The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-02
F|kEO HEAVILY FOR
USING NAME OF
EX-HUSBAND
MRS. DOUGLAS GRANT FORCED TO
PAY 10000 FRANCS FOR PeRsls-
TENT FREAk-WAs A SCOTT OF
NEW YORK.
BY VANCE THOMPSON.

PARIS, June Mrs Douglas Grant
has been fined 10000 francs $4,000
for persistently using her former hus-
bands name. although they have been
divorced for eight years. She was
formerly Miss Scott. OF New York.
Her ex-husband Is the brother or Lady
Essex. OF England, but both have
lived for many years in Paris. Douglas
Grant making his home with HIS
mother. Mrs. Beach Grant.
The fight for the use OF Douglas
Grants name dates from the time Of
their divorce, when the husband made
In court number OF sensational
charges against his wife, one being
her antipathy 10 water. Mrs. Grant
tried to get around the decree OF the
court by calling herself Mrs. Scott
Grant. but the subterfuge has not sue
ceeded. At first she used to be fined
90 francs. then 100. and lately she has
been allowed to go unmolested. but
now the court has pounced upon her.
exacting fines for all offences against
her husbands dignity.
In estimating the total at $4,000. the
court took into consideration the num-
Der OF visiting cards she had used. the
number of letters she had probably
written, the bills she made out-in
bands name In social or business
way. Heretofore Mrs. Grant thought
1t worth while to pay her small fines
In order to retain the name, as
her mother.in-law Is very power
full In Partisan society and Lady
Essex has great influence In
England. II Is now a financial battle
between the court and herself. as the
court declares 1t will go on increasing
the fine until she Is forced to give up
the use of the name.
Invited by King Edward.
Mrs. Grant Is brilliant and popular,
and was reported once engaged to
Prince Karageorgevitch. brother to
King Peter Of Servia.
King Edward Of England has invited
two American leaders of French So
ciety to spend Ascot week with him
at Windsor Castle next month. One
is the Marquise de Breteuil, who was
Miss Garner, of New Orleans. She
and her husband entertained the king
at luncheon during his last visit to
Paris. and have long been his intimate
friends. The marQuise does not go at
all with the American set In Paris.
her circle being wholly Anglo-French.
The kings other American guest for
Ascot week Is the MarQuise de Ganay,
who is the sister OF Henry Ridgeway.
Drink Tea In Incense Clouds.
Two novelties In afternoon teas
have been introduced In Paris, one by
Mrs Frederick Bell. the other by
Madame Du Cast. famous for her ex.
rlorations in Morocco.
Madam Du Casts innovation was
Moroccan tea served In tiny cups. per-
fumed and very sweet. Her guests in
cluded the white-turbaned ENJOYS Of
Mulai Hafld. The most curious fea-
ture was that at the moment tea was
served madame set fire to huge sticks
of Moorish incense, which made In
toxicating clouds through which the
guests were invisible to each other.
while Kabaja, the Moor. chanted ma
tive songs.
Mrs. Bells American invention was
called poetic tea" and French poets
recited. She offered another novelty
In presenting each woman guest with
dainty silk apron. The guests wore
them as a protection against buttered
mullins and then took them home with
them.