The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-03

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cigarettes until his heart begins 70 beat
Ike a trip hammer. When his heart be
gins 10 beat rapidly Mr.. Lebaudy sets up
yell which can be heard for blocks
Then his friends soothe him. and he ceases
smoking cigarettes long enough 10 squan-
der few hundred thousand more francs.
Ar Max Lebaudy is AZ present in Paris.
1t IS. perhaps, a work Of supererogation
TO add that Airs. Langtry Is with him..
The New York Times prints this sketch
OF Lebaudy. Max Lebaudy was the son
OF sugar reflner, and the chrouiclers Of
the Paris journals. for that reason. named
HIM lie Petit Sucrier' He gave ban
quets. fabulous gifts Of Jewels 10 women
his signature 10 excessive drafts on the
wealth which came TO him AT his major
ity, his intellig snce. which was not ordin-
airy. TO an infinite variety OF sports. and
the. years OF his life which should have
been the most agreeable to the sad labor
OF attaining distinction IN the class Of
fashionable people satirized by Henri La
Fedan IN 'EiveurE' He bought horses
won and lost fortunes in races. gave cap
itai 70 the managers OF the Journal lie
Soir. wrote witty letters flied with hank
bills 10 Seyerine whenever she compared
the folly OF his prodigality with the misery
or her proteges, and went into the army
when his time came 10 serve. frail and ap-
parently doomed TO death from consump-
FOR making his work as a soldier lighter
Radical writer's used him as a pretext
for attacking the army disciplinarians.
chroniclers made copy Of his adventures
moralists texts Of his evidences OF heed
lessness. and everybody who read Of
Partisan life read OF him as It's latest
Morny.''
The New York World tells some of the
things he did:
Paid 100000 for mine IN Norway and
sold Il for 5000
Contracted for $500 worth of Jewels
while a minor and agreed 10 pay $40 90
for them when he should come OF age.
Spent $4,000 on an arena for amateur
bull fighting Entered the arena himself
and killed bulls for the amusement of his
friends.
Was a member Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Took his fine steam yacht 10 Rouen and
ferried the townspeople across the river
free until the ferry company got the police
to stop him.
Gave bicycles to all the letter carriers
of Rouen
Was Mrs. Langtry's friend and used TO
drive her 10 the races az Nice.
Bought the German horse Carleman.
which every one feared would win the
AutcuiI steeplechase. but did not get
place.
struck for higher wages he refused the
raise Of cent Afferward gave So. 200
TO be divided among them
His mother a sort OF Hetty Green, had
him declared a perpetual minor" by one
court. but he had himself declared an
adult by another.
Mother got French government to COM
mission him TO go To Malay on an eth
biographical expedition. TO get him away
from Paris. btIt when yacht was ready
to sail he wouldn't 20. Mother paid the
freight.
Charged Count Hely de Talleyrand- Per
igord with forging SSo.oQ0 worth OF his
notes. Dropped the prosecution.
Inherited 81 10000 which he couldn't get
at
Was only . years old
The Count TaileyTand. who was prose-
cuted by Lehapdy. was n grand nephew
Of the great TalleyTand. Napoleon's cum
ming minister. He was guilty, but Ie-
baudy did not follow him.