Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14


same sable livery winter and summer.
and that the thick material and the black
oilcioth hats are unbearable in the long
professions on foot which obtain over
mere during the summer months
Flower Girls in Wrangle.
The first stage of the wrangle between
the Brussels licensed flower girls about
the German empress present Of two
brooches has just concluded. The two
lasses who received the brooches have
sworn before the magistrate that they
have not previously agreed to sell by
auction among the fifteen members OF
their corporation any keepsakeS her maj
esty might beslow in response to their
floral offerings. The Judge, therefore.
awarded that they are the rightful own
ers Of the brooches, and under no other
obligation than to pay the thirteen 9TH
ers their share in the money, on the
basis Of a jewelers. valuation. How
ever. the thirteen ''disposScssed' ones are
not content. and have resolved to appeal
to higher court on the subject
1t is hoped that President Fallieres
and Queen Wi1halnina of the Neither
lands their approaching visits to
Brussels, will avoid bestowing on the
girls any indivisble present; lest the
world of roses and lilies be again turned
into d field of bitter strife.
There was some excitement on the
{
it was reported that Young King Manuel
had gone secretly 10 Paris to be present
at the trst performance In the Theater
'des tapucincs of the new play in which
GabJ Deslys acts. One newspaper print
eG Il clrcumStantial account of Manners
visit to the woman whose charms gossip
! holds responsible for his loss of the Por-
tugueSe throne, and many persons be-
lieVed the report particularly those who
credited the early rumors that he had
/ q fer
OF fact thcre has been little to support
! the widely circulated story of Manners
infatuatiOn for this Partisan actress who
is not even star in the French theat-
acquaintance with Gaby had nothing to
do with the revolution.
EmpeTors Cousin a Dressmaker.
Passing as Mime. Juliette." a Haps-
burg. and Il distant cousin of Emperor
Francis Joseph, has been unearthed car
rying on a dressmaking establishment In
cZegedn. an obscure Hungarian town.
But even this is a decided step up the
social ladder for Mime. Juliette.' nee
Baroness Julie Echof-Hassberg- Battner,
who has followed the occupation of a
maid Of all-work in stationmaster's
menage. Tragedy has marred no less
than three matrimonial attempts on
which she has embarked during her ca
reer. Her first husband Il lieutenant of
Hussars. spent her fortune and blew out
| his brains The second, druggist, poi
soned himself within six months of the
wedding day and from the third the
baroness obtained divorce. Then 1t
was that she entered domestic service.
Subsequently better opportunities offered
themselves and she became esta blished
a modiste.
A remarkable light has been thrown
upon Tartar marriage customs by case
| yarb ha of o
Petersburg courts.
Abdul Schabai had lived in st. Peters
burg five years, when his father called
him home for the purpose Of marrying
him to a neighbours daughter. This neigh
Dor, a Tartar named Mullah, had two
daug who was very pretty.
and Dionoro, who was not noted for her
good looks. Abdul Schaba bargained
with MuiIah. The latter wanted 800 ru-
bles for Mariata aHd 1919 for D.onora.
Married Wrong Girl.
Finally a bargain was struck Abdul
Schabai would be permitted to marry
Mariaka for $50 rubles Now. Tartar
never sees his bride until after the we'd
ding. Abdul had seen the Mullah girls
when they were children. and knew that
one was pretty and the other plain After
the wedding he discovered that he had
been trirked. He had been married to the
plain Dtonoro instead of to the pretty
Mariaka.
He ordered his bride to go back to her
father. but she refused TO go. 1t was
only when he used the knout as an ar
gument that she consented. But her
father would not receive her back and
she returned.
In order to secure separation the Tar
tar beat his wife until her body was
black and blue. Still Mullah would not
take his daughter back. AS last resort,
the Tartar resolved to- cripple his wife.
1t is a belief among the Tartars that
when a wife becomes q cripple her hu.+
band receive another woman in the
house. Abdul Schabai therefore broke
his wife's arm. But he found that this
custom OF Gripping wives was not recog-
nized by Russian Judges. His wife took
an action against him for having made
her cripple, claiming $50 rubles dam
ages.
Abdul Schabai was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment and ordered to pay
the damages claimed.