New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
NJ. HALEVY RETIRES.
NO MORE WORKS FROM THE CREATOR OF
THE CARDINAL FAMILY

NO MORE WORKS FROM THE CREAIOR VI
THE CARDINAL FAMILY.
x-xox An occAsroSAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRiBUxl)
Paris, October 3.
NJ have written much and am tired says ".
\eyy, so shall write no more unless 70 finish
HaAme odds and ends Of work. And while his
up Non is much 10 I've regretted, his reason for
dcoisNnot he called into question. There are not
IL canNiving authors who have contributed %
many Nand withal so creditably to French litera-
LARGELY he There is scarcely one who has 90
ture asN succeeded in Numerically opposite
brilliantINNo one has surpassed, in the one direo-
spheres. vTaiher more than risky librettos for
ton his Y operas and his Vie Parisienne,
Ohenbach'N on the other hand his pcncid and
sketches: On, Constantine 1t is scarcely credi
idyllic "AblN me man has written them. And IL
BILE that The Ahat since he has risen from thu
seems A pity E,tcr, he should 50 soon lay down
former 10 the I(espccial'y since he is yet scarcely
his facile pcn kf life But then. he began hard
past the prime IN life, and in his ffty-odd years
work very carly \ more than most men would do
has accOmplishpdN
in twice the time Nv. like NJ Daudet is reckoned
NJ Ludovic fIale\pire II was Imperial patron
q creation OF the EnNhm a start in life and it
age that first gave tperial days. with its tinsel
was the society Of lind frOth, that Supplied him
and vice and sparkle a\f his most famous works
with themes for many when the Empire set
lie was only eighteen Agot place IN inc once
up but he Immediately where he had plenty Oh
of the Ministry 81 State. Nomedies and what not.
time to scribble novels n publishers and man.
which were declined by Nv equalled by his per-
ayers with a regularity on khere is an often'told
sistence in writing them. 10 get his oHiciai
story about how he came vating again for the
clerkship. which is worth rept. Young Halevy
reason that it. is entirely truA 18th the opera ana
from childhood familiar Ne pet OF his UNCLE
its performers, because he was t1ery often taken
the great composer. and was lner fodder tho
there by him. When he was u ballet used TO
ladies of the company and Of TINE great FUSS
take him on their laps and man re naturally
over him. SO when he grew old9\ptlons lhere
enough took to returning their atteN whom he
was one pretty girl in the ballet " isit often at
fell very much in love and used 10 T'rai Markell
her mothers little home, near the Cenka icVy latet
The mother, by the way, served NJ ~ afdlhaL
as the model for his immortal Madame \ the ntue
Well, one day the young man called az cooking
house. The mother was busy at the hret dining
a stew for dinner, and the room-htcnefNn steam
room and parlor all In one-was dim wiArl was
and odorous with garlic. The pretty gl side
seated in a corner. and at heH who
was distinguished looking man. Meter
watched the progress of the stew with en-
natural solemnity, as though he were an aic\ IN
ist who had staied his all upon TINS one Vhe
pound in the alembic. Lud0vIc paused az 10
threshold, embarrassed, half jealous. But
mother quickly set things night
Monsieur lie Mnistre," said she, addressinA
the grave philosopher, permit me n piSehs\
one of our dear friends, Monsieur hale'S' ANA
then to the young man, Ludovic, tnis Is ms
Excellency NJ. de Persigny. Minister oil tne H.
hat was great moment for the lad no
lost IN, sweetheart, perhaps But he Ya.asI ..s
friendship of one of the most powerful uien .
nf the IMPERIAL Government ana tue Vaile OF 'nis
was seen l.: his promotion, first to the Leaf o. an
important bureau and then 70 the post OF oeete,
tarv of the Corps Leglsatlf. However, ID love
he resigned his office, and thereafter devoted HIM
self exclusively to literary work ~ Eae 10 81 "a
that lie got tired OF laying siege TO PUBLISHES ana
managers and |as on tne literary work alto.
gether But then at once they began to Jay aese
to him. That is to say, one OF tnen a'a, sau
captured him forthwith. This was one JACQUES
Otenbach, leader Of the orchestra at the EomeIA
Francasc. lie called on Halevy at the Ministry
Of State. .-;, o., ,hs
"Hm-m-well, then. yes!" l.,
"Ah, and not with much success, yet, ens
Well that will come See hefe b,S am ' theatre
of my own. it is almost ready 70 open n. .s
house in the Champs Eysees. Will You write me
a prologue for the opening? Come, VIII oe
frank You were not my first choice ASKER
LaInber, TEiboust to do it, But he Is too busy,
so come to you. What do you shy:
The young man was delighted and showed ";
and bargain was concluded on the spot so
he wrote "Entrez. Messieurs, Mesdames, in wnicn
Pradcau made his first appearance In fars. AZ
the opening of the l5ou1es-P arisiens, on July ,,
1888 This was the beginning. flenceforward,
under the name Of Jules Sprvieres, llaleyy con.
tnue1 TO write q little piece each month for the
Routes. In November of that year he was ad-
mitted 10 tle Dramatic Authors Society, pro-
posed by his uncle and seconded by his tathet;
and on January ], 1886. the name OF Lndoyic
IIaevy figured on the playbls; Instead OF Jules
Seryieres a. the author of "Bl-Ta-Clan.'
n is not necessary 10 dwell upon what fol-
lowed save to name :" La BELLE Helene" La
Grandc DuchesSe.' Barrie Blrue' and "Orphee
anx Enters" Nor need one do more than men.
tion the succeeding works, such as "a Bonie,
La Cieale rricoche OF Cacolet and lie Mari
10 In Dcbntantc" In all of these " Halevy WINS
assisted by his partner. NJ Meilhac. though he
did the hest of the work himself Then he went
on to still more important efforts aud created me
Cardinal family, Monsieur. Madame and les
prtites: on which probably his fame will chiefly
rest. he prefers u I've known as the creator OF
fine Cardinals rather than OF Frou-frou and Gen.
eral BONN. or his latest works; opinions diner:
Eertainly "Criquette' and Liable Constantin'
are very different from his former works. IL IS
said that he wrote them for tn" purpost OF getting
elected 10 the Academy. II so. the Academy 10
70 be credited with inspiring two uncommonly
clean and beautiful books And certain II Il that
his election t. fill the Comte d'Haussonvillet
place, soon followed their appearance.