WHERE IS HAPPINESS?

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 108, 2 November 1929, Page 22

WHERE IS HAPPINESS?

One of tho strangest stories in tho world has come to an end. In ISOS tlioro was born in Toulon a little girl called Eugenic Feneglie. She was orphaned in her childhood and tried tf earn her living first as a 3hop assistant and then as a. singer iii cafes. People liked her singing, and told her she should try her luck in' Paris. She went to Paris poor and nameless. A manager gave the little provincial girl a part, and all Paris loved her. Fame and fortune paved her way with gold and flowers. . The most distinguished people cultivated her friendship. Great men begged her to interpret their plays. There was hardly anything tho ; . world can give which was denied heiv:: •; :, She was very beautiful, -with a crown of curls and great shining eyes. She had grace of body and movement, and she was extremely intelligent. Admiration followed her everywhere. Her photographs appeared constantly, articles were written about her clothes by one type of journalist,; and about her art by another type.;; ..•'- The famous actress had'called herself Bye Lavalliere. Suddenly Eve Lavalliere disappeared, .;....• :-.'". Her dazzling life had; Brought, her ho happiness.. .At first,'.like'e.very" stagestruck girl, she had'thought it would be splendid.-to bo famp.uSi'r.'.At.first she. had been.as pleased;-:with;her,jew'eis;as a baby with its'- .toys*,'• Bui;vso'oii ,/SJi.o was asking: "Is ihigv'ati? ' .iVaui. -nipt; happy. When shalJlj'.JibegitfVtbi 'bo happy?" ' . ■■:'■ :.£■■:.':---:::'%-j "V: X In the end she loftjlip,:world!aii.d,,set out i:a quest of hajjjuijSs. . Slip'.'ftmiid it in a village of the; Yosgcs/ wncreshe lived a life of poverty,; prayefy and.-.ser-vice. If-a.poor man neoded nursing, or a sick woman wanted.her house scrubbed, or a dying child wanted comfort, Eugenic Fcncglie was at their beck and call. After much scarchiug iier brilliant friends found her. They begged her to return 'to tho world. All they coufd say was in vain. .: ■ • , "It will not last," people said> But years went on. For fifteen years the famous actress was the servant -.'-of the poor in her mountain village." '. Now she has passed on to that.world where heroes go, and people are 160211----ing her genius and beauty^ and wondering afresh why her fame brought'hen no happiness. But there are othersjwho do not wonder .. . people worjeihg. in hospitals and slums villages, for her secret isi.theiw also. .:■,■'■'■, ;.