South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-06
ACTRESSES BATTLE
FOR BEAUTY HONOR
Nile. Renquardt Claims the
Title With 1000 Propo-
sails in One Year.

- lAAHr NV aAaaEs zane
Renouardt announces that she has
received her one tbousandth pro-
isosa4 o. marriage wlLn4n one year.
49, Average OI nearly lnreo proposal
a oay!
- .nA5 time, no doubt. James VIC
loT5 90 u-r "4ove duel Is widely
known. But whether me history o.
the acnlet ement IS known is another
question. There were lwo outsiders
81 tn.5 particular combat, Miles.
Greuze and MlslInCuette. but they
really DIDN'T matter. The duel u as
between Nile. RenOuardt and Mile.
JacQuelne CampbeIe and was but
the latest chapter OF a feud which
has had many surprising incidents
and could be waged nowhere but
IN PARIS
Mile. RenOUardt won BY but a
scant 81 proposals over Mile. Camp
belle. bat the fact remains that she
won.
The whole thing started two years
ago. Miles. Campbelle and Renou-
ardt then were friends Something
came between them. Some say IL
was VI. Jacques Wittouck. pOssessoI
France. who had essayed 70 be the
friend OF both beauties.
When The two found each other
out-well. the battle was on.
The row started when Mile. Re-
nOuardt. coming out from her trf-
umph at a French theater was al
most struck in the face with a bou-
quet. II would seem an honor TO be
4 .
flowers Yes2 But these flowers
concealed Substances decidedly un-
odOrous. or, rather. unfragrant.
Gets Mystery Package.
Nile. Renouardt suspected Mile.
CampbeIle. and there was legal ac-
ton. but nothing could be proved.
Time passed; a short time. Then
Mile Campbelle one morning was
reclining in bed. partqking Of
breakfast. The pOstman brought
beautiful registered box. Mile.
Campbelle felt sure it was from some
rich one and that IL held treasures
90 delight her. Feverishly she
opened Il. Layer after layer OF
lace she drew from it. AS she
plucked each covering her interest
grew greater. But what was that
strange odOr so unlike perfume that
assailed her delicate nostrils as she
progressed. She reached the last.
There before her eyes lay a long
dead cati
It was an insult indeed. She sus-
pected who had sent It. That very
afternoon she met Mile. Renouardt
at Claridge's
"Cati" exclaimed she. "I will
teach you 90 insult me by sending
me a dead body Of one Of your fam
ily!"
Little camel Of the boulevards!"
cried Mile. Jane. applying the most
dreadful insult known 20 Paris.
They fought. When the battle
had ended Mile. Campbelle found
that her pearl necklace had been
broken. and that p pearls were
missing She ordered her attorneys
TO begin suit against Mile. Renou-
ardt for $4,000 francs the value she
placed on the lost gems
Wherein jacques Strategy Fails.
The necklace was said TO have
been gift from NJ Wittouck.
Whether II was or not. II distressed
n. Wittouck 20 see the two beauties
at odds SO he sent another neck
lace worth $50 600 francs 20 Jacque-
line in the name Of Janet It was
a stratceem-ves2 Yes-and no.
At first Jacqueline was delighted.
She had hrourht her rival 70 time.
unfortunately. she could not be Sd
lent. She announced il.
ME give pearls-to her!' ex-
claimed Jane "Jamais de Ia vie,"
COT as we would say, Not on your
lifeD 'SNot would I give her the
half OF a ROSTERS eEEi"
This also IS az insulting as the
reference TO the camel previously
quoted. And then the fat was in
the fire In very TRUTH
Where" they both cried, ~is
Jacques?"
But jacques that's NJ. wittouc l1.
had fed NJ. Wittouck had found
thn role OF mutual admirer and ego
between" too strenuous even for one
who was accustomed TO the foibles
and idiosyncracies OF Partisan stage
favorites.
with his going the intensity OF
the warfare between the mademoi-
selles w1xed forth anew. this time
In the form Of a novel charege.
The Beauty DucI"
4 reporter fastened to Mile.
Renouardt for an interview. She
told him much She extolled her
beauty. her charms and the fas-
cira,ion she held for the opposite
sex. Glowing - was her description
Of herself 50 was nought in COM
parison with the abuse she heaped
upon her rival But the essence Of
her denunc.atiOn was summed up IN
the words Il am more beautiful
than She Is"
The interview was printed. There
WIS no one present when Mile.
CamDhene read The story 81 her re-
marks cannot he recorded. But
whom the reporter OF n rival paper
arrived az her abode ne found the
reu7f~a % the story which had
aroused her fire. IN The form OF torn
bits q paper scattered over the a0or.
Nademo fselle wq~ ~ir~ the floor.
7~~-- --o-e tears ~ her eyes. Tears
Of jealousy and tea~s Of rage. She
also held her interviewer She like
Mile Reuou1- 5t told him much.
Wore even than her rival Within
Few hours aI' Paris was informed
fN7t ME. Cawnhe7le denied that