The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
OF CUBS
IS IN HIGH FAVOR.
"Grande Coquctte" Prefers Her
Lions to Male Com
panions.
BULL FIGHT AT WEDDING
FIGHT AT WEDDING
Guests Go Home Rejoicing, After
Seeing Bloody
Slaughter.
BY MARQUIS DE cAsrEL1ANr.

S>AS
Especial Cable to The Times DispntchJ
Paris. June 1.-TWO fine lion cubs
with green eyes are kept as pets by
Nine. Cecile sorel. the "Grande
coquette" OF the Coincide Francaisce,
in her flat in tho Avenue des Champs
Elysees. Nine. sorel has taken up anna
teur tanning as q hobby, and Is enthu-
siastic about the graceful gambols and
noble appearance OF her new COM
panions.
She even prefers their society to
that of men, whom in comparison with
the big cats she holds in very low
estimation. Here arc some of her
misanthropic thoughts on Homo versus
Leo:
Lions are animals pure and simple,
and that alone Is reason why their
society appears to me superior to the
Company OF men.
washed. out. nerve-w wrecked by
civilization. man has lost the sense
OF instinct: and 1t is from instinct
that comes all true nobility.
Lions keep the promise which their
aspect gives. No human events can
dlltI lIIclI Chlul SeIcHilS.
Still on the subject OF men and
beasts, let me record that at their
recent marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
de Croisset entertained their guests
with the bull fight This was sug-
sested by the playwright bridegroom.
who has already begun to scatter some
of the millions of Nine. Bischoffshein.
the bankers widow whom he welded.
The affair took place in Provence,
in the old Roman theatre built when
julius Caesar conquered Gaul, between
famous Alistral. the provincial poet.
who lives at Aries and whose statue
has been erected during his lifetime,
read q poem in honor OF the bride.
Six roaring bulls were killed. and
then the guests went their way re-
joicing. Let us hope fashion will not
compel any more weddings to end up
by slaughter OF bulls.
American philanthropy to the Fore.
An epidemic Of American philan-
thropy has broken out in Paris and
]. Pierpont Morgan has built an
isolated hospital at AiS-les-B ains for
lung diseases. lie has even widened
the boulevard SO that the sick folk
may have more room to stroll about.
1t is well known that Mrs. William
x. Vanderbilt owns hospital in Paris.
Here she entertains tho sick folk with
music from the grand opera and with
roast duck from the Tour d'Argent.
do not think that any one will
ever accuse our society favorites OF
lacking humor, now that reveal the
various nicknames that popular favor
has bestowed upon them.
Mrs. Clinch Smith. for instance, I
hear is nicknamed Bertha au grands
pieds.'' or Bertha of the big feet. Now,
as a matter of fact. Mrs Smith has
exceedingly small feet, and the Joke
is really aimed at Chicago, where she
was born
Miss Fanny Reed, one of the we'll
known society leaders Of the American
colony. Is nicknamed "Lamfnermoor,"
due to her great weakness for the
opera Lucia de Lammermoor." 81
Because tho Christian name OF tho
ever-delightful hostess, Mrs. Charles
Carroll, is Susan, she Is nicknamed La
Chaste Suzanne" or virtuous Susan.
Mrs. William Holt is playfully called
"The Vampire" because Of her success
at bridge.
Some Curious Nicknnmcs.
The Baroness de Charette is nick |
named 'sThe Whale" because she is
such powerful swimmer in the social |
sea.
Mrs. George Law Is Familiarity known |
as The Fox" because of the deX-
terity she employs In avoiding natri-
monial entanglements.
The beautiful Nine Henri Letellier
is known among her intimates as THE |
Broken Pitcher" after the celebrated
picture by Greuze, to which she bears
a striking likeness.
tell you, We Par1sians have not
forgotten how to be wags. When a
certain beautiful American woman
got married recently we sang:
Beautiful as Venus;
Rich as Croesus.
Innocent as Dreyfus."
In the competition for admission to
the School of Sculpture In our famous
Ecole des Beaux Arts three young wo-
men won first places over several hun
dred male competitdrs This is surely
glorious victory for the fair sex.
The Ecole des Beaux Arts was found
ed in the year 164s. Never before in
all Its history have women gained |
such a victory.
Monsieur Bonnat. the director, felt
1t behooved him to call public atten-
ton to the fact and he most heartily
congratulated the victors on their
triumph. The Ecole des BeauS Arts
is far-famed nursery OF the arts,
and 1T was there with its fifty pro- I
fessors and 1000 students that the
three women took first rank.
They were French girls, and know
Mrs. oliver Belmont and Mrs. Clar-
ence Mnckay, SO prominent themselves
in the woman's cause, will delight In
the triumph OF their French sisters.