Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-29
Continued from Double Page.

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III take YOU 20 the threadbare,
once magnificent, mansion of the
Due dues and his impcrious,
lovely wife the Duchesse Marie
Thorcsc, a 81 Avenue Henri
Martin, IN our good city of Paris,
II was early very early m the
morning But the distinguished
puchcssc Marie Thcresc, was al
ready uP and about She was
very. very exceedingly displcascd
that morning. The trouble with
the puchesse Mario Thereso was
her nands0r1c sr1ft art ltetfr, betiis,
Marquis dc Crussol
II mattorcd not 20 her just
then that she was Of the first six
duchesses Of France II didn't
even matter 10 her that hers was
one Of the scant six families who
were allowed 10 wear the Grown
Closed. in their ducal coat of
arms. Bah what good the
crown closed when the trades
people haunt the back doors for
their little bills VIII the best
in a coat Of arms pay for oysters
Prunier and Neuve Clicquot PSI
No. a thousand times no Duchcsse
Marie Therose realized that 10
purchase such Injuries YOU re-
CURED practical francs
Accordingly that morning
even her noble chateau in Tou-
raine and an the priceless an
tiques of her Paris palace mat
tered not 10 her or again, per-
haps. they mattercd very much
That was part of her trouble At
any rate. on all sides. the noble
duchesse looked, and saw, what
the carpenters wife may also
see, when her good spouse, the
carpenter. has been out of work
for a spell. For Duchesse Marie
Therese saw everywhere. some
thing that needed repairing.
The house that needed money
spent on it. The old gilt chairs,
handed down from the Grand
Monarque, were furnished and
dingy. Her middle-aged eyes.
past forty, could no longer see to
read book at night for the same
reason that, again, would embar-
rass the carpenters wife, The
electricity had been shut off
But. with the duchessc, it was
more complicated, In her
case, the electricity had never
been turned on in the first place!
In short, while long on ances-
try. antiques, the Social Register
and the Almanach~ dc Gotha, the
noble Gses-faR4ily- had- ncXer.-
since Edison discovered the in
candescent lamp, been able to get
together enough francs at one
time to put electricity tnte-the-
Chateau.
In the two great ducal resi-
dences of the Dues, there were
hundreds of candles, in ancient
crystal chandeliers. But there
was not one honest TO goodness
electric reading lamp.
NES, must admit II, the noble
I d'Uzes were Feeling the
Pinch. Now when, in your coun-
try, you felt the pinch, you gen
orally hunted yourselves up a
job, since you are practical peo-
Pile And a job with pay was your
remedy for consumption Of the
pocketbook. But in our France,
among our noble families, there
was no such easy way out. The
solution, for our aristocrat,
rather, was to look about for
rich bat -burgenis heifcss. And
then marry off a son 10 her
moneybags.
Our philosophy was that this
rich but bourgeois young lady
and her equally rich and hour
geois parents, would be so over
come by the honor we noble
needy ones paid them when we
accepted their money in exchange
for our name, that they would be
completely overcome Stricken
with gratitude. And so would pay
gladly for the honor
So the morning Of our story
the Duchesse Marie Therese
walked up and down along the
threadbare. precious carpet Of
her boudoir planning her cam
paign Son Louis. Marquis dc
Crussol. her darling and her heir
he must at last be married.
He was a droll. an amusing a
charming young bachelor about
town, this heir of hers But he
had reached the end of his tcther
He had reached the place where
his managing mother WOulju {
take no for an answer In short
IL was time he found an hoiress
and made his fortune -A-l- made
incidentally all their fortunes
Yes, the dUzes and their son
thn lrnrrul rr.,lId AZ, n.,aI y ,-t,,l.l