Show a Th m lE i f ID drI u How C affi ish Cecile o 1 1 r 1 t r Count Guillaume de Segur one of the most distinguished of French noblemen and the lucky winner of the actress heart By C DE VIDAL HUNT PARIS OR once the gay city of Paris has FOR been shocked into almost speech speech- speechless speechless less amazement Cecile Sorel the nations nation's idol and greatest stage co- co coquette coquette co coquette quette ot of all time has got married I IThe IThe The immortal immortal Celimene the high priestess of unfettered love the reincarnated Mme time has given her heart and hand as well to mere man And the Parisians say Eay it is shocking detestable unnatural and devilishly in- in inconsistent consistent on of their Celimene Celimene to thus desert them They cannot believe believe be- be believe lieve it They wont won't get over it But the facts are facts Cecile Sorel is now Mme la do de Segur her IIer husband is the scion of one of the most aristocratic families of France and heir apparent heir heir- apparent to one of the noblest c castles in Normand Normandy And both are arc happy The curious thing about the romance is that people have been been exp expecting it for forten forten forten ten years Everybody in the world of the theater has known all about the love of Guillaume de Segur for forthe the great gat Sorel but still the news that the couple couple had been hitched up for good came as asa asa asa a shock that shook the Fran Fran- Francaise Francaise Fran Fran-caise caise almost out of its dignified equi equi- equilibrium equilibrium How did it happen What made them do it These questions have been on every lip since the newspapers told the story of I the marriage ceremony ceremony in a little ch church of Marseilles s iThe h The wedding was a fact but beyond that nobody nobody seemed to know anything anything Not a single a-single single detail leaked out about the the real romance beL behind be- be behind f L hind the scenes 5 The piquant facts k I lr about about the diamond- diamond diamondi t- t 1 i studded cigarette case a a gift of King Ali Alphonso Al- Al fl i i phonso were carefully guarded as were the 1 t happenings at Lisbon on the occasion of a- a bullfight when the gentle gea gen gen- tle Cecilo Cecile n near nearly ear I cele-I 11 1 y knocked out the celebrated cele- cele matador mata mata- idor r dor who had killed four bulls right under her eyes It was that bullfight that relly made Cecile t marry Guillaume The two two had traveled together tor to- to r gether in many lands for the w past ten years yean Count de Segur Segur Se- Se gur acting as M Sorel's busi busi- business ness ness neS manager and sometimes splaying playing a part on the stage tage but it remained for tho the incident in the Lisbon arena to decide their matrimonial fate On her arrival at Lisbon shortly be- be before before be before fore the recent revolution broke out Cecile Sorel was accorded the honors of ofa ofa ofa a sovereign so in that the government or- or ordered ordered or ordered dered a corrida to be given for her special special special cial entertainment The occasion brought out the largest multitude of bullfight enthusiasts ever assembled in the huge Lisbon arena Cecile Sorel sat in the presidential box with Count do de Segur on her right and the Mayor of Lisbon on her left Personalities of ot minor importance importance importance tance filled the box on both sides and the rear The bullfight was the first she had ever eyer witnessed It was a beautiful bull bull- bullfight bullfight fight Never in the history of Portugal had llad the dear bulls gored more horses hones and never had the shown more daring in spiking the bulls with their stinging little spears And it was toward Cecile Sorel that the espada turned for permission to put the bulls bulls to to death Had she been Queen Maric Marie Christine the French actress could not r I- I I Yr rM I If f f r n Nr 1 I t r a Z f FN i 1 AA J I x v i ii ri r yi u t tf f t Jf 1 l t I f t t tf fA s tw t i t r f t ty y y I o J t d 1 t t t The Counts Count's bride photographed in in her historic the bed bed the one that once belonged to Mme Du Barry the notorious favorite of Louis XV L ment You must throw throw ir some jewel or gift of f some someI some I tL kind to to to him in the arena arena 7 p when he lie stands there hat in in inI in i I hand band w II For a moment Cecile Sorel looked at her eighty six eighty F six carat six carat diamond solitaire ki i y No that would not mot ot do It It It- It l s 4 s was too insignificant she she tho thought to answer the pur pur pur- pur purpose ri w a pose She wanted something X sY heavier something that had 9 o y volume as well as value i iz 7 Suddenly it came came to her hei L f I is like ike a as of genius Kenius I y i i r 3 f Segur she said over oyer Py her shoulder my ray cigarette cigarette case t f It was the splendid ciga ciga- cigarette ciga rette case the King of Spain t had given given Cecile Sorel on on the occasion of her appear appear- y 1414 once ance at the Roy Royal l Theater a d w ws s in Madrid a case beautifully fully worked in platinum and gold andst and st studded lavishly with dia- dia diamonds dia diamonds f monds of ot all sizes It was WM a heavy cas case so eo heavy in fact that Cecile always always let Dressing table in Mlle Mile Sorel's luxurious boudoir ip if her Paris home have been more greatly honored Upon the waving of her handkerchief de- de depended depended de depended the kind of spears the bande bande- ban de- de would stick into the bulls a white handkerchief calling for just common ordinary ten-inch ten steel a red one for tor the same steel lances plus a lump ot of burning tar that settled comfortably in the incision caused by the spear The people demanded one or the other in a most tumultuous manner And Cecile not versed in the rules of the gentle game did what the Mayor beside her ber bertold told her to do So when the last bull had been dis- dis dispatched dis dispatched patched patched-by patched by a clever thrust of the rapier and aid when the great matador advanced for the last WEt time timo toward the presidential box to give salute to tho the distinguished guest of ot the city the proud Mayor leaned over and said to Cecile It is the custom to honor the man who ha has risked his life for your our L i Guillaume de Segur carry it At once the count guessed her purpose but like a true gentl gentleman man of ot France Franco he produced the case without a a murmur Merci Mord said Cecile simply The matador was now standing below her in the arena and bowing with a abr abroad abroad br broad ad flourish cf c the hat All about her herthe herthe herthe the thousands were shouting and throw throw- throwing throwing throwing ing things The three orchestras were doing their best to drown the din Shawls and hate hats filled the arena even slippers rained upon the tho red red- stained red stained sawdust There here was everything except pop bottles Cecile jumped to her feet To you brave bravo matador she called And with that she threw the cigarette case down toward the smiling matador But she threw it with such sincerity of feeling and with such deadly aim that it struck the gallant bullfight bullfighter r right bo- bo tween the eyes Immediately the smile vanished from the the face of ot the matador Ills eyes tried to meet over the point where the thing had hit him For Ii second he swayed Ills His knees and his head undulated in true slapstick H it W r 3 I r fir g c y MFt Cecile Sorel n the idol of the French stage who has at atI I last yielded to p Count de Se- Se Segura Burs gura long and persistent j wooing wooing rY I I Ten Years of Patient Wooing an and Then Just JustI I When Victory Seemed Still I Far the Away Famous Beauty Hurls King N Alfonsos Alfonso's A onsets Diamond Diamond- Studded Studded Cigarette Case I Into the Bull Face ace and Introduces the t e Noble de Segur as Her licence Fiance I fashion Then he went down in a heap The great toreador who had van van- vanquished four bulls in one sitting the theman theman theman man man ti t whom the most ferocious bulls of were mere childs child's play especially when they were well spiked with witha ith a n dozen bit the saw saw- sawdust sawdust sawdust dust under the impact of such a little thing as a ladys lady's cigarette case lIe He lay still as death A wave of of horror swept over the mul mul- multitude mul- mul multitude multitude What Wh-at had happened Who had killed the great favorite favorit of Portugal A murmur of threat rose and then sud- sud suddenly sud suddenly denly burst into a howl of savage resent resent- resentment m meat ment nt All eyes were turned to the presidential presidential presidential box angrily menacingly But C Cecile cile Sorel was not scared a bit bit With Witha a gesture of ot her eloquent arm she silenced the roaring mob Brave people of Portugal she cried In her finest soprano soprano fortissimo Mr Mayor and citizens of this of-this this noble city of Lisbon I am exceedingly sorry for what has happened to the magnificent mata mata- matador matador matador dor I feel with you the loss of so splendid a fighter But his name shall live forever I shall pay t-s t cost of the funeral and have a monument erected to his memory memory Ishall brin bring up his chil chil- children children dren and love them as my own I shall pay his debts I But the matador just then was get get- getting getting getting ting back upon his feet He had a red spot between tho the eyes and looked pale around the gills but he was a matador With a smile he picked up the t the e cigarette case and took it up to the presidential box You must keep it as a souvenir he said as he handed the case back to Cecile for it has conquered the proud proud- proudest proudest proudest est fighter of Portugal Senora my hear is at your feet The actress thanked the matador graciously and then presented the Count de Segur My lily fiance she added One hour later Cecile and Guillaume i r Inc b were on the train to Marseilles The young count had insisted that he was going to wait no longer for their wed wed- wedding wedding wedding ding scene There is no telling what will happen to you if you are not properly chap chap- chaperoned chaperoned chaperoned and protected he said And so the next day they were married in the little church at Marseilles and the world wondered I believe I was one of the tM first callers at Sorel's palatial apartment in the Qua Quai Voltaire on their return to Paris There were a few things to be elucidated in inthis inthis inthis this remarkable romance particularly this little matter of getting married after ten years ears of hesitation The Countess de Segur received me mein meIn mein in her magnificent green drawing room It is the one she loves best because of its Louis XIV IV atmosphere The busts ot of Moliere and Racine occupy prominent places in the room She makes you feel that she is a woman who remains true to the past and at the same time loves the present The Tho way the place is furnished shows that among the treasures of an- an ancient ancient an ancient lore and tradition nestles a great love for the luxuries of or life lifer My Illy marriage to Count de Segur she said meant a half abjuration of old conditions and a half surrender to the new It was simply a case of evolution evolution evolution tion I have lived many years in an atmosphere atmosphere of art and have everything that success can bring to an artist but when Count de Segur came into my life lite ho he brought something new the traditions traditions traditions of ot centuries of nobility of ot the tho blood It seemed like a splendid merger of two wonderful conditions of the mind and body the culmination of a dream of happiness such as ns comes to every woman I met the count during the war lIe was wounded I saw him stretched out in a first class carriage of a train leav leav- leav leaving leaving ing the front for Paris and immediately was attracted by his good face facer lie Ho seemed to personify person y the true spirit of ot French chivalry Some months later when I played for the soldiers at the front I met mel him again lie He had tot not fully recuperated from his Ms wounds but wished to get back back quickly into active service One One evening he told me he loved me and wanted m me me to be his wife I laughed at first but the quiet seriousness of his face made me falter I realized that ho meant what he said and I listened lIe was sincere A woman can feel that I wen went back to Paris the next day in ina ina ina a mood of f abject indecision I felt I could care caro for Guillaume de Segur But what of my career my work my whole life Then I looked into my tall mirror the one that tells me the truth in the glaring light of my bathroom The mirror told me nice things that day Yes my line was as perfect and andas andas andas as supple as it had ever been My body was like that of a young Greek god in good training My loly emotions were those of a girl of ot twenty So why should I Inot Inot Inot not marry I knew v I could give ns as much as I received and that it would not be a sided one-sided bargain Furthermore I felt convinced that I could make marriage whatever I wanted it to be It should never inter inter- interfere interfere fere with my y profession for one thing Still Stin I h hesitated and dreamed and pon- pon pondered pondered pon pondered dered Segur gradually became my steady companion We visited together his wonderful Chateau de Mery and ex- ex explored explored ex explored every nook and corner of his bis an- an ancestral ancestral an ancestral palais in the Avenue Hoche Roche We cruised together in his yacht saw every port in the Mediterranean went to America together acted and worked to together gether and gradually forgot all about marriage Then came the incident at Lisbon It was as if something had snapped and had to be mended at inee once once No more Segur that day and so it happened happened- |