National Republican., 1876-01-04
scHSEIpER's GREATEST TRIUMPH

has been in la Grande Duchesse.;, She created
the title part. and all who have undertaken il
since have initiated her more or less. TOstee
MOntaland and Aimee, who have been In Tie
United States, have modelled their duchess on
hers; but, Oh, what n difference there is between
hers and theirs! You can hardly conceive, with.
out seeing and hearing it. She has sung the role
nearly thousand times, and yet the public is not
tired orr On the contrary, the announcement
that she is to do the Duchess invariably fills the
house.
During the Exposition year she first performed
She charmed ali the nations. The Spaniards
swore by her, the Italians shouted bravo until
they were hoarse. the Germans drank beer in her
honor, the English drawled out her praises with
you know, by JOve," at the end of each inarticu-
late sentence; the Russians acted the fool in her
behalf, and the Americans sent her valuable pre-
sents. She was a veritable HoHne here. in 1857
All eyes followed her in the BOis. She acknOwl-
edged the manifold smiles and hand kisses as if
her known admirers were her subjects. She
attracted more attention than Eugcnic, and the
Empress, very pretty and elegant woman then,
actually felt annoyed at her neglect for what she
called the brazen cocotte.
AGooD DEAL SPOILED.
The engaging Hortense was a good deal spoilct
in those days. but she bore the spelling withSut
serious consequences She gave hersef g,Gnd
airs. she admitted. but they were altosether
proper for one in her (histrOnic) station GonS
in her carriage, one day. to the Exposton; she
was driving into an entrance where @nc hOpillty
alone were admitted. She was stGpeI Oy gen
dGrme.
i have a title she declarc.s
Who are you, if you plea. madam:
Il am the GranGe Duesssse, u9 IcrolIstein.
she replied, and her car-"se roiie' H. Schheider
has earned
,v,s,. DEAL OF MONEY,
not loss II is sid, than l5OOOOO francs (S30O OO1)
since she csine here from the provinces-barely
fourfeen cars. She has had quite as much more
from Ser lovers, who are obliged to pay hand
sor-1y for their kisses. Among them are named
of the King OF Holland) the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, the Count de Paris, the Marquis of Butte
and any number Of noted artists, iitterateurs,
soldiers. journalists, statesmen and millionaires.
No doubt her capacity for affection Is Oyerrated;
that men credited with her favors whom she
has never seen. Stll, that she is rather miscela-
is to be feared, moreover, that gold more than
sympathy wins her; that she IL, as heard New
Yorker recently express it,, in his American
French, eRfieremeRt sur Le JGiTe. The famous
bOutfe artist is
ALLURING TO THE MULTITUDE,
because she is a pIquant fndecoram. She por-
trays what they are thinking of and privately
enjoy. She is not exactly coarse, but she is be-
witchingly immOdest. She laughs virtue out of
countenance: she makes old fashioned folks afraid
to say that they still have bias in favor of NOR
alty; she appeals to the worst that is in us with
presentment OF the least bad.
To see her, night after night, is to lose esteem
for and rEG in Of
citing the blood; she puts philosophy to fight by
moving nature TO rebellion. A scholarly semi
secular priest who says Mass at the Pantheon.
told me one day that he used TO think Paris was
going to Tophet: but after he heard Schneider. he
felt sure that il had gone She is leering devil,
in sooth but che embolies the world Of Paris as il
is to-day.
THERESA is UNIQUE.
She Is more Partisan than Schneider. She draws
like grayitatiOn; yet question IL she would CON-
mand audiences outside of France. She would
hardly be appreciated or understood by foreigners.
Her real name is Emma NaladOn, and she came
here from the department OF Eureet Loire which
is called the granary Of the capital. She Is not
pretty, nor docs she imagine herself to be; there
fore, she frankly tells her age. She was born
April 25. 1889. which makes her nearly thrty-slx
or five years the junior of the Queen of the Boufes
She has been in the capital since 1854 and she is
more artistically captivating mysterious as this
is) than she was when she first flashed into repu
tation.
On her arrival she had no idea OF being q pro.
fessonal singer, though she had Sung ali her fife
francs q month Good-natufed, except when
crossed, and disposed to accommodate, She soon
became popular. While she was at work she
earoled In her peculiar way, and was surprised to
see that the other girls, and even the men of the
establishment. stopped TO listen TO her; that
"who taught You 10 sing 2" inquired her en-
Nobody have always sung. 1t does no
4 like 1T exceedingly,
"Bur WHEN You SING NOBODY WORKS.
''Your voice viii bring you far more money than
you can earn here"
She tnen askeo several Critics 10 listen to her,
ard they declared that they had heard nothing
like the strange melody she uttered. She was
finally engaged at the FL Dorado a cafe chan
tant. and in few weeks the place would not con-
tain the throng. Persons went who had never
gone before-the wealthy, the distinguished the
learned, the titled. They were charmed-why,
they could not tell. They must have her in the
salons, and they did; for two three winters she
gave entertainments in the most fashionable
circles. amid rapturous applause. Sho became
the fashion. Venillot added TO her fame by at
tempting to analyze her power and influence In q