The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-06-23
Anecdotes of Rachel.

Versailles. 1t was terribly cold. Some three
or four intimate friends were invited to this rep.
resentation. and consented to go and hear CHINA
for the twentieth time.
. After the play we will return together
said Rachel and make little party at supper"
They went to Versailles. Rachel was received
with a shower of bouquets and general enthusi
Asm, and at midnight. Rachel her mother and
her friends, took fiacre, the driver of which
Father Poudret, had been attached to the stables
of the Count of Provence, and had been given
by him to the King of Spain, in 1891 before the
departure of the princes to foreign lands The
horses were IS old as Father Poudret, and the
frozen ground made the road difficult They ar
rived at Paris near the Vero Dodat passage.
Madame Felix rung the bell, and turning tow
ards her frozen aud starved companions, said
,,"Good'night, gentlemen; think we shall
all sleep we'll"
One whom the celebrated actress saw often
who had done her service, and who knew her
mama Tor making promises, resolved to seize
the ball on the rebound on the first occasion.
One day he was admiring the pattern of the Ia
pestry OF chair. She said to him
= worked it myself, and this chair served
me IN my last illness. Does it please you
Take it." ..t
g Indeed! chair that weighs forty kilo-
grammes at least. All, well, L accept it, and
shall take it home on the head of the next por-
ten"
So said, so done and Rachel did not know
whether to laugh or cry when she saw the
porter, who came as soon as the visitor went
out.
She took little care however, of what was Civ
en- her. During her representations at Rouen
she made the acquaintance of young poet of
that region, who had celebrated her success in
enthusiastic verses. This poet offered her, and
she accepted with the most marked zeal, a med
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augeratlOn or the Statue of Camille. Some
weeks after, the poet came to Paris, and went
to visit NJ. Dennery. He recounted to him the
reception his present had received, and said
that Rachel had sworn never to part with it.
Will you bet with me - said the author.
" l will bet that before eight days, this medal
which she was never to part with, will be given
to me, and that will show it to yon.'
I" You are joking"
6 Not at al and even forty~eight hours will
be enough 20 get it into this drawer"
9 And if ask only twenty-four hours-two
hours--eVen minute-"
And opening TIE drawer he exhibited the med
al to the Supplied poet.
Rachel had sworn in good faith, but the oath
had gone out OF her memory, and the bronze
had slipped from her fingers
She liked declarations of love, and was much
pleased iii her intimacies to name aspiraRts to
her favor, and often laughed at their passion
One among them, who was as large, accord
ing to her lrUnlcal expression, as dog sitting
down. had the delicate idea of causing to be
painted i'll water coors the inn near Arase
where she was carried after her birth, which
is said to have thken place in a wagon HeI
offered her this little picture on her birthday
She was touched with the present. but think
did not keep is long.
In l845 she made proposal of marriage TO a
literary man, who had shown much sympathy
with her for several months. This gentleman
was young and in love ; he thought that his ht-
tie patrsmony and the products OF his pen, would
allow him to be independent of the talents of
his wife he would rot allow himself to think
of the dangers of the husband of an actress, sup
porting himself by some exceptions he &C
cepted the offer AT the end of a few days, he
went as usual to pas, the evening with the act
ress. Rachel appeared much. disturbed. and a
dialogue in German, interrupted by long pauses,
took place. At last he succeeded in hearing
from Sarah solution of the riddle. At dinner
a family scene had taken place--it had been
very violent. Rachel had sworn to quit paris
and had just sent to engage three places in the
coupe OF the Marseiles diligence, which started
the next morning. She meant to go with her
chamber maid and her sister. But what would
she do on reaching Marseillee She did not
know. Her father would have summoned his
daughter back, and the Theatre Francois would
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was not necessary. The imprecatons came to
an end, the fire Of straw was extinguished, the
reconciliation was signed the next day But
the lover, having understood that he was not
taken into consideration in the matter, wisely
concluded to accept the hint.
Another project Of marriage was still more Sc.
rIous. 1t concerned journalist Il man of great
heart land of character which cOntrasted strange
ly with the fantastic nature of Rachel. The lat
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editor. He was presented by her to her family
and the marriage was concluded on at the Roch-
er de Cancale, at a dinner where all the guests
were OF democratic opinion. The demand was
officially made by the young man to Madame
Felix, and accepted by her. On their return
from party of pleasure at Montmorency, Ra-
chel threw herself weeping into the arms of her
sister, saying that he did not love her, and that
the marriage must be broken off, at any cost
Restless as the waves" AS Shakespeare says of
woman, this expression applied especially to
Rachel. The lover released her from her prom
Use, He was playing at the loser wins" His
friends and he had many, congratulated him.
Another lover, large, young, handsome and
titled boy, very much in love. all those who
visited her were, was obliged to cease suddenly
from his attentions and quit France under the
following circumstances NJ. P, a great
proprietor and peer Of France, was very much
devoted to her. lie was a man still i'll the Wig
or of life, though from ffty-fve to sixty years
old. The visits of the young lover x I'M
doubleday ispleased him, and he wrote letter
to Rachel, more or less paternal, in which the
moral character tx was attacked in a sim
gle phrase. She must Danish from her saloon
this suspected person. Theioutrage was bloody.
Rachel showed the letter to her mother, who
imprudently communicated the note to x.
A few hours after he met NJ. P on the Bou-
evard de Capuchns, addressed him, and struck
him with his whip across his face in manner
to draw blood. The police was called and began
their pursuit, but Y Immediately procured
a passport and reached Brussels. He met there
a young Spanish lady Of the Bourbon family,
married her, and thus, stroke of the whip made
him brother-in-law of the King Of Spain.
Written declarations were not wanting. The
most original that have seen was that of Alfred
de Musset, who joined in his offer invitation
for her to grace with her presence a lunch that
he would give in honor OF the great tragedienne.
She refused