, 1874-11-07

in uontat hernard, coluWl'taa ahli 10 h.ouan =
..,t asSlos' now plecea' i.ot pnnnr ~ .bn
sG enhgee g. nur ros rnaeccssf In ntooo
1,oo "nSfS r, sne s %Ha 't o, In Douarore
1..9, P'eee' nntil s!!o ~. n,aap"as NJ,
w ssae .iro WILLIE w 11nn,ss Ir.' Jncorea ff7nn,
nteeb1s 80 n''1nnu 19a,orr om hfoi}1inn mnIic anon
nStor' ~ f1onn,,inrn" wns brouGbt out d revo-
te French @ sage T4Sy ban'shea .s '4o tho
r 1nra} Ia Port aSdoira, and Curacoa OF the
| na~,o,n n,ny. the current musical extravaganza,
Thern ,yns 70 longor place for Dotnzet IN pnris.
sirE TOOK 70 THE PROVINCES,
| o,d srnnt yoars y.roltjng from place to p1nce,
Sln iii not mako much un,ey, 6ue allo managed
IN iva When slo Ind satiated provincial Curl
oelty plo ratr,ctl to Paris, and, bciu unable to
| ind engagements anywhere, a1lo opened
| fhentro Of her own, nero baptbox far M the
| noloyartls She called 1t Theatre Dejaxot. II
| WIS succoesfu|, She i,al tho honor Of bringing
| out Munu. Snr.lou thora. Ills two frat plays,
I /" In l're do 1t. ueryain" and "MonB. Carat"
Yoro BROUGHT out by her. and It Ia said ho owes
| hor a great many vala,nbIo hnts nhouk the
! proper mods Of managing "atage h,,sineae,"
| lie ia beloved to hnyo bccomo enamorot, of hor
aud Bho Of llitn. groat as was tloir
| disparity Of ago. Those plays brought 4
good deal Of nlonoy to hor. Unfortunately,
sIe Ind no knowledge Of business tic ude
Of debt roso rardIy mid catrod Theatre Ue1azct
to Tue Court Of Bankruptcy. She went again to
! twas hotter than Paris. w1ero there was no
| ),arycst at iii, Tlep, lie war cauuo and el,e
sharc1 tho general ruin. She Ind somo jowcs
left yestiEes Of hnppier days q on their valo aho
drove llor to inlpioro tic hospitality Of ono Of
her old roryants. lIcr fnoutIg discoyorod her
diotrcap, and o-canizcd
nrsrr1r FOR urn,
! nn.sr .,i antrran T., orin u,,noar"I in IL.
"Sta,," w ~ III nra+ +sanr;tn1o rlarcI tho
h,,,ni,to,+ .artu rS,o +mi,i;n ,yo,c noncro,t1.
nnn ront1omun raye eetjo for !, box. IIo most
|
FIX anta tetmr ,,n co,lccton fnr their octorona-
r w.. snNHS Ill., ~ ennGt .unHht ot 1nrat s1o
| mn ,vS,;c, . nor,n,tIca ~ rnnticmon hayo III
@ vcstcd ~ so",,ro snn reves,,lo for Tie tecuyod
ar,otast' o,,nsnrW n.,r " ,nrSnif rf '1'0 F-
~ 1o roto,o .omo .roc,
aotos ~ ~ ~ oe ,,oto,nn cctrnsa:
Wh,Ia noasimT ti,ro,r1, n ANAL provincial
o" ~ tat s,o favnr;ta nctrcas of the htroorp,
whn ha,l Mn vctl int senson III tho towns tic
ntIo, hud that vcry .nurning epraiued her ankle
nnd wnn ,,nnhlo 10 lcnyo hcr cbair. Tha actross'
oronmy "nn md lilo Ind reckotod on its receipts to
pay hssr dobts and to provide . sulhclency
vacation, Mile. Dojazot saw that one
| Of her niocos was announced. sho run to tho
tLoatre ouu o1roved 10 play tho part which the
strolne actress was an,,oiuced I'd ill. Nobody
! Inow hnr nj tbs thoatrp. md tic manager re-
uiicd. HSucl, tl1iug ca1,ppt 10 thought If we
should not taxo in one ccut." Sho ro1oiuod !:
"You arc mistaken. Put paper bar q. Your
bills. writo on tllo bur that lille DoIazet Of the
Taiais "j Hnvai Theatro viii tako vow actrosu'
Mace" 81 huudrei dollars wero tho receipts
poured into tho airolicr's hands. Ono cyoniug
bena,it. She tlcsircd to soo who was In tho
tleatra, and attirci in tho costume OF hcr part,
she went to peer through hole in tho curtain.
| Tho curtaius Of uearlY all thcatrcs hero have
Two holes about 1 feet luclos from tho noor.
! ~. kI,a n}n tn oyhnirn fhH
puJienco, aud, at tho saue time, be themselves
! uunccn, Willie she was pecriug at tho specta~
| tors a trequentcr of tllo ballet corns cano up
iv w. apsrv her I turuod on h and said III her po-
culinr tono (Which eho car mike tho most inso-
| lent over Geard). "You ara mistaken, str,
7- - pos'? nr1oSo nEuE;"
oto her ayor - she uned ear
to ali hs protostatipns Of love. He at last said !:
"But do giyo mo at 1eaat tho aims Of one kiEa. I"
She answerod: "No, no, no, no, no, sir. Ihare
! my owu poor"
She y extremely fond OF tue ,,c, 'heSsFe aS
schoolgirl who vista the play for tho first
time, Quo evening at tho puIais Royal
Theatre sho tailea to appear ut the proper
time, and the actors who we're before n1, ,,'; sMe
public were extremely disconnected. IAo pnbllo
began to mur1nur, and then to lies. and then to
veil, kick, aud threaten to break. Tho actors
fled hahi1ld tho sceues. III the Actsht OF ,;G sno
storm, 1li1e. Deja2et made her appearances. Tho
tempest redoubleu its fury. She walked quietly
to tic footlights smoking . cigar {her part re-
quiredit) aud looked steadily at tho audience,
gu much ns to say: What means this " up
roar?" The storms violence 1nctensed. She
stood. as insoleutiy. cool ~ ever, and
pulled tobacco smole first to the right, then
to the loft. no hiases were hcrcor there
Or hove. lle sbpttle lasted ten = minutes; Al
Inst. tho public, anluael BY Dejazcta air and per,
| tinaoity. laughod l,enrtiiy, and then aprlaudcd
her. When silence WAS restored, sho said, sti
an.oking: "Muy | explain my uupunatualityf e
There was from NIL aldes Of the house cries
"Yes! yeH!' Slle added: !" 1'he key Of my
arcssug-room was lont. 4 lockamith was sent
for. 1t is rare loc!ssmitha ate in their ahopB nj
this time Of evening" and It was some timo be.
fore one could bo fo,lna. All this took time
Tho piece won't on. My turn to appear came,
but, really, could not come on tho stage until
was decclltly lrcssod." The public ai,pIanaed
anl treated her ~ u spoit child the rect Of the
evening,
1tis sa;1 Mile. Doiazat attributes her health
and nnaancine sririts to her habt Of taking q
1snssia,, SntI, Whenever she p1ays. Msle.
Sa;ayei,p snn ia An ascnSiant nns,eiun be onee