Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-04
P,ot of the Last successful SatiricaI PIny
- ~, Antnricn.

eff O. ON America.
Tbe comedy now reforming in Paris
underth the meme, Les Eemmes Forces, we have
alssady mentioned, but correspondent gives
o sketch of the plot that may be of interest
to our readers:
beep some wears living IN America, returns
10 France, filed with what are supposed to
he the prevalent ideas, and delighted with
what are supposed to be the prevalent man
ncrs ard tastes of The country. He dresses
d in cxiraordinarily outlandish style, and
Wears a heavy gold watch chain and check
cred psntalCons, and drinks coffee instead of
wine for his breakfast, lie OIlugs Win nun
an American goyeruess, who dresses in
Boomer costume, and who is dry and sharp
featured. badly dressed and s~trong-minded.
He intends that his two daughters shall
receive the kind of education which young
American ladies born and brought up in the
'bigest circles are supposed to receive. That
is that they are to be allowed the most COM
piete liberty of action; taught to ride, to
fence, to hunt. to row and perform gym
o. nastic feats to be allowed to promenade by
moonlight with q sentimental cousin to go
to the theater alone if they please to
make visits and attend to business; aud
vhen there is no place left in an omnibus, to
81 take a seat or the knees Of the best-lookiug
male passenger. These are supposed to be
the Accomplishments and habits of American
young ladies moving in the best circles of
society.
;5 tFGabrielle' aud Jenny are not disiu-
bliped to profit by this enlarged liberty. An
adopted daughter of 'Quenten" acts, how
ever, as- their guardian angel, and saves them
from all sorts Of adventures, principally OF
an amorous-degcriptiOn, which would, with
out her intervention, have proved their ruin.
1t seems that b0ndOmme "Quenten" had gone
to America for the purpose OF finding a
nephew, Jonathan Quenten, who had gone
p at an early age to seek his fortune in the
New World. He has an interest in a manu-
factory, and the uncle desires that it shall be
operated together for their mutual benefit.
He does not fiud the nephew in America,
2 but inserts an advertisement in the New
q York Herald, which, of course, Jonathan
sees, and comes back to his uncle at his coun-
try residence near Hayre.
20 . The author intended to make old "Quen-
l9tenn only a shadow of q Yankee, while the
nephew is the animal himself. He is dressed
10 that long-tailed, high collared blue coat,
which is supposed to be the style which
Americans affect. He floods the stage with
tobacco juice. His first words upon enter
ing are 'RyG-d," and he inteFlards almost
every sentence with .hs strong and elegant
ejaculation, wbehis supposed to be the favor
lite one in Agnerical conversation. When
be comSsi n be is 'whittiing'' a stick with Q
huge G~owie-knife, with which he also oc'
4 cSsioRally pick his teeth, and having sharp
ened his stick down to the fine point Of
nothing, he seats himself wrong side fore
most across a chair, and commences hewing
Zs the back of il away with his Bowie-knife.
The uncle mildly suggests that he should
not thus maltreat his furniture, when the
nephew, giving another furious hack, claims
All the property as his. He raises a genera
excitement, and is a0out turning the old mar
cut Of the house, when the adopted daughter
sqain assuming the role Of ange garden
.nlakes hiu isll in love with her, tames hin
8 down, aud finally agrees to marry him OF
ca condition of his sharing the property witt
tie family of his uncle-and so the Who'll
thing ends happily.