New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-04


fusa that now AT last the personal request OF Ma
poleon the Emperor of Austria consents to give up
the bones of Rechstadt there Is me SHOW OF ih1ig
nation In certain quarters here at Jnarez Tor declI-
INC to surrender the body of Macmillan until IL is
fnTmollv asked for The Journal de Paris states the
case very well: For JgaIez Aan1al degg' foiIS rs
AR tho Austrian Government for Admiral 'Iegeth0H,
Insrcz is not the head Of the Mexican Republic The
one has no recognized once 10 deNer nofe 'nan 'o
other has TO receive the body"
Some one has done into verse and five acts "JHdrfs
,r Tr0cedie" To Judge from few extracts gwen In
Tie daily prints it is very bad indeed It is not prose
nm mad bnt saIntering rather with dul poetic feet
~ imheclity, 1t is worse. if possible than another
rhvmed tragedy / bought two days ago. emitted
TS,;sfon on la LibeTte du N0uTedu Monde, piece, by
the way. that was performed at the Iheater az Ia
Nation nov Theater franeais in 11gl, with consider
able approval from the public There Is another
rhyned drama AsGiN." in which not only Nashinmg-
ron is leading parsonage, but exc his SON. Inc
first sceuo opens with lengthy remarks addressed to
Quite S 4 the qneer S Of the French Washington
dramas is one brought out at the Amhigu ComiQue
in 1875 The title "alone is well worth
years subscription" and OF itself as go gooa
rGn;e Weiodrae en- troiS acis Spectacle Musique de
NM Quaissain Ct Renot Bdlets de A. MiUot. La scene
passe PhIcdephie note inserted ny S hnS
that this piece be played without the 6allets Dy
suppressng the last phrase of the last coupet spoken
by Washn gtOn, in scene eleven, act hrst. IL must
have been an all-night affair for 1T nils hfty.0ne
pages of fine print UGshngton on tes hcprdeSSdnes;
three acts in prose- by Henri dc Lacoste MeIlner ot
the Legion of Honor, is sentimental comedy ~, Ui
SOME dramatic merit. founded on the story OF Asgii.
and performed with due applause at the Empress
Iheater in 1913 Asg set down mere as an t hu
Peer has fallen in love AMI been FALLEN IN Win py
Betti the lordly daughter OF Pennan Anerlc.Suahel
patriot meantime despite al efforts to save hh neis
condemned TO death, anu on ms lineuir4 ~ and
finest sentiments of Washington. ana Dy tne uIs-
tracted BETH who expresses her intention OF being
shot simultaneously. AT THIS very ias! lch "a
an officer comes I'm announcing that Milford GIlntoh
has given ND LcpncOtt, the murderer OF unuuhSi;
ThereupOn BETH falls OH her knees then nto Arg,
his arms and all hands getting themselves pictm-
es0nrly eTouped Washington delivers the following
strictly characteristic speech: Let Huduy DO
avenged Interesting Asgl we must max ,T, Hc, i vn
have barely escaped being victim. Penn, thy
BETH adopted daughter Of the United States Is To-
day the pledge of reconclllation@a mos mopiG ga ~
And so drops the curtain -, - ,,,
George Washingtons last appearance on the roncn
stage was at the old Theatre Imperial "a cirque ~
1860 in piece in five acts and ten tabicanx WIN
music and ballet, entitled " k Cherdt fdnfome r.
gcndo da Temps dc Ia GIle dI tinrni n afayet"
Cesar Flanagan, arde- Lune, and large Dut select
company of American. English, Irish, French. In
dian male and female privates and officers VINO ld9o
a night of it YOU may he sure. This was highly
effective military. terpsichorean equestrian, plct
esque spectacle, surcharged with iavshiy generous
sentiments and recOlupenses TO virtue iur hlgher IMAM
current market rates. There is; or was vet anoIeg
Washington Oh the French boards "a lyric drama,
performed at the Ola iHtdUe iOdtO"' 'V""iuUr ~
close Of the last century, written by LebrIn-Iopa.
which / have not had the luck to lay
hands on. -" Washington, Drqme .Historiqge,"
five acts in verse, by J. Lesguillon, was
published last year. Washington, Lafayette,
Arnold Andre and his three Capto e. are utterly III.
possible young indigenous aboriginal lady night
Kara evidenty Iroquois for SarahE are leading per
sonages The literary quality of this poem, # for
eigner speak Of French verse, IS. should say,
ouIte superior 10 that Of the two vcTsted dramas
mentioned above. The author has quite respect
able little sub-lterary reputation as pleasing
poet" His friends accept copies OF his verse s.
as presents. Some of his prose writings are bought
by the public He prefaces the little work WIN a
note of BacOnian modest assurance Doubling
whether any theater director in France dare put TINS
historic drama the stage on account OF Its SUBJECT
print IT, if not for the present yet perhaps i0r te
future Nor to ejust to Mr. LesgIill0n who has had
considerable experIepee 2nd some suecyss N w1ung
Washington treated historically IL undoubtedly an
unprumising subject 10 any stage manager at present.
aid the sentiments that should 20 TO its treatment
would probably bring FRENCH stage manager into
| DIFFICULTIES with the censorship, II not with the
magistracy. Under the frcrr regime of Louis PHI
| ilB1, in 1872 there brought opt Mt the Palals
Royal Tleater IrGRkin IGssy, OF L. EOalommo Lict-
! ard an entertaining little vaudeville. sparkling with
bright sharp abusive hits at the Government OF the
time. 1t is amusiugly readable to-day for It's WIT
and the cleverneSs of its little plot let alone the min
tended but to an American highly comic effect Of the
venerable Dr. Franklin standing by the fOOt-ligtis
and singing lively cOupets to the brisk Kidding OF
the Palais Royal orchestra.
/ Don't blame your Paris correspondent for tagging
J superluOus the old Partisan stage in company
with our great cOmpatrOtic dead IL rs such COM
fort know that nothing set down in the last few
paragraphs can bc cOntIadicted before they reach
you by events rumOr or Atlantic Cable dispatches
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