The morning call., 1891-06-07

commit bigamy, let alone trigamv. Then.
again. we heard that he was shortly to lead
IN fine altar a Mrs Peters OF London, the
extremely rich widow of the famous London
coach-buider, who WAS celebrated lot III .
tallv-bo four-in-hauds, or, as they call them
on the either side, drags. but IL Is l4nnS
how his name has come uD again, as l un-
derstood that he had buried his alleged no.
bilitv since ne opened an old DElc-a-Drac
shop in Pieeadilly. London. g
.TeIl me-" the writer asked, is ne OF IS
he not a real French noble dating from tue
old regime?"
8 You make me smile," was the answer.
This is French title, rure and simple.
and an extinct one to boot for no ue-
scendant of the first Marquis de LeuVllle,
Louis Olivier, who died in 1868, can be i0una
on this earth. They have died out without
leaving issue There was such title anu IL
appears in the old French peerages, put
there is not living soul to-day who mas
any right to claim it, much less an English
man like tile present pretended owner to the
title. whose real name is William Redlvlous
Oliver, and who has not drop Of French
blood in his veins.
"Rut did not the soi-distant Marquis de
LeuyiIle correctly assert when he visited
American that the French books of nobility
acknowledged him to be Marquis?' was
"That IS so. There are some books pub
lished in PeriS, which put him down as
MARQUIS. You can have the same thing
done on anybody else. II you pay the people
who compile them and who Will rig you up
a pedigree. dating from the time OF Noan,s
ark. if Won give them enough money for 1t.
The gentleman calling himself the Marquis
de Leuyille s probably victim OF one OF
these humbugs. for they. most certainly
have forged for him bogus pedlgree.
With some other antlquarIes L nave
been through it step by step, and dis
covered that all the links are not only
nncorrohorated. but that the persons
named in it in many instances never
existed, or that they married othef people,
or died without issue. For example there
is a supposed alliance WIN an QllVer: anu
fourteenth century, Burke, Betham, Bangs
and other authorities absolutely repudlate
the affair. Why they have made Bun de-
scendant of an Earl OF Suffolk, ana II IL
were correct he-ought now TO be the mon
arch of England instead OF queen Victoria
GA friend of mine has copy OF his GER
tifcates of birth. and he is simply described
therein As the son of an ordinary person OF
the name of Oliver. He was born In lS43'
and il was not until he was ABOUT 20 years
old or so that he blnssomed out lnto the
MARQUIS On account OF that olckses mat,
ter we have got him down very III nne sfa anu
for another cause, too, ana TINS IS ne stateu
nublicly on a certain occasion that hmefl-
cans were a race OF coWardS. ,,.o.
Abont the wear 1868, we have discovered,
he lived at lodgings in Foley place, leading
out of Langham place, in London. ne was
then simply known among nus asSOcIdteo a., ao
Billy Oliver. His friends were prlnclpalY
n group of actors who called themselves
the Kaffrs because they meet at the CaIe
de PEurnpe Oliver was notorious III thoSe
days for his general appearance, just as ne
is now. You may probably know VITA lat,S
remarkable looking man he is now. ineh
he used to effect bigger checked pantaloons
than the professionals, exaggerated hats,
mosaic jewelry and enormous rings.
Have you ever seen the Marquis the
writer Inquired.
- Never. but | am informed he is cross
between a whiskered Austrian General aud
an Assyrian bull, as to his tOnsorial ar
rangements. They say he is bald on the top
of his head, and that he wears kind OF
sem-wig formerly known as toupee. which
he fixes with hair-pins on the top OF his bald
pate by the aid of his long back hair when
he has allowed to grow to fully twenty
by the further aid Of bears grease
with which he also lubricates his
trailing mutton-chop whiskerS. Shock
ing to relate it is rumored that he palutS
his ears shell color, IndiainkS his eyebrows,
darkens under his eyelids TO make him look
interesting, rouges his cheeks, and works
Bloom of Ninon. 1t may not be very
genealogical to tell you, but valet of his let
it out also that he wears underclothlng
heavily padded on the chest, back, thighs
and calves, which are a proper acc0mpani-
ment TO his high-heeled boots, that are mar
row at the edge with a point in the center
of the sole to give height to the figure.
THAT is more or less personal aud re-
minds me of question l want to ask you.
What about his red ribbon decoration ?"
The answer was: Mr.. William Oliver,
the so-dicant Marquis de Leuyile. claims,
In addition to being a 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 indus
try. Since he has gone into the old furni-
ture business 1 think | can also safely style
him what the French satiricaily call a gen
tihomme chiffonier, or in vulgar American.
a gentleman of the sideboaTd.'
Copyright DAVID WECHsLER.