The sun., 1909-06-29
MADAME ET HADEAOlSELLE
WAGE HORRID WAR BEFORE
COMMISSIONER SHIELDS.
Madame Had Complained to the Police
Of Mam'seiIe. VINO Now Tells Hsw
Madame Brought In Three Trsaks
Of Cows without Paying Duty.


United States Commissioner Shields
had a French quarrel on his hands yoster-
day afternoon. Mile. de Villiers, . COR
setiere. and Nine. Delvine Boulanger a
West Fifty-sixth street. both very dash
ing and excitable. were the principals.
Nam selle sat in the witness chair and
was rather moro than willing to Say
naughty things about her sometime very
dear amie Madame listened very caro-
fully indeed apd asked all the world TO
laugh with her at the perfectly prepos-
ferrous things Nile do Villiers had to say
Wasn't it preposterous, now. for anybody
to accuse her Of smuggiingf Mon Disu!
How absurd! and Madame laughed
.daiptily behind her fan.
Madame and Mam'selle live IN the same
house In Nfty-sixth street and both went
home TO sleep under its roof last night
after their little hutter In Commissioners
Shields's Office Mademoiselle is asso-
ciated in the corset business with Henry
c. Hohin and is studying music. according
to Nine, Boulanger, with Prof. del Papa
Dante. Madame said she had no objeo-
ton whatever to Nam 'selles corset
business and didn't oppose her desire to
hirt with Orpheus.
1t scandalized her. however-and
tradame was very earnest-that Made
Moiselle should s< up half the night hold
mills and trebles OF Prof. del Papa Dsnte's
gentle art. She was 80 soandAlised, In
TACT, that she had Nile. de Yilliers and
M'sieur Holtin hailed before Magistrate
Finn in the Yorkville court last week for
disorderly conduct Battery Dan repn-
manded them and was severe only in what
he would do II they appeared before 9 him
del Papa Dante's night OF.
Since this little episode Madame and
Madenoiselie have not been good friends.
M'sieur Holtin feels hurt too. So he and
Nam 'selle put their heads together to
take the wind out OF Madames sails.
They did succeed Yesterday in making
sa. 4. nsss sss and ap
into fine hutter Of Gallo exoltemene
Nam 'selle told with evident relish Of
a little trip to Paris undertaken by madame
last March and her return on April with
three trunks containing gowns. laces.
foulards and other materials which
her. Nam selle was very precise that
there were only one shirt waist and three
linen princess gowns In madams's house
when she sailed for Paree. The gowns,
which were carefully spread TO the pub
lio gaze Yesterday. appeared simuitA-
neously with madsme's return and NAM
selle told with an air Of injured innocence
how she had assisted In the unpaokine,
how she helped carry the dainty frippeFy
upstairs and how she saw some of 10 fitted
to prospective customers.
Was she certain these were the same
gowns2 Her jewelled fingers hastily
fumbied the hlmy stutYs. Certainf par
bleu, why not7 Couldn't anybody see
such things could only come out OF Parisi
Mon Dieui-snd nam selie piled her fsu
madaye had showed her how she man
sEed TO get the thirty-one gowns and
other things past the eagle eye of The
customs inspector: Very simple indeed
Pin q ten dolltr bill on the outside of
your purse and place the purse c6nspc-
uously on top OF the contents OF tho hrst
trunk examined by the inspector. Voilai
the deed 10 done and thirty-one gowus
In for only $40. and madame laughed,
said nam 'selle. at the ease with which
the trick was done.
Mam'selle smiled contentedly a. she
stepped gracefully from the witness
stand. She cast a look Of triumph At
madames frowning physiognomy and
sailed out OF the room. The Comnnts-
sioner said ne was warm and adjourned
court to July u TO give every one CON-
oerned time 10 cool on before madame
had her ding At nam 'selle's shortcomings.