The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-04
Transatlantic Liners Crowded
With Americans Who Have
Been Spending Their Time
and Money on the Continent
HAUNTED BY VISIONS
OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE
One Woman Proposes TO Put
Her Foreign Purchases in
Her Stocking in Order to Es-
cape Eyes of Collector Loeb,
PARIS THEATRICAL SEASON
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II ARTS. Sept. 3.-The homeward rush
OF tens Of thousands OF Americans
who have been doing 1urrup' has
set in. and all the big and little trans
Atlantic liners are loaded almost ito
the waters edge TO use trite cN-
preston. with men. women and chill
dren. who owe allegiance to the Stars
and Stripes.
For DAYS they have been pouring into
Paris by the hundreds. the women eager
to get the latest styles in gowns and
hats. but the men not quite so fever
ishly eager to pay for them. Alas. soon
after leaving the French capital cold
chills and fits or worriment over what
will happen upon arriving at the port
OF New York will follow. At sea maIsv
an unfortunate man and woman viii
wake In the middle Of the night with
awful visions Of the collector OF the
port or New York and his customs in
spectors. the latter waiting at the
steamships docks 10 examine the con-
tents of trunks and bags, that nothing
dutiable escape.
As one western matron said in Paris
before sailing for home: DO 7 have
TO pay duty at New York on all the lit
tie 'guncraCks' I picked up along the
Rue de RivOli. each time I wandered
along under the arcades? I'll die first;
they'll all go into my stocking"
Il is not alone In small. triflinE ar
ticles. easily transported i'm the man
ner indicated that American money has
been spent IN France this summer. HUn-
dreds OF thousands OF dollars have
been expended In antiquities Of one sort
or another and it is from these that
the New York customs authorities viii
reap an immense financial harvest.
French Theatrical Season.
Paris already shows signs OF awa1S-
ing from her summer sleep. The lead
for the season OF 1901; leading acr-
resses have interviewed their dress
makers and are ready to show off the
creation" created for the new PLAY.
while the boulevards are crowded With
Parisians who have been spending che
season out OF town.
The Countess de TOCquevilIe. who has
long kept Parisians interested I'm her
frequent domestic rows due TO family
and financial matters. and who is re-
Earded with special interest because
she is an American woman. Is preparing
to enter upon n sensational and no
doubt costly legal battle with the trus-
tees or her large estate I'm California.
although she has patched up a peace
with her elderly spouse.
The count met her IN California,
where she was born and no matter
how many Cor how few years ago.
As daughter OF one Of the oldest and
wealthiest Spanish Mexican families she
attracted his attention. lie fell madly
In love with her. or. at least. pretend
ed to. and with the hearty approval Of
her family. who were flattered by the
realization that their daughter was 20
become a member Of the French nobil-
fly.
shocked the Ancient Mobility.
soon after the wedding the couple re-
tired TO the family ChateauV near Cher
bourg. 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 as well
| coined TO the Tocqueville chateau. Joy
and merriment reiEned supreme. In time
much squabblinE ensued between the
/ countess and the count. Rumors Of
divorce filled tho air Of the aristoCratic
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