The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-25
FAMOUS FOR DUELS.
a Quiet Spot Where Frenchmen
Settle Affairs of Honor.
The Island of La Grande Jattc and It's
Singular Rss.aurant-Thc Scene
of Battles Between
Women.


by brandishing rapiers and firing OF
| pistols at each other. The other day a
brace of noblemen had set-to with
| swords on the island of La Grande
| Jatte, and one of the furious lot got an
ugly thrust On the following day
| there We're two encounters between
| journalists, during which pistols and
| swords were used with vicious inter-
| ton.
y few days ago, writes a Paris cor
respondent, |, accompanied by a friend,
went to famous restaurant in the
island of La Grande Jatte, opposite
/ Courbevoie, where mos. of the duels
that take place near Paris are fought
was quick to take advantage of thu
walters surmise that the pair had
| come to arrange for tilt and in eoasc-
/ quence the landlord was summoned
/ This proprietor is a jovial individual
and has just turned his fifty years. He
welcomed us most genially, and ex-
( claimed:
oh, so duel. Well, there is tho
/ ground. behind the swings: twenty
meters of splendid ground. quite
smooth and hard. Beautiful trees and
shrubs; plenty of shade; quite quiet
and private. you see. Over there on
the quay. bordering the narrow branch
of the Seine, is where the carriages
stop. NJ. Dehaynin and NJ. Jacques
Lebaudy fought here only the other
day. NJ. Lebaudy received three CEN
timeters of steel in the middle of the
chest. Would you like more open
ground? Here you have it.
Last month there was an exciting
affair on this very spot a duel be-
tween ladies'. and smart ones, too. |
can tell you. They were actresses.
Love was the cause of the dispute and
they fought like tigresses. Upon my
word, YOU would have thought they
were mad. The seconds were elderly
gentlemen. both decorated and evil
IDENTIFY rich. The girls were naked TO
the waist and wore full riding breeches
One of them had her breast pierced
three times before she would give in. =
Upon being asked if he witnessed
these duels the urbane proprietor
somewhat reproachfuliy answered.:
on those occasions. All the doors ara
bolted and the walters are shut up in
the cafe. | remain near at hand-be-
hind one OF the bushes, for example
to give assistance if needed. My clients
need bring nothing with them but
their arms. l supply everything. ex-
cept the doctor and his instruments, of
course. Two salad bowls full of car
bolic acid and water TO wash the
wounds, bandages, lint. cottonwood
in fact. all that is required for the first
dressing. IL word. You are just as
comfortable as if you were at home.
The ground / have just pointed out
to you would not do on Il rainy day. In
bad weather these affairs are settled
in the ballroom. which has a beautiful
smooth. even foo ring, as you VIII see.
just like sale d'a rmes. 1t was there
that the Mores-M Meyer duel was fought.
NJ. Clemenceau, who is one OF my best
customers, viii never fight anywhere
else. lie was here few weeks ago to
settle an affair with deputy, but the
commissary of police arrived upon the
scene. In such an eventuality, every
thing is prepared. As the commissary
entered by one door, my customers
went out by another. and did the bust
ness in Rothschiids park. where ".
Clemenceau had all the time he re-
quired to put two or three inches of
steel into his adversary's ribs. When
VI. Clemenceau is not here. others are.
| generally have two or three duels a
week.
.'As for the fee?-oh. a mere nothingl
"a couple of louis, service complete.
If it were not for the refreshments. il
would rot repay one the trouble.
When the affair does not terminate
badly, the gentlemen often lunch
here
Then, in answer TO a query, this ac-
commodating host continued:
NO. it is not now customary for the
duelists to shake hands and lunch to-
gether when the encounter is over.
zone of the principals lunches with
his two seconds and his doctor in one
arbor, and the other with his friends
in another, fifty meters apart. But
the deieuner that Is the most curious
and profitable is that which is given a
day or two afterward. A duel natur-
ally makes lions Of the principals. who
are talked about by their friends. and
when il has not had ali unhappy issue,
one or other of them, sometimes both,
but at different times, returns here
with party of ladies' and gentlemen
and fights his battles o er again'-in
words.
The ground IS inspected and every
thing is INFINITELY explained. The hero I
is applauded by the men and admired /
or the ladies, who give utterance - {
suppressed shrieks, and cxclaiE: 80
you wounded him. mon cheri did YOU /
Well. il was very chic, any how Then I.
they cuddle and kiss him. and eon can .
easily imagine wha: set-out there r.
after that TbereuPOn the landlord I.
burst out into 81 Of laughter when 4
his hilarity had somewhat subsided. 4
he exclaimed: And now, gentlemen. (
lets have look at the culinary ar +
And The monarch Of the swell king +
dom led the way from the garden into 4
the elegantly appointed edisiee where. i
IL sumptu0ns dining room, most
sayory menus ara served-
NECROfdAHCY UNVEILED.