The age-herald., 1899-01-18
PRETTY ACTRESS
Talks of the Dreyfus Case Which is Ex
 citing France

Paris is without any doubt one of tha most beautiful cities in the world, but at the same time It is the very home of wick edness, and the incarnation of all the fiends o1 the earth said beautiful Emily Beaupre Of the Jack and the Beanstalk company, Tn describing some of her experiences in the gay French capital. Miss Beaupre plays the role of Jack, and is a decidedly remark ably beautiful, Frenchy brunette. "I was the guest Of a cousin of the Duchesse de la Rochefocould, with whom 1 studied music In the Conservatory of Music of Berlin. and haVlng hnished our course, not without some honors," modestly remarked Miss Beaupre, q accepted her invitation to be- come her guest for a few weeks. Paris was in an uproar. Zola was trial for writing his famous I accuse letter and mobs were parading the streets, shouting Down with Zola, Down with the Jews Down with Dreyfus, and all sorts of extras were bought up by the news-hungry populace as soon as they came out. My friend was very much interested in the Zola case, and being friend of the famous authors wife, Mime. Zola was invited to our house a cer- tain afternoon while the case was at its height, notwithstanding that the wary trench populace was at her heels. News soon spread around that Zola had dsap- peared, and rumor had 1t that he was hid- den in our house. Mime. Zola was seen to enter and soon a gossipy, curious mob as- sembled, silently looking at the house and some pointing in menacing manner. Mme Zola imprudently presented herself at the window and the mob broke into cheers or derision. Police, however, soon disbursed the crowd, but our house was spotted, as Americans say, and became famous as the house of Mme Zola's friend. One night the countess, with her brother and myself, had decided that we would attend a perform ance of Cyrano de Bergerac' as put on by COPmalin " 6 a ri m had just turned into one of the wide boule-
 wards which connect with the gardens of the Luxembourg, when a mob seized our horses and commanded that we cheer for the army. We really were in no condition to cheer, and I confess l came nearer to fainting than l have ever in my life, and
 the countess was in dead faint The mob leaders, however, must have seen that they did enough harm, for they let us proceed. We were an hour late in getting to the per formance, which, although it was the talk of Paris, none of us were in the-right con- diton to enjoy. A Paris mob is at once terrible, mean, and has no like in any coun- try in the world. It is composed of bet ter class of people than person would imagine in an American mob. Students are
 as rule the ring-leaders, and are strongly enforced by the soldiers, and in a good many cases the policemen. They are very hard to handle, and their cries uttered in unison are terrible Miss Beaupre says that she does not know where Mime. Zoa is now, but supposes that she is in Switzer- land Holland with her husband. Miss Beaupre has an autograph letter from Mme
 Dreyfus, of which she is very proud, as it is one of the few in the possession of any one in this country Miss Eeaupre has spent a good deal of time in London, where she saw all the famous pantomimes and she patriotically holds that Jack and the B aa- stalk is far superior to any of them.