The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-16


u,anagst TO be applied 70 in that place on any
PoI breach Of any part Of this article fty cents
"a The calls for the rehearsals will be put up by
the .prompter between the play and the farce, or
earlier o. eyepings Of performance No plea viii be
| the penalties OF non-attendance.
| "5 Any member OF the company unable from the
% & 70 10 and liable 70
- For making the stage wait, three dollars.
after proper time has been allowed for study shall
| 80. A performer introducing his own language or
improneI jests notin the author, or swearing In his
az. Any person talking loud behind tho scenes, to
the interruption Of the performance, to forfeit Ave
"S. Every performer concerned in the first act Of
play to be in the greenroom dressed for perform
snce ton minutes before The time OF beginning, as
performers In the second act to be ready when the
hrst nnishts In ike manner every other act
| ~. EOr refusing, on sudden change Of play or
| farce, to represent character performed by tho
same person before during the season, weeks
| 40. Any member Of the company causing dis.
tur5apee IN any par. Of the establishment vii be
| discharged, at the option OF tile management"
ROMANTIC STORY OF AN ACTRESS.
Miss Logan gives Instances OF many actresses
| who have capiivated rich and titled sutors by
their beauty aud ceverness. Among the stories that
she quotes this point the most interesting Is that
| Of Miss Mendel, o German actress We give tho
| romantic history as we nnd II related In her book
| at Is said that she was the most lovely woman in
Germany, her beauty being Of the true German type
OF the peculiar fairness beheld In no other country
| golden hair, in soft, silky masses, without the
q complexion scarcely ever seen in nature and
almost impossible to produce by artificial means;
white and eyebrows Of the darkest brown. with eyes
o. tho deepest 9lne Al this made such an impress
| yaIia, that ffom the moment no first
| behcid. her. at the Munich Theatre he vowed
himself to the worship Of this idol. But Made
mosello Mendol valiant in defence OF her repu-
tation, and resisted every overture even that Of
was almost out Of his power TO contract any alli-
anee Of the kind, as much was expected OF him by
habit Of wearing velvet collar, with ciasp
mented by single pearl OF great value, which had
been presented to her by the King of saIony, aud in
order TO quell all hope OF success In the bosom OF
her ducal almrer, she declared to him day that
she had made vow to bestow her heart and hand
| on him alone who could match this single pearl
with rs many others as would form The whole mock
lace.
1.-The declaration was made laughingly, for the fair
creature knew well enough that the Duke, living
fully up to his income, could never accomplish this
hercuean task. Soon afterwaId she heard that the
Duke had sold his horses, broken up his establish
ment and gone TO live in strict retirement IN small
night, when about to place the velvet band upon her
neck she found, to her great SURPRISE that second
enough whence L came and smiled sadly at the loss
OF labor she felt sure that Duke Louis was mourning
covered with pears, ali Of them as nne as the one
| bestowed by the King Of saxony, until one evening
great was e rqmor in Augsburg, the fair Mendel
had been robbed; while on the stage Invested of
| nament, in the prison scene, as Bettina Won Arm
stedt her dressing room had been entered. and tho
velvet collar with ts row OF priceless pearls had dis.
appeared HON the toilet table. The event was so
terrible her nerves so shaken, that in spite OF the
poned to be in the theatre at the moment, that no
was to find the thief in very short time for no
| had the clue already, poor MILE Mendel was
come by grief that her memory fhiled her entirely,
so that on returning to the stage not word could
for some time in asionishment at the silence
| maintained by the actress, VINO gazed at the audi
spiration and almost mechanically indeed. she re-
nemberci she had the rehearsal copy of the play in
and began To- read from H. AZ s, Ss
| audience knew not whether to laugh or be angry.
r r d o al
utterancc OF OF the most imprisoned sentiments
OF her speech she hung the rehearsal copy into the
orchestra, and went on with her part without pause
| or hesitation. The applause OF the audience was so
tremendous that OF tho witnesses of the scene has
told us that tbs monster chandelier in the centre Of
the roof swung to and lro with the vibration. But
on her return 70 the dressing room the excitement
| proved too much for her, and she tainted away On
| coming back 10 consciousness, IL was TO hnd Duke
Louis at her feet and the head oomnssaire standing
had been found where are ls.y i0' e ss psaIs
she. i" Are you sure that none missing Have
her neck the string OF pearls, complete at last no
longer sewn the velvet band but strung with sym
| merry, and fastened with a diamond clasp What
| more could be done BY the devoted loyerf He had
spared neither pains nor sacrifice to attain his end
| md Nile. Mendel consented to become his wife Tie
Emperor OF Austria appears to have been much NOV ed
| by the story, and suggested the nomination
Of tho bride elect to the title OF Baroness dc Waller
1 see, which thus equalized the ranks OF the HaarIs
| md enabled them 10 marry without difnculty. They
live tho most retired life possible, in their little
chateau ON Lake sahnberg. They say that the Ouch.
ees Louise OF Bavaria never puts OF, night or day
the necklace OF pearls the clasp Of which s ryetsd
TO her neck, and that in Consequence OF this nae
iarty, she Is known all through the country round
by the name OF the Fairy Perlna, from the old Ger
| man tale OF the Magic Pearl"
Tho book Is illustrated, but very badly.
| The wood cuts feeble in design, and
coarse In execution. Mother Is the style in
| which the work is prepared such as to re.
nect any credit on the taste Of the publishers 1t is
printed on pink paper, tho ny leaves are yellow, the
edges OF the leaves scarlet, and the covers green,
making In all al extraordinarily offensive eombin on
/ OF colors.
| We have said that Miss Logan's book is bright.
and so 1t is; but the style Is overburdened with
egotism. II is careless and hippant writing and
showsa plentiful lack OF discretion and Judgment 40
to what 1t is wise TO say and what to leave unsaid
| There is too much literary reeklessness about t.
The chief merit of the work. and 10 is one that will
20 far to redeem its defects in the opinion Of most
readers, is that It is never duh.