The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
HONE LIFE OF ROST,ND
his Ideal Marriage Armagh. the Io,.h /
Country Place Re Creataa

'''''"iiN "a
nv "e ~ '"uhh not only TIE
-. = = "'' that ~ ~
-a.,- %..'r1., ~''lch w" closest affinity
; "e' "'e "N'' Slhc" th"ir marrag..
- H'i'.' I''.'' "e''o'nal' mas been uDr
- =" r nn u". condemnation
:" I'M nN'",'" h"Ard IN" FRS
-. -, 10y N"p vas Va Dear DO,
"""e 'eClVeu at the NOUS" 1T ~. g1.,
Leconte de Lisle, who suCceeded We
Hugo at the Academy
| Lecoute de IisIa yvas =, -
sr;..,,,.. ., =, -. - ~ ""'n' '" IT,.
1890 " '"''" tunes = week The
asseuiones. according tn French write,
an Me- lures, consisted for the yr..,..
part Of beginners in literature vrb,.
,o .n..L ,h.,r -. a. r.. "''' am"
~ n,har. ga 90 - "-''n y" ,ho'-
e.,., au ~ Iece 1D, WORDS Ut On.
couragemsnt, mixed with useful advloa
from the master.
Sometimes the poet was carriad -.
and confined bip,..IF ,o,,.,,I.,,.,' NV
-,,..,i..-- 49,. P'""".hE Vna
''is Su.c~s- I"'l 10 the share
OF Young girl Mile thosemonde Gerard
VI. Edmond Rostand was among h,r
hearers A little later he ala, -,
hir,..Ig In n, A., :, l.I;...,S'1 'Aen
u. "' uehsh''n' p""t ana
rorhohu h"~tAhd ana hosemonde Gerard
from admiring each other began 20 low.
each other. and finally they wer. narr,.A
NJ Ros,and NOR. for,un.,a -
! AIsro1 A. No., -, .,..,.a - nan
-i., ~ Ne ""o e'"A"n me Muse
"'nout Always seeing her appear has
had his Muse at his side, TRANQUILITY hv,n,
his life with him. banding over M. r.,.--
inspirin1 him stinula,;ns M. -
rais;n,- -. -. La-.'i. US N""s'
| $50 nv AeoPhk up MS iAith
VI sne wors oesun-the most constant.
hksnlous anu discreet OF couaborators.
. IRA fhaa
OF hsr husband poems from destruction.
Va. no-'ahn - c"plous writer Some
| times an lueA comes 10 him when he 70
tSIurhlhg from Walk or on the road.
ne goes 10 nus STUDY ana rapidly ep
~ GOWN on paper IN rhythmical verse.
me paEer remains on me table and other
verSes arr added. Ttenest the pertec-
! tiot TICS IN TINS nrst rouRh sketch, but
mos" verses 10 the poet mind ara en-
| o'yo lueas r-.srIeu tor later use.
hIne' hoetahu, however. knows how
eAacuhg het husDahu ~ win himself,
| anu She KNOWS thAt IN the WORK OF re-
| VISION thoe~ embryo ideas Will he dung
| INTO me waste paper basket She picks
me verses out OF the basket unseen by
! the poet. Then one fine day in the most
natural manner at the moment when h.
needs them most he finds them At hand
| on his table as II by accident.
| say. look here! These lines might do;
! in fact they will do very we'll How
/
! Once when ] stopped al Cambo on nv
way home from a visit To Spain CON-
tinues the writer L learned from the
poet how he found the site. Of his present
villa
4 was out on nv horse. VI Rnstand
said 20 me | had gon. no a hill riding
more or less at random among the trees.
when the view spread itself before me.
n charming view on every side | made
INQUIRIES The ground was FOR sale
4 A. k.,gll n.
.tvle here aud 10 surround II with flower
he,I- would mean TN. realization Of a
h..autiful dream Aud became. IN. nur-
chaser: but he added 'th.r. was a
very Wild state. II wna a virgin forest
Within Ave wears ArnaRa had AZ
raar,-d ON the hill Ike. an .u,hau'.si ga
Zen, hlass1rning cut Of VI Rostand'- fancy
like one Of his poems. for with IT. Ra,l,a
house built in an irregular fashion. Its
CestraI oaks its ornamental waters ~
Frnnch garden. is grove, H. pn.'s'
corner with the btI-fs Of Carvanfo~ Hugo
and Shakespeare under the arches ~
Towering trcllis ~ wistarin covered
psrgolA. it, Slopes d"Cked with all th.. ri,d
Wild fora ~ the district IT, lawns tina,
desCend IN 80 supple 80 natural 4. fashion
toward the surrounding plain that they
seem 70 form part ~ ~ il vistas over the
distant Pvrenees or the winding blu.
It's PROPULSION OF rnre flowers Arnaga is
one ~ the most ingenious works that have
sprung from VI. RoStand's Imagination
III has been considered matter fpr
surprise that in ten years. since 'L'Aiglon
VI. Edmond Rostand should have pr'-
duCad only one work. Chantecler This
IL not the fact; he has produced two works
'Chantscler' and Armagh But tho latter
he wrought only for himself and his family
The public does not know H. And per-
haps n il the work that the poet ap-
precia,es most. since he IL alone in its
IN iovmsnt
He dreamed 10. thought II out. executed
II a. a labor 81 love. Though hs had
recourse To an architect 20 bring " into
actual being even a. he has rsCourse 70
scene painter for his plays an was
imagined bv himself and the domain ~
created 10 the tangible expression q his
dream. For ne worked az a. and with
his hands Just a. a playwright IN his
study works nj the elaboration Of n stage
set
Like Musset before him. VI. Ro~tand
Is n spirited draughtAman Drawing
amusas him. He had no sooner bought
the coveted hill and settled the plans n
the future villa than he realized in ad.
vance the exact appearance % his park
and gardens