The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-06
Criticism Of a W0mdnss Hat
Caused a French Society Row
ev IA vovAceusE.

Paris, Aug. 5-"Count' d'Aulby,
son OF a London tailor who confer
red upon himself a title of nobility
and then turned ii to. account by play
ing on the vanity of women who took
him at his oxn valuation, among them
the rich American. Mrs. Payne. OF
Boston. is still languishing in the jail
at Tours, unable TO give bail, notwith-
standing the frantic efforts of his wife
to find bondsman. knowing what
scamp and charlatan the man is. the
public is decidedly DESTROYS Of seeing
him "languish" behind prison bars for
an indefinite period.
The manner in which the Count"
after posing at Tours and elsewhere
throughout France as nobleman OF
an old and distinguished French aris-
tocratic family, swindled Mrs. Payne
by selling her valueless paintings for
immense sums. ! have referred to in
previous letters. The plundering OF
the trusting and gullible American
woman has been told by the press Of
the United States, France and Eng
land. Including the publication OF the
alleged love letters, which the count"
declares Mrs. Payne wrote him and
which were read in court. much to
the embarrassment of many womea
spectators, but which Mrs. Payne in
sists are forgeries. and which she de-
clares is an evidence Of the return
which d'Aulby made for the large
sums she gave him. out of kindness
OF her heart. for choice lot Of pot
boilers" Of which was no Judge but
which the plausible count" assured
her were of great value. Now, it is
said. Mrs. Payne who has many times
wished herself back safely in the Hub
city, is in deadly fear that the d'Aulby
faction will carry out covert threat
made recently to plaster the outside
walls of her handsome vile in the
Avenue de Bots with another lot OF
love letters, said to number 800, writ
ten by her to the count and alto
gether too fervid in tone to permit of
publication In the newspapers.
This threat is regarded by Mis-.
Payne's friends as last attempt to
terrorize her into abandoning the pro-
secution of the case. but she is help
less for the judge before whom the
proceedings are pending refuses to
permit any withdrawal of the prose.
cution until the entire case is probed
to the bottom
1t is rumored that Mrs. Payne would
gladly pay large sum to effect a SET.
tlement of the case which has
brought her SO much annoyance and
embarrassment, but as stated. no set.
ltement outside of court will be coun.
tenanced by the presiding judge
Meanwhile. Americans here who
know the circumstances of the Payne
d'Aulby scandal, are repeating the
gold old adage. never play with edg
ed tools.''
Another honor has been conferred
upon a woman, and a Frenchwoman
again, this time the recipient being
Nine. Curie, wife of Prof Curie, OF
Paris, who died in 1906, they having
been the joint discoveries OF radium
In 1903 they were awrded a medal for
In 1903 they were awarded medal for
of Arts of England. Upon the death
of her husband Nine. Curie was offer
ed the chair Of physics in the Sor.
bonnie, Paris. which she accepted
Since then she has carried on her
| work, her most recent research being
into the nature of the ultimate pro
duct of the ulanium radium series
which she believes is very probably
lead.
The Royal Society of Arts has Just
conferred another medal on this fam
Gus woman for her discoveries in ra
dunn. which Is very high honor, the
only other woman to whom it was Civ
en- having been Queen Victoria.
1t is not always safe to criticize .
woman's hat disparagingly. 1t wal
quite recently that hat worn by the
former Nine. Lane de Pougy. wei!
known In certain circles of Paris, bu,
who short time since became Prin
cess Ghika. If you please, was criti
cized in a public place by two women
| who were in company of M. Martet
The fact is that Nine. Lane de Poug,
las she was at the time of the affair."
wore hat SO immense and altogether
so outlandish that the wonder is more
persons did not openly criticize 1t In
Prince Ghika's hearing. and to its de
cided disadvantage.
| Now it has always been. and prob
ably always will be. a woman's pre-
rogative to criticize the hat Of an
other woman. particularly II the othel
woman's hat be prettier than her own
So when Martet's female friends loud
ly expressed their opinion OF Thu
Pougy's head covering, Prince Ghika
pho was escorting her. at once turned
on NJ. Martet, as he could not attach
the woman, and demanded an explana
ton. NJ. Martet gave it to him in thu
form of slap in the face and what Il
described in prize ring parlance, be
lieve as right uppercut." Right, lef
or even middle uppercuts are not rel
ished by Prince Ghika, who prompt,
called gendarme and caused thu
combative Martet's arrest.
| A decision in the case has only jus
been reached. The court decided tina