Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Paris Now Has 27 PraCtition-
ers Who Often Defend Wild
oWs, Orphans and Needy.
"CONSClOUS DIVORCE"
LATEST PARTISAN TERM
Peculiar Story of Deception Played
First Upon Wife and Later as
Fiancee-Nominal Damages.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Orelgn Correspondence OF Inc Star.
PARIS, June %, 1913
Paris now has twenty seven lady ad-
vocates. The latest addition to the
feminine order of barristers is Mile
Anne Kaufman, who has just been
sworn in with the usual solemn rites
at the first chamber of the court of
Paris. She had on a previous occasion
obtained the academic palms. We do
not often hear of the lady advocat IS
pleading in the courts. but when they
do so it is usually in very deserving
cases, as official advocates designated
by the courts to take up the defense Of
widows, orphans and the needy and
poor Needless to say. too. that IN
many instances they win their case.
We have lately heard a great deal
about persons having been divorced
without knowing it, The papers are
now speaking Of conscious divorce, :
and the story of one of these has just
been narrated before the six chambers.
The husband is a dramatist. who for
the moment presides over the destinies
of a small theater. When he was con-
nected with big concern and occupied
himself with literature, he made the
| acquaintance of young woman en-
| gagged in business. y romance of love
| followed. The lovers lived together
union. But marriage brought worries
and the couple separated. They now
| sought divorce. The husband accused
| his wife of having deceived him with
his best friends.
! Damages to the extent of 20 cents are
all that a lady in Paris is to get for be-
| ing twice deceived in life, first as wife
and then as a fiancee. Her story Is a
/ peculiar one. and gave rise to strange
| comments year ago. She was the wife
| Of a prosperous hairdresser In the boule-
wards, but five years ago her husband
disappeared She waited patiently foI
| she was entitled to petition the courts
| for a decree This decree was duly
granted. The courts declared" the
husbands absence, and according to
/ This is one of the rare cases in which q
woman apparently may marry twice
without being a widow or divorced.
Advanced Lover Cash.
The abandoned wife made the ac-
auaintance of an Italian, to whom in
time she became engaged. In view OF
their future marriage. the Italian OBJ
| tanned in advance certain sums of money
i from her, and before long she had given
| him So, 900.
/ He put off the date of the marriage
| from lime to time, until she became sus-
picious, and on inquiry learned that he
Was already married, and had a wife and
| children in Italy.
She naturally became exasperated and
reproached him bitterly. He soothed her
feelings by telling her that he expected
| to obtain a divorce in a short time. She
believed him once more. and 1t was not
| till she had made further advances of
money to him that she learned that there
was no divorce law in Italy. The Italian
/ this time had no further excuse to Of
| fer, and he followed her husbands ex-
ample and disappeared.
Thus twice deserted and left, as 1t were,
| in the lurch by husband and quasi-fance
the woman had only one recourse. and
| that was to appeal to the courts. She
did SO, and obtained judgment In her
favor The Italian was sentenced by de-
/ fault to two years Imprisonment, $500
| fine and to damages of 20 cents to be paid
| to the abandoned lady.
1t Is only fair to state that she did
not ask for greater damages being APP
parently content with nominal re-
1 venge.