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,200 OXJE, FRENCH CORRESPONDENT.
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« Rose Cheri.
the tumultuous calls from all parts of the tfceatre for the name of tlie debutante . The registrarhearing the clamorhastened to Rose
, , , calling * out impatiently , " Your name ! your name ! " " You know it well , Monsieur / ' she returned ; "I am called Rose Cizos . " " What !
Cizos ! I can never tell such a name to the public ; it does not suit you ! Have you not some other ? " " Not one ! " " Then think of
one quickly , for they are growing" impatient . A nanie—a name ! for Heaven ' s sake ! " "Why" said Madame Cizoswho was behind the
scenes , " my husband ' s , baptismal name is Cheri , , and he and all of us have in several villages where we played , been known by it .
always Many of called our him friends Pere and Cheri the ! habitues " " Rose of Cheri the Peri !¦ " gueux exclaimed Theatre M .
Monval ; "it seems as if the name was invented for you . That is the one which I shall go and announce to the clamorous audience !"
While saying so , he went to enter the stage by a side door , Rose hanging on his armtrying to hold him backand in her most
be-, , seeching accents saying , "Oh ! Monsieur , do not—do not ! " But M . Monvalsummoning up all his courageshook off the girlsaying ,
, , , " Rose Cizos jamais / " then entering , said , " Ladies and gentlemen , the debutante ' s name is Rose Cheri "—and several voices answered
, " Ah . ! quelle est bien nommee , cette ange de la sitnplicite et de Vinnocence "
M . Delestre-Poirson , who had not -witnessed her debut as JEstelle _, at once augmented her salary ; and asked of M . Leon Lay a to
confide to Rose the _jxrincipal rdle in a little comedy that was some years ago very much in vogue hereentitled " Le Premier Chapitre . "
, It represented the first sentiments of love in the breast of a young girl . The youthful actress was exquisite in her representation of
them , and rendered them with the most delicate shadings , and a truth , freshnessand naivetethat was perfectly irresistible . The
success of Mdlle , . Cizos as , an ingeniie was such , that the public thought it would be impossible for her to excel in any other
character , but another lucky accident showed them to be mistaken . Her friend , M . Bayard , sent to the Gymnase a vaudeville entitled
"Le Chang ement de Mains . " In it the rdle of the Czarina was confided to one of the first actresses in the robust style of the Porte St .
Martin , who , when on the point of performing it , grew offended with the manager and broke her engagement . Authoractorsand
directors , were again in another dilemma , as there was , not in , the Gymnase one supposed to be _eajDable of taking * the deserted post .
M . Montigny , then at the head of that theatre , with some hesitation proposed Rose Cheriwho had already taken them out of a similar
, scrape and given so many proofs of intelligence . The author consented to the trial , and , when the rehearsal came round , was
astonished at the energy and boldness of character with which it was On _g- the one day throug of the h . first l _^ resentation of "Le Changement de Jfa in s , "
It became the turn of the public to "be wonder struck . The Ingenue
,200 Oxje, French Correspondent.
, 200 OXJE , FRENCH CORRESPONDENT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/56/
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