Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-11
Stage AND DENE.1EONDE,
The LAST OF Vile Fey-h!ne and Her
Adventurous Career.

As discovered Mile. Feyghine before she was
known to the haJitues OF the Francais or,
indeed, to almost any one else here saws the
Paris correspondent of the London Truth. |
watched her theatrical career with deep interest
and latterly with SORROW. There is a good deal
In tie story OF her brief life which might be
useful To young ladies who imagine they can
win celebrity and fortune on the French stage
without having been early inOcuated with
vice. or brought UP from childhood to the
theatrical profession. Mile. Feyghine was not
precisely an lagsHHe when she came to Paris.
But she was honest. well intentioned and her
moral health was sound She was naturally
borne toward what is heroic, aud could
have gone through fire and water for a cause
she had eSpOused or to attain an object ON
which her heart was set. She had frame
that would stand any amount OF racketIng.
II she had had the luck To have fallen in love
Win an upright. struggling and cultivated man
who reciprOcated her passion. her life would
have been one of quiet greatness and cheerful
every day martyrd0m. / never saw a beautiful
feminine Waf less suited to the delni-mOnete.
into which. she was nearly drawn than the i'll
starred Nile. Feyghine. She was very truthful.
very proud; was utterly devoid of f1esSe and
had no inclination for vice - / lOathe the peo-
pie around me In all their ways" she said few
weeks before her death. ''NOthng smells bad
20 their noses" Although she dressed with
taste she was too bOyish to be cOquette. Nor
could she realize TO what extent she was gifted
with beauty and. what is more than beauty
fascination So far from trying to eat up the
fortune OF the young Duke with whom she set
mp as . householder, it was misery for her to
incur debt that he was expected to nav. At
the Francois she was laughed at because she
went there so often In the same crimson dress
and broad brimmed hat. "EHe s'est uo,lee au
sang de bCs,r, remarked with sneer one of the
lair SECRETARIES in the green room. She threw
aside the costume for another in cheap blue
stuff, which she bought ready made. The sister
actresses of Nile. Feyghine thought that having
taken the false step she was a fool not to derive
the utmost possible benefit from her social out
lawry. TX does not do to be romantic on the
French stage
Mile Feyghine had a long memory for kind
ness shown to her. The hotel or rather the
lttie square box of house In which she lived at
fasSy, was not bought TO be presented to its
ialr tenant. but was merely hired Ii was fur
nlshed IN cheap. though pretty manner The
En9llsh COOk-conductcd eXcurslOnists and Ia dies
OF British eyangelZing missions who went to
gaze on the corpse OF the beautiful SiaciLe. were
STUCK Win the absence of luxury in the gene
raj arrangements OF her house AIthou rh in
blood Jewess. Mile. Feyghinc had no pawn-
brokin% instinct. and was under the Impression
that she had almost ruined De Morny. The
idea OF the pecunary sacrifices which he had
m; Re for her oppressed her. die was soon
bored by childlike expressions of gratitude
Had she been less grateful it would have
been more easy for him To cast her
oA- Love, Us she understood the word.
he never thought of in swearing eternal
devotion. What he merely wanted was TO be
talked Ofin connection with the beautiful Rus
sian actress by his friends at the Cercle I'M
periaL Ihis object attained he became inn
patient 70 break with her chum of noble
piIth aud high social standing. but now fortune
les and obliged To live by his wits kindly under
took To disgust Nile. Feyghine with the Duke.
anu 10 launch her as q professional beauty
ouch are the manners aud morals of the French
ariStOcTacy. The Russian actress was horror
struck AT the plan for future career which was
limited 10 her, Her theatrical siSterhoOd did not
understand why she was so shocked. Vice is
-sas much condition OF success at the Franeais
as at any other Paris theat err What had NJ.
Perrin said when hiring Nile. Feyghine: ..Your
salary will be "a poor one for some time and Won
must dress extensively All | can do for Won is
topay for the lessons Worms gives you" The
same thing. or pretty nearly, had been said 10
Nile. CrOiZette when she issued from the Con.
servatOire TO play at the house of Moliere