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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. JANUARY W. 1887.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
' We are Sti lave est Additions
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We are not selling any outside additions or starling any young towns or establishing any railroads , but come to the front with
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We have no grudge against the people here and intend to give them value received for their money. There are additions laid out all
around Tipton Place , and sold last summer for $5OO to $700 each. We don't wear plug hats and blow about the advice we have given ;
our overcoats don't button high enough for that , There is a fine , elegant , new $5OOO school house-on the ground , three stores just
across the street , about 40 houses already built , and 47 already contracted to be built by July 1st , and various other improvements ,
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1-5 cash and 1-5 in six rronths , and the balance in I and 2 years at 8 per cenh The boom is with us , and you will double your money inside
of three months , Free carriages to show the property.
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PEN-PICTURE OF THE POPE ,
nt Count Vasali Describes tbo Head of the
J Raman Oatholic Ohurcli ,
; o SCHOLARLY , SINCERE , SAINTLY _
"Wisdom of JIlH Words I'oqacsHccl of a
Urenl Allnd Jlin Au | > ourai ce
Charity ami JJenure Income
Alwuj'B Clerical.
5 1'Aius , Jan. 9. [ Correspondence of the
KKKTho ] nimble pen of tbo mysterious
! diplomatist who has analy/.ed , in the Paris
5
Nouvelle Uovuo , the society of several
| great Huropcan capitals , and who pro-
1 poses , bo love , to undertake the samu
j task for New York and Washington ,
} ' sketches tlio pope in the course of his del -
l ] pcrlption of Komo and thu Romans. I
i select a few passages which will be ot
" general interest :
{ "Photographic tradition lends to Leo
" XIII. a Hardonlcal smile , and the irrever-
6 cnt have oven called it Voltairian. Tlio
* priests who don't belong to Home speak
B of him in the freedom ot their sermons
as the Pope Voltaire. A French writer
*
J { consecrated Voltaire king. If it bo true
11 that Voltaire rather divided the honors
; of thu crown with Louis XV. or with
\ Frederick tlio ( ! real , it cannot be said
Bi that he has yet heuu elevated to the honor
° : . . of the tiara. The photographs are do-
I cnptive. Leo XIII. is not in the leastliku
*
Vollalre , and his broad smile has nothing
31 hideous about it. It is , ontlio contrary ,
j ) very benevolent , unctuous , and royal.
jj ] TUB UPS OK THE I'OI'E
M distil the honey of academic eloquence
.P ; Eoniewhat slowly , a little bounded , but
, K always perfumed by the blossoms of
r" 'Tiber's banks , and not the bile of For-
| ' liny , the vinegar of refined'malice , the
II bens mots that sound like cannon shots.
M No oini quotes from Leo XIII. a singlu
* J one of those lively , lilting , sprightly
li phrases which bejeweled the conversa-
ii lion ot Pius IX. In vain do wo seek in
* J his public discourses , for an unexpected
5 antithesis , an ingenious play upon words ,
S a bright imago. All is measured , solemn ,
9 oratorical. The political imitation which
f ! according to the judgment of the con-
Jj ; nalsseurs delract.s somewhat from the
i superior quality of his Latin style , is
g ! drawn from pure and tranquil clas-
ji sical sources. Ho has sought after line
M language , not for wit. The pope's pri-
T , vato conversation resembles his speeches ,
j Thu same wisdom , the same cold unction ,
] the same care-to ornament by-thu
ip majusty of form the fcimpllcitv of the mat-
j tor are observable , lint , behind this
i seeming mediocrity , ( hero is a policy.
II Far less spiritual than Voltaire. LeoXH'I.
1 - appears much stronger in politics and in
, } many other things.
I Tin ; roll's Ari'KAitANCi :
{ is not loss solemn than his speech. His
jlorm , which is so spare that he uppqars
| taller than lui really is , disappears on-
! tirt'ly beneath rich stuffs and in thu folds
ij < of his heavy red mantle ; Ids long arms
{ tremulously raise those cumbrous
Y [ dnipcncs , and , from a habit which has ,
' during thu course of his already long
ft liontificato , become second mituru , they
} arc always half extended for tlio bestowal
1.1 of an ample benediction. It is pitiful to
1 &oo the poor bloodless hands Imprisoned
1 . in little white silk mittens which are too
j small These are not fat ruplctu hands
like those of prelates contented with
t . their lot , as those of Sixtus V must have
fq l > oen , nor those of a soldier like Julius II ;
to they are lha nervous hands ot the writer
Ja artist , thinker. They are nearly always
01 cold , colder than the great sapphire gar
th uishcd with brilliants which they offer to
Js the worshipper's kiss ; they never respond
by friendly pressure to the respectful
w touch of Ihu visitor.
yt NONi : MOKE CHAH1TAUU ! .
el "There haa been an effort to give
, _
Leo XIII , H reputation for avarice This
is a gratuitous calumny. Never lias
a pope given nioro than LeoXlII. accord
ing to his resources. Ho keeps nothing
for himself , and his way of living is more
like that of a country curate than a pre
late. I.t is lucky that etiquette makes tlio
pope invariably eat alone ; for his guests
would have but meagre cheer. His gar
ments cost him nothing ; nuns make his
robes for him , and esteem it a special
honor and privilege ; andtlie pious ladies
of the whole world look to it that
his wardrobe is never lucking in rich
calotes of white silk , in velvet shoes
worked with gold thread , anil in girdles
embroidered with his arms. None of the
money which conies into his hands is
kept by him. The dowry which ho gave
his favorite nephew , tlio handsome
Catnille IVcci , scarcely amounted to ono
hundred thousand francs. What grocer's
son would bo satisfied with so little ? Hut
Leo XIII. spends liberally for reestablishing
lishing the prestige of his court , for the
free schools of Koine , for the poor , and
even for the Catholic press. The religious
journals register day after day the liber
ality of Ieo XIII. in cases of accidents ,
for churches , hospitals , etc. ; they remain
silent only concerning the subsidies
which ho never refuses to journals whose
editors he likes , and who servo his policy
with docility.
ins i.vcojir : is NOT VEHV I.AHOK.
Tlio funds huvo a triple origin. Pius
IX. left in the pontitical treasury n cap
ital which yields an annual income of
about three millions of franes. This cap
ital is placed in solid state bonds. It is
purely for speculation that the holy
father subscribes so largely to Italian
loans. Ho resells the stocks as bust ho
can , and puts the prolits into Kuglish
consols. In tin average year St. Peter's
pcnsc , although much run down , pro
duces a sum nearly equal to tiio income
from J'ius iX.'s capital. The six millions
constitute the regular budget of tlio pontifical
tifical state. The third source of revenue -
nuo is used for the extraordinary budget.
It comes from the prolits of the apostolio
chancellery , and amounts to about two
and one-half millions of francs annually ,
This is not too much for tlio spiritual
head of two hundred million souls.
"Loo XIII. wishes to leave behind the
memory of a great pope. _ Ho wishes
that this pontificate , entirely spent within
the enclosure of a palace , this despoiled
pontilicate , may survive in visible anil
durable works'anil transmit the name of
tlio pontilV
TO Till' APMIllATIO.V Of VOSTHItlTV.
The ceiling of the hall of the Candel
abra recites in fresco tlio great events of
the pontificate ; tlio apotheosis of Saint
Thomas d'Acminas , over which Leo XI1J.
presided philosophy , history , belles-
lettres , poesy restored and regenerated
by the great pope. An Austrian master ,
llcrr Seidl , has ueon appointed thus to
glorify the sovereign pontill. Alas !
although Leo X. has a successor , Ha-
phao.1 , and Michael Angela have none !
Leo XIII. intends to attach his iiamn to a
vaster work than that , He is en
larging and rebuilding the iriuuno
of Saint John Laleran. No
subject of conversation is nioro agreeable
to him than ihu recital of the marvelous
Work doiiii in this church , and if hn sees
the end of the labor , a there is every
reason to hope that ho will do , tlio day of
tiiu inauguration will bring him ono of
the chief joys of his roign.
"Joachim Pecci hag belonged to the
church from liK earliest years. Ho
has never known the life of the world , as
1'ins IX. did before ho entered the holy
orders Ho was born clerical , has lived
and remained clerical , and will die popo.
To his thinking , as for many Roman and
other ecclesiastics , the order of this
world is founded upon tlio predominance
of u caste , that of the clergy ; this Is the
governing class ; the other , the lay portion
tion of the world , is the governed class ;
.the ono commands and manipulates af
fair * the Other obeys , "
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A Sensible Woman Declares War Against
the Evils of Pasliiou.
"DURDENS UPON THEIK BACKS. '
Comfort ami Xcntnoss Without Jnit-
Kcr to Health Tlio Dis nsicil
"Washington Iinily Harvard
Annex For On Is.
lios'rox. Jan. 20. [ Correspondence of
the lUr. : . ] In these days of reform ,
women are urining ; themselves more
and more into notice "as successful work-
ers.and 1 am inclined to give them vastly
more credit for their exertions in the re
form of which J am about to write , than
in a certain other line of what some of
the dear women themselves would call
reform , namely "Woman's SulVrago. "
The question of woman's dress is an old
one , but the results of labor in reforming
it are anything but old. After much
thorough investigation and many sonsi-
uo ! and highly intelligent talks upon this
subject , Mrs Annie Jennef-s Miller has
met with considerable encouragement
-and not a little success. It requires but
little observation torevei'l tlio many evils
entailed upon woman and her progeny
by improper modes of dressing * It is an
acknowledged fact that women-wear such
burden * upon thuirbackasto bring untold
disease into the system , and the only
hope for their future ami that of their
posterity is , to throw oil' thu thraldom of
Hiihcalthlul and ungraceful dress , and
adopt those methods which will nllow the
perfect freedom of all parts of the body.
Assuming that
Tin : LIAI : > I ; < I& OK KASIMON"
nro to bo blamed for many of the exist
ing evils. Mrs. Miller has sought and
obtained audience among this class. Her
remedy is the total diaiisu of the aggre
gation of long skirts so universally wor ; ) ,
with an almost endless complication of
loops , pulls and unnecessary weights
which the fashion of the day demands.
As an example of what our women ought
to bn , Mrs. .Miller points to the women of
ancient ( ireeeo , whose exquisite beauty
and grace have furnished models for a
perfection of sculpture which is acknowl
edged after twenty centuries to bo the
truest of all art. I'hu road to health and
beauty does not lie in the modem fash
ion plate but in the ideal dress , which
should follow the lines of the body and
lit it as "Us natural structure demands.
Such a ooslumo fulfils all the require
ments of health and freedom ; it Is neither
ugly nor monotonous but insusceptible to
an endless variety of modilieations. It
may bo trimmed and draped in a thous
and way * , and It will bo beautiful , as
long as the exquisite , continuity of its
proper lines are preserve" ! ! . Artists could
execute their costumes and make tliom
much more beautiful than the dresses
whichNOW
NOW OIVE Ot'lt STYLISH WOMEN'
an appearance which is neither human
nor divine. Our fine modern fabrics
could bo made into costumes to which ,
for simple beauty and true grace'tho
fashionable dresses of to-day would bear
no comparison. Airs. Miller is a gradu
ate of the Monroe College of Oratory in
this city. Her lecture in Wesleyan nail
on "Tho Principle of Correct Dressing , "
was received with much enthusiasm. She
appeared in n ( tress made after her own
ideas of correct dressing , and it wag both
becoming and momanly. .It is the fash-
innablo women who arc trying to stir up
the mutter of dress reform , If the cus
loin over gets through ( his stratum , it
will not bu long in reaching the women
who really need it those who work , ami
bear the burden of life.
An amusing slory is told of a Jady in
\ \ ashinglon , who is well known in high
society , both in this country and in
Kurope , who vvas quite favorably im
pressed with thu dresses , which are , as
Mrs. Miller wears them , very artistic.
The lady called upon Mrs. Miller one day ,
and after sitting awhile , she exclaimed :
"Well. I am di ustud : "
On Mrs. Miller asking the cau < c of her
disgust , she answered :
"Well , hero I am , sans bustle , sans cor
sets , and in the most approved combina
tion costume , divided skirts , priucesse
dress and all , and the very high priestess
of tilt ) dress reform doesn't notice me. "
"Well , you see now , " said Mrs. Miller ,
laughing , "that you need have'no fear of
being conspicuous , except that you were
most arbitrarily dressed. J saw no visi
ble change in you. You are as essentially
a woman as over.1'
TIIK HAIiVAltD ANNKX
is an institution about which little is
known , as compared with other female
educational institutions of the country.
Ono reason for this is thtit it. is young ,
this buing but its seventh year , and
another reason is thai no publications
have been made by itby which thogencral
public could learn its plans and pur
poses.
The Harvard annex for girls , is an in
stitution carried on under thu direction
of thu society tor the collegiate
instruction ot women. It is not
what would bu called a fash
ionable school , and young girls who take
a college course to learn now to dress ,
and to become accustomed lo that sort of
life which is generally led by a dashing
young lady , choose Vassal" or Lasoll in
preference to the'annex.
The whole idea of the annex for "srirls"
is looked upon as a standing joke by col
legians of the other sex , who , are given
some cause to think that tlio annex is a
rende/vous for very mature literary
maidens only. Itu this as it may , there
lire very few drones at the annex. The
school is entirely separate from Harvard
college , although thu instruction in thu
annex is gi von uy ( hit Harvard professors.
It has a building of its own near the col
leges wheru tlicru - rc recitation rooms
and laboratories. During the past col-
legato year , thirty-two schools and col
leges have sent women to it , unking a
total of seventy-two students this year
against lifly-Jivo last year.
Tlio demand throughout tlio country
for teachers trained in'tho Harvard
methods has greatly increased , and pre
paratory and high schools Lire constantly
applying for graduates from the annette
to train candidates for its Classes and for
thu Harvard examinations. ' Thugreatest
ililllculty lies in findm ; : a sutliuient mini-
bur lo taku thu positions offered ; still ,
many schools of high grade have been
supplied with teuchers , from the annex
during tlio year. KIIANZ Sicra. .
A Very ( Jooil llMfjlmnil.
Washington Critic : "John was a very
good husband to me , " said the widow
Brown , several years after she had laid
the worthless , drunken fellow in the
grave.
"Why , " exclaimed her friend , "I
thought ho didn't live with you during
thu last ten years of his lifuV
"That's why I say what I do , " sighed
( ho wulow , and went ou to praise the
late lamented.
W. S. Ligon died the oilier evening at
Augusta ( in. A conculenco is noticed in
this connection which will contjrin some
people in their superstitious. Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Doolittlo entertained a com
pany of visiting friends from upper Carolina
lina , nod it was observed at the tune that
thirteen people were at the table. Mr.
Ligon was the thirteenth to tit down.Ho
WHS in line .spirits all the evening , and
next woruiug was discovered dead in
bud.
THEATRES THAT ARE TOMBS ,
Decline of Dramatic Excellence iu French
Authors and Actors.
PLAYERS' PREJUDICE AND PRIDE.
No More Trnitio flcrolsni IJOVG I3v-
prcsHoil by Clook-Work Co-
( liielin. the Great French
Stage Note * .
pAiti , Jan. 14. [ Correspondence of
the I5iu. : ] A careful merchant , at the
end of each year , draws up an inventory ,
and the balance-sheet , shows the amount
of business done by his house. It maybe
bo well for us to audit in a like' manner
the French drama for the year 1SSO , and
ascertain what progress we have made ,
for in the drama more especially licV ; or
perhaps did lie , the best literary qualities
of our country.
Hut why this postulate , "perhaps did
Hoy" At the risk of being called a pessi
mist , and uotwithstatidingall the interest
Parisians take in their theaters , there is
no denying the fad that the level of dra
matic works now produced is becoming
perceptibly lower. If ' Cliamillac" and a
"Parisian" gave just cause for apprehen
sion that way , Sardou's "Crocodile" at
the Porlo-Saint-Murtin has put an end to
all our hopes , and we now learn that a
new play by Kmilo Augier , which was
Booked forward to with confidence , has
at the last moment been indefinitely
postponed.
The fact is that wo are seeking our
way. Are wo likely to find itv Much
depends on authors and the public ; on the
latter perhaps nioro than on the former.
It is evident that romanticism has fired
and worn out public attention.
Tin : CKI'.AT woiws OK nriio ,
and those of Ids imitators , by straining
beyond measure the nerve of all play
goers , have superinduced a terror of the
sublime. Never before , perhaps , was jt
clearly felt how nearly the sublime bord
ers ou the grotesque , and the spectator
no longer allows himsnlt to bo carried
away by turgid sentiment couched in
pompous language. Tlio reaction which
has set in began with the operetta , and
now finds its more suitable expression in
the comic play. I do not say in comedy ,
for people at present care less
for a study of manners than for
a complicated plot wherein a set of
persons justly surprised to meet
oacfi other are brought together , liku
so many puppets in a show , and jerked
amj jostled in company. A perplexing
Imbroglio and the mo-it improbable in
cidents provoke laughter , and people ask
for something to laugh at. Has life ,
then , grown to bo so dismal in its sober
reality that theatrical phantoms muit
needs bo called in to supply that fund of
gaiety which our mattcr-of fact existence
so urgently needs ?
AS nut TiiAuir iuitosM : | ,
the public will have none of it , and Mmo.
Simonno ArnaudVFils do J.ihel" proved
a failure on that account. In vain has thU
estimable lady indited pugo after page of
verso which outrivals Corneille in ole-
cnnco and Racine in its declamatory
lloridnoss , in vain would she gladly eaten
our our in favor of tlio .Maccabees ; the
public is justly of opinion that the Mao-
cabees have long ago gone to tliuir hon
ored graves , und that their adventures ,
however tragical they may have been ,
possess , after all , but a modicum of retrospective
respective interest for us moderns. The
play was brought out at the Odcon , where
the public is more outspoken than at the
C'omedie-Kraneaise.
Prejudice reigys .supremo at Moliero's
house in the Hue Uiehelicu. Its patrons
arc what in the seventeenth century were
called "honest folk , " and what wo now
style "society.1' The same phalanx goes
in a body to the Institute , and religiously
listens to the academical discourses of
M. ltous.su and M. Leon Say. Taste with
it consists iu seeking none but average
impressions. Everyone has the right to
.say of everything that is wearisome :
"How beautiful ! ' ' provided
Hi ; STIl'Li : A QL'IKT YAAV'N' .
Author , artistes and public are all hand-
in-glove in this mutual understanding.
To such as seek art in its living and soul-
stirring manifestations , tlio Comodie-
Francaiso if wo may risk so profane an
expression is a mere necropolis. I know
full well that it is customary to speak of
its company of actors as tlio first in the
world. Tin's may bo true , ami I am will
ing to admit the fact , lint I should pre
fer , like so many more who dare to say
the truth , a company of second rank if it
would only hot ray a llltlu more of that
fiiria franccso s-o Jong the glory of our
theater.
The artists of the Comcdiu-Francutao
are ; perfect , pluperfect. They are
something more than actors ; they are
functionaries of the dramatic art. There
are chiefs among them , ant hero are head-
clerks mid supernumeraries. The whole
machine works militarily , something
after the fashion of the great Frederick's
grenadiers , or in the manner ot those
Italian ballets wherein love is expressed
by clock-work gestures :
ONE , TWO THIIKK i-r.ovi-voi' : ' !
To mount n play at the Theatre-I'rancals
is like regulating a machine , the internal
wheels and springs of which are of the
most delicate description ; to work prop
erly , the whole must lit nicely and run
along without jerk or friction. Tlio
"semainior , " or person who has to fix the
day's performance , takes a key from a
drawer , slips it into a lock , twistit to
right and left , and in the evening wo see
the artists go through the same gestures
at the same moment as on the day before
yesterday , smile at the same identical
passage and walk up and down the stage
without swerving an inch from the
beaten path.
I shall certainly astonish a great many
persons when 1 nay tl-at the Comcdio-
Fraucaiso has contributed perhaps more
than any ot the secondary theaters to
wards tlio declinepf thednima in Franco.
Tlie love of ( .In : artiiicial , the all'cctcd and
tlio precious , which preeminently distin
guishes that house , stamps out all spirit
and deadens all greatness. Who , ainoii
the young writer * of our day , would
think of otferiiig for production at the
Thcalre-Francai.s a play rich in the pas
sionate ontbnraU of modern life ami
thought ? Is It not , above all , necessary
that M. Worms should appear before thu
footlights
IN TIII ; rxtjnsiTK ( 'ovrt'MK
of a fashionable gentlemanV Is it pos
sible fur M. Lebargv who apes Dduumiy
--to sis-itimo thu gestures ol a living maij ,
or for the angelio Heicheuiberg to speak
like the proiiy girl you met just now. and
whoso ga/.o entranced you1 ? No , indeed.
Sueh a troupe is in duty bound lo cling
to that decorum so dear lo Louis XIV. ,
whom thu subscribers to seals ou Tut-s-
days now replace. Let us have dutinc
tion and nothing else , whatever bululu !
M. Coipielin himself thu gruat Connu-
lin. as must are wont to call him binco
tin-death of Napoleon L has found thu
muuns of remaining triumphantly dis
tingue even in thu most balloon of his
tniskmod eccentricities. His merry quips
and jokes go Well with thu open waist
coat and opera hat. But you would bo
astonished to seu how readily ho sot-
nsidu this affected distinction in his liolis
day trips , when acting in the provinces.
His talent at once attains u more ample
scope ; he throws aside the stiff collar of
routine , and lol overv part he enacts n
brim full ot squibs , Hashes and sky-
rockets. Any other housn except ( lui
Theater-Francais , whore the spectators
say
" 11IIAVA" IN > n ; < U > OK "IIKAVO ! "
would find such acting delightful ; but the
froquentcrs of that rare old mummifiud
sanctuary would stigmatise it , as vulgar.
Compare- Sarah lienilmrdt as she ap
peared in "L'Ktraugcru" and MUCH then
in Theodora , and you will at once under
stand the difference between conventional
and real acting.
Now , without wishing to deny thu
merits of my own country , I think I may
assert that the majority of those who
constitute the'French nation do not eomu
into the world with a dross coat ou their
backs , a still' collar and a pair of pointed
shoes. Nor shall 1 be considered over
bold in assorting that this majority ,
which wor/.s hard , struggles for its e\Ts-
tunce , suffer. ? , laughs , weeps and ( . 'ies ' , is
composed of men like you and mo ,
having human fcelmg.s. and who are
beings of llcsli and blood and not woodcu
puppets. But the Theater-Francais evict *
that a work shall adapt itself to a con
ventionality ot universal distinction. Uo >
people ever scream , rave , kill or agonist )
iu so refine a midst ? That is all well and
good among thu lower classes The re
pertory of tlio Thoator-Francais is in
tended to sweeten tears , " softiin wrath ,
and dulcify despair , lleiico a literaturn
wholly fatso , in which alone a few old.
hands still exhibit a certain u.xpurtiiuss ,
but one ( hat , happily , is a dead letter for
thu rising generation. See what bueouu s
even of Itiuhupin ,
WHO OUT-HUtOPS HKIIOI ) IN Afl\TIV ,
whnn he sinks to a subject liku thai of
"Monsieur Hcapin" for his play : ho apes
and copies , and is ( odious. 'J : ike an
other example. M. ( iondiiiut is certainly
a man of talent. His twenty or nioro
plays at the Palais Uo.yal and elsewhere
show a close insight into character and
considerable oljMirvation. He took into
his head to write a piece called "Tho
Parisian. " Now , thu Parisian is a queer
tvpe , of a peculiarly dibtinctivo class.
The Paribian betrays a strange mixture of
picratu ot potash and soft sawder in IIIH
composition ; ho is as much of a gamin as
a hero in everyday lifo. The Parisian
squanders three times more vitality th'iii
the average man does , both phy-ically
and infelli'c'ually ' ; he is a chatter box ,
anil withal discreet ; an enthusiast winl , >
n scuptiu ; a being madu up of contradic
lions , and deserving a placu set apart lui
him in
THi : .SOCIAL I'UK.VOME.VA OP THE WOULD ,
tils merriment in as exclusively his own
as Ins angry mood IN different when com
pared with all like manifestations in th. >
rest of mankind ; Ids wit , his special f.u--
ulty of retort , is oltentimes brutal , l.i.t
always lo the point ; lie is devoted to y > < i
ono day and sullish the no\t ; at iiu , > s
generous anil as often cruel ; in slmrt , a
compound of good and evil In a frail I
nervous body. Hail ( iondiuet portray 1
a Parisian for the Ujmmisoorthu V u.l.
villo thi'itors , we should have had -i "
plu of the gcnuinu article , but In li.i'l ' i < i
tin his work for theThuatro-1'ram , IM !
thu result is a Parisian so nicrlv t * '
down that the pursonagu might HM'I '
equal propriety hail from Toulon"r
Lillo , inT'landiTs. All the angli l > i >
bci-n smoothed , all ( no charm I.M ; -i i
traits KofdMiod ; f.o that Coqiielm di ' - n
urcd in his part fully twenty dul-Tuul
types , all excellent in their way , but tlio
ono and 011)3 ) * ' 3'Po wu hail been led to o\
jioet ; just as the mlnn.blo Helchcmlji-r ,
in .spituof everything , romaineti udur.iiiiu
throughout , and , m tact , utterly \\xa.j-
sonic from sheer aitorablunutrh.
And thus it is that thu Tlien'.ro-Frulicais
being thu object of so nuicji pruisu and
adulation , is in reality fast killing ihu
drama in France. Howuvcr deeply to bo
regretted thu fact may bo , it ia welt to
call attention to it , in the hope that ihu
thing may not go ou forever.
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