Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-17

theater, when Jules Janin, mighty dra-
matte critic and arb.ter of the Paris
stage. took his pen in hand and wrote a
few lines about the young Jewish ac-
ed her definitely on her illustrious ca
reer. 1--WE possess he wrote with the
hyster.a of Paris journalist. 1.-THE most
marvellous actress, although still only a
the stage. It is nothing short of
marvellous this uneducated child, without
art, without preparation of any kind
thus becoming the Interpreter Of our old
TRAGEDIES" And much more to the same
effect Rachel was sovereign" "a
ten inches on the stage" But IL the
criticism was a bit overweight, the
voice OF Janin was omnipotent in the
theater circles Of Paris. Rachel became
alter. winning new laureis and increased
salaries at every point.
Was Pet Of Literary Set.
The daughter of the peddler. the girlish
gutter sn:pe. had become stately wom-
an. not beautiful. perhaps. but with a
countenance so mobile and expressive as
to make the beholder forget the features
She was the pet of the literary set. fire.
quenting the salon Of Nine. de Maintenon
and on terms of intimacy with Chateau
brand. de Musset. Victor Hugo and Bal
FAC. Her salary grew prod.giously; she
was fond Of saying that she earned as
much as President Guizot was paid for
governing the most turbulent nation of
Europe. Though liberal in expenditures
she had one quality Of the miser-a love
of the sight and touch of money. At
Marseille once she was paid 5000 for one
performance. The money all I'm gold, was
hr~n hi IN hAr IN a I'm
these golden coins she fastened a gaze of
fierce alteration. To use her own words
She felt the ferocious joy of an animal
that has the long wished-fOr prey within
its clutches" With the box placed be-
side her bed she spent the greater part
of the night plunging her hands amid the
coins and playing with the golden
stream. The incident is typical Even
her admirers deplore that throughout life
she subordnated fame to her lust for
profit.
In 1851 she went to Engls.1d and scored
a triumph. Charlotte Brontes estimate
of her acting is worth quoting as an ex-
ample of this authors lurid rhetoric
Rachel; a wonderful sight-terrible as If
the earth had cracked deep at your feet
revealed glimpse of hell. She made
me shudder to the very marrow of my
bones. In her some fiend has certainly
taken up an inoarnate home. She is not
woman; she Is a snake, she Is the
devil"
Falls Victim to Consumption.
After triumphant tour of the con-
tinent she took her company to the
United States Here she was given at
the Metropolitan Theater in New York
such an ovation as had been given no
actress before. But i'll luck and Ill health
attended her tour. The symptoms Of
consumption. the fell disease of which
her sister had already died. appeared in
her and physicians ordered retirement
from the stage. and life in warmer
climes Her last appearance on any
stage was at Charleston in December
1883. Her whole career as an actress
of the first class was little longer than
fifteen years.
Returning to Europe, she spent three
years in the vain pursuit of health in
all salubrious climates. The end came
at last in the little village of Cannot
near Canes, in the French Riviera.
There with a choir of twenty from the
Jewish consistory by her bedside inton-
ing q service for the dying she passed
peacefully away. As the chant was