Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-22

troll the entire income and may pre-
vent their wives from spending one
franc of their own earnings.
An energetic Chicago girl married
in Partisan impecunious French
man Of good family. With her dot
she opened a lunch and tea room for
Americans directing it SO successfully
that fortune seemed assured. Her
husband declined to share the re-
sponsibility and labor, but assumed
control of the profits, spending so
fast that at the end of two years she
was compelled to sell out This case
is we'll known to American residents.
Ii can hardly be this type of American
woman that M. Max O'Rell has in
mind when he makes his famous
prayer for reincarnation.
A strange incident Of female SNUG
CLING which occurred in "a has become
a part Of French history. Following
the assassination of President Carnot
was an anarchists plot, propagated in
Italy, to murder his successor. Paris
! journals announced that three assas-
sins had started for that city, ''one by
| land one by sea, one by rail" A few
| days subsequent to the announcement
an American or English woman
| American more likely-chanced to be
resting on the grassy plat at ST. Cloud
when her attention was attracted by
an aged peasant woman, in short
dregs dust-stained wooden shoes and
snowy cap. She carried d small bas-
llet and seemed much fatigued
You are very tired, mother" said
the foreigner.
Il am exhausted" replied the old
woman, sinking to the ground, but |
must get on. My daughter in the city
| is very i'll and nothing Will do her but
fresh eggs every week from her old
home in the country Alas! 1t is I'M
just that | should pay toll On eggs for
the dying" She was shrewd, the old
| lady, and knew her listener, who free
| ly volunteered TO pay octroi at the
gate; but the anxious mother would
not accept money IF the kind lady
would but spread the skirt of her dress
when they mounted to the imperiale
| (the top of the train) what harm in
that, and the douanier would not then
suspect
The kind lady did Kind ladies
often think cheating a charity, and the
| ruse was successful. The next morn
| ing's papers contained an announce
ment that the ''one by sea" had sue
ceeded in entering Paris disguised as
an old woman carrying a basket of
eggs. He was discovered throwing
one at either some part of the execu-
tive mansion or into the state car
riage. Those eggs were laid by
anarchism to hatch death and riot,
some of them being made of china
and filled with nitroglycerin.
! There are numerous historical in
stances OF efforts to avoid paying
octroi At the beginning of the EN-
pire noted French journalist fell I'M
der the condemnation Of Napoleon
| His journal was suppressed and he
was exiled from Paris. He located
in a near country-Switzerland, per-
! haps-and being of an artistic tend
ency, began the manufacture OF
bronze statues. Hundreds of busts OF
the emperor were sent into Paris for
sale. The great number Of these
finally excited suspicion, and upon
careful examination each was found
TO be but thin sheeting of bronze
closely packed with copies of the Dor
hidden journal. This was so much
like breach Of the law forbidding the
seething of a kid in its mothers milk
that no more bronzes were admitted
1t is hardly likely that women GO
ing abroad will be content TO return
without investing in laces Many will
be unable to reach Brussels, in which
case they will purchase in Paris. II
is not always wise to purchase from
makers direct. Those on Ave de
IrOpera are we'll known, but thei
prices are high, and some rare bar.
gains are often picked up by "fian.
eurs" in the little out-of-the-way
streets. Many an impecunious lady o.