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<b>DUCOUDRAY, MLLE. M.</b> Honorable mention, 1898; honorable mention, Paris Exposition, 1900. At the Salon des Artistes Français, in 1902, this sculptor exhibited "Mon Maître Zacharie Astruc," and in 1903, "En Bretagne."
"Ladies and gentlemen," the comedian began, "I am here to sell by auction the boxes at the Alhambra Theatre for to-night, when, as you know, there will be the greatest performance ever given by the largest number of star artistes myself included.
Delasalle are in the Luxembourg; other pictures in the collections Demidoff, Coquelin, Georges Petit, etc. At the Salon des Artistes Français, 1902, this artist exhibited the portrait of M. Constant and the "Roof-Maker."
This gave me great pleasure on Henry Abbey's account, for he had lost all he had in his previous tour with an admirable troup of opera artistes, and greater pleasure still on my own account, as I was to receive a good share of the takings. We stayed at St. Louis all the week, from January 24 to 31.
It did not seem to me as if I were entering the brilliant ranks of living artistes who every night won the applause of the house by their merriment or their sobs. No, I felt as though I were in the tomb of dead glories, and the stage seemed to me to be getting crowded with the illustrious shadows of those whom the stage manager had just mentioned.
His voice had chased away the spectres, and I opened my eyes and paid attention to the worthy man's advice. He was rather pleased with my way of reciting, and he taught me a few of the traditions. At the line, Eurybate a l'autel, conduisez la victime, he said, "Mademoiselle Favart was very effective there." The artistes gradually began to arrive, grumbling more or less.
On the way the poor woman told me the following story. "You know, my dear," she began, "I have a mania for somnambulists and fortune-tellers of all kinds. I therefore abused her for this, as I pay her seven francs. She charges ten francs to other people, but seven francs to artistes.
Diana was touched by the simple, unaffected kindness of the two great artistes who were to assist at her recital. It surprised her a little; she had anticipated the disparaging, almost inimical attitude towards a new star so frequently credited to professional musicians, and had steeled herself to meet it with indifference.
Mooney, who had taken what remained of her money out of the butcher business and set up a boarding house in Hardwicke Street, was a big imposing woman. Her house had a floating population made up of tourists from Liverpool and the Isle of Man and, occasionally, artistes from the music halls. Its resident population was made up of clerks from the city.
I was still more amazed. "We are artistes, are we not? Well, we must not dress like the ordinary folk. If we went about dressed like the country people, do you think anybody would look at us? Should we get a crowd around us when we stop? No! Appearances count for a great deal in life." I was a French boy in the morning, and by night I had become an Italian. My trousers reached my knees.
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