The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-09
WON ENDURING FAME.
ApRlrNNr LEcouvREUR AFAs
CiNATINo FIGURE or HlsTonY.
rostsy. uenin, and Lave Iasested her
-Evsrything in Her Life and Her
Memory Has Contributed 20 Hsr
G.orifcatiun e
r=D RIENNE I.ecouy-

fWl DRIENNE I.ecouy-
m reur holds a shin
t%Y ing place among
l-spE- those kings and
I Ef,zEXl u queens OF the thcat-
~ - rical world whose
80 names have been
z fondly handed down
] 10 the admiration
/ f-------- Of posterliy. says
the Boston Tran
script She has in
Seed been surrounded with such halo
II poetry. gsaius and love and every
hing Ia her life and her memory has
20 much contributed 10 her glorllca-
len that she stands today as one Of the
moot fascinating figures Of history.
And IN truth. TO take her az she APP
fears az this distance. one would fain
say Of her what a critic once wrote some
dozen years ago Of another celebrated
ictress. who Is now treading the boards
II the fremont thca;er. with a COM
plete collection Of daggers and hatehots
concealed In her robes and murder
lowing 10 her hoart-"Elle aura e,o
are des plus bellies visions qui aient
aotie. pour lo plaisir des humalns. sur
"a face chanscante de &c monde de-
phcnomones"
IS an actress Adrienne Lecouvreur
hes won and TO all appearance has de-
served enduring fame. The daughter
u poor halter. who had left his native
town 10 open shop IN Paris. IN the
Fauhourg st. German. near the Theatre
Francais. she was FIRST a laundrcsf-
which Is not exactly the road which
leads 70 EtaEe-land. the stage-land Of
her dreams but. by dlnt Of courage
and talent. without practically any
schooling whatever. she soon managed.
As an amateur. 70 display her rising
gcnina and TO make her way into the
theatrical circles. SO. after three or
'our years Of successful engagement
m the provinces. al the age OF %. IN
/ May. III. she made her triumphant
b iehut az the Coincide Franchise. and
J Il enc and the same time placed her
D iclf a the front rank OF the French
' actresses Ct her time. side by side with
. Mdile Duclos. who. for twenty-iour
Tears. had been tie favorite Of the
, bubble and had yet found no rival
% This i.,ne Hhe met the rival who was
r. soon TO dethrone her. Mdlle. Duolos
y was the Ideal representative Of a school
II acting walch held that tragedy was
! rot 20 be spoken but detained and
I. shanied Adnenne, In spite Of the
~ 'rejudlces Of the public. from her frat
appearance stuck 20 the truth and na-
lure. aud she not only won the battle
ioT herself but IN the end. with the
p rrocious aid OF the illus,fious baron, the
is incompatible pupil Of Moliere. she con
i. vcrtcd the public to her views ant
/ brought about a revolution In art 4,
D. shlch her name Is inseparably attached
o. and for which she deserves the mos
- thankful remembrance.
> From that time on her life was
= series OF oyations and lriumDhs. Sh'
: was the idol OF al en,huiastlc public
which ran TO applaud her IN comedl
4. Ind tragedy parts. For she was emit
Is cnt. q o. said. both as a comediennl
. md az irsgedlennc. but especially Il
IS ,ne latter capacity. In the roles o
p Yhodre. Camille. Hermionc. Roxane
~ Pauline. she vas declared unapprcach
: uble In short. she was probably III
|" Greatest actress OF her time. And. a
~ Sainic-peuye remarks. Ia Champmesl
II nd Mdllc. Desmare were exceptional,
h wCll gifted. but. on the whole. Il {
p. doubtful whether they ever eQuale
d. her
Her fame. however. does not res
folCly on her theatrical achievement.
Although not beautiful. In the s.ricics
sense OF the word-ior her feature
were somewhat irregular. her fgur
Gligat and rather below the midd.
tcisat-shc was all grace In her man
uers and irrcsistihly charming. Sainis
ncuye. already quoted. says: "She wa
The FIRST actress who shone on the stag
and In socicty-who attained socil
cminoncc." Her salon" was one Of n
most brilliant Of the kind. where poel
and princes, generals and duchesse
felt 3; an honor 10 be admitted
Naturally. her admirers were man
and she vas passionately loved by sue
men as Voltaire and Maurice De sax
the hero Of Fontenoy- natural 80
Of Augustus. king Of Poland. and
the beautiful countess OF konigsmar
Maurice dc SAKE was the great nassiC
OF her life. She loved him 10 the las
When hc undertook 10 regain his ducl
Of Courland. as he lacked funds
raise an army. Adrlenne sold her dl
monds for 10000 livrcs aud compcll,
him 20 accept the amount
She died on the 10th Of March. 1880
few months before Nance Oldeeld
In the arms OF her friend. Noltaire.
was reported ~ the time that she n
been poisoned by bouquet which q
duchess De Boulllon had sent her
the end OF a performance But the
De- no sufficient evidence 10 substantial
the charge. All this mysterious aiia
may be. after all. a mere legend. 1
though the mystery has never be-
cleared, nor the legend altogether be-
refutcd.
Airienne's death was followed by
painful incident. An intolerant pri'