, 1874-11-07
DEJAZET.
The Great French Actress.
a Sl1etch Of Her Cnrecr-..Somo
Anecdotes.

Paris Correspondence afthe Doafot Ga-t,tc.
Do}nzot IL not dead, noither ID she In tho
hospital. Her fato Ia worae she Ia altvo, md
dependent upon public charity. All tho money
she has received (n1,t how much that has hesn
you may reckon When tell you tho lowest esti-
1natu Of l,or t.cb.B sots thou down At s40,UoU-a
fortuno) during the eixty-Avo or seventy yeare
ehe llaH bosn Oil tho Hsago linH melted away AZ
fast nn It reached hor handu. slio was 30 poor,
whom tho public went to llcr rellef, AZ to bo ro-
duccd to tho necessity of sharing tho gairct,
bod, aud hoard Of ono OF hor Old aoryants. ahe
had literally nothing loft tor--not evon money
ouough to hug loaf Of broad. Iiad her OLD
servant not taken pity on llor .,.s Eho must ha7o
GONE 70 THE poOn-l1ou6E.
Dejazot In tho Poor tIouso! It would llavo poen
1an,entaL!o but Paris, afl great Cities arc tn'!
Of Just such distressing o1Atnrlo6. IAcse IL, NJ
this hour, n,any woman who once (wlcn hor
chook WA lriIltnnt, her form full. aisd twenty
springs OIL hor hoad) could not 1loop. oScept In
ea,nbrio muslin, or dino oxeept OIL silver plato.
but who now, even moro filthy lha', ragged,
Which euablu Ter to liyo--if such mn existoneo
nav lo digulc1 with that name. Ther thought
summer would lant forever. qna tho gold Hood
wonla continue to How iuto their hnnns. When
thoy wore uuleccivcd, 1t waH too late to begin to
save for Tho wet dayA. Tho wet days lad come.
How OLD Is pEJAzET
has long beon s debated question hero. Sllo
either did not know, Q: pretended not lo kno =,
hor ngc. Tho question has been nettled. Hero
ts her certificate of birth: =" 9'ho 10 Frnctidor,
An VI Il. O.. 1 Sopt., 1709), this birth ,yaa reg:
iBtered: Pauline Vhglnie WAS born day baioro
rcsterdny go Aug.), at a. M: nna {st.) Anttro
calls, daughter OF Joan Dejuzet. tailor, 53 years
old, native Of villofranche Rlono-aua-Loiro
County, and Of Charlotte Aac1eonao Le Conte.
30 years uld, native OF Royon, Pas do Calais
ssph oqH rns s,seo in !" nfr X Ks est tSsso
pod from it. Andre dos Arts aud from
st. Joseph's Parish. I1iH showa Milo. Do
jazet to 10 II years and month old. sho waa
tho Bsaeo. There wero then ii, Paris two chill
t]rc,,'s theatres Il mean stagos whoro tho parts
wore filled only by chilren), one, 1suo dc Dondy,
! the other, Ruo DO Thtonvillo (the 1tua Dauphino
and subsequently ut tho lptter It WIS hero Rilo
made her first great hit. At that tl,no picco
(Which Ia atill fanlonB). " FaIchon Ia Viellouae,"
was attracting all ralis to tho Vaudeville
with great applause. Tho great ss'Gcesa of tho
day was played at tho children's theatre, and
doon all Paris rang with praises OF " Mile. !ir-
ginie, tho infant prodigy who played fancho',
was so much pleaBed she advHed tho nanagor OF
lilo Vaudeville to ongago tho infant prodigy. He
did 30, and aBked hessrs. Dunlcrsan aud Doui!ly
to write piece fer , haf They wf9o 2 La bss
expressly for Nile. Virginis. she was them II
years old.
HER SUCCESS
Was worry great. Unfortunately her health broke
under this lifo Of constant excltcmcnt late
hours, lard study. long rohearsals. Tho physi--
rians advised her mother to accept provincial
engagements, TINT tho change Of mir, tho pu1er
atmosphere. tue diminished work. tho long va.
cations I'm thosc days thoro was no railway, aud
weeks were spent in diligenccH Oh paasenGers
won't from one city to auothcr), might restore
hcr former strength. The counsel WAS followed.
Rho spout six months ut Lyons aud six
tour in tho southern, provinces. As the
infant prodigy bloomed into tho maidan, she
becane moro fascinating than ever. 1magine
DejaZet at 1871 / anticipate times flight in coll
turng up, at this period Of her life, girl OF 18.
She was much younger when sle was offered an
engagetnbnt at the GymnaHo Dtnnatfquo. which
had just been built, had just discovered the ill.,
fant prodigy, Leontinc, who was destined to be.
riveted Serbia to 1t with golden bolts. Tho
mauagcr was puzzled to turn Leontine to best
account. Gifted and prccocious ~ she was, the
most potent stage illusion would not allow Lnr to
ihe Gymuaae recollcc.ed tic infant prodigy, vlr-
ginie, who was then playing in the provinces,
Ind engaged her. She was to play mnn to Leon
Eue'B WomAu.
RAISE TuEaE TWO GIRLS
TO your minds oye. Head what Willis says oi
Leoutine Fay. when he saw her, iftcon or TWEEN.
ty years alter this period Of time; you will iud
& in :. ponellipgg by tho Way" hecall what you
have hoard Sf petazet: Then turn t. t{ scs9ot e.
IN those lending parts. ls II not amusing
Docs not Scribe juggle most adroitly with indie
gency, mud never allow it to do moro than
Git before the spoctator just as some
ors odge where yo'uptl{sps suggestions
meet, without touching, rovoltipg eensu.
ality. The girls became women. Leoptine Fa,
became an accomplished actreHa Of gentee
comedy. virginio Dejazot became Vaudeville
actress, and il time laa tho honor, "a Trial and
Duzazon had done. to give her aamo to & limo Of
characters. ActreHses aro engaged to play les
Dsiazet. She quilted tho Gynnase, which played
only comedies, and 1oinca the Theatre des Mott
vcautes, wi,uro brilliant company wero play.
ing. Potter. Philippe, Lepeintre. Boutfo
Yoluys (who afterwards married Loontiut
Fay), were ansong the company. HoN
thcae consultations seem splendid com:
pared with tho companies Paris now has
Dejazet continued to grow in public favor unit
the revolution Of 1850, When sho rose ut ont
dash still higher in popularity. The explanation
is easy. During tho Restoration. tho very nam.
Alars had roused storm By appearing With 1
noeegay Of yiolcts in her hand in 4 play at tht
Fsench Comedy. After tho revolution or 1886
epesr enIre M ana ee m essos Sxss se
mined to write part for Nile. Dejazct mlict
Bhould REPRESENT
NAroLEoH As 4 YOUTH.
: The manager Of the Nouyaautes ecouted the
idea. "Dojazot VI Napoleon7 Where il til.
nkeuess between tIien1t" "Wo repreBont Na
polcon in lin youth" ''In hs cratlIo 7" .tNo
not in Ills crallo for Deiazot is no Longer a.
infant prodigy. We represent Napoleon - III
waa Mt tho Hricnnn School. Dut do not judy,
our piece before NO havo rcnd it 10 you" Tho,
read the pay to him. Ho said: "'phe piece j,
Charming, but Tea,iS cannot admit De1axot III
Napoleon, Ihs play would cont $4,000 to bring
It out. md really sbuli not ris)s tint sim d
money on It, Dcjazet W Nupolaou psAaw! men
tho thing Ia impoasblp!" ssDut we will guaran
tee you lilo COST "Al, If that il your scheme
I'll agrea to your terlns." Ar soon an it bccan,.
public that Deja1et wna going to reproscut Nm
poleon at l,rienno school, t1en oyorybod,
wished to see her in tho part. Yhero wnn J. rio
ut tue theatre door tho first night tho piece WI,
playea, 10 A!gA did tho excited struggle tor ad.
Inittsnce run, The piece WIS a,lroitly written
It represents Napoleon discovering, by Bost Of
seco..d-sght. hia brilliant future careor, mi
brooding over it; ,bcuiles, Whenever On.
OF lis familiar a.yinga could he elipues
III, twas given; for instance, /,
! The suow-baliirY, at Brieune, oua ot th'