Telegram-herald., 1891-06-08

Quis-T n Ecaston. the French minis
ter 81 Washington. knows nothing Of
HIM and II "a asserted that when he
tried 10 be presented AZ the British
court, the lord chamberlain pooh
poohed his pretensions and referred him
10 the French am bassa3or =. the court
OF St James On account of the Siekies
matter we have got him down very fne
and for another cause. too. and that Is
he stated publicly on certain occa-
sion that Americans were = race Of cow
ards
About the year R8s. we have dis
covered, he lived az lodgings IN Foley
place, leading ont Of Langham place, Ia
London lie was then simply known
among his associa.,es IS Billy Oliver.
His friends were principally a groap Of
actors W DO called themselves the kafirs'
because they used TO meet at the Cafe
dc Europe. Among these were such
members Of the stage as BuckstcAe. tie
comedian. Walter Lacy and others, from
whom he used 70 get plenty of dead
those days for his general appearance.
just as he is now.
You may probably know what a re-
markable looking nan he is now. Then
he used 70 affect bigger checked panta-
looms than the professionals, exagger-
a.ed hats, mosaic jewelry and enor-
nous rings. BY the by, Richard Mans
field, the celebrated actor, knows q
great deal about him. and this was
around the years 1878 and %. He
never was a member of the Greenroom
club, but he used it for all it was worth
through associ.ting with the son of
William Hepworth Dixon, the author,
who strictly forbade him to bring the
pseudo-marquis 10 his house for what
l am informed. were very good rea-
sons. Young Dixon was also told after
a time that the Greenroom club men
objected to his presence in the club
rooms. But he managed to catch on
elsewhere and suppose through asso-
ciating with that son of the Countess Of
Cathness, by her first marriage, who
called himself the Duke de Medina
Pomar, and who has been exposed in
American newspapers, Oliver thought
he would be a noble too, hence proba-
bly, his marquisate."
''Have you ever seen the marquis?"
the writer inquired.
''Never. but / am informed he is a
cross between q whiskered Austrian
general and an Assyrian bull. as to his
tonsorial arr angements. They say he
is bald on the top of his head, and that
he wears : kind of scmi-wig formerly
known as a toupee which he fixes with
hairpins on the top Of his bald pate by
the aid Of his long back hair which he
has allowed to grow to fully twenty
inches, and plasters it in position by
the further aid of bears grease with
which he also lubricates his trailing
mutton-chop whiskers. Shocking to
relate it is rumored that he paints
his ears shell color, india inks his
eyebrows, darkens under his eyelids
to make him look interesting, rouges
his cheeks and works up the
rest of his complexion with the
Bloom of Ninon. 1t may not be very
genealogical to tell you, but valet Of
his let it out also, that he wears under
clothing heavily padded on the chest,
back, thighs and calves which are a
proper accompaniment to his high
hceled boots that are narrow at the
edge with point in the center of the
sole to give height to his figure"
''That is more or less personal and re-
minds me Of a question want to ask
you. What about his red ribbon deco
ration?"
The answer was: "Mr. William Oil
yer, the so-litant Marquis de Leuville,
claims, in addition to being nobleman,
that he is also a grand officer of the
Legion of Honor, for he is not contented
with being simple chevalier, except it
be chevalier of industry. Since he
has gone into the old furniture bust
ness think can also safely style him
what the French satirically call a
'gentlehomme chiffonier,' or 10 vul-
ger American a gentleman of the side
beard" DAVID WECKsLER.