The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-04
Especial Cable from the Internationa
News Service.)
BY IA vOYAGEUSE.

News Service)
~ IA voYAGEUsE.
Paris. Sept 3.-The homeward
rush of tens of thousands Of Americ--
ans who have been doing Yurrup"
has set in. and all the big and little
transatlantic liners are loaded. almost
to "the waters ede," to use trite
expression. with men. women and chill
dren who owe allegiance to the tSars
and Stripes.
For days they have been pouring
into Paris by the hundreds, the wom-
en- eager to get the latest styles in
gowns and hats. but the men not quite
so feverishly eager to pay for them.
Alas, soon after leaving the French
capital cold chills and fits Of worri-
ment over what will happen upon
arriving at the port of New York will
follow. At sea many an unfortunate
man and woman will wake up the
middle of the night with awful visions
of the collector of the port of New
York and his customs inspectors. the
latter waiting at the steamships dock
to examine the contents of trunks and
bags. that nothing dutisble escapes.
AS one western matron said in Par
Is before sailing for home: do have
to pay duty at New York on all the
little 'gimcracks' I picked up along
the Rue de Rivoli. each time l wan
dered along under the arcades? I'll
die first; they'll all go into my stock
ing"
1t is not alone in small trifing arti-
cles easily transported in the manner
been spent in France this summer.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been expended in antiquities of
one sort or another and it is from
these that the New York ustoms au.
thorities will reap an imense financial
harvest.
Paris already shows signs of awak-
ing from her summer sleep. The lead
ing theaters are opening their doors
for the season of 1901; leading ac-
tresses have interviewed their dress
making and are ready to show off the
creation" created for the new play,
while the boulevards are crowded
with Parisians who have been spend
ing the season out of town.
The Countess de Tocqueville, who
has long kept Parisians interested in
her frequent domestic rows, due to
family and financial matters. and who
is regarded with special interest be-
| cause she Is an American woman, is
preparing to enter upon a sensational
and no doubt costly legal battle with
the trustees of her large estate in Cal
ifornia, although she has patched up
a. peace with her elderly spouse.
The count met her in California,
where he was born and not a matter
how many Cor few years ago. AS a
daughter of one of the Oldest and
wealthiest Spanish-Mexican families
she attracted his attention. He fell
madly in love with her, or at least,
pretended to, and with the hearty ap-
prevail of her family, who were fat
tered by the realization that their
daughter was to become a member of
the French nobility.
| Soon after the wedding the couple
retired to the family chateaux near
Cherbourg. but the rather Bohemian
tastes Of the countess greatly shocked
the neighboring chatelaines; and she
was given the cold shoulder by many.
The countess did not take this to
heart, however, and artists, singers,
anyone who was amusing and clever,
was welcomed at the Toqueville cha.
teau. Joy and merriment reigned su.
preme. In time much squabbling en-.
sued between the countess and the
count. Rumors of divorce filled the
air of the aristocratic neighborhood.