Show HO now WInTE a I HOW ADRIENNE WROTE TO OLA VEL hat living without loving was the motto of Adrienne Lecou one ono of or the greatest actresses the tho French stage has ever e hall hail She was born In 1692 an anti and 1 made her hor Paris debut in the role of or Klec Elec tre tro In tragedy of or the same name and her ber success was Immediate and for thirteen years sho was the queen of or tragedy at the at attaining at- at a popularity never ne before accorded an aim actress 0 The life history of Adrienne contains not a single but a it series of ot passions lons but the grand passion was for Maurice do Saxe an AJax In ilL war and a Don Juan Tuan In gallantry She sold her plate and Jewels jewIS to supply him with funds for his ill starred as IlS duke of olf f l DC Saxo Is usually tho the solitary hero when Adrienne's Adri- Adri ernies ernie's love Jave story tary is told for far her unhappy end centered In him but he is by no means the only notable phase In her sacrificial sac sac- passions love lovo affairs began begun in her girlhood her first attachment being for a 0 ayoung ayoung I young oun baron who died suddenly after a afew afew I few months of or romancing and her hel grief was as so profound that she earnestly considered con con- suicide e. e There were several to follow olio but with the entrance of or an obscure actor whom she Aha met In tho the comradeship of or the theatre her true tender tender ten ten- der ier womans woman's heart Is disclosed li In 11 tile the collection of Adrienne's correspondence corre corre- which willet has fortunately been preserved there are arc only two love lovo letters and these were both hath Inspired b by Clavel who vImo was waR totally unworthy of or them She concludes the tir first t of or these letters In the following ng endearing terms lerms Assuredly I believe helIo that thou thau hast a kind heart and consequently consequent art faithful to thy poor Le Le- Le- Le Call couvreur who loves Es three moro more than herself herself her her- self I embrace thee with all the tenderness tenderness tenderness tender tender- ness of or m my heart and swear to ta theo thee a constancy proof against all things Two r years later Inter sho ho wrote the second letter loHer Il after ter she had como come to suspect that li tier r lover lo was a reluctant to carry out aut his Intention of or rr marrying her D By her bi biographer biographer bl- bl this letter Is considered one One of ot the ten eret nn and most touching to ta be he found In literature tr real ual or Imaginative worthy worth of the ram famous ails letters of or Manon Lescaut ca t This riIs letter Jetter In J part art art Is IB as ns fol tol- fol- fol lows I 1 hardly know what to think of your neglect at a time when everything ought to alarm us Be always persuaded that I Ilove Ilove Ilove love you yau for Cor yourself a hundred times more maT maTthan than titan on my 01 own account Time will prove to you my imy dear Clavel what I swear wear to you today Entertain for me mo the sentiments that I 1 shall entertain for you ou all m my life for toi all aU m my ambition Is bounded by br tha that t. t With all the attachment that I have for you ou I should bo In despair If It you did didan an anything for or me inc with repugnance R Re Re- fleet well that you OU are arc still master Make no promise that you OU do not intend to keep Were It necessary for Cor you to promise to hate me It seems that it would bo easier casler to bear than to find myself deceived 1 I Itell tell you again my dear Clavel that your Interests are arc dearer to mo me than my own Follow Folia the tho course that is most pleasing to you ou I know you OU to be bo of Or a disposition that will prompt you to act generous generously and aurl perhaps to surpass me mc but yet et once oice again reflect well Act like the honest man you rou are and follow your own Inclination inch inch- nation without troubling about the possible possible pos pos- sible consequences consequence I shall resign myself myself my my- self leU by some m means ns or another as yell yen as I can whether I gain aln or lose lase you ou If It I have you I shall have ha the sorrow Borrow of not rendering you au as happy as I should wish m. m my own happiness will perhaps make me forget the pain If Ie I lose Joso you au I shall strive at least st not to do so entirely and I Ishall Ishall Ishall shall still retain some place in n your our es esteem esteem es- es teem If It you rOll ar are happy I shall have the pleasure of or knowing that I have havo prevented pre pre- vented it or If you are not I shall not be the cause and amid I shall endeavor In n some wa way to console myself The Tho literary quality of ot Adrienne's letters let letters considering that sho she was a mere girl when they were written Is hs remarkable Cia Clavel vel followed hl Ills his own Inclination as Adrienne counseled and decide that marriage mar mar- nags with a young aung actress would not bo be advisable The was heart broken when he failed her and she lived In 1st practIcal practical seclusion for far or several reveral months her life barren of everything but tho the toll lorthA Of lor th the thA theatre But the tho da day of or her triumph h soon dawned at the Comedic Francaise and naturally a R. host of friends gathered about her She was as tar far happier in her friendships than in her loves lo She Sho died at the age of ot 38 38 on March 20 W. 1730 She was denied the last rites of or the tIle church and her remains were refused burial in consecrated grounds In 1786 1736 six fifty years ears att after r her death an old man located her final resting place and placed a marble tablet there to d designate de te the spot What became be- be came of ot Clavel no one seemed to care sufficiently to t note |