The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
EXILES, THEY.
Princess Chimay and Her Lover
Forced to Flee, From Creditors.

/ New York. Nov. 3O.-A Paris cable to
the Telegraph says:
The Princess Chinay and her gypsy
lover. Rigo, have fed Paris and their
whereabouts is a matter of surmise.
The gOssips have it that they are en-
route to Japan, which country the
princess has visited twice before now.
Only one thing is certain, however, and
that is that they are no longer in Par
is, and that their fitting the out
come OF a descent upon the princess by
her mum berleSS and incenSed creditors.
The luxurious furniture and effects of
the wOman's hotel on the Rue La
Fontaine have been sold at sheriff's
auction to satisfy a wine merchants
judgment. The sale attracted a well
dressed and curious thrOng. The crowd
was so great that many people could
not obtain admittance to the house it
self, and had to content themselves by
wandering about the garden, plucking
1eat1ess branches from the trees and
shrubs as mementoes of the occa-
sion.
Those who actually witnessed the
sale did not fail to make the most of
the opportunity in the way of charac-
ter1stlcalIy Partisan cham and sugges-
tive jokes. The big delegation of the
demi-mOndaine that was present fur
nished some gorgeous toilettes and
many of the incidental vests. Most of
the others were well known men about
town, actresses and a. sprinkling of So
ciety people of both sexes.
The furniture bore traces of the
tastes and weaknesses of it's mistress
An atmosphere of sensuOus orientalism
pervaded the place. There We're heavy
drapries of rich, yet subdUed, tints on
the walls The carpets were a thick
and velvety pile There were inviting
diVans and cOucheS without number.
Also many snug corners" pictures in
which the human form divine was con-
spicuous in its undraped lOVeliness,
pillows and bric-a-brac in keeping with
the decorative scheme of the whole.
There was also dozen affairs for
burning perfumes, lots of hookahs and
ch1bOukS, queer shaped foot stools and
chairs of equally singular designs. But
the bed rooms were the most charac-
teristic apartments in the house, as far
as the furniture went. The walls and
the ceiling of the chamber occupied by
the princess and the fiddler were made
of huge mirrors so arranged as to be
adjustable at any angle. Painted Gu
pids sWarmed over the bed draperies,
and the patterns of the carpet repre-
scented the loves Of Cupids of both sex
es.
The design on the wall pictured the
amours of butterflies, while the few
pictures were of the flesh, heshy. It
was the furnishings of this room that
brought the highest price of the sale.
One gilded youth paid so louis for the
ceiling mirror. Other things brought
equally exorbitant sums. From the
auctioneer's standpoint the scattering
huge success.
have not been able to learn the ex-
act amount of the princess indebted
ness, but I am told that it runs into
some hundreds of thousands of francs.
In Paris IL Americaine" is a good
word to juggle with as far as trades
people are concerned. The golden ira
ditiOns that surround the name make
credit easy to obtain to any extent
Chimay appears to have known and
used this fact. AS q. result butchers
and bakers and wine merchants and
furniture men and multitude of other
creditors are left lamenting.
At the same time Rigo and his lady
love will not starve. She has a com i
Portable allowance from her family in
America, which viii be paid her as
long as she lives and keeps away from
that country. Yet her flight from Par
is seems to suggest that the greater
portion of her ready money fortune
has been dissipated by her and her
thick Tipped, sensuous eyed, greasy
fiddler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward. the father and
mother of the princess, reached New !
York today. Mrs. Ward said she be |
heved her daughter would never re- |
turn to the prince; that she and Rigo |
were not married, and the mother add |
ed that she knew nothing of her |
daughters Wherea bouts.