HOW COQUELIN RECITES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 991, 4 February 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

HOW COQUELIN RECITES.

to hear Coguelin the Elder recite. He steps befbre'the'audienceih faultless evening dress glpv'ed;;''white-'craviltted; ! •crUßh-hat in |, Wnd} u .the' n yery : ' i l idehl , ' l of. ll a ; 're"Spootatte ini'ddleiged'gentleinanat-'an'eyenlng'p'arty.' He' J begiiißj ll aitd' simply' by the'playiof 'his featurefand the intonations of 'his voice; he holds the audience spelUbourid, sending'theta iriti) shrieks : of laughter or melting'tllem into tears at-will. ,|; Onebf his favorite is' I 'Les Ecre'vißSesi!' ; .by Jacque's'fcman'dj ivhb; by'the'by,^has'furnished th'e !! g I reat corned Jan'with sivefallof his best mbuolbguesi •'LeS'ldreyiiises" is • the melancholy" 'tale told"by a.'provincial'youth who-'lived' at Poht-fl-MOusstfn, '°An old aunt leaves;-bini a fortune; ahd'he' cbmeato PariaitO settle'up tn'd ; 'busihess':.'coiltie6ted |, With 'the'' refleption of; th'ei'legilcy,' -'While there'he'thinkS;he will indulge in the' mild dissipatiqn'of eating sbfiinpsin : a private room at 'a 'fashibuiblb r'eßtaurafiti: ! ! !^o: h'e'trfeats' hiinself ; to 'the coveted dish;' but of boursb'ohe cannot eat alo'ne/that'wbuld be too stupid; ; so' he-in-vites 1 a'' fair.a'nd'fast'damsel to share his'w past, "Aridsoit goes, on and onyfrom day to day a'nd'from'eVehibg■ to ! evening;'till the pbbr, 'provincial gdes 'back to 'PohWMbusson witlibilt a ; penny,' : 'And''all' 1 because, »8 he piteously : Bays—, ; • -'• ; •' . ■ ' : ' ■■ • "(j U'jijj rniirigei des' • ,"'' . ■'' 'Ed , 'cabjnet'pa>ticu]ieK';; "•' l! '' '"' 'Jiries) jorm, thdjiefiiaiti )joy!each verse Cbguelm contrives, to' &qw intb'e'ach'ofbis per'i^ yty'jtiM. thinks I lie has aone a'snTart'tliidg iii the first verse! d,gwn,jo tha|closes|he la?t onej'is.B^pi^jje^pr^d..4,e?cyipU6n! v ( ,,,'' .''''' ■|!Anb,tner"'very 'also to'perfelipn/is.called ''{.Thecal." ;?he hwogpes same style, the is )aqtu'ally figuring, gentleman j 'tabrepr'less'bf tlie^poine^ie ; Frati^iae'' (toi .| near'. Coqublin utferthat ph'rase'is 'worth' crossing tae'.'ocean p. ill,"' ij. r fi| ,:vi''M \i, I'.-r/'.,'? |.-ii: fon the ..express purpose) is\.reciting v.taes, "Jtyw," pays' Ooqueiin. tp'the ajidieuce, '', l neye^could afcid'o yefses'} ,th"ie| always '.send pie to, sleep,''''.p.ur f ( 'lie'r6* i Stands ou.the.'edge'.of,.the hot),'cro^d'^''jct'awing* room, vainly'ldhgiiig'todepart {^but 'he jba? put hjs ; hat down inadyertently'ori'ajdist'aut cabinet!! !ahd he witKoiit' .disturbing lence kd'perhips, tjie speaker'..fi'well, !'tliere''he'l sleepy,: bored, 'suffocated,, ( Ogling' Vainly niS distant hat, and' dreaming pleaiaht visions ,of tjie'riiglii 'outside, "jiyheje tjie. atari arb'.spMi ling, anUthe" raponis.i'shining', dnd' ; the tool wmds'Hre,Bigfri^ whiteness'of'tlie 'ashpit... verie is broken.,by a. hoarse;Igrut 1 grutf 1 yo^cb: * *. "WhatJ-'dp" ybu lAoaii Ifjy' : st»HnS itf at' , my/daughteir, l 'sir?' , ' 'l I he ; hapless"gUe'st starts ; frbm 'his 1 drowsy musings,. and' sees beside liim"'an irate and' him from under a pair' of bushy '!eyebrow.s'.. ! does tlib poor qwner'jof, the hat disclaim any intention of staring.at madomoisolle '(who. 'is pretty, by the way, !ahd wears pink ribbons): tlieangry ifatherl'MuSesiolistenortobe'pacified. 'ln the'niidßt of' tlie'_' the. recitation comes'to 1 an jni, ! our'"herb'make's'a"pliinge for his hat,,and, io! a dainty little hand attached'tothb prettiestarmin. tends'itjb.hiin with'a few soft'words of girli?h ( 'cbmmiseration, He jboks ;"'the'gracious young' speaker'. js ! . the ;damsel, in /the pink ribbons, ' 'Back'.he hastens to 'the cross bid father arid declares 'his admiratipn for the young lady, " We'werb maraed'iast Tuesday, " concludes 'Cbquelin. 'joyously) '' and I owe all my'liap'pinesJi,' to my hat."— coit'for''September.''; ' "'