It is certainly interesting to find in this, the first

the rue Pastourel, where he found that the future star of the ballet

was the daughter of a portress. Two weeks later, the mother and

daughter, established in the rue de Crussol, were enjoying a modest

competence. It was to this protector of the arts--to use the

consecrated phrase--that the theatre owed the brilliant danseuse. The

generous Maecenas made two beings almost beside themselves with joy in

the possession of mahogany furniture, hangings, carpets, and a regular

kitchen; he allowed them a woman-of-all-work, and gave them two