The New York herald., 1922-07-28
'JILTED' GIRL, GEMS
AND GOWNS VANISH
Mile. Porquet, Who Came to
Be a Rothschild Bride, May
Be on Way Home.

The romance of Mile Marie Porquet
Of the Rue de Longchamps. Paris. took
on additional mystery yesterday. The
young woman has disappeared. Stories
and rumors regarding her vanishing
vary. Efforts to see her counsel, Will
lam NJ. X. Olcott, were unsuccessful,
therefore no verihcation of these stories
and rumors was had.
Mile. Porqiet is the woman in whose
name Mr.. Olcott filed suit on Wednes-
day against Baron James Henri de
Rothschlld, heir of the head of the.
European banking house of Rothschild.
She charges breach of promise TO marry
and asks 100000 by way of solace.
The most likely OF all the stories c.
Mile. Porquet's disappearance had
that she sailed for France on Wednes-
day on the steamship Paris. She must
have departed IL this be true, an hour
or so before Mr.. Olcott filed the paper
But Mr. Olcott on Wednesday declare.
that his client was in New York and
intended remaining here for several
days. Itsis now said that the young
woman sailed without having notified
her counsel, and efforts to corroborate
I that report developed the fact that Mile.
Porquet enjoyed the reputation among
| customs house officials of having come
| to America with one of the finest as
sortment of gowns they have seen in
some time
Many Rumors to Pick From.
Another rumor has 1t that Mile. Por-
quet has gone to Canada. Still another
suggests that she might be found in
New Orleans. But the story that she
is on her way 10 France. as is the Baron
is. seems to be the most substantial. AS
matter Of fact, the young Baron Is
probably in Paris already. Whether he
will greet Mile. Porquet as rapturously
when she returns to the French capital
as Mr. Olcott says he did when she ar
rived in New York remains to be seen.
Stanchf1eld & Levy, attorneys for the
Baron, refused yesterday to talk about
1t one way or another
1t is said that Mile. Porquet left
America because she was told that the
moment the papers We're filed the great
power of the house of Rothschild would
move against her. She is said to have
been warned that this power Is i'm
measurable that 1t would not be safe
for her to appear in the strets. In
short. so run the stories, she was as
sured that ii would not be at all inn
possible for the very pavement of Fifth
avenue to open as she walked and swal-
low her. Terrible were the pictures OF
an unprotected French girl being
whisked off in twinkling never to be
| ie
these stories be true. that she thought
she could hear already the sardonic
chucklings of those who had been com.
missioned to spirit her away
Absurd as all such tales might be. OF
course, the fact remains that Mile
Porquet 1eat any such to the disap.
pearing and took herself off before
intrigue could set in. 1t is said tha,
she hustled down to the French line
offices m State street Wednesday
morning and chartered cabin de luxe
191D in which she and her companion
one Nine. Preley and a friend, Mile
Fernando lie Roy. are now safely on
their way to Havre.
Had Great Array of Baggage.
That she had not acted on the snur
of the moment is indicated by the fac,
tnat she Is said to have taken an extraor-
dinary number of boxes and trunks
and bags with her. The number 4
trunks. boxes and bags varies. She is
alleged to have arrived in America on
May l6 with no fewer than thirteen
pieces of baggage in which customs
officers recall seeing twenty evening
gowns. twenty-one afternoon frocks
nine tea gowns. six street suits, thirty,
seven pairs of shoes and no fewer thar
1 l.
aggerated, but inasmuch as she was
coming to marry the heir to the house
OF Rothschild 1t is conceivable that she
had taken thought to her raiment.
1T was said. further. that she was am
ply supplied with jewels and furs. She
seclared them as her own personal prop
erty. to be worn by herself, and that
she intended returning to Paris In due
time. Therefore she was not required
TO pay duty on her stuff. Her wardrobe
and jewels were said to have been
Roughly valued at $4,000
=. However. Mr. Olcott says that she
dressed most simply. He says sne used
no cosmetics and wore no jewels.
"The clothes j saw her in," he said.
were inexpensive but artistically
Graped. 'The charm was in the design
and in the grace with which she wore
the clothes. They were in nowise ex-
penslve materials"
Nils Porquet told the customs officers
that she intended being the guest OF n
family named Farrand in West Fiftleth
street while in America. However, 1t
was learned that she was living at a
Madison avenue hotel just before sailing
Wednesday. Her name was not on the
sailing list OF the Paris.