New-York tribune., 1922-08-03
Mile. POrquet
viii Return to
Sue ROthsclliId
She viii Try TO Forget
Love, She Says, but
Is Determined 10 Push
Her Action Against Baron
Is Belle of Captains Ball
Slips Away to Paris in
Plane With Stage Star
rs Vessel Reaches Havre
By Marion Barry
Special cable 20 The Tribur,

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PARIS. Aug. Marie Porquet. the
beautiful young French actress who
recently brought suit In New York for
$500 600 aGains. Baron James Henry
dc Rothschild. alleging breach Of
promise. has returned 20 France 90 try
10 forget her love FOR tho son OF the
wealthy banker
Her expressed wish 10 put out Of
her mind her ill-starred romance has
not deferred Nile. Porquct from her
original purpose Of pressing her ac-
tion against the Rothschild heir in the
New York courts. In an exclusive in
tcrvicw in mid-occan aboard the liner
France she declared she would return
TO the United States when the time
comes 20 prosecute the suit.
Takes Plane or Auto TO Paris
Nile Porquct vanished when the
France dockcd at Havrc this morning.
Neither shc nor her companion on tho
voyage. who IS said 70 be Nile. Aistin-
guct. the Partisan stage star, could
be found. Il is believed that 20 avoid
intervicwcrs they left either by motor
or airplanc for Paris.
Passengers aboard the France were
u1awarc that the beautiful young
French woman had sailed from New
York Immediately after the papers in
100000 breach of promise action
had been made public. A few days
before young Boron Rothschild sailed
for France on "a slow boat from Mon
trcal. and his departure. IL is said,
precipitatcd that OF Nile. Porquct.
Nile. Porquet entered into the spirit
Of activities on shipboard. playing
deck games with her fellow passengers
and dancing with them in the evenings.
Her attire at all times attracted at
tcntion. Her grace and beauty were
much commented upon, and although
her manncrisms were entirely French,
she might have been taken for an
American beauty.
Wants to Forget
After q game Of bridge ono evening
I drew Mile Porquct aside in tho
drawing room and asked her about her
affair with Rothschild and the causes
which prompted her 10 file suit against
him. At first she declined 20 discuss
the matter, but finally she relen,ed
bit.
at makes me feel very bad even 70
sneak Of my past engagement 10 Baron
Rothschild." she told me. II am re-
turning 10 France and / want 70 for
get il all. do not know where Baron
Rothschild is now
Nile. Porquct declared she would not
discuss the courtship which preceded
her trip 20 New York, saying that all
questions pertaining 20 the affair
should be referred 20 her attorney.
However ] am going back TO Amer
lea when the case comes mp in court,
she continued. II don't know just how
soon that will be; perhaps in the next
few months
In a charming combination of native
French and tutorcd English Nile. Por-
Quet said. wistfuily IL seemed:
America Is very beautiful coun-
try and ! have grown 10 love Il. u
g. so large when compared 10 France,
and New York 90 me IS the most
wonderful place IN the world. II i'm
pressed me especially because this
was my first trip 10 America
Dances All Evening at Bali
At the captains ball Monday night
Mile. Porquet was stunningly gowned
in a creation OF green brocaded lace.
She danced the entire evening, and II
she was dcspondcnt over the collapse
Of her romance she did not show il in
the least. The men all said she danced
divinely and was q delightful conyer-
sationalist.
Nile. Porquet's trip TO America was
brought about by Rothschild's promise
10 marry her. she said in her court
action. She landed in April In New
York. where Rothschild had been for
several weeks studying American
financial methods. lie is associated
with his father, Baron Henri de Roth
cchfld