The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to animals, X. .i 81 81. I. 4. \, "a
OF course an Englishnat abroad is not
all Englishnan at hotne.
THAT Engilshnnarl whom you see az inc
races In Paris on Sunday would, at nome.
only be seen from his house or, ll, Us. way ,s
Ito church; but then IN Paris iio l's
knows him. Ia al, { II y, y. s.. IN
The cnse OF d King Ii Quite different.
Tho English might get little conso-
lation from the fact that a bull fight IN
PORTUGAL ia d very different thing from
the corresponding function In Spain
The Portuguese bull cores nothing ana
is not slain. $ l5s .F y. . q.
7Aftar a ray sham fight he trots gu Z.
generally applauded. and the horses leave
the ring as whole as they entered Il. \,
Buttons on the butts horns make az a.
safe: but the play is extremely. 4, wen
calculated 10 excite. BY the skill dis he!
nlayad, the admiration Of all the specta-l
tors that are not Of Spanish m orr GIN
An Affair, 8 &
The Marcel Provost case Is threatening
to become an "afiatre. AZ you Know.
after an attempt on h1n life. the soanda'l
came out. ss' Al
THE story OF betrayed Is common
enough, But greatly aggravated by the
fact that the lady belonged to an ex-3
Ycclcnt family, IN which for ten years he
was welcomed as a trusted and Intimate
friend. .% y. Ell
As YOU also know, the lady's brother
challenged him TO q duel to aver sc his
sister, honor. and was rewarded with q
severe wound for his pains.
AZ In prosntc England or IN the sensible
land Of the Stars and Stripes, the tai
er,ted novelist and psychologist would
horsewhippins. All AZ .i3s I.
But the ''affaire'' Is going to proceed,
because the lady wishes to be prosecuted
and Is going to make her case public.
Marcel Prevost's WHO'S name has not
been mentioned yet Il .sa.
There may be trou bic there. III I.
The novelist may continue to pose, as
he said In a recent interview, as "a sage
whb seeks his knowledge IS Of feminine
psychology in the Intense mentality OF
Partisan IFS q. g.
q fear THAT in future. decent families
wilt decline to offer their homes for the
study OF such men tally to be afterwad
distilled into ttefliterature Of the sewer.
I 4 4 also fear that French Academy,
whose members felt very we'll disposed
toward Marcel Provost, will refuse to
open It's doors to him. S8 III &. IA 3s
Tragedies In History.
II Marcel Provost had lost his life a Z
the hands 81 Nile. 5Thouret his name
( could have been added to the long list
OF celebrities or notorieties whose deaths
were caused by women they had be-
Strayed, or whose hatred they had ex-s
cited from other motives. IA u s 4, M
lit may be asserted that Socrates and
Molere were practically killed by their
wives. xantippe and Armande Bejart.
# Maret, 81 the friend Of the people" was
killed BY Charlotte Coriay. N u
Va souleaus, the great royalist Journalist
under the French revolution was thrown
to the bowling crowd by Theroigne de
Mericourt as the fox Is thrown to the
dogs. III sys Ks Ass s5t fs.5 q
Gambetta was shot dead BY a Jealous
woman. though the case was never made,
public, M i93 4 M a, n III! Il
man. Isl Il ss
5 OF course. II Mile. Thouret is prose
cuted for attempting to murder Marcel
Provost, she will be acquitted and car
red out Of court in triumph. ~ I'll,
! As long as the law will not protect
women in their blind confidence in men
whom they love. as long as society boy
colts the wronged woman and welcomes
her betrayer, there will be but one deter
rent to prevent men from falling In the
path Of their predecessors and that will
be the fear Of being killed by trusting wo-
men whom they have abandoned in the
most cowardly and cruel manner.