New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

part in which she was painted again and a,,t.
Nina a little drama in one act was fon.
on true story It's heroine was a countrv :.
living near Sedan who. on her wedding roo-nf
on her way to church. learned that her b,,t1
groom had been stricken by sudden Hlness 49,.
was dead The girl lost her reason at the -.
and thereafter. until her own death. she van,..
daily to the spot where she had arranya+ .
meet her lover. and waited there until txiIiys,
came Then. turning TO retrace her stems =.
would murmur. Let US go He has not vat a.
rived; will return to- morrow This natb...-
little story. put upon the stage By the Dug.
had a success which. it is said. had never -
known before. The actress so felt her. pa-t 49,,
she retained throughout the remainder of ,bo
evening the hasgard eyes and singular ges,,,-..
of the unhappy mad woman whom she had ina,
been impersonating-" The whole theatre wen,
at the lyrical grief Of Nina, and every ev4ni,,
women tainted
Madness became on a sudden the f7shionahl, A..
ease In the salons a host Of young women found
of them appeared to have worked themselves M
a condition bordering on lln4cy The critics -
sayed in vain combat this ridiculous i1Fs+1s.,
They pronounced the subject m1nstrous tha EI-e,
70 inSipd The music detes-a5le- and loudly b.
might have saved their paper ana their INK IT,
public continued t1 applaud and tl weep and 49,
receipts OF the COmedie ItalIenue 90 Increase
Dugazon was an ardent Royalist. as s4a
showed on the occasion Of Marie AntoiHette.s
last visit TO the theatre. IL was in 1872 AMI
the troubled Queen had been persuaded by her
friends 70 show herself in public with her chlI-
dren- The little DaUphin sat upon his mothers
lap all the evening and seemed anxious 70
know the cause Of the tears which she several
times wiped from her eyes. In The course OF a
duet in which Nine Dusazon had 10 U,Jer an
expression of affection. she put her hand on
her heart and looked at the Queen in her box
across the house Immediately" says an eye
witness "a number of JacobiEs who we're among
the audience sprang upon the stage and If the
actors had not concealed Nine Dugazon they
would certainly have killed her An attempt
70 make her sing a revolutionary song on the
stage ended in her retirement from the theatre
and she did not return 70 IL for several years
Another famous actress of the time whose
story is related By Mr. Noel Williams is Nile
Paucourt She was. with several other actors
brought before the Revolutionary Court for tae
crime Of appearing in a play calculated 70
awaken regret for the prescribed nobility" ami
was only saved from the guillotine by the theft
OF the papers fixing the fate Of the priSOnfrS
Before others could be prepared the Terror
came To an end RaUcourt, before she was sev-
enteen. made so SJdrJlllS "A Success dS Liu1 80
lie Franc de POmpignans tragedy that people
were Crushed-One to death-in the ticket buying
crowd at the box Office. The other queens Of the
stage who are chronicIed in this volume are
Mile. Guimard. a fascinating danseuse 50 sen-
der that she was called 'the SPIDER and the
Skeleton of the Graces'; Mile COnlar the spark
ling creator of the part OF Suzanne at that
triumphant first performance Of The Marriage
of Figaro" and Nine. Sdinl-Huherty, a g-4at
actress. whose arrogance was 50 monstrous that
she kept the opera in constant turmoil The
author has made creditab,e use Of many author
tiles. and his work viii interest the general
reader as we'll as the student Of the theatre
1t may be noted that it is not book intended
for Miss PodSnap. Some excellent portraits ac-
company the text.