The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-30
TUESDAY. AUGUST 90 1898.
ENCORE YELLOW JOURNALISM.

Tho curse Of the day is what we call
yellow Journalism. It is insidiously' but
industriously al work all the time undoing
all that our preachers and our moralists
teach the people IT keeps at all times
before their minds the precept that lie
is better than the truth. and it invokes
rbem to the belief that morality IS a hol-
low mockery. and that all men who ann
az living respectable lives are walking
false pretences.
The New York World introduced TINS
order of Journalism into this country ana
the New York Journal has now Initiated
The World until it clearly outstrips it, ana
can discount it in publishing TO the
people sensational lies.
A day OF so o,rrk it had thea following
special cable from Paris:
Paris. Aug 6-(Copyright 1895 by W.
X. Hearst)-ln Du Bots Hospital lies the
widowed Niscomtesse de Henriot VINO
few nights ago threw herself from WIN
dow I'm Maxim's restaurant Rue Reyalo-
Il love a man and he does not return
my love" she said 20 your correspondent
who visited her to-day.
Hinder the name of Nesta DOre Hastings
she will be recognized I'm the United states
by many young men and members of the
ahe ltrical profession. bat Hastings Is only
an assumed name. Throughout one OF
the gayest careers Paris has ever seen
she carefully kept secret the name OF her
honored father. the head Of one oil the
FIRST families of Virginia
More than "A dozen years ago she mar
ried in Washington. while very young the
Viscomte de Henriot Of Russia, man
much older than she. IL was her hrst
year in society.
Married life was not very pleasant 10
the young society girl and the death OF
her husband six or seven years ago Ieit
her free 10 enjoy the pleasures OF Ire
From her fathers estate she had an IN
come Of $4,000 a year. with "a little more
from the Niscomto's estate She went 10
San Francisco and lived i'm the Palace
Hotel and there she met John Bradbury
The young California millionaire VINO
recently had many matrimonial troubles.
They became engaged IN 1923, but quar-
relied. and the Niscomtesse went 10 New
York. where she aspired 10 become an
actress. but was too fond Of gayety 10
accomplish much. Her fine gowns and
magnificent Jewels gave her the name OF
The Diamond Charmer.
Finally leaving New York she returned
10 Europe living most OF the time IN
Paris where she achieved an unenvaple
reputation being one Of the most reck-
less American women who ever SET loot
in that CAV capital. Recently She had
been living at MaXim's, noted az the
scene Of Max lie Baudys dissipations ana
destruction.
A few nights ago she gave "a dinner
party. az which she was the only woman
present All the guests save one were
Americans. mostly New Workers. The
only exception was o Frenchman. whom
the Viscomtesse says she unrequitedly
loves.
The dinner lasted until very late and
the more infamed with wine and love
the Niscomteese became the more coldly
impassiye grew the Frenchman. Finally
IN a frenzy Of despair she threw herself
from the window 10 the pavement below.
Her ribs were broken and her skull trac-
tured. She was taken 10 the hospital
where the physicians said to-day She had
not Ions TO live
As your correspondent turned 10 leave
her bedside she family said
Warn my friends In tho United states
60 learn q lesson from my sad fate.
want 10 die.
Now we know nothing whatever OF the
truth or falsehood OF this despatch but
we feel that we would venture nothing
ming 70 end. in substance and in sugees-
ton Some woman named at one time
ves,a Dore Hastings may have thrown
herself out OF a window IN Paris. break
Ing her ribs and fraoturlng her skull.
though We should want better evidence
OF the fact than Journal special before
we accepted even TIA, as true. She may
also have been drunk when she aid 1t.
and possibly have imagined herself vio-
lently in love with dissolute French
man.
But Vhginians who can leave their
daughters s2oc0o year are not so album
dant but overy one of them Is marked as
very wealthy man Cor Virginia There
is no yirglnian VINO nas aiod since the
civil war. leaving a daughter 10000 a
year but what that Nirginian ana that
(aughter are talked Of by all other Nir-
gnlans. There is no such Virginia wo-
man as The Journals special undertakes
90 describe The whole story is a fabri-
cation from beginning 10 end as far as
Virginia a Virginia glrl worth $4,000 a
year. ano the honored but concealed Vir-
glnin fa,her are concerned. and all tho
pi.a and substance Of the story turn
upon these points
Yhy Will the American people patron