Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-04-25

imperial Burg theater, which was re-
Gently denounced as a sensational in
yention In Vienna. The Steele says
that everybody in Austria is aware of
the affectionate relations binding Frau
Schratt with the imperial family.
short time ago Vienna learned with
surprise that she was about TO retire
and make a journey from Bavaria to
Rome Soon aftegward il was all
nounced that she had come back from
Rome and that tho pope had given her
his benediction. 1T now appears" says
the Paris paper though the affair Is
not yet wholly unveiled, that the pope
not only vouchsafed Frau Schratt, who
was accompanied by Countess de
TRAM, sister of the late empress, a pa
ternal reception, but that he even
granted nullity to her marriage to Ba-
ron Kisch, by whom she has son.
The retirement of Frau Schratt from
the stage and her divorce are by all
accounts preliminaries to her marriage
with the emperor, who, it is said. has
signed a brevet raising her to the rank
of nobility under the title of Countess
Hochstenberg.
A Half Hours Bride.
Many marriages. says a Vienna
contemporary, have been of short
duration, but even the shortest union
generally lasts longer than half an
hour. A few days ago a marriage
solemnized on September 30 last, at
st. Johns church in Vienna, was de-
clared null and void by the civil
court here. While the priest was adj
dressing the couple in the church the
bride tainted. AS both she and the
bridegroom were kneeling this was
not remarked, but the priest aud the
wedding guests noticed that the lady
| did not answer yes to the priests
| question. At the conclusion Of the
ceremony the bride was taken into the
sacristy, where she shortly after re-
covered. She was astonished to hear
that the ceremony had been finished
without her knowledge and assent and
returned at once to her parents, leav-
! ing her husband at the church door.
| The family lawyer was commissioned
to dispute the validity of the mar
riage, and declared in court that the
lady had been almost forced into the
union, as for two years the bride
groom had followed and prosecuted
her until he had obtained the consent
of the family. AS the lady was of a
highly nervous temperament she was
| l., fryI Id 90,
yield. Counsel for the bridegroom
denied all prosecutions and requested
the court to declare his client free, as
without the yes Having been uttered
there could be neither a civil nor a
religious marriage Counsel represent
ing the church asserted the exchange
of the rings and the covering of the
hands with the stole formed a suf-
ficiently valid marriage. The court
! finally decreed that no marriage had
taken place, as the civil code express
ly demands the assertion on both sides
| of Willingness to the union. The
marriage was therefore declared null
and void, to the satisfa elton of both
parties"
Paris Fashion Devotees.
Enormous sums are speny each year
by Fashions devotees in that region
Of Paris bounded by the boulevard
Haussmann. the Rue de Richelieu, the
Rue de Rivoli and the Rue Royal, an
| irregular square of which the central
point is the famous Rue de la Paix. A
writer in an English paper states that
Lame de Pougy, Cleo de Merode. Mile.
Marsy. the Countess de Castellane
the Duchess Dues and many other
| ladies belonging TO very different
worlds in the gay city meet on com
mon ground in their passion for the
| latest creations of the great modistes.
/ They are the women who pay s. 600
for dress, 5000 for silk petticoat,
$500 for an opera cloak, 800 for
robe de mutt. s25 for pair Of stock
| ings, 500 for corset, Their other fur
bellows, dainty. mysterious, awein-
spring, are paid for in proportion.
! There are a number of Parisiennes
whose rare beauty demands 100000,
! 100000 and even $4,000 per annum
| f0r Us adOrnment Inc dctual ldDOf
involved in the making of 5000 dress
after it leaves the cutters hands is
| said 20 seldom exceed $40. Where
does the rest of the moneyigo? In the
| first place. quite 800 must be al
| located to the chief for his originative
genius and his administrative talent.
He must provide an expensive estab-
| lishment, luxuriously furnished in the
heart of fashionable Paris. He must
surround himself with an equally ey-
| penslve staff These items would
absorb another $3.50 Interest on cap
ital and money outstanding would rep
| resent another $40. Considering that
bad debts in these smart establish
merits are officially declared TO amount
to II per cent. of the annual turnover.
about $40 must be allowed for that
eventuality. Adding s140 for the ma.
terial, the total cost would be $50,
leaving * pc cent, or 500 profit