A CURIOUS ACTION.
A curious action is now pending before a civil tribunal in France having its origin in a most disastrous practical joke perpetrated upon the : «tage. Mdlle Lina Munte and Mdlle Helene Petit were both engaged in' L'Assommoir" at - the in the at the'washhouss it)w^Mthe. pail of cold wate? ove?r the' latter. Even'realiemjlioweveiyiks ita'litaits, and the; water Was always made lukewarm, until one night Mdlle Munte threw real cold water as a practical joke. This ..exquisite pleasantry was the cause of an attaqk of pneumonia, from whioh Mdlle. Helene Petit, or as she really was, Mdme Marais, died. M. . Marais, her husband, who is a [jjroung and successful actor at the Gymnase, threw oip his part the other day without assigning any reason, and the action now. being tried is one being defended by ,the celebiated is that Mdlle'Munte has been engaged for the samepjjsefe/an «tths.M;Manas' oould - not bring herself to : act scenes fiill of love .iand' ; -tenderness with the young lady Vhoae practical joke had caused his jrife's fotal ilhießS. sls court had given its decision. butM. considered! ' wise. Even self-control, aiid-!he .iiig&fy; easily have ? been tempted his wife's - > death. 'L . • ' jf
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 25 September 1883, Page 2
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195A CURIOUS ACTION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 25 September 1883, Page 2
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