The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-07

marquis. NJ. Roustan, the French minister
at Washington. knows nothing of him. and
1t is asserted that when he tried to be pra--
sented at the British court. the lord
chamberlain pooh.poohed his pretensions-
and referred him to the French ambassador
at the court OF st. James. On account OF
that Sickles matter we have got him down
very fiue and for another cause, too. and
this is he stated publicly on a certain occa-
sion that Americans we're a race of towards
About the year 1868, we have discovered.
he lived at lodgings in Foley Place. lead
ing out OK Laugham place. in London. He
was then simply known among his associ~
ates as Billy Oliver. His friends were
principally group OF actors who called
themselves the Kaffirs' because they used Il,
meet at the Cafe de pEurope. Among these
were such members Of the stage as Buck
stone, the comedian, Walter Lacy and
others, from whom be used to get plenty OF
dead-head tickets Oliver was notorious in
those days for his general appearance, juss
as he is now
You may probably know what a re-
markable looking man he Is now. Then
he used to affect bigger checked panta-
looms than the PROFESSIONAL exaggerated
hats, mosaic jewelry and enormous rings.
By and by, Richard Mansfield. the cele-
brated actor knows q great deal about him,
and this was around the years I875-'76. He
Club, but he used it for all IL was worth
through associating with the son OF William
Hepworth Dixon, the author, who str1ctly
forbade him to bring the pseudo-Mars
quis - to his house for what
am Informed. were very good
reasons. Young Dixon was also told after
a time that the Green Room Club men OBJ
lected to his presence in the Grub rooms.
But he managed to catch on elsewhere. and
l suppose through assooiating 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 the American newspapers. Oliver
thought he would be noble, too, hencs
probably his marquisate."
Have you ever seen the marquisr' the
writer inquired.
"Never, but / am informed he Is cross
between a whiskered Austrian general and
an Assyrian BULL as to his tonsorial ar
engagements They say he Is bald on the top
OF MS bead, and that he wears kind of
semi-wig formerly known as a toupee which
he likes with hairpins on the top Of his bald
pate by the aid of his long back hair which
he allows to grow 70 fully twenty inches.
and plasters it in position by the further aid
OF bears grease with which he also Iubricates
his trailing mutton chop whisksrs. Shock
ing to relate it is rumored that he paints his
ears she'll 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. IL may not be very genealogical
TO tell you, but valet of his let it out also.
that he wears underclething heavily padded
on the chest, back, thighs and calves which
are a proper accompaniment to his high
heeled boots that are narrow at the edge
with point in the center Of the sole TO give
hight TO his figure
THAT is more or less personal and
reminds me OF question want to ask you.
What about his red ribbon decorationp
The answer was: "Mr. Wiliiam Oliver.
the soi-dfstdnt Marquis de Leuville, claims.
in addition to being nobleman, that he
is also grand officer of the Legion Of
Honor, for he is not contentsd with being
a simple chevalier. except it be a chevalier
Of industry. Since he has gone into the old
furniture business, think | can also safely
style him what the French satirically call
'gentilhomme chiffonier,' or in vulgar
American g gentleman of the sideboard.H
DAVID WECHsLEz.