Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29
WOMEN A. DUELISTs.
No Monopoly Of the Code Enjoyed by the
Male >cN.

Male sen.
From the New Nork World.
OF course there have been dnols between
women ever since Leah AID Rachel pulled zach
other hair for jealousy OF Jacob But duel.
OF the field OF honor between women OF be-
tween a " oman and man are rare About the
first. according % the code. between women
took place IN the time Of Louis wv. The great
and honorary ladies. We are told. fought zach
other with pistols in the Eois de Boulogne for
love Of the haaisome ewes of the D1c de Rich
eEeG. They were the Maschioncss lie Nesles aud
the Com;e-so de poliaaac.
Fire irs;. sad the countess.
The marchioness fred and missed.
Rage made her hand shake" exclAim med
MN" De Polignac She tired
Nine de Nc-ies fell. swooning Her adyer-
sary bullet had struck he tip OF the ear.
They tell az Paris writes a cont.mpora-
neous historian. ''oi two ladies Of the court
who fought duel with pistols. The king aid.
laughing. that here was no more excuss for
them than tor the men.
lallemand des BaauX relates the story Of
two sisters. One. Nine. de Cha-ieau-Gav, nav
ing taken ofense against one Of her friends,
challenged him aud on the tield wounded aim.
The o'her. more original. Nine La Douze,
wished 10 punish her own band. and ha wing
dragged hm 10 the dueling place. gave him.
DE way 81 CONVICTION. three sword strokes that
would have doue credit 10 n fencing mAsser.
About the wear 1900 there lived at Paris
young woman. very beautiful. a. witty as teau-
tiiul, and saucier than either. She had. the
writers 81 the time say. the pretticst eyes an
the world and the waviest hair. She sume-
times called herself Nine. d Aubiguy, some
times Nile. De Maupin. Falling IN love with N
provost she followed him TO Marseilles. where
she did all sorts Of foolish things. Then re-
turning TO Paris she entered the opera. where
she met with extraordinary success and con-
tlnued her exploits.
One night. wearing mems clothes, she went TO
masked ball at the Palsis ROYAL. She made
herself disagreeable to a lady Of the court aud
three gentlemen, who were with the lady. chal-
lenged her. She confronted them one after
the other and successfully placed her three adj
yersaries hors de combat few DAYS after
ward she had a duel with a fourth man. whom
she severely wounded
In November. 1884. Baron de Trantman lori.
diplomat, was on the eve % marrying Young
widow. the Countess Lodowska de R Pole
b. birth. An unknown rivnl Of the baron saw
ut 10 rdicnle HIM in piece Of verse signed
Baron de Ropp.' The diplomat challenged
the poet. On the ground a friend Of the poet
took ms place. with the consent of Trautman-
dorf, who was killed i'm the encounter. Traut-
mandorfs second bitterly Reproduced DE Ropp
for his condnct. In an hoar they met on the
field, sword in hand. Ropp wounded his an
tagonlst but what was his surprise aud sorrow
when he recognized in rrautmandorfs second
the Countess Lodowska. The countess died Of
her wound. DE Ropp committed suicide.
As late a. lss6 Miss Sheeley, American,
fought duel with Nine. Astie de Nalssyre at
Waterloo. The yoang Yankee contended that
American female doctors-she WAS one-knew
more than the French. The fiery French
woman denied it, Miss Sheeey reiterated it,
the word idiot was uttered. Nine. Astie de
Nalsayre demanded PREPARATION by arms. but. ~
Miss Shelley was a. ignorant Of the sword
she was skilled with the scalpel. the French
doctor generously gave her fifteen days RESPITE
TO get her hand in. The American did not
back out. She was pinked in the arm. honor
was satisfied and the combatsnts were recon-
ciled on the ground.