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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH ,20, 1921, Furious at the Insult She Hunted Up Mile. Renouardt at the Cafe Claridge and Tore Parisian Beautys Hair, Face and Smashed Her Own Pfcarl Necklace ' v A' V ? AS A- - y n- Mile. Renouardt, the Popular French Stage Beauty, Who Was Believed to Have Sent the Dead Cat to Mile. Campbelle. PARIS, March 7. ADEMOJSELLE JACQUELINE CAMPBELLE, the exquisite Paris Ian actress and mould of fashion, was talcing her light breakfast In bed the other morning. Tho maid brought in her mail and also a large beautifully decorated box. That box immediately attracted her attention. It made her heart beat. She felt sure It was a gift --a peace offering from an extremely wealthy admirer with whom she had recently had a disagreement. Anyway, it must be a gift from some admirer. Perhaps it was a diamond tiara, but more probably a superb piece of fur or a new creation In hats Bring me that box, Celeste, cried Mile. Campbelle excitedly, rising up In her dainty robe de nult. The box was tied up very securely. The stubborn knots were a severe trial to pretty Jacquelines patience. She got the lid off Then she started Impatiently to search tor the precious treasure within. She pulled out layer after layer of filmy paper. At last she reached the object that, had been carefully concealed within all these wrappings. At the same time a dreadful odor smote her nose. The box contained a miserable, long dead cat! Jacquelines hopeful, expectant mood Immediately changed Into rage and tears. She suspected at once who had sent the dead cat It was her rival, Mile. Jane Renouardt, a beautiful and talented actress, bnt a very merciless enemy. Mile. Campbelle had for a time rivalled Mile. Renouardt In the regard of a very wealthy and rather fickle yohng millionaire. From that moment Mile. Campbelle was possessed with bat one thought and deThat was to have revenge termination. on Mile. Renouardt for the dead cat insult That very afternoon Jacqueline met Jane Renouardt In Clarldges Hotel, one of the moat fashionable resorts In Paris especially at tea time.. . "Ah, cat! exclaimed Mile. Campbelle, "I will teach yon to Insult me by sending me a dead body of your family "Little camel of the boulevards! refl torted Renouardt . ' As she spoke Jacqueline rushed at Re pouardt and scratched her beautiful. face... The Galllo blood of the two girls, which leads to snch awful fury, wae thoroughly aroused. They lost all sense of refinement dignity and feminine delicacy, such as characterized them In their ordinary life The fashionable idlers In the hotel were treated to a contest which many of them thought more Interesting than the Carpen-tie- r Dempsey fight was ever likely to he. Mile. Renouardt drew first blood with a long left handed scratch on Jacqueline Campbelle' right cheek Jane Is known as a hard hitter and is said never to have had th worst of any physical encounter. Her many admirers glowed with enthusiasm over her success, without, of rourse, being so vulgar as to cheer and root as they would have done at a real prize fight Jacqueline Campbelle, though lighter than her antagonist, did some very clever 99b-wor- She stepped back, disengaging herself from the tearing nails, and quickly countered with a tug that let down Jane's hack hair. Jane) replied with a swift body blow that took away Jacquelines breath and made her relinquish her hold on the others hair. right-han- d f Jacqueline remained speechless for almost a minute. The two enemies glanced at one another with looks of unutterable hate and contempt. Then they recovered their speech. "Little bunch of trash from Montmartre,-accethis one, said Renouardt, as she smartly pulled her adversarys nose. And take this from me, you cat!" retorted Jacqueline, her face flushed with fury. Aa she spoke, she smashed Jane's exquisite, costly Rue de la Palx hat down over her eyes. This hurt seriously and Jane replied with what looked like a dangerous kick and some of the spectators began to think of the French for Foul! In the struggle poor Jacqueline's beautiful string of pearls was pulled off her neck and the gems Were scattered In every direction. When Jacqueline saw her precious jewels scattered she gave forth a hysterical shriek that brought the rest of the staff of the hotel, who had not been already attracted by the fracas. A pearl hunt was organized and after scouring thoroughly the room, overturning furniture. uplifting rugs and disorganizing the place completely, 162 pearls were recovered. But Jacqueline, bordering upon hysteria, refused to be consoled, for she said there' were 198 pearls In the rope andinsisted them. upon having Further search failed to reveal the lost gems, and, on tha Insistence of Jacqueline, the manager promised to have the heating arrangement dismantled and a search made in the conduits. This only partially satisfied the fair Jacqueline, for she left the hotel hurriedly to run to the police magistrate to enter a complaint against Jane Renouardt, not only for assault, but for tho loss of her pearls, either by her or "some unknown person,", as the French legal form is. She placed A value on the string of pearls of 60,000 francs. The next day a wrecking crew appeared at the hotel, demolished tho heating and examined the spaces through which the pipes were run right down to the holler. Their efforts were rewarded by finding 14 missing pearls still strung oa a thread, which were taken by the hotel manager to the police station. There the magistrate called an expert to examine the pearls and be did not .hesitate to declare that the only thing genuine about them was the string upon which they were strung. Jacqueline denied this and frantically insisted upon the return of the other 22 pearls. The polite hotel manager wanted to he obliging, but told Jacqueline that the most thorough search possible, without entirely demolishing the hotel, bad only resulted in the 14 gems being found. He Intimated that the expense already Incurred by the demolition of the installation of the hotel had scarcely been justified by the estl-mated value of (be Jewels found. pt Ah, cat! exclaimed Mile. Jacqueline Campbelle 7 I will teach you ft insult me by sending me a dead body of your family Little camel of the boulevards ! retorted Renouardt . As She Spoke Jacqueline Rushed at Renouardt Clawing Her Face with Her Finger Nails and Tearing at the Famous Beauty's Hair. 1 b She pulled out layer aff.er layer of filmy paper. At last she reached the ob ject that had been carefully concealed within all these wrappings. At the same time a dreadful odor smote her nose. The box contained a miserable, long dead cat I ri - Mile, Jacqueline Campbelle the Parisian Fashion Plate Who Scratched the Hair of Mile. Renouardt. In olden times history tells us that occasionally women were atoned. They are still, but the stones come from the rue de la Palx. In this case, however, they seem tea have been made by a very skilled manufacturer of artificial pearls. When the two beauties came to confront each other in the police magistrate's office. It looked at if there was going lo be a repetition of the incident at Clarldges, but the wise forethought of the Justice had placed three gentlarmer In position to Intervene when necessary. In a halt hour's hearing they were only called upon three times. Having given vent to her rage the day before, Jane seemed to be more tractable at the bearing. She said tbat abe really ' didn't Intend to do bodily harm to Jacqueline, but merely wished to give ber a severe correction that she deserved for the great harm she had done." 4 Jacqueline sat there, a discreet arrangement of cosmetics disguising the injuries to her face, almost In a musing mood, evl- -- (C) 1121, lotinuUMiAl PfAteft Bsrrkt, lac dently thinking If Jane was able to accomplish what she did without intention she would have done something awful if ahe had put her mind opon it. The evidence about the falsity of the Pearls was received by Jane Renouardt with a smile of triumph. Aa she was leaving her lip curled In disdain and ahe remarked: "False pearls! He wouldnt have jdaredjo offer .them to m!" The cruel war between the two beauties baa its origin In a very sdrlous matter. Once the two actresses were very dear friends. Mile. Renouardt enjoyed the friendship and admiration of one of the richest men In France. He is known as the Steel King" in France and as the Sugar King" in Belgium. This double king la sometimes called the modern Don Juan, fo he rarely falls to make the acquaintance of the newest beauty of the day. Thus It happened that (be young, fresh and beautiful Mile, Camp-.bell- e attracted blm fot a time, and thereby Onl Srluia Stttata I enraged' the high spirited young artiste who had the earlier claim on him. His generosity toward Mile. Renouardt naturally made her resent any Inroad on his effectlons by His admiration another. of ber art was measured in millions. He not only made a sort of trust In the theatrical world - of Paris by buying up a number of theatres, but be Is now building a new theatre for Jane Renouardt herself. It Is to be the Jewel box of Jean Renouardt'a art She is to manage the place and act In plays that have been specially written for her by the great playwrights of France. In the theatre a handsome apartment Is being built for Jane, in which there will be a large studio where she will do her studying and rehearsals. Mile. Jacqueline Campbelle had an admirer who was scarcely less aealhy He "had or Important and Pulled highly artistic conceptions of nat styles for women should be and used Jacqueline as a sort of canvas upon whlcn be painted In handsome materials his idea. Both the men were friends, as well aa the women. Numerous unhappy disagreements occurred in Jacqueline's menage, and at these tad times gallant Don Juan of Renouardt felt tbat he ought to console her. At Deauville las. Summer Jacqueline found her Don Juan paying attentions. to a very pretty New Vork woman, and created some excitement by deliberately smacking the face of her wealthy friend. This ended Jacquellcee romance for a rime and Renonardt's friend came to sympathize with her. But he must have been too sympathetic at least, to please Jane-- tor after this the ten former Inseparable girl friends were never seen together Tbe and fight is tbe latest of several dramatic episodes In which Jane Pcnouardt has figured. Every month or so the performs a little balr-pullln- g pearl-rcatterln- g act In some very public place that arrests the attention of Paris. About a year ago the open admiration of ber Don Juan for another Parisian artiste, Clara Tambour, who was appearing at a theatre in which the lucky man was a caused Jane to Insist upon the discharge of this too attractive young perClara, in revenge, then conceived the conspiracy of the malodorous bouquet, which became famous. She hired a earnest or Parisian "sandwich man to throw the bouquet of flowers steeped in asafoetlda In the face of Renouarat as she came from the Capuclnes Theatre. Jane discovered the plot, secretly overbid Clara Tambour for the services of the camelot who was to perpetrate the insult, changed the decoration of the bouquet to chocolate cream, and had a friend impersonate her to receive It Renouardt watched tho incident from her automobile on th Boulevard, near the theatte, to detect Clara Tambours complicity. She discovered her enemy eeated In an automobile nut far from whore the rcene was to take place, waiting anxiously lor the thrill of satisfaction she thought she was going to have. The man was arrested before he accomplished his commission and the next dy Jane Renouardt brought Clara Tambour oefore a police magistrate to obtain satisfaction and tor punishment The trial caused great amusa-mr- t among Parisians and was decided in a manner which was ci editable to neither. -- The feud between Jane Renouardt and Jacqueline Campbelle began shortly after this.- - They had up to this time been bosom' friends, always together, creating sensations wherever they went by the wonderful manner In which tuny were gowned and Vhen they entered a wore their dresses. casino gambling woo.d cease In order that tbe crowd could admire the startling creations they wore. Before thtir had pun- shed an actor named Ft Marcean for burlesquing her too outrageously in a review. Tbe peppery little actress selected the moment when the popular actor, in his best clothes, was on tbe lawn of the fashionable Longrhamps race course. The President of trance sat in his bos looking on. Up cams Mile Renuuardt, and after a few brief, snappy remsraa to St. Marceau she belabored him so thoroughly with her exquisite parasol that she smashed It. son. -- Jane-Renou- ardt -- g |