Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-16
WANTS HIS BABY GIRL
FRENCH MANUFACTURER MAKES
SOME GRAVE CHARGES.
Special Cablegram to The Evening Star.

Special Cablegram to The Evening Star.
PARIS. March 16.-After divorcing seven
years ago, wealthy manufacturer and his
ex-wife, who is the granddaughter of
famous French naturalist and writer of the
eighteenth century, are now wrangifng over
their child, a girl of twelve The latter Is
claimed by the father on grounds which
seem quite sufficient, if true. He alleges
that the mother, pretense of being ~
sculptress, has a studio in which she keeps
up festivities till all hours of the morning
with a circle of shady acquaintance. and
that the girl attends these rejocings He
further accuses her of taking their daugh-
ter to the Moulin Rouge and introducing
her to Mile. Lame de Pougy in the latter's
dressing room. Finally he submits that a
woman who, as his wife has DONE
dresses, or more accurately undresses, in
fancy costume of the scantiest kind for
Montmartre ball. and then has her photo
graph taken and reproduced on picture
post cards, is not fit person to have the
care of a girl of twelve.
The mother rebuts most of these charges
with virtuous Indignation She says that
she is a bona fide sculptress; that her
studio parties are highly proper and gem
teel and that, moreover, the child is put to
bed before the festivities begin.
AS for going to the Moulin Rouge, any
lady can go there nowadays, since it has
become a variety theater. Any way, she
never went there with her daughter, and
has not the pleasure of even a nodding &C
Quaintance with Nile. Lame de Pougy. Re-
garding her photographs in fancy dress.
they were taken without her knowledge by
a low trick, and she is now prosecuting the
photographer. In conclusion, she main
tains that, even if all her ex-husband says
against her were true, it would be but a
case of the pot calling the kettle black, for
he is no better than he should be, and
great deal worse than he makes her out to
~ W.. Lo, tL1 md adXr o.
ment
There has been hot feud between two
French ladies over pearl and diamond
necklace and the quarrel has actually been
submitted to an examining magistrate. 1t
appears that one of them, finding herself.
as sometimes happens, in want of good
round sum-9O,O0O francs is mentioned as
the igure-confided the necklace to her
friend, on the understanding that she
should endeavor to sell 1t within a week,
and If she failed to dispose of it. should re-
turn it promptly at the expiration of that
period. AS the week rolled by without any
announcement that bargain had been con-
cluded. the owner of the necklace grew Inn
patient, and when, some days later her
friend called. she reproached her In ind1g-
nant terms, declaring that she might her
self have raised fair amount on 1t in the
meanwhile.
Thus put on her mettle, the lady hurried
off to a jewelers. shop, and sold the neck
lace for 10000 francs, the tradesman, how
put down the money for three months. This
arrangement was naturally not to the taste
of the owner, who wanted the sum at once,
so in her wrath she flew off to the judicial
authorities and lodged a complaint. The
two ladies have since been confronted with
each other by the examining magistrate,
who has taken the case up, and as the
owner of the necklace has frankly admit
ted that she has been hasty in accusing her
friend of abuse of confidence the chances
seem to be that the affair WILL after all, be
settled in an amicable manner.
Curdled milk of a special kind, prepared
only on a Bulgarian recipe, is now sup
posed to be a remedy against growing old.
NJ Xavier Dyboski has made communica-
ton on the subject to the Academy of Med
icine. The substance is called "yaghurt.'
and can now be obtained in tins in Paris.
1t is supposed to be death to all the mimi
cal bacteria in the intestines, while those
friendly microbes to which Prof. Metehni-
koff pins his faith positively adore 1t.
Hence the property of yaghurt, to prolong
life to what is its normal span-a century
or so. The substance looks very like Ordi-
nary cream cheese gone bad, and tastes
similarly. The solid portion is mixed with a
white, thin liquid, which is exceedingly
sour. People who wish to live to be
hundred years old breakfast off yaghurt
exclusively.