The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-25
CASIMIR -PERIER SCANDAL
Ex-President of France to Figure in
a Divorce Suit.
CAUSE OF HIS RESIGNATION
It Is 1ntimatcd That Domestic Trouble
Was the Cause That Led to the Presi.
dents Retirement - Virtues of
Nine. Casimcr.pcrier.
. the United Press.

Paris, Jan. 24.-The report that M.
Casimir-Perier is about to apply for a
divorce is denied with unnecessary
warmth and obviously malicious in
tent by the Figaro. There has never
been the slightest excuse for the attack
on the character of an innocent woman
which the denial implies.
The wife of the eX-Presdent is the
aggrieved party. not the guilty one, ac
cording to all versions of certain events
in the domestic life of Casimir-Perier,
which now reach the proportions of a
widespread public scandal. His name
is everywhere connected with that o.
the widow of one of the most prominent
public men in France.
The insnuaton made by the Figaro
will probably cause the whole story to
become public in order to establish the
good name of the recent mistress of the
Elysee, If for no other reason. 1t is
said to be due solely to the strenuous eff
forts of the mother of the president
that an open breach was prevented
several weeks ago.
The records of the French courts on
such matters are not open TO public in
spection, but there is good reason for be-
lieving that no action is pending at the
present moment involving differences
between Casimr-Perier and his wife Il
WAS affirmed today, with what truth
events will show, that they will go
south together in day or two.
Caused His Resignation.
The real cause of the resignation of
NJ i,,,ir A. papiar ba Vnrlr
Herald correspondent was not at all
political burt of a purely private char
acter. The ex-president is on the point
of seeking to obtain a divorce from
Nine. Casimlr-Perier, and the causes
for this are already of quite a long
standing. AS a matter of fact, the first
steps in the proceedings had already
been taken by NJ. Casimir-Perier's law
yers when he became president of the
republic
At that time his mother interviewed,
and her supplications induced him to
accept the high Office to which he was
called in the hopes that the official and
public life he and Nine. Casimir-Perier
would be forced to lead would put an
end to their disagreements.
But their misunderstanding became
worse, and when NJ. Casimir-Perier
found that the joys of political power
did not compensate him for his domes-
tic annoyances; when his intimate
friend, NJ. Burdeau died, and when his
other friend, NJ. Raynal, was bounded
down by thu chamber of deputies be-
cause of the railway conventions, in a
fit of anger he resigned. At the palace
of justice it is said thai the divorce is
imminent.
| must add that in spite of all this,
which certainly forms very valid rea-
sons for NJ. Casimir-Pe act, the
most intimate friends of the ex-presi-
dent judge his conduct very severely.
The Presidents Beautiful Wife.
This is the first the world has heard
of the family troubles of Casimir- Pc
rier He was married twenty-five
years ago to his cousin, Mile. Helene
Perier then but Is years They have
two children, al boy of IA and a girl of
Il. The love of Nine. Casimir-Perier
for her home, her children, and her
husband has been told everywhere.
Only short time ago the universal
opinion of her was thus voiced:
Few Parislennes are more cultured
that she who now shares the highest
position in France with her husband.
She is one of the very few women oc-
cupying enviable positions in society
against whom nobody has ever been
heard to whisper an unklnd, let alone
malicious, word. Her leading charac-
teristic Is her extreme amiabihty and
her readiness to promote the happiness
and enjoyment of all around her, more
especially those less advantageously
placed than herself"
Nine. Casimir-Perier Is Justly ad-
mired for her beauty. Her hair is
brown, and her eyes of the same color.
Her complexion is beautiful, and the
somewhat prominent nose gives an
aristocratic stamp to the features.
She is an accomplished hostess, and
great things were expected of her by
Partisan society when her husband
went to the Elysee. She is as well read
and as fond of literature as the queen
of Italy. She plays and sings. but more
for the amusement of her children than
for her own pleasure. Still in the prime
of life, she looks younger than she
really rs. Perhaps this is due to- her un-
failing good temper, for nobody is said
to be able to recall a harsh word of
Nine CaSimir- Perier