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THE other night,- in;. Paris, a 'tw+
debutantes were' Cr tven ,tr«m tha
stage without '•\u25a0•w heartnjir \u25a0:\u25a0*»>•
. shower of dead rats,' hoBi&J) •**
toes and bad eggs.- « \u25a0'•\u25a0.Vi \u25a0'•_-*> \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 \ : 'i « \u25a0
In ten minutes* a deeoroia*-9«Mfe^NM
trsASf ormed "Into -^a r ruthless ; rosfet saA
Colette :TV T illy , and "the \vormsl VmntaSiv*
d* ' Morny r we're f ' forever " rained * In ; tarn
life of Paris-Brilliant. /' '/'"'
Paris . critics, have .called .this attack
on women an •\u25a0execution"— to excuse the
clubmen%who organized It ny command
of Qtheri'women. It remains,' however,
but" the rough example' of that
formidable Paris specialty— the Cabal.
It. matters. JUtle that "The Dream! of
Egypt" was not moral; pieces like it are
applauded nightly. r It Is but a detail
that; the Marquise .braved her family 'In
appearing with .- Colette. The plctur,
esque thing 'is that thetwo women had
the \u25a0 bl^ck 'mark'^handed •to them — and
that no powenirrJParis could save them!
The'-biack mark.!? There is no proud
beaut'>*of ( ttte PSrfs stage %vuo has not
V' ' * "*\u25a0 -• f t - \u25a0\u25a0 v <'* \u25a0- \u25a0 '• > =
trembled- at ;\u25a0; It; -no.celebrity. celebrity of Bois
v-v^^/vV;?-'-" \u25a0 • •\u25a0" \u25a0\u25a0 •'-'
and >ra>e > tra«?i "»'h« 4iaa *jio t made saori
6aVahl^erttiia>af - grot Ht . in her early
years.'' and'-'o^^-^K^ht >; with b twelve
rf If -. •\— <-, it^w l^* -"\u25a0 V *<'~ ;> • ?
month's- of. lying, low -In Spain sufficed
\u25a0>-.-- • - ,-\u25a0 ?j .' ' -•\u25a0#•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:- ..-.\u25a0 \u25a0 '
to 'purge her ofjt... When Cleo'de'Me
rode permlttedVFalguiere.to. do her por
trait nude in maTble. 'ehe.escape'd it only
r» . .-\u25a0. • - -•t\; T -:. ... rt *jt *. i
by precipitately quitting .the gpand.op
era-'ballctT^ tSfia jbavaiTerl*gd l t* > It-at 'the
Lisbon '" Opera^-organtzedivfroni JSaris,
\u25a0where she has * not* since dared *sing.
Once it was waiting for<Liane de.Pougy
at the Folles-Bereefe.* She ,was * pre
suaded to avoid it by pretending sudden
Illness.* s'^5 '^ \u25a0**.'- -•» ' '' ; ' :'-:: '- : "'
... - ...... . - •- r> -^ • a
The'black markis.the-warnlngr The
Cabal Is the .executioner. 'And IB there
have.been few puibllc executions ,of late
years, It is. because the 'warning 'ha*s
been' so sufficient. -\u25a0 - : \u25a0 : , - .-•. -•
r -\u25a0•-•%\u25a0-\u25a0•.-.--,-,.... -
Neither # men £nor . women stru ggle
nowadays against the occult powers, a,s
did'. Georges^ Sand wlien her "Vacances
&«] Pandolphe" was killed : in a' night.
Balzac '*'th.ought . himself \ great' enough
to \u25a0 fighitAthe, Cabal— and his VVautrln"
- -' \u25a0»£;*\u25a0> *&r**Z> >\u25a0;,-\u25a0\u25a0 -,•\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 - ... ,-•>,-\u25a0
paid « 3) e 'jpenalty/ -, The VDe" Goncourt
. '\u25a0\u25a0" "\u25a0^•?i'%" -;•"' ' • • •\u25a0- '" -.^ -'\u25a0 '\u25a0 *
brotliers. h tfjJtVJt '\u25a0 for. their., ."Henriette
tMarecliaVraJsj^'agner got 'it for^Tann
aeus^r'V and • "Loherjgrrin*;; ! but-nowa
days'when* the^ blac^c mark ?is meta
•phoricaHy" handed \u25a0 to ; playwright \or
xnanager.Tactress or prof esiaional beauty.
It Is rare indeea : that a'.Collette iwilly
Btands courageously obstinate,- waiting
•to 'bet crushed! r " ' ;.;; i i.-. -' ; '" '\u2666 * * *-', *
The^Cabal'-Rife-foday / % % fes
-.\u25a0 -,;^ ' -^-^t \u25a0\u25a0 •:*»;\u25a0•\u25a0•:-:::-; -.'y. -\- a ,^;-5;
*** It V'may, '- astonish \u25a0\u25a0 you .Uo
ilearn 5 that *thi was^neyer ? more
Mfc ithan* In^" the"'* Paris -\>f ' today.* £T-he
w?ord-comes from.the'.Ca-bbala^Uheioc
cult science of the 4 ancient' Jewish rab
: bis;- and if , in - the "* course . of 'evolution
it has become vulgarized down -to* the
everyday doings ;of: pretty
and- out -the ;, great ' Parisian -"Bwim,"'? it
still preserves , a ' power/of : . binding and
loosing, makings and : nnmakingr- taking
and' leaving. t . -"\u25a0/•\u25a0 •• »; .^~'-i ----•*\u25a0
' jThere^- are cas.es 1 that; seem'j positively
j mysterious^-like '-.; that i of \u25a0Carme'ncita
and Otero,<- ; who dawned'-' onT' Parls'l-at
practically* the same time. '" ;v
:\u25a0 Carmencita enjoyp*' enough , prejee
•dence to put-Otero i-j*jj»r^ In the situa-.
. tfon of an imlfatbr." '.-. Carmencita .was
acknowledged a -true artiste. She was
-beautiful, a 'superb! type; she had ithe
sacred fire.' She had' made! a furor In
London. , Sargent had, painted; her. .'The
critics raved about her. # \u25a0'- '
. f i »Yet,! suddenly, one evening, •In r her
second-. Paris: engagement, ran ominous
thingMiappened/. "As.she. finished^ her
; bolero . with; the «flre, and the i brio of a
' beauteous idevi^the "claque .^failed '.?to
function! \./ : "v -.". . , ..
-There .wasi silence. /. In J the '- audience
every one looked-v^at ~- 4 his •;% neighbor.
Something must be- wrong. : And -with
;tl^at'.sillyi Paris \ vanity •'th*at;dare; not
'admit > ignorance / men ;; In :,the » audience
\u25a0 took; on? a'' knowing,. -100k fand^women
• smiled Tdisa'greeabiy. ; Inv the'' midst :;bf
; air uneasy ibuMing.^Carmenclta rangrily
stalked fro» the stage! ;..,,. -1^ , ,
\u25a0 ; The -thing could^happen ; nowhere \u25a0 but'
' In 'Pafis,pWhere^theVsheep'of - Panurge'
• still pant to get.irito^llne. ' Some thirty
doubtful "f ello'wsV in'^f ree seats, paidUo
japplaiidilnj xinlsonjat/thelr slg-
applaud;' and^ttfe 'Pa
j"rlslan^ public^ Is *"sb lused -to"! being! led
#^*^* t t'**^ a ? a > cIa PP. c , d P1?.P 1 ?. "artist e'. .they,
[i had .j_ delighted- lij tbe; night; before! * •
a .tX'^jK^l t^*'i,''" <l o*en}-i\»^ries'Tr;ran
Paris' 1 to discredit* Carmencita—
THE CABALS AND CLAQUE
OF PARIS
all,, gratuitous, . mere . expfanatlbßS - of- a
gos3lpy /public 1 to": - show -why. It had
killed \u25a0 Carmencita. ; ; As \ she ; had no J one
to > fight r her . battles, engagement
dwindled ; V and f she i never-- got* another.'
, She.' liked JPar^'y and < returned there
-often. v'Tet ?she- ; was.'dead- as; sl Paris
personage/;'^'v{v%'*;j'V->!W/'«.".>' 5 \ V;
' , >On other 111 1 hand, 'Jr. Otero's >, dancing
.was v laughedJ at A f rom?!: theY beginning. \u25a0
'. \u25a0 **• ',\u25a0\u25a0"-*--'•>- •.>. .'•XiTi-.X \u0084•-:\u25a0.'\u25a0 '",1.-. \.. -\u0084.:•
Critics dlsmissedher; with, the -one fword
•...:. -~»vj-->' •/.-•\u25a0 \u25a0•* - -v •-• \lr-'\ lr -' -V--.--'^- \ r
—"vulgar."- %Tet\she\ went * f rom vjtri-^
->=>^iriJ?:'^/-^/>.: ; V^v^iV ;?• •.-*T:,^.
HEROINE OF LAKE RESCUE ELOPES
» l^.w' 3^?^?^? 11 ? ' to^'.be !'a^ bride, • and;
'l~something:tojbe ia}hiß'r'bine.VßuViM|s.>'i a}hiß'r'bine.VßuViM|s.>'
' Fran'k^. Flood|_of vMJlwaukee.'/f ormerly"
f Gertrude ' Sawyer *of * MenornliieVi "
ft^ i^ 1 :" K'-'i^ '\u25a0'- ; i '-/.
/ , Miss Sawyer,\who' isHhe^daughter'* of
,« a -prominerit .business mari^bf 'Menomi^v
?\u25a0 city;^became.^a "heroine : las V-"fall/; wheni
VBheYrescyeb/;flVerchijdren"?froi^
,; Ing' in Green- Bay.'^August^s/.With*the ';
. . nuyli\ o& : to trrcHJph. Vw '^TOie clnbi^ snlie4 ;
JmbA's MUBMncSsbeißjitiwP jK*T#|k**^
f «««rlfrt«nia*Mft.^f In EWorld \ ollthmm
f vltfiA \u25a0restaijrants | she Queen ed |It ,>wttk |=\u0084
Sto^^;rlsfe:iaci«df^
laMneltsfpArWl .; eanderson could \u25a0 h«re %
« told ' ytml''-. Vmtj Garden , could '\u25a0 tell jpoo,
|^B«»I» U.b«rtt ; B»y. haye ¥ : a 'glimpse^f|l^
IJKttßiiliethl- Parkinson; may ; really j b«|jp||
fnnut'-'of ;it* But', whatever.; It ;.b»HiJC<I
|h««ten to «d«— lts ' last expression ; mufe||
gnrinr ./own ' to*' a ' par« ; btulnes* _rprop?«l|B
v one * thing > be •: \u25a0 »ure^-the \ elacne |
:tmrrtr, failed *6tero. '^ Frbm> the start' ihrl
Itis<.rr-vif. :'\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0\u0084. -*-'.\u25a0\u25a0,-' •-•••- -.-:••\u25a0.. : - -\.-- :^,-~ w> - : f;
: put \u25a0; her 1 1nterests in - the : : highly-paid M
WS&m ' \u25a0<=\u25a0\u25a0»--*'\u25a0- - t : ,\u25a0;' ±*:a::<P- .<,•-.. *\u25a0.&* &i
U<vrt "of --.a curious^ personage, ..Kam-/
i-s Hill," who i wielded •' a"; strange - Influence
In fhls 1 'day. ,Eam-Hill, 'Chanteur -mon- §S
-» --"?\u25a0 •\u25a0-. -' - -*" ' '.'.'\u25a0'* '"•.. -\u25a0•\u25a0'•.'\u25a0;-..-.•••• -i( ;4*
gdaln,' knew his Paris. made' him fe
- out ia' nobleman ! of fallen fortunes 1 - ; but
A-te-i !*:"\u25a0•: \u25a0\u25a0.-•\u25a0." •\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0".\u25a0.;«.\u25a0.*\u25a0':-\u25a0 -<; -;--.-\u25a0-( \u25a0•• . ••, s f
h connections. ; < Certainly, he en joyed \iO
enormous personal success; and/, had
-Carmencita been his protege, that night .
ryou may. be/sure a;' member .'the '
! claque ..would "* have warned -; him \u25a0 that ' ; :
some one had paid them to fall her!
. iWas-it'a private enemy?.7 r Possibly,
but not probably; certainly not danger*
"ously. The grea(, v the^ dangerous Cabal
of Paris is that, of the Clique of Wo
men; arid -Kam-Hlll would have seen to -•
1 1 V that ; ' his "protege '$ stood " well with
them.- Ask any of theso young beauties
who "t has ; made her and who can un
make her; and she will reply: "the' Sis- -
\u25a0 tersl" '". ' ..'-"- '- .'.:;' ':"*-\u25a0 '".' .' • '".\u25a0'\u25a0'
/.It is, Irithe^argot of this world,""les
eoeurs" (the sisters), -"les bonnes fem
m«s", (the' "good i.women)rit is the miss .
• of -successful Aeautles"!by profession, on',
'and off the'Btage: They have, the col- i
lectlve favor of 'the clubs, j Each one, i
besides^ has . tfi e ear of some Influential ;,'
7 banker,' bourse man, or! commercial", or ;
r lndustrial giant. Academicians >ask:in/ ;
their boudoirs/ , Supreme Court Judges
\u25a0 are proudj^o take tea with them. 'Sena- /<
tors and*deputies boast their. friendship. .
Beauties iiWho Conspire '
These slliy-lboklng beauties conspire
like trust. magnates— and'.,' for the like :,
end. to 4 :ke*ep"up.thelr~mohopoly. \u25a0 ;
1 -- 1 Their/ radiating system ; extends up- /
- ward. to^cademy, courts, uniy.ersity.ad-.-.
ministration, legislature »' and, by" th«--.
\u25a0 clubs, to ! society itself/ Downward," by/,
the -way of ..hangers-on and, underlings,;
! their • "mysterious • influence" 1 is 't grounded a
in the very, heart of the peqpie-^-f rom.
whom ; they, spring.; ;.:/ . ;
. Among: these photographs there are
•two girls. whose launching in the Paris ;
swim I \ witnessed. . One/jstill /hj the -
quadrilles of the grand : opera .; ballet, '
grew, ambitious at .the age of seventeen' J
and 'desired Reutlinger to/sell her'< pho-X
tbgraph. ' If. is : the "uarual ' thlng^-one T f
. ,: cftnnor^be , a^Parls ?\u25a0 personage ;.: .without V
« on 2'*-: Photograph j In f the^shop ;.wlndows."*
/ . ..'"Madame desire?". the^clerki inquired;^
'»• ' "L {\u25a0'"'-\u25a0 \u25a0;' -.-,-.V ,:.-*- .- -v -* «*+:; »^c
'i an<1 u w hen - he Uearned she ; not Vvrant v
\u25a0 j to i pay, .but I to ;fcopie . into the ;^'grande \u25a0:\u25a0
i-colAectidn/'jie said*: ,/S\-%' ,'\; . V '\u25a0 : "
i i;. T "Madame. ls*pr"e'sentediby^~-r^ J And ;
s thl ?- v In ? "P^te I of ] her "'position (as : afchlld . ;!
\ .pf:the*grandV6pera^sInce".tthe/aVe,%of,7.
. a everi,^ v indeed,1 a'glrl . may.- even' sing." a j
* soo&> role - at 5 the "opera,' yet * not » become |
>ta.hParlslan\personase;'i'andVitb'l^
Braridchildrenfof ; ex-Congressmamlsaac '»
Stej^henson.* lilSs -Sawyer -attempted^ to;
r r .? Wv 4 . short tdlstance^ along*.' the^snore^
•| n . J^r] o^en*^ ."boat.^- r A* \u25a0; : storm :'cajne^*up*;
V a^>.^°y Q^the'm;i^to'?the"la^e,^a^d'fo
.^ x J® e p!hoursVthVi b^y^ e / B^^^*, tled;
with the , waves/and^coniior ted ;a|nd l en-j;
( {hg\ i lttle : cnVfarVnl^When^tiie^
1^ (and^she* flnajiyV. gpt^them^
\safeiy s a^hVrelsh"e'^was^n^arly ' (Je'ad ;
. from eshaustion '• and^e jposuVeT. v . /' : i : '?f.
'truer • of j; the v". Opera 'Conilque,^"where*
three performances have' made a ! prlma-**
: donna-^on condition:; of -being- it : else- .
jwnerejthan'in ; Parls. - ; . . -A- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"-'
beauty,; of; the;quadrilles/:
',therefore,-, wisely i returned ! in", a ; week.l
;\u25a0 accompanied; by W- known/ star 'of--the
ballet / Reutllngeri willingly -sebt ''out'
I her Z photographs." - v The /star^ appeared ;
'with}her/a ifew^tlmes 1 at- % Cafe de Paris'
f of?the; gay, capital/ ' Whatf engagements '
[passed; between them ; remained : priyat e," .:
]but\the^ girl's, mo thVr^ admitted" philo-
. \u25a0- \u25a0 ( ''• I.: --.-. \u0084,\u25a0 \u25a0' ." r~.T:v * s -_.J 1 >\u25a0', \u25a0< \u25a0>. ".
Naturally shej,was much admired v f or
her: heroism . s.as| well ,' as) for j her, beauty,
butj.amojag/all*h*erllovers.Bherclung;t"o
Frank ;. Flood, *; f ormerlyVa j, clerk J in ;" "a
Menom I nee i bank A^: He r/f ather fob j ected'
to -- the^r proposed k inarrjage, ibut. ; ; of
course, fa* girl fas' bra>' e ; as. Miss Sawyer
wquldinbtf give iup' a t'Helmah ;. she *loved. ;
The tiinarr lagejitook -place ' wlthout'Sthe
father's ;?ilcnowledge>«andw? the '\u25a0*' happy
couple^ are? now^llvlngfat? Mr.'} Flood's
home fin; Milwaukee."' . .',- \V. - v „
;«ophlcany{;that^rnt^ooJrtJi:«««;«ophlcany{;that^rnt^ooJrtJi:«««rtto't be
soj^eej" •/;/*>'\u25a0 */\u25a0\u25a0/\u25a0* \u25a0 ;"• -\ ...' '£
' In; the other case a; very, beautiful girl
_wnose '\u25a0 mother* »uddenlyjr lost; -money
wished '\u25a0 te r *beglh^aa^a"^kind : of '( small
;. Btar « '% doing " eighteenth' 'century**chan
"so'ns in costuma'atttheismailjbut select
establishment v they ?call" ; . the rMathjirißs."
!VWeH/> the "flrjit.f night'; a; real^cabal
downed^ her. \ -"All /around" in*, the : audl
'.ehce: men ; arid .women": talked . loud ] duf
'Jns'i her/nfst»Vcoupiets.' TheX ciaaue,"
iworklrig "feebly," was; drowned^ln scrap-"
Ing^ feet,"\ v conversations : and -spiteful'
laughter. ; And, as-. the : courageous *'glf l ',
would ? have f gone 'on* again' to \ flgiit "it
* out, the , manager,, with s an* impulse of
\u25a0 generosity,:- caught : her. arm: and -'said to
i her * low.'-* the ; phrase Jot ;the * Scripture:
/"Make-totyourself; friends- of 'the. niam-'
; m.onVof .unrJghtejOusness."^ . ( , ' ' *> ,v,v
f'VA iWeekjor \u25a0 two? later/the f girl's
appeared' agaln'-upon^the bills' as", <4 Pu-,
-pll of 'Madamerßob-Walter!" f Sladame -
: Bob- Wal ter .- is ,; now .. In the lie *
{but <ahc>reni!iins nbneJthe less-
I'of 'the; unincorporated association! of.
the jSlstersJ ' Good-naturedly, ; she joccu-'
\u25a0pled ;aCfront! seat' at 'the'Mathurins] that*
\u25a0 The ; San Francisco ; Sunday Call.
' algal.-" Between the- early' masSer* she
' »e«e. nodded, to .old friends and rw*H«4
: * n , <s * loomed } and . gurjc led. ; , \7s«a hay
."pupil" earn* on «he applauded., and ta«
claque applauded.- anil tha audit oc« all
applauded!* And the :gltl what* mothtr
« lost; her ' money, "was \ launched. ' <roleke*
than ; the averaga, in the "svrlsx" et
' Paris.' -" That 'is to" say,' it remained with
her— her 'charm -aid ''talent, or* their ab
\u25a0 sence— to i ticce ed or fall ; ah* would
", not '" be •* kill ad in •' advanoa, - without a
t .--•\u25a0*. . v »,*„ ...... . , , ; a \u0084»;.
htarlng!
V Individuals and -troupes from foreign
.countries, even, easily pass through tha
i Paris , musto; halls in short \u25a0 engaga
: men ts without dreaming that . such oc
cult 'barriers exist.; Tbo Cabal is
against ' your sett in 5 up ai a Parisian
• personage." '7 : < - :
The'claque itself, you understand, is
/simply' a' machinery. Paris managers
'arefalways'overpaylng their receipts —
and gettlng^baclt.'half .of the .money in
: commissions ; for,, their,, private' pocket.
.Thus, to/ mount a new piece they
"prefer * -tofc.borrow. ," The <"\ occult \u25a0 chief,
"of -.//their. -claque ;,7 supplies- .It,; and
£for,v payment -he • receives so : many
. seats >Jeach I night y throughout *- the
•run.:' Thus" he has interest to^ support
, the 'piecV and sell hlai tickets, often at
a* premium. "So he ; organizes 7. the ap
'. piause'in ,the claque .visible. , .'\u25a0:
+ iWhen. any .pretty } woman^wi3hes to
;rj,se ; '_in *j grade she begins . by,,/* Braking
;herself; noticed."/; Money be-i
\u25a0< tween'. her \u25a0 and ; ttie ': chicf 7 ft ;the claquel
.and \ she s*ets> sor much* applause extra,
honestly delivered. 5 -^ '>'"*:\u25a0?"..'
s But '"when" the Parisian, beauty wishes
:.to^ go deeper she consults.: the occult
backer 'of the" claque/" The first thing
this -mysterious^ personage i will ask Is'
' "^y^^yoM &nyth\ps against your*
.^WthWeJlsk-or-thej^eat cbrporakn
,of;.th ; e:si3t^r.^- corning down' upon lv?
,They|are^ lovely,: cannibals with sharp
• ened teeth.*- 1 Ask i Colette Willy.
i%. ;_; _ '*\u25a0 1