FRENCH COMEDY

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 17 October 1922, Page 5

FRENCH COMEDY

LEGAL FIGHT AMUSES PARIS. MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE LONDON, Oriiilicr \i. I'urii- i- i-liui-kliinf at l»« whini«o.al j <trininuti«n «-f ;• I'alHinjr Ipjwl tangle,! 'ii! whii-h ;i small ln>>i of i.-jral tieni lenn-n ; ni-ri- i>iijt«ju[ed fur nnurtlo. Cupid then j -t*-j»}«-<l in. iifm! tin- r..ii(cii«lin« partie* l forgot tln-ir troubles »t the altar. Tin' priiu-ipals wore: .lui'<|tipline I.cbandy. dauyhler uf tlif ; iiuturiiiiiK "Kmpcror of ili<- SiUiara," who ha.l mi niiiaziiij: .areor. imiil hi- death at tin- ImmK of hi« wifi-; Her ntothor: .iHi-tfllnlitie's liil-liand: Hi- fusliiT. wlio tin- famoux Parisian ili>tiM-ti\v. Siidrvan. •I'iii- tninWr liegan afn-r tin- marriajj*of .lHri|in>liiif with >'. Suilremi. jim. Tin' nioilii-r lUMiiiPd that .- il was only a i-rnarriajii" of i-onviMiinnec" tin* parlies I >liuuld |iarf. Thi- Ini-baiid okjoittiiig, *!•«• to have the mnrriajic annulli-d. lon th(. ground tlu>' ii was l,nt '•■otisumlinaird. Thi-rtMinon a hijc le.ffal battle. with i-lrtinix and i-oiniU'V-i'tainin, started. Sndri'nn'i fatliiT was for,til to parli.ipjitc. \\ lii-thfi- thiß latter pvpnt «»► I ill,, dpi-iiling fnvtor is unknown, but sml-di-nly the imrtips forsook Hip court for the '■■hur.-h'. where there »>* a doublehiirrclli'i! t-«reniony. ■lai-Htielinf decided on :. si'rollil with liPr own hns hand, to wi]" , out tin , pa*t and etiMttv no inihinkc* for the future. i ._. I \!<i lie. .lai-i|iieline is heiress lo J iii.oiMi.iiiMi left l»v lier father, .larajwe !-<■• i bandy. st>lf-«jipd "Kinperor of (lie jsiilia'ra." n rii-li cvceiitrii'. who was .-hot Idi'ml in New York by his wife, wlio wa« jiii-iiniltril on the ground '.iiat sin , «a< lliri.tfi-linjj her dfiuylitcr'* luinour. j Tin- fnrt nut- wa? tieii nu until -la.-tjue-i iinr niiirri"d or ranie of a.u<. In ordrr to -rf-i-ure her share of il earlier, as -Fac;.|iiplino i> uidy 17. the niothei arranged .for :i marriage in nsnie only, with SudI n an. 'In' son of the detoelivp. However, the two voillip l)Pople fell ill love with •one I'liut'iier -her.<-P the eoniPdv a'lovp related.