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HOSE CHERI. 197
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« Rose Cheri.
. like done many all that others lay of in his him countrymen to find some who find way themselves out of them In difficulties and then ,
, , of when self further -destruction effort . seemed In _tliis almost state useless he was , entertained one evening the - walking notion
in the environs of the town where he had lived for so long a time , when he met the _prefectwho kindly accosted him , and asked him
what he meant to do with , himself , but above all what he intended to do with his eldest daughter ; and on hearing- she was destined to
. make shirts or dresses , abandoned the idea that he had at that moment entertained of finding some minor appointment under
. Government for M . Cizos . " What ! " said M . Romieu , " cut oiithe brilliant destiny which nature has laid out for her ? She shall do
will no admired thin one g of day his the become swe kind et- . tempered Bring famous her there daug to P . hter aris " , But and thoug the I ht am father her confident by , much far that too as un she he
of assum an ing audience , althoug in h the a pretty ital blonde . "I , ever thank , to command from the app heart lause capyou my
• . M . le Prefectfor the honor you have done Kose in thus speaking of , known her , but peop I was le , , , such during as my we are youth , without , in Paris friend , and or for money poor , and I know live
unthat it would be infinitely wiser to go and seek for fame and a - lihood in the obscurest village in France . " But M . Romieu was a nian of penetrationand saw beneath the candid and confiding
, looks of Roseas well , as an almost childish aspect , much genius , and a certain , native refinement thataccompanied with simplicity
-of manner and dramatic powers , woul , d be sure to win the admiration of the change-loving Parisians .
He therefore strongly advised the Cizos to proceed to the capital ; . and not only gave them a letter of introduction to an eminent
dramatic author , but in other ways rendered such a long journey as he recommended them to take , easy in its accomplishment . This the
occurred in the month of April , 1842 ; and some days after , servant of M . Bayard announced to that gentlemanwho was then
, young engaged girl in wished the composi to present tion of to a him vaudeville in person , that a an letter old of man recom and
mendation which the former carried in his hand . Directions were they at once produced given for was both a to favorable be shown one into : the the stud father y . The and impression daughter
struck the author in whose presence they found themselves as being honest candid , air mode of st the , persons irl _sjDoke , belong strong ing l to y in the her " ' petits behal _bourgeo f . The is , " letter and the the
old man presented g was . that which was given him by the Prefect . It ran as follows : — "My dear friend—M . Cizoswho will hand you
this letteris a person belonging to , the stage , , and as such the most worth , of commendation that I have ever met . Mdlle . Rose
his daug and hter y has , is received a charming a careful young education person , . gifted Her with place rar is e trul intelli y at - ,
Paris gence ; , and I am sure that you will find in her success the success
Hose Cheri. 197
HOSE CHERI . 197
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/53/
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