Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-27
THE.TALK or PARIS.
Story Of the Ronaatie Suicide q
Mile. Feyahiae.
An Actress Whose Beauty Fascinated Duke
-An Expert Rider. Rover and Swim
mer, 4 Redoubtable Swordsnah
and Dead Shot, SIZE
KILLS HERSELF IN HER LOVERS soos.

Nrw YoRx, September c6. The foreign
mails give the particulars Of the suicide Of
q beautiful young actress in Paris, which
occurred on the Eth Of Last month, aud
vas briefly announced Dy cable a. the time.
One account says:
A sad report ran along the boulevards
yesterday. Nile. Feyehine, OF the Theatre
Fr7ncais, had committed suicide. The un-
happy actress Was but twenty. She had ell
the world before her-youth, health and,
most said, marvellous beauty to make 1t
pleasant to her-and yet in the full aush
Of life, envied BY thousands Of her own sex.
courted by hundreds Of the other, she had
found all
"weary, Fiat, ssale and Cnrreatahle,'
and sen no Quickercr better Nay Of escape
from 70 thtH St1fsmur0os. =, "
Her story may seem common enough,
but to Pafs, reading it ON the morrow q
its tragic ending, It e @ full OF psi;n1fai inter.
born in the neighborhood OF Moscow at Q
little town called klynn. Her rivals and
enemies affected to sneer at her % 9 Fuse
d'Auverne." but she was true Siav, with
all the Glav character, imp0lsive, unstable
and generous. How she ever came TO make
her debut on the boards OF the house Of
Moliere IL IL perhaps Just as we'll not ID in-
auire. She was ambitious and had some
talent, but nothing
Evtdeat % the Vulgar
fitted her for the honor Of trcading tfs
same stage ~ q Madelaine Brohan and
Bariet. All We need care about is the cd!-
fying fact that she did get admission 10 the
house Of Molisre, and, more fortunate than
many pe,,sionndires of greater merit soon
after sctually made her appearance in .
play of Alfred de Musset's. The play was
:Barberene," and she filed the role OF Kale-
kaire. Not q very important role, certainly.
Indeed, so unimportant that IL seemed RI.
diculous enough " coucera ourselves N %
whether she looked and acted we'll OF wv In
il. But Mile. Feyghne. by Que OF those
caprices SO common in Paris, has been de-
clarcd the fashion,.
Trumpes TssEued Runner
had proclaimed her coming Rachel-su.
other Sarah Bernhardt, with the beauty d
Sarah's rival, Sophie Croizette and all the
OF Admiral Crichton 20
boot, not exclusive Of his skill In th. art of
fence. A Feyghine legend has been In.
vented by the mi.chevious and ill-sdvised
friends OF the young debutantc, who, before
she had uttered single sentence OF Alfrc'l
de Musset's bright little comedietts, had
managed 10 make herself name and no
teriety rs dangerous TO herself as the cru
ellcst neglect or enmity could have been:
Her debut proved dismal failure, ana
they say she then also attempted suicide.
Flattereis, however,
We're Hot wAntisE,
who whispered in her ear that beauty WAS
greater than genius. 0ne-the Dlc do
Morny, son Of Louis Napoleon's favorite-
whispered Il more sednctiyely than The
rest and became Mile. Feyghine's "protec-
tor" But the Due had soul above any.
thing so plebian as love. lie Was proud of
the strange young Russian, had no objec.
ton to her being In love with him, spent
hundred Of thousands and even millions
upon her, but in q very short time grew
tired OF her. Society Is very gentle 70
wealthy poblcmru wbu gruw Tired VI ~
tresses they have protected" Evidently
poor Mile Feygbins ought TO have sub
mitted with due resignation and good grsos
when ~ de Morny politely limited ~ her
that he thought Of
Settling DoWn and 0etttng msvvte1.
But this unreasonable siav beauty was
something Of a savage, even after six
months aristocratic training and protec-
ton. When NJ. lie Duo went OIL slons on
sudden journey TO st. Petersburg one morn
ing what must she needs do but leave her
snug little villa in the Avenue Victor Hugo
and follow him. They did not part for
good and oil that time. There came Q go.
ond rupture, however, followed by talk Of
another Journey To st. Petersburg. Mile.
Feygbipe grew sombre and detected. Her
beauty took n new and melancholy cast.
She became capricious, morbid aud odd;
frightened her servants by practicing shoot
ing In her house, aud In various other ways
showed
signs Or . Disorders nsais.
On Sunday night, on returning from the
country 10 his house Ia the Rue de MariE-
nsn, NJ. dc Morny found Mile. fryghins
waiting for him. II was then past mid
night r,,v IL v..,x late.
On totbe Con- mis.aire dc Police. shat she
rad been waiting for me since 10 o'clock.
We chatt.d together for . long while calmly
II her tl,ns snd mine.
",I tkink Of going TO Rnssia for time On
a visit tS Prince Demidof," said ].
'To Tins she made no answer She merely
asked me whether she could come With me,
and did not seem In the least offended ~
my reply when I objected that her duty
to the Comedie Francaise would prevent
her.
"Time crept on sDd we still sst there
chatting. Our talk wss, q, usual, chiedl
about the stage. She told me again q had
heard the same thing from her already
that sbe would
Etab Herseif % the Boards
q, the end of the performance II she did
not succeed better in "LEtsanscre" than
In "Bsrharene," but knowing that this vss
Q frequent threat Of hers ] psid no psrticu.
lar attention 10 the remark. AZ
about two O'Clock ] suggested II would b
advisable for 20 20 home. She was Indie
posed and needed rest. She rsng fof . esS-
want TO prepare my bed room and bsds ~
hu reyofr. Then she vent up 70 the man.
tIepisce. thought she vss merely gosng
10 put her bonnet on In front OF the to0k-
ing glass. Being In my bath ! hsd ny bsok
turned 10 her"
. AZ this moment Mile. Feyshins pulled .
revolver out OF her pocket Pressing tSe
muyzle Glove 10 her breast she eIcisinsA
BON s0ir." and pulled the trigger.
N. le Due lespsd from bis bath With cry
Of horror. The actress lay at his fsst
with the blood streaming from bsr breast.
She died at 8 quarter 70 eight the nsst
morning.
PETER cOoPA