques-
tfOn. aud won tic admiration Of the
icld.
a correspondent who met her in the
early days thus describes her: Cora
had a fine, though perhaps too stocky
figure, but she did not seem to weigh Il
feather OH her thoroughbred stccd. She
was vulgar impudencc pcrsonlicd, and
not young. II was the excess to which
fascinated those who yazcd on her.
Her hair was exactly the shade .ofa deep
tinted carrot. There was. until she
came to PARIS, Il strong prejudice against
a carrotv head. Instead Of trying to
hide her locks she combcd them out and
brazcnly let them fall in trizzlcd mass
down to the very saddle. With the
setting sun striking on them they were
superb advertisement. The face
was very PLAN. 1t had the trccklcd,
pasty complexion which goes generally
with her shade Of hair, and which added
to the vulgarity Of features. The nose
was Il snub the mouth was wide: bcln:
formed evidently to say harsh and
shameless things the chin was narrow,
the check bones were prominent and the
eyes small. She understood dogs and
horses and was abashcd ut nothing.
Not long ago she published her me
moirs, giving rather interesting details
O: her experiences. She claimed to be
the daughter Of Prof. Crouch, author OF
kathleen Mavournccn," and rs the
Professor has pcycr authoritatively de-
MED it, it was probably tho truth. 1t
is certain that Crouch married Cora's
mother, Lydia Pearson, whose history
was not unlike that of Cora herself.
The memoirs on which Cora Pearl
depended for ready cash fell flat. and as
Cora had always been remarkable lor
extravaganza, she became poor as her
admirers fell of. Her last years have
been passed in misery. Deserted by all
fhcr former associates and universally
dcspiscd, she has existed upon charity.
and her end was as remarkable Tor Its
soualor rs her rise was for its splcndor.
. In Line With the Democracy.
The Farmers Convention Of Sumter
lunnly. which assembled on saturday.