Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-11
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| p'Ennery. like Victor adsb. Is a noble eN-
/ ample OF life well filed WITH work Erest ana
slender. he walks firmly but not slowly. with n
| grave and measure tread that one would say
Was the cadence OF his thoughts II he psuseS
| III Is that tie scene he Is working out Is not
coming on well; n he goes on Il IS that the play
Is unfoeng Itself In all its perfect proporttonx
! II he hurries, &c is that he has come 10 the
! climax, ana he hastens 10 meet &C.
Ills hair is while and long. carefully brushed.
Thick but me; glossy. not curly. but falling In
long ringlets Bent ath, face fan OF repose.
| thar repose which reveals the ahStr acted con
ceutration OF fixed idea A retired General
VINO bas rcnounced the military cuf or his hair
aud enjoys In peace hts welle1rned rest aud his
Wei Won DECORATIONS No; the most laborious
oTamatist OF our times Early riser, he awakes
win the act begun yesterday. which has spent
tne night under his pillow. Toget aer they make
LII toiet together they 90 10 the windoS aud
t tbsa nax INC morning air Companions tnro9gn
the DAY, they pass the hours In his study, shut
out IRON every SOUND save the chattering OF toe
SparloWs ana the distant hum OF the Champ
hgseSS, Az breakfast. IN VISITS, or bushes
erTands In the afternoon, al oinaer OF later even
Ia the evening, there is no moment when D'En-
merry is not Matching out some brood NJ ideas
Like the painters or the middle ages wa1
painted themselves IN some out OF ina w9y
corner OF their pictulSs, D'EanerY has put hts
oNn portrait IN several OF his PLAYS. Ia
Intentionally or on purpose. he has iRtroiuc.i
m his dramas the type OF the impre~slbla Sc -
Tic. Without seeking 10 Ind Ia these 'g lr.s
hls moral Conntendilce feature Tor al lrr n Is
npo, Sinle not 10 compare him With certain II
his own creations. uIconsclo lSIy, perhaps oIf
transpa' euuy alike. More than anY one hs
l he prev Of his emotions. For tats deau aut
O, naii century ago. each new piece l. A frast,
debut AFTER Che last rehP8rSlls H. l. no
hneer the same man. Anxious, uneasy. MS
step IL his lonely walks becomes more un-llh
on The night OF the first performance. trO
! the rise TO the fall OF the curtain THIS str)nC
iite seems II suspense, and it Is not til TIC
next Day that his smiling face taxes OF is
a'cOstoB,ed expression, baif Of defiant mptk-
himself.
Jules Verne is about nifty two. with a nne
handsome head once "A blonde ne wears his
beard full, and bis hair Is curled ia a haphazlri
! fashion. His features are more than regular:
| they are fine. His eve is bright or a clear blue
! brilliant, and yet moist Ills dominant express
/ sion is sweetness, but q firm sweetness Iika
| rosy steel. which does not bend His mouth
when says sucl charming aud clever things,
| SAYS Yes aud +" No with the same smile
| But " Yes" or No. e Is trrevOcable A Bretoa
| or Nantes Jules Verne has kept tue religi luS
traditions OF Brittany but rather ike a painter
| who preserves the Impressions or hts travels
than Ike child or the SOIL who would die for
III faith. lie is al bottom more OF 3 sceau,
than ID Emery. No one would stand up moro
oravely for doctrine, but 40 one would a mo-
| nent after. make more questionable speeCh
In politics II is worse, FOR he never voted Ia his
| life
The son OF a lawyer. he came TO Paris 10
| Study Law. his literary tastes led him IN an
| OTHER direction, but nevertheless be was admit
| Ted 10 the bar. He then became secretary 10
| NJ Perrln, who at that time had the double al
| minlstratlon Of the opera Comlque. ana OF the
| Iheater Lyrique. After this he followed the
| bent OF his tastes more freely He contributed
| a number OF articles 10 the Mltsee deS Families
| ana about this time wrote "A piece In one act,
| LES PailleS R0mpuS." With which Alexandra
| dumas was connected, for n was he who had
| IL produced at the Theater iiisrOriglP
| aud IL was he who bought the first copy after
| IL was printed. After an experience ia
| the stock market, being still In love with NJ
| erature, Verne published his first book Five
| Weeks in 4 Balloon II went off like hot
| cakes, though it WAS Only a trial But the
| success was so great that Il appeared 10 HetYeI
| that here was a new road In literature which
| deserved TO be followed up. He made an en-
| gagement with Verne for twenty years on what
| then appeared splendid terms. but which have
| stree made the fortune or the lucky editor.
Afier the publication OF Five Weeks in a
| Balloon" he announced 10 his friends one nne
| morning that he was about 10 get married aud
| then disappeared IL was the only sign OF life
| That MS wife has ever given. Since then ne
has led the same life OF study. OF travel and OF
lnteIlninable production. lie passes his life be-
! tween Paris aud AIniens, where he has a
| splendid house, when he Is not exploring some
! VI re or other on his famous boat the Saint
Michel. On which most OF his stories are writ en-.
| As for the rest, he is the most charming man
Imaginable, n1odeStly earning his 100. 900 francs
! year. 10 say nothing or the great fortune the
! stage seems TO promise him.