The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

| appointing neT SlnkeI W tu6 ~kuccu
the other appointing her to the Kings
Theatre Of the opera. In 1867 she made
her debut, at the opera; the PompadouI
Joined Louis in leading Q tumult Of ap-
plause.
Now comes there to the tradesman's
house. the tradesman having speculated
away his small fortune. q handsome
young author with . play to cell. but
no ordinary playwright. for his dress is
rich. his bearing arlstocratic. He
charms tho parents. but seems oblivious
of the lovely daughter: mother. be-
ware! A few weeks and the boarder
Is seen no more: the unregarded daugh-
| ter likewise. Comes a lackey in gor-
geous livery. and this Is the note he
bears and 1t Is signed Louis. Comic de
Brancas: Madame. I am ashamed to
| inform you that I have repaid your
amiable hospitality by running away
with your daughter. I am. alas. q mar
ried man. but as soon as I am Q widower
l promise you solemnly that ] will
marry her. Well q count Is count.
and some day this one would be Due dc
Lauraguais. so at last the mother dries
her eyes. seeks out the runaways. takes
them in her arms and bestows the
parental blessing.
Monsieur" sophie used to say later.
has given me two million kisses. but
he has made me shed two million tearA"
Tho kisses began to come lees fire.
quently. the tears more often; there
were Jealousies and quarrels Finally
Sophie packed up the Dues presents to
her and sent them with their two chill
dren TO the Dues wife. who promptly
returned the presents but kept the
children. After that Sophie had many
lovers scored many triumphs OF the
voice and said many sharp and clever
things. To police officer who, oaffied
at her inability to remember" what had
been said and done at a dinner whereof
vere told many scandalous stories In
which tho Pompadour figured largely.
exclaimed. ut seems TO mo that a
woman Ike You would probably remem-
her things OF that SORT" she replied.
Yes. but before a man ike you l am
not "A woman Ike mel"
But the end was near. and II came
with dramatic suddenncss The sharp
tongue had made an enemy OF Gluck.
and in "Alceste" in 177s the principal
part was given to her rival, Rosal!e
Levasseur. Ono night she sang in
"EuthyIne ct Lyris" and at the line
"Vous brulez que jc sois partle" laugh
ter and ironicai cheers proclaimed the
end OF her sway. She lived twenty
years more. poor and alone, always her
courage was high. 10 tho end she was
the bright. clever Sophie. Laureguais,
impoverished In the Revolution, would
have shared with her what was left 70
him: she declined, but begged him to
~ hAr 49,. a 4
casiorally visit her. Her last days were
bitter, but the words she murmured
with her dying breath were: "Ah. les
heaux tours!" Are there people too
good 10 feel some stir 81 pity. not IN say
an impulse 10 admiration. for Sophie
Arnould?
AS English as Sophie was French is
Mary Anne Clarke. and Mary Anne, to
Judge by her picture in the book, was
not even as beautiful "a her name. Blu,
she had dark eye and a clever tongue.
Mr.. Hall denies her the obliquely royal
descent with which some enthusiasts
wonld endow her; she was, he saya, the
daughter Of one Thompson, whose
Widow when Mary Anne Was bu, child
married q London typesetter by name
Farquhar. Mary Anne was At 10
welded spouse to q stonemason, Clarke,
who drank up his earnings and gave her
four years o: misery. At the end Of
tina; period Mary Anne ran away.
For q while she lived quietly IN a
Wiltshire town with a "barris,er and
baronet" for protector: then, firing per.
haps OF the law. abe returned 20 Lon
don. After q bewildering succession Of
protectors" and habitations she an
pears IN 1903 in London, established
in fne house IN Tavistook place with
a mysterious "Mr. o." an army agent,
paying the billA and there she meets
and captivates the diesolute Frederick
Duke OF York. than whom mot one
among tho rollicking. hard swearing.
faat living sons Of George III. had a
better heart or . moro foolish head"
The Duke made her mistress Of a still
inner establishment IN Gloucester place
fortman Square.
Here she lived in regal luxury: twenty
servants; q thousand pounds q year for
wages alone; sumptuous furniture:
plate formerly the property Of the Due
de Berrf and Of truly ducaI maEnin-
cence; wine glasses worth two euineas
apiece: ten horses and two coachmen In
tho stables. and whom London xrey
stale . cosey retreat At weybridEe. But
the lady was Unsuitable: q thousand
pounds . month for current expenses?
'Twould hardly pay wages and iiveries.
she told tho Duke. Creditors Grew
clamorouA How was the Dukes mis-
tre@s bctter OF than tho mason's wife?
A vino merchants son. faithful TO their
former love. made liberal loans, and
other generous friends helped send
the bailiffs packing.
An intolerable state Of affairv for q
Dukes !naInorStal Mr.. Dowler covets
post IN the army commissarist, The
Duke 70 head Of tho army: Q word 70
him. the appointment u made ana Mr..
Dow1er's gratitude 70 worth . thousand
pounds From that beginning Mary
Anne works up a profitable business in
army commissions. Tho regular market
price Of . majority Ia $4,000; for q can
taincy 1880. Small bribery Of bland,sh-
ments procuree' her the autograph, and
tho clever little lady dispenses commits
sions at 1900 for majors, 200 for cap
ta!ns: less than half price. II IL said
too that she had . neat knack with the
pen and was not too squeamsh to forge
a signature or two whenever her royal
lover was In ungenerous mood.
But there In an end TO all thinRp, ana