Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-06

piano, though that was not her torie-in dancing
! She snatched grace beyond the reach of art
| for she had artless grace. Thus she proceeded
| making samplers and breaking hearts; reading
| romantic tales, and turning rOmancer's heads;
| captivating all who heard her; without condo
scending often to hear from those she had capti-
waited, until she was fifteen. Then when she
was indeed
"A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet fold
ed she saw Armand Vestris the dn,cer,' His
pirouettes turned her brain, and ere she was Six
teen she became his wife. lie was rather gay
that is he led a sad life, which means shcrt and
n,srru one. Madame Ves.ris found no resource
in her husband, and began to husband her own
resources. She did not 60 to Doctors Commons,
her o,cn UiN was her prerogatire court. AS her
husband was absent, she embraced the stage, and
appeared as ProSerpina at the Kings Theatre
After brilliant success, she went to Paris. He
len never delighted the ancient Paris as Madame
w. did the modern. Helen contributed to the
run of ,rar, but Madame was content with the
run of a niece. In that city Of pleasure she had
many sutton that did not suit her. PhOso-
pliers forsook the love of science to study the SCI
ence of love. Poets sang in measures of their
measureess affection. Beranger was derange.
Deputies came in person, and she was three
made her appear. But Monsieur V.'s finances
ceased to 60 right, and in 1890 she appeared in
Drury Lane Theatre. There, at the Haymarket
and Covent Garden was she many season the
envy Of one sex and the delight of the other, when
serious event occurred. / saw her, remem-
Der, all suunness and song. as usual; week
after what reverse; her hair was no longer be-
decked with Ro,csrs, for her form was bedecked
with weeds She was widow. Her beautiful
face peeping forth from her sabes like Aurora
from a dark cloud, or Venus from the 6lack sea.
She looked mure bewitching from the absence
of any apparent witchery; sickness had subdued
the fire mot the beauty Of her eyes; her voice
was more tOuchingly tender: the very moonlight
of sound detraction said much of the years of
codness between her and her husband.
How could she regret him from whom she had
been So long estrangedf' Precious reasoners!-
! Death filings veil over err0r-recalls every i'm
age of former JOY; the sins Of the careless hus.
band lie with him in the oblivion of the narrow
house, whilst every word, every kind deed, re-
turns with sweet melancholy, and knocking at
| the lonely heart, cries, 'remember' She resolv-
ed to become manageress. La vain did WOO
| ers sigh; beaus came full OF tears-her THOUGHTS
were on tiers full of beaus; they spoke OF a mar.
r;aee license she of Chambertnin'S, At length,
swhose love is indeed host Though her sister
only is in America, it is well understood that
both the ladies are in 'Me uaion state The
Olympic Theatre opened-how many have been
iammed to death know not; but the erection of
the Kings college so close, is Of course to give
immediate relief to the nightly sufferers. She
must certainly have studied the art and my stery
of hacker, or she never could have placed in
dividuals TO the amount ESQ nightly, in do
| mus calculated but to contain ESQ
| Madame V. is the best actress that ever sang,
and decidedly the best singer that ever acted
She was born to fascinate the world of fascina-
ton. A man might be satisfied with the charms
of her mind. could he avoid mnding her charms
| With talent to transcend beauty, she has beau
ty as transcendent as her talent Those most
ready to frame faults can find no fault with her
| frame,
Her foot is not half foot. Her eyes have all
the fire of love, with yet lovelier fire-a subdu
Ing softness, that mets while it captivates-the
verv pupils unlike most pupils) seem to love their
! lashes. Her lips are severed cherries. mbued
with their own dew; and the commentary they
form on Horns song Of 'Cherry ripe gave to
that song its popularity. Her ear seems revel-
ling in her ringlets as though it loved the curls
it reposed among. She is so peerless. you can
not fQuu neT. one Will newer StUW V'u, tUT 'tipc,
that dies with others, stands to gaze at her; his
wings are idle, while he is lettering at hers.
She has wit enough to excuse severity, yetgood
nature enough to check her wit. One instance
of tart remark is on my memory. An actress
and spinster (who is very imprudent and very
ugly) was speaking iliberaIy of some ladies. -
you mustn't WONDER said Mrs. ., you know
she is still virgin" 'Yes, verging upon ffy,'
replied Madame.
Madam v. as a singer follo,os no school, she
has formed one-a school in which the heart
breathes music through the lips. 10 her swa
garb she is the beau ideal Of woman; in male at
tire she is indeed an ideal beau-the personifica
ton Of Ganymede or Adonis in their .jureailia. -
She makes love like an angel, Moore caught his
notion of the loves Of the Angels from her. As
an actress she initiates no one; Though many at
tempt) no one has succeeded IN initiating her, for
she is nimitable.
Her laugh is sunshine to the eye, and music
to the ear. She dances as if she did not belong
to the world. As maDageress she is the leader