El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-15
the Young Actress
Who Had So Long Shared
His Home and LOUe


longer bear to look upon her
"abominable little novice"
Days passed. and finally Nina
Maeterlinck, with q multitude Of
feminine endearments, induced her
lord to leave tie Abbaye de Ct
Wandrille to 30 with her to Paris
to see his play. that was beginning
its famous run Of four Kindred
performances. They sat, hand in
hand. as lovers. watching the
search for happiness.
How do you Ike it, she asked.
Much. Oh. very much"
And Tyltyl?"
Very goodl Excellent Where did
you get herr
She is the same whom at the rehearsal
you dislIked"
No"
Yes, assure you
q an amazed"
VIII you come back to meet her2 She
knows you did not Ike her rehearsals- A
few words from you VIII make her very
happy"
Back stage at Rejane's Theatre they
went and Fate walked beside them So ST
lently she walked that none knew. None
guessed her presence. Yet seldom has
there been a more fateful meeting.
Your performance was delightful
MseterIinck looked with admiration at the
straight. slight figure. the dark eyes. the
golden hair splitting in soft masses from
TyltyPs cap. q thank you for interpreting
so well the creation Of my brain"
Misehievously the girl looked at him 7
an glad you Ike me-now." she answered.
The world-renowned author bent over
the hand Of the little unknown Parisienne-
81 viii be glad II you viii honor Nine.
Maeterlinck and me By staying at the Alb
baye de Saint Wandrille." he stammered-
Said the dramatist TO his wife: $50
much do I regret my judgment Of her that
wish TO atone"
NJ and Nine. Dahon consented that
their daughter should be the guest Of their
dear friend, Nine. MaeteTlinck, at Caude-
bee on the Seine. They did not dream that
she would never return So greatly did
the girl fancy the ancient abbey, 50 happy
did the society Of the famous recluse and
his ably executive wife make her, that she
stayed She became a part Of the Maeter-
linck menage. Such for eight years she re-
NAMED
To the chateau in which the poet wrote
his -PeIleas and Melisande," and which
was IT'S setting, few came. Il was known
that in his writing moods the great Belgian
was inaccessible. It was known. too. that
he dislfked the crowd. His imnurement in
the reconstructed ruins with its castle-liks
walls and its century-old trees was &C.
cepted as "Maeterlinck's way" Nine. Mae
terlinck's immurement with him was taken
as a matter OF course.
1T is the way Of a woman who loves her
husband" said Paris.
But now passersby and the few persons
to the chateau grew accustomed
to three figures in the monastic home in
stead OF the two who had been. Between
and his wife, in their twilight
strolls in the dusk Of the grounds, walked
a slender. golden-crowned figure.
q did not know that the poet had q
daughter said one
cor may It not be Georgette Leblanc's
chfld?' answered another.
Nine. Maeterlinck laughed THE only
baby have is my husband Every wife
who loves her husband knows he IS her
greatest baby"
Anu 81 the zee lAhtu vi a. tie Chateau
Occasionally they were seen together in
Paris. Mile. Dahon emerged from seclu-
sion to play roles in the Belgian Shake
speare's play She was the Selyeette in
his "Aglaivaine and Selycette." When
there was a young girl or a boy to be
played, Mile. Dahon played It.
And Nine. Maeterlinck, a woman Of the
world If ever there was one, knew what
was happening. But she knew, too, that
she might Just as easily hold back the
tides Of the sea with one Of her slim white
hands as hold back the love Of her hus-
band for this golden-haired girl II It had
really begun to flow toward her. All she
could do was watch and wait Despite her
love for her poet and philosopher. Nine.
Maeterlinck never quite submerged Geor-
gette Leblanc She wrote essays under
her own name She was an able executive,
managing his affairs. She bargained with
his publishers and produced his plays
often It was necessary for her to be alb
sent from home for months. She made
tours appearing In Maeterlinckian plays
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