Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-02-20
The Late Med Rachel.
The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Express, in his last letter, writes as follows:

inc Harls correspondent Of the New York
Express, in his last letter, writes as follows
RAcHEL's ELDEST SON.
Rachel's eldest con. boy about II. whose
| father is GDuI.s Walewski, il being educated
at Geneva and knew nothing Of his mother s
death. \ friend of mine was requested 10
see the Minister Of Foreign Affairs on this
subject aud inquire from him il he did not
thiCk it lifting that the boy should be present
| at the funeral which takes place o.morrUw
bat Count Walewski said he did not deem it
hy any means necessary, aud that IL would
only cause the child sad and disacreeabie
impression. Most people imagine ,hat the
real facts is, that the Minister for Foreign
Affairs does not choose that the crowd at
Rachel's funeral should say, There. that
young lad, who is chief mourner. and Rachers
SOP, 10 the son also OF NJ. Walewski, the
irst minister of the empire" Besides this.
many would have added Ten or twelve
years back, that boys father prosecuted Ra-
chel, the actress, TO become his wife and
what was then termed her good sense, and
the friends who surrounded and besoupht
not to think of such thing alone prevented
the murrlnge." Az this might n1t.be parti-
cuarly tattering to N Walewsli, lust now.
so the young Alexander Napoleon Vscnunt
Wnlewski (for he is perfectly acknowledged J
is left in bis school at Geneva, and kept from
the public eye.
HER AvARIcE, ETc.
Many papers are literally full of Rachel
only, snd anecdotes and biographical notices
cram their columns. All prove superabun
dainty the existence Of the frightfulIy avari-
cious disposition With which the ilustr!ous
tragedian has often been taxed, and the mean
and intensely Jewish propensiiics for which
the whole Of the Felix family were so reuar-
kable. One nnccdnte is told to illustrate
this which shows that, with Rachel, scrdid-
ness got the better Of certain desire to
shCw off which nevertheless very strong in
her. She had asked TO dinner fifteen great
people, such as the Due de Nouilles aud
others, TO meet 81 NJ. Pousard. Angler, and
some Ui their dramatic colleagues. The din
ner cost l200f. but she was TO furnish the
dessert.
Accordingly, in the mourning of the day
fixed, she drove with friend to Chevels,
aud ordered very handsome dessert. When
this was done, Choyet pointed cut to her u
colossal pine apple, sent direct from the
Antilles, saying, There is what you should
have in the middle" Tie prce was asked
10 francs aud Rachel exclaimed that she
could not think OF such Il .hiag but still she
lpnged Tor the pine apple, and at last said to
Cheyet, Gould yon not let me have 1t Tor
few hours p Cheyet smiled aud at last con-
sented, as il was for Mademoselle Rachel
The dinner was eaten, and at dessert the
guests grew gay, until at last the Duc dc San
TedVrc, observing To his neighGor that no one
had yet thought OF the pIuo apple in the
middle Of the table, stretched forth his arm
aud plunged his knife into the heart of the
golden fruit. A shris.l so trngical that 1t
terrified every one present, butst from Ra-
chefs lips, ind she turned pale (eyen for her J;
but the !urit was ruined and Ponsard asked,
in an under tone, of the person reXt 10 him,
DO you think Rachel has under her left
breast pine apple instead Of q heart?' The
incident rau all over Paris in twenty-IUur
hours, aud the ne apple Of 70 francs was
the standing joke Of every saloon Tor fort
sight.
With all this avarice, however, Rachel was
nst behind hand in generosity when her own
tribe was concerned. She would grumble
for whole evening if she lost 80 sons at
cards among her brothers and sisters but il
any Of these asked for u couple Of hundred
pounds 10 any emergency, she was always
ready to lend them. This, however, ouly re.
lated to her own immediate family and TO IA
small knot of jew iniimatrs !; Tor all the rest
Of the world she was avarice itself, and went
10 further than promises of assistance, OF
which coin she was snsularly lavish. She
used, Gt every slant, TO promise gifts OF all
kinds jewels, pictures, &c.-but she never
really gave anything.