The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-30
.LURED BY BEAUTY
Women to Whose Rare loneliness
Mobs Paid Homage.
ONE MAID WHO CAUSED A RIOT

Tho Charm OF Julie Ourrler was Sucn
That a sursing Crowd, Eager For
View Of Her Face, Wrecked Cato
Peerless Countess CastieIione.
'"They can't walk in the park" wrote
Horace Walpole of the beautiful Gun
nings in 1861, "or go to Vauxhall, but
such mobs follow them that they are
generally driven away" Elizabeth,
Maria and Kitty Cunning were three
beautiful sisters who, coming over
from Ireland in 1850, took London by
storm, Nor was the furOre that theli
| beauty created of brief duration, for
nine years later we read in the London
| Chronicle of Maria Cunning, by that
time Countess of Coventry, and Lady
Waldesrave. that two ladies Of dis.
tinction (who had, it seems, been IN
commoded by the mob, rs the phrase
!! is, the Sunday before' walked up and
down the walks of st. James park.
preceded by soldiers from the guard-a
precuution which gave no small OF
Tense to the rest Of the company, who
were frequently obliged to go out OF
their path to make way for the process
siOn.'
Equally potent was the beauty Of
the Countess de Castiglione, who, at
her first appearance at ball given by
Napoleon Ill. at the Tuileries, created
such a sensation on her entrance that
the dancers stopped motionless and the
strains of the band ceased, guests and
musicians all pressing forward in their
eagerness to catch glimpse of the
newcomer. Wherever she went after
ward her peerless loneliness produced
a like effect, people climbing on to
chairs and benches to see her pass,
while when, in 1862, she visited the
London opera the audience stood upon
the seats and struggled for every place
Of vantage from which to gaze upon
! the lovely Florentine.
Fanny Murray about the middle Of
the eighteenth century was one of the
| toasts of the town. Her beauty was
beyond question and created such n
stir at Tunbridge Wells. whittier she
went to drink. the waters, as to neces'
state the formation Of a special guard
of her admirers, who kept off the
crowds that focked and pressed around
her when she walked on the Families
and other public resorts. Indeed. such
was the fame of her beauty that from
miles around the country folk came in
wagons, carts or any vehicle that could
be procured-and when one was not
available they hesitated not to walk
that they might feast their eyes on the
celebrity from town.
The good looks of Julie Durrier al.
ways drew after her crowd when she
walked through the streets Of Mar:
seilles-a fact that the proprietor Of an
eating house was not slow to avail
:. himself Of when he engaged the girl to
serve in his establishment. For few
days all went we'll, and Boniface was
beginning to rejoice over his fortune
when he suddenly realized that one car
have more than enough of a good thine
when the crowd, of which the dimen
sions grew larger every day, swarmet
into his establishment in their eager
ness to view the beautiful Hebe and
on his attempting to eject some Of thu
most persistent. broke into open tn
; multi. destroying the tables and chairs
breaking the glasses and, in short
wrecking the restaurant, whence thu
cause of the uproar was lucky in escap
ing by back exit. The next day thu
place was closed, and soon afterwart
. Mile. Durrier left the town.
More extraordinary still was the sen
sation created at Toulouse toward til,
close of the sixteenth century by :
paragon of beauty known only to fame
as La Belle Paule. Whenever she ap
peared in public she was at once sur
rounded by crowd Of men and wO
men belonging to all classes. whose ad
miration grew to be positive DANCE
to it's object, who. ran more than i:
chance of being crushed to death in tn
press. as. indeed. was more than on
Of her worshipers. In these circum
stances appeal was made to the civic
authorities, who. after due considera
ton. agreed to supply her with protec
d! ton against her too ardent admirers OF
condition that she should at certain
hours walk abroad so that the public
might look upon her face.