The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-18
GOSSIP AROuT WOMEN.
How Rachel. the Famous Tragedienne
Discovered the MYstery of Beauty.

Discovered the Mystery of Beauty.
A Partisan letter-writer tells how the
noted. traRedietpe, Mile Rachel, be-
came beautiful, for which gift she was
as noted as for her histrionic ability ::
Mile. Rachel told me one day, at the
Due de Morny's. where was speaking
of her beauty, you don't imagine-all
of you who think me beautiful now
adays how ugly I was at the beginning.
I, who was to play tragedy, had comic
mask. was laIgh@tle. with my horned
forehead, my nose like a cOnlr1G, my
pointed eyes, my grinning mouth. You
can supply the rest. was taken once
by my father to the Louvre. did not
care much for the pictures, although he
called my attention to the tragic scenes
of David. But when came among the
marbles change came over me like a
revelation. I saw how fine it was to be
beautiful. Invent out from there taller
than before, with borrowed dignity
which I was to turn into natural
grace. The next day looked over a
COLLECTION of etigtaVings after the an
tique. [ never recGiTed lesson so ad-
vantageous at the Conservatoire. If I
have ever effectively addressed the eyes
of ny audience by my attitudes and ex-
pressions, it is becatise those master
pieces so appealed TO my eyes. Rachel
said this SO admirably that we
we're all moved by her words; for she
talked better than anybody, when she
chose not to talk like q Paris gamin.
ooh, I forgot she continued, 7 must
tell you that if I have become beautiful
as you say, though I don't believe a
word of it, it is owing to my daily study
how not TO be uglier than [ am. / have
eliminated what there wte IF Honstrous
in my face. As I was in the sea60u of
sap when I took the idea of making
myself over again, after the ancestral
rough draft, everything, with the help
of Frofidettce; went we'll. The knobs
of my forehead retired; th4 eyes opened,
my nose grew straight, my thin lips
were rounded, my disordered teeth
were put back in their places. Here
Rachel smiled with that delicate smile
which was so enchanting. And then
spread over all certain air of intelli-
genes, which I dc not possess She
was interrupted by 50 many compli
ments, which were the simple truth,
that she cotild rot continue the story Of
her imperfeotions. well" she still
said, the good thing about it is that
did not try to be beautiful for the
sake of.e man, as other women do, but
for the sake of art. disclaiming the
"com Y cree of love-" as the philosO-
pliers call it. Rachel was applauded
that evening as never before. There
were not more than fifty persons at NJ.
de Morny's, but they were the top of
the basket of all Paris, partere of
dilettanti, which is much better than a
parterre of kinds. And yet she had
not been acting"
woMAN's sTRAfAGEa.
During a recent debate in the British
house of commons on the Irish home
rule bill, Mai. O'Gorman related an in
cident to show that the reports of law
Iessness in his county were without
foundation. GA gentleman living in
the county of Westmeats." Maj. O'Gor-
man said, " and very fond of field sports,
had daughter who was very anxious
not to live in the country she found
the country very stupid and dull, and
repeatedly asked her father to remove
to Dublin, where he had house. He re-
fused to do 80, as he was very fond Of
of his field sports, and was much be-
loved by his neighbors. Soon after ward
he received threatening letter. A few
DAYS later he received another, but he
thought little of either Some days af-
terward there came another threatening
letter, and not only that, but one in
which his coffin was deliteated. He
then became alarmed, and set for the
magistrate, the county dry
nurse. He attended at the gentleman's
house, saw the letters, and placed HIM
self in communication with that sink of
iniduity, Dublin castle. Scores of de-
tectiVes were sent down to the district,
and domiciliary visits we're paid to the
houses of the poor people, who were
mostly treated by the stipendiary and
his myrmidons. But nothing could be
detected. Still these letters came
pouring in. Nobody knew anything
about them, however, and the gentle
mau became seriously alarmed. He
gave up his establishment in the coun-
try and removed into Dublin. His
daughter was a very beautiful girl
Just such girl as could only be pro-
duced in his own Green Isle-a girl all |
blood, bone, and beauty, and plenty of |
it. She was universally admired, and |
had not been long in Dublin before |
proposals of marriage were made to |
her by a man who was fit for her. The |
wedding came of, and after the break
fast, when the young lady came down
to take her departure, she threw her
arms around her fathers neck and said |
to him, Go down to the country
father nobody will touch hair of
your head. You are beloved by every
body around you. Nobody wrote
those letters but one person, and that
was I. I found the country dull and
wanted to go to Dublin, and, as it was
1 thought I would adopt
the ribbon scheme, and it completely