Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1911 — The Duchess Was Humorous. [ARTICLE]

The Duchess Was Humorous.

Paris. —A changing anecdote is going the .rounds of Paris concerning a duchess well known in Parisian society for her charity. An old beggar whom the procession of vehicles going to the Grand Prix had attracted to the Champs-Elysees was given a franc by a passer-by. The old man, while testing the coin on the pavement, saw it disappear under the railings of a garden.- He rang the bell and begged the footman who opened the door to look for the franc. The footman went away and, coming back after a little while, said: “Your franc has not been found.” Blank dismay overclouded the beggar’s face, until the footman added: “But this has been found,” and handed the beggar a 20-franc piece. While the beggar cheerfully went on his way the charitable duchess, ~who had been sitting all the time within her garden, smiled at the success of her little joke.