The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-20

shall forfeit five dollars.
80. A performer introducing his own language
or improper ests not in tile author or swearing IN
his part, shall forfeit five dollars.
az. ANY person talking loud behind the scenes,
to the interruption OF tile performance, TO forfeit
! five dollars.
rs. Every performer concerned In the first act
OF play to be In the green-room dressed for per-
formance ten minutes before the time or Begin
ming. as expressed In the bis, or to forfeit five
| dollars. The performers In the second act to be
ready when the first finishes. In like manner
every other act.
80. For refusing on sudden change OF play
or farce, to represent q character performed by
the same person before during the season,
weeks salary shall be forfeited.
40. Any member OF the company causing q
disturbance In any part OF the establishment VIII
be liable to the forfeiture OF weeks saary, OF 20 o
be discharged, at the option OF the management"
ROMANTIC STORY OF AN ACTRESS.
Miss Logan gives instances Of many actresses
who have captlvated rich and titled suitors by
their beauty and cleverness. Among the stories
that she quotes on this point, the most interest,"
ing Is that OF Miss Mendel q German actress. We
give the romantic history as we find 1t related In
her book:
"It is said that she was the most lovely woman
In Germany, her beauty being OF the true German
country-goiien hair, in soft, silky masses, with
ont the smallest tinge OF auburn--pure gold-un-
FURNISHED; complexion scarcely ever seen In
nature, and almost impossible to produce Dy
ARTIFICIAL .IleauSt ups vi utCp CdIuutloI, tCSLh
small aud exqulstely white, aud eyebrows
OF the darkest brown, with eyes OF the
deepest hue. All~this made such an i'm
preston on the heart OF the Duke Louis OF Baya-
the Munich Theatre he vowed himself to the wor;
ship OF this one idol. But MademOsee Mendel
was valiant in defence Of her reputation, and re-
sisted every overture, even that OF marriage, on
tile part OF the Duke well knowing that IL was
almost out Of his power to contract any alliance
OF the kind, as much was expected OF him by MS
family. AT that time Mile. Mendel was IN the
habit OF wearing velvet collar, with clasp Or
namented by e single pearl OF great value, which
had been presented to her By the King OF Saxony,
and In order to quell all hope Of success In the
bosom other ducal admirer, she declared to him
one day that she had made VOW TO bestow her
heart and hand on him alone who could match
this single pearl with as many others as would
form the whole necklace.
The declaration was made aughingly, for the fair
creature knew we'll enough that the Duke, living
fully up to his income, could never accomplish
this hercuean task. Soon alterWard she heard
that the Duke had sold his horses, broke up his
establishment, and gone to live In strict retire
ment in small cottage belonging to his Drother's
park. That very night, when about to place the
velvet band upon her neck, she found, to her
great surprise, that second pearl had oeen
whence It came, and smiled sadly at the loss or
labor she felt sure that Duke Louis was ncurring
for loves sake. BY degrees the velvet band pc
came covered with pearls, all OF them as fine as o.
the one bestowed By the King OF Saxony, until
one evening great was the ruInor in Augsburg,
the fair Mendel had been robbed; while on the
stage divested OF ornament, In the prison scene,
as Bettina Won Armstedt, her dressing room had
been entered and the velvet collar, Win lts
row OF priceless pearls, had disappeared from
the toilet table. The event was so terrible, her
nerves 80 shaken, that In spite OF the assur.
ance OF the chief OF police magistrate, who hap
penCd to be in the theatre at the moment, that
he was sure to find the thief In very short time,
for he had the clue already, poor Mlle Mendcl was
taf hat l.nr
entirely, so that on returning to the stage not
word could she remember OF her part. The au-
dence waited for somc time in establishment at
the silence maintained by the actress, who gaZed
at the audience In piteOus embarrassment Until
by sudden inspiration and almost mechanically,
indeed, she remembered she had the rehearsal
copy Of the play In the pocket or her apron. She
drew 1t forth without hesitation, and began to
read from 1t. AT hrst the audience knew not
whether to laugh or be angry, but presently me-
mory, pathos, furgeifulness OF oil but her art had
returned to Mile. Mendel, and In the utterance OF
one OF the most impassloned sentiments OF ner
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 one OF
s ensteF 81 e is ne eeare q the
swung to and fro with The vibration. But on her
return 10 the crossing the excitement PROV
ed too much for her, and she tainted away. Un
coming back to consciousness, It was to find
Duke Louis at her feet, and tile head conTntSSdi7e
standing by her side, bidding her take courage
for the pearls had been found. "Wllcre are theyf"
exclaimed she. "Are you sure shat none are
missing? Have none been stolen ?" Duke Louis
then clasped round her neck the string OF pearls,
complete at last no longer sewn on the velvet
with q diamond clasp. What more could be done
by the devoted loverP He had spared neither
palms nor sacrifice to attain his end, and Mile.
Mendel consented to become his wife. The En-
peror OF Austria appears to have been much
moved by the story, and suggested the nomina-
tion of the bride elect to the title OF Baroness de
Wallersee which thus equalized the ranks OF the
Guilty They live the most retired life possible in
their little chateau on Lake Stahnberg. They say
that the Duchess Louise OF Bavaria, never puts
Off, night or day. the necklace OF pearls, the clasp
OF which Is rivetted TO her neck, and that in con-
sequence OF this peculiarity, she Is known all
through the country round by the name Of the
Fairy Perllna, from the old German tale OF the
Magic Pearl"