New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-12

Les Id6es de Madame AabTy for the goth time
this season. Now, leaving aside the question OF tne
morality Of these dramas-n the la5t- named OF wnGh
Dumas in o recently published letter, lngeniously
argues and almost proves thero is great deal OF the
next best to the best pulpit kind-t cannot % us
puted that their attTactlyeness 10 Ihe puDic hCe III
their literary and legtimateiy dramatic quall3
there is not too broad Jest nor too brief pctlco9J
in either of them. 1.-THE Odeon, the uneXccpuoh3po
Tcsf1pcaf he CasGr GiOd0t is deep in its second OF
third hundreth. Poor Lesurgues viii be unJuslly
condemned TO death tonight at tho Galetc III the
Courier dc lyon for the 430h time. drop nay notes
here to direct attention to the notable fact IN TINS very
fayorite drama lat the performance of which Con-
necticut Sunday-SCh0Ols might be admitted WIFI
entire pTopriey at reduced pTices that whlle 70 pun
ishoS vice las all popular dramas do-nlnd lnal ~
the fifth act il lets innocent virtue go to inc scaDo1
with is own Teward-even as the Rlesldng Judges VI
the Court Of Justice representatives. OF the 9lVhe
variety did order tho Judicial murder OF poor,
jnnocent Mr. LeSurgues, and had him done 10
death i'm 1896 in a strictly legal manner.
DO we say then that all the theaters Of Paris are
amusement Nay. One OF The most successful
theaters is the Porte st. Martin. 1T is CROWDED
nightly, more or less OF our eountTynen anu wonon
being visible in the best seats They are pef1oIhng
there for the-I don't know the what-hundreGGlLn
night what is tyled on the bills the bicte an 3os no
title bears no sIeter relation TO inc p9PS Dec ' u Sb
bott to the history of Napoleon Inc piecei as nov
performed bears no particular relation 10 ING s''o d
named piece as performed M previous If there
are ladies OF the party-and there often aIG luof
saw they come away disguised at lG-ht an0ut hltu-
night And then those TO whom they tel tiieir aus
pnst ask why and take tickets for the next night.
The Old NURSERY story merely runs through 1T IKE
a clotIes-line. on which to string, marvellous
series of tableaux, with 10 other but this
loose connection and balets danced by young
persons who have left most of their clothes
apparently on the ends of the line that runs be-
hind the scenes For the present revival OF this
Spectacle novel attraction has been INTRODUCED:
cage of live lions, into which Monsieur Batty goes
very fearless where no strikes, and yariously mai
treats the poor brutcs illustrating to the delight OF
our essentially vain human nature the superiority OF
man over the brute creation; and that charming
actress, Mile. Silly lpredestnate name) has been
taking lessons from tho menagcre man in the art oil
abusing histriOnic lions, and as soon, as she can
obtain the proper authorization from the police a-
thoIitieS is going to DanielZo her person right into
the cage. That will be an immense additional at
traction And then there will alwayssbe the thrilling
eXpectant chance that the lions may forget their
parts at any moment and take hold OF some OF hers
am sure that many of our cOuntiymen and country
women will want to 90 and be Disguised again with
the Biche an BOis when this new feature is added.
Young Dumas is hard OF work-he is hard worker
not from unfertity, but from selfcrtical artistic
scnse-on a new comedy. Gacomett. author OF the
Elizabeth. Queen of England, in which Ristor
regned with you last Winter, is occupied with an
other drama for that actress drawn from the tragic
part of the story of Marie ADtoinetto