, 1872-10-24
ALEXANDRA DUMAS, Fills.

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boy about from hand to hind as an prtstc Hst cnri
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az wnicn age n.s tatne5 plaSeo I9ii o1 nanS,
notea ~ Tr M1s uanus, auu epoAe ~ tms Pate5nal
mage a ai uatl .n11ltt1 9 - nanle " tneA-
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a Las anun1y 10y az @na zn ahuse yourself, "nep yon
asS speas a1t sua'i Jgn m eusal nase n1G.9; yJ9
eof.l. uso's, WI pay tnsm. Notnlng coule'
Ve pamner ot t,n niorq conauelve 70 moIaliy:
Lonng on9'95 W B slsa" hinseI neauong INTO ne
aaht ra,n ~. t1n,t ~, I'LL M o nHo
dent, afsw, wltnont @ stint or bcrqple On hs well
p4eased lAtneI, ana "as never lectufed oy the
Iather, M save on me. meannesa OF Parslmony'
Bnt TINS neasthy sort OF existence must necessa-
Is!y experience cnegKs wen 1ather anu son 1oen
lead it together: Ihe elder Dumas Practlsed all
he preasneu; anu py degrees Inc casa-noWis on
nus oesk lnls money Was never locked up IN
drawers, bat lay IN nowls, open TO oil comere)
eesan 70 DC more and more often empty. One
Gay %hen hls son came 70 leVy suPphcs from
tnem en-. he Ionna they were IN possession OF 1he
baults, along with the rest OF the houses furn!-
tare ana though MS 1atner q cried TO hl1n Win
one OF ms nearly laugns thet thls was noth1ng.
tbs tn little episode set young Dumas thinking
should hna himself face 10 face with lis own
as M %
sister % to av be t that e5s
material thonghts mingled "'th these,
and told him that the Life he had been
spending was not very noble one. and that
man mas other mlssaons 70 1ulht than those
OF rolling about bo1leya1ds I1;I IN phaeton and
signing his name to q US. Anyhow, the reso-
luton he took in the course OF one day, and I'M
h1nohingly adhered to during several years, re-
Vealed IN INN hrmness OF character and an
honesty OF purpose which could not have come
nate. he severed himself completely from his
former mode OF living, bis friends, and aasocia-
tions. He discarded his phaeton and grooms,
sub-let ms hne Lodgings, sold on ms furniture,
1tore, told them with frankness that be was un,
able TO pay them then, but that ~ Il they would
etqe nun tlno no Wou1o Wofh w ne had dis-
charged rs oongatlons TO tue last 1artnlng'
creditors met tins assurance IN q believing
splrt; but the fact 1s they tried to lodge him IN
Cnchy; He elnded them, however, took refuge
at Fontalnoieau IN q small lnn.room: for which
years, worked like man. He had already writ
ten novel, an absurd BOOK, called 3. Les AVen-
lures de Quatre Femme, OF dun Perroquet."
ae now changed nus style, and, percoiVlng that
he had not imagination enough to compose sen
aatlonai novels, Ike bis father, set himself to
the minute, analytical portrayal OF such social
manners as he had observed. As his lot had
been cast IN the very loosest OF social
spheres, LA Dame aux Camelias
was the first result Of his observations. This
novel was O fair success. Then he wrote
the dramatszed q Version OF the tale, and submit
ted it to his father, Who, not auspecting him OF
haVlng much nraahs, Eas staftied at TUG dram.
AUG power Of the work, ana with tears Of pride,
aa m ne hlmsen o1ten repeated, accepted 1t Tor the
Iheetre II H1storlque. ihls theatre, however,
like many other undertakings OF the great mans,
was at this time On the eye Of bankruptcy, and
young dumas was soon Obliged to get off with
lasted two years.. Oddly enough it was in most
cases his name which damaged him. Alexander
Dumas, the elder, having been the most success
fnl author Of twenty preceding years, had natur-
ally accumulated very satisfactory collection
OF rivals and it was feared that some Of these
would pc only too delighted to hit blow at the
father by organizing 3 caba1 against the son.
Other managers took alarm at the immortality OF
the drama, and this immortality also disquieted
the authorities; TOR when - Ia Dame aux Came
has" was eventually accepted by the Vaudeville,
its performance was prohibited BY the home |
minister, II. Leon Faucher. ls it to this that
ne must attribute III. Dumas dlstaste for Re- !
publican institutions Certain it i5 that, the
11o4o|lng year. "hen the empire mad neen estab- !
Ashed, a. de Morny actively bestlrred himself to
get the piece Licensed, and Of course succeeded.
Ae had NICE little theory Of nls own, thus ~ de
hiofny, On the morality OF stage pleces. Every |
piece WAS Receptacle aceotolng 70 his notlone, SO
long as It e3citeo the pnnlc to tax on other top.
lcs than poh1lcs; thns - - M Dame aux Gamellas'
Woula pe mora ana "huy blas' not 60 90: The moral
piece was therefore performed IN 1867, and took !
me actofs VINO Rlayed ~ fhe manager, the audi
enee, anu Hoon tn9 Wnole to"n, oy storm. It
wa Vas tne moet staftnng success on record. =, n.
5oiu Dnmas aslon'shea cIeh1ors emerged nom Their
.ai5s, a Rouncea upon nun. ana haa MN arrested
eignt @ LINES wltaln 1oltnieht. but the mana,
eer was tnere 10 pay 1oT 1he Young author had