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Show 1 "VAMPS" WHO I I MADE HISTORY By JAMES C. YOUNG. 8 ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) A QUEEN OF TRAGEDY, ON AND OFF THE STAGE. IT CANNOT be doubted that Adrienne Lecouvreur was a vampire. But it may be believed that the hearts which she broke were mended, whereas her own was shattered past repair. At thirteen Adrienne appeared in a neighborhood neigh-borhood company of children, speaking speak-ing the lines of the great Oorueille with a dramatic power which gained her some celebrity. And she was scarcely fifteen when the opportunity came to join a company of provincial players. She was twenty-Uve when Paris first saw her. She taud spent ten bitter years in small companies. She also had at least fo;r serious love affairs with more or less prominent men and, in her own words, she was done with love. "I know that one doesn't die of grief," she wrote, and the line has lived. It was in 1717 when Paris glimpsed Ihis delicate beauty, and immediately she was the queen of her time. And love, which she had renounced, would not let her alone. For a time she patronized patron-ized half the great men of Paris, then cast them aside. But tHe vampire was not to go uneaught. In 1721, after four years of success enough to have turned any head, she met Maurice de Saxe, held by many to be the greatest soldier sol-dier and adventurer of his time. Immediately Adrienne loved him and three blissful years followed. Then the duchy of Courland was offered for sale, with the rights of a reigning duke. Th's was the chance of De Snxe. Adrienne Adri-enne knew that if he succeeded she would lose him. But she pawned hr jewels to help obtain the money. It appears that several other women also helped. But with this war chest raised by women De Saxe was not successful. The money escaped him. He came back to Paris, broke. Adrienne Ad-rienne took him in. and was happy. Then the duchesse de Enuillon. a very rich and very disreputable great lady, cast her fancy upon De Paxe. Adrienne protested vehemently. 1 There were scenes, heart-wrenching grief. News of the impending break j l?prend to this; boulevards ami the duchesse was mentioned in anything i but complimentary terms, for Adrienne ! wis the darling of Paris. Then she took suddenfy ill. "Poismi." whispered Fttris, and looked at the duchesse. but there was no proof. Adrienne died a broken-hearted vampire. i |