The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-08

PARIS, Feb. II. 1868.
The iye-hundreth representation Of "Guiliaume
Tellp took place on Monday night last Of the
grand opera. After the performance the or
chestra and chorus adjourned to the house OF
Rossini, on the corner Of the Boulvards and the
Chaussie d'Autin, to scramble the maestro. They
performed the overture Of GuiIlsume Tell, fol-
lowed by the fine lchorus of the third act. The
poor old maestro, who is still Ill, was represented
by Madame Ross;ni; she requested, in his name, q
visit from the artstes after the serenade, andin his
bed he thanked them for their f4tterng compliment.
The close Of this serenade was quite different from
Auber's. /. seems that the Garde Rationale
conceived the absurd idea Of celebrating Auber's
eighty-sixth birthday last month by giving him
serenade. You must know that the music Of the
Garde Rationale is the worst, perhaps, to be
found anywhere. All provncials, who are not
musicians, and who never rehearse, judge there
fore of the ensemble. The serenade took place,
and Auber, who must have his bon mot at every
body's expense, appeared solemnly at his window
and said !" Messiesus, je ne regreHe pas ddv0pr
une annie de plus, apres duotr eafendu Ia ns,islqe
de la Gdrde Ndtiondle." Paul Forester Is
the success of the Theatre Francois. 1t Is finely
cast and is highly spoken of. With Got and Nile
Favsrt its merits must shine. We shall speak
fully Of il in our next; which letter We propose
to devote to the drama, as on almost every stage
here now there are new pieces OF great attraction
Apropos, q gentleman is now in this. city TO
poet Ds ponts, ~Ro a f. ih hfiHs e6tp a III lsfle
court Of Joseph ii, and who wrote the poems Of
Don Giovanni" and the |" Nozzi de Figaro for
Mozart. The music Of Mozart has become the
property of the world, and he who wishes to have
his operas played can do so without obligation or
structure but we are told that by some means,
which the direction Of the grand opera promises
to elucidate, the heirs of Da Ponta are justly en-
titled to his rights OF authorship. That poet was
q strange and gifted man. He wrote his life, or a
book Of memoirs, quite racy and interesting
withal. We do not know whether said book be
known In America. IL closes In q peculiar way.
he oilers piece of advice TO his own sex in these
terms: "Should you ever love or marry . woman
who speaks language you do not understand,
learn 1t at once and learn 1t sarTeptttOHsly." He
little dresmed-this man who bsttled through life
and died in want-that Mozart's music 70 his
Don Giovanni" would hand down his name for
ever to future generations. He died In America,
and his heirs are still there-some of them are
even in New Orleans, we believe.
We find the New Orleans papers filed with the
triumphs Of s. N. Moody. In truth the Louisiana
State Fair has outdone the Universal Exhibition ia
awarding him her ribbons, medals, cups, etc., etc.
the exhibition we happened to be wandering in
the vicinity Of the Moody show cases. Two
Frenchmen were attentively examining the shirts,
when one exclaimed, I" Tens, u pdrda que Ton
SAT- co'Idre en- Amer!que." And his friend re-
There has been confusion and great exaggera.
ton relative to the merits of articles aud the
prizes they have received. Many to whom were
awarded bronze medals fancy them to be silver,
and those who have had no medals ct all have
purchased bronze ones here, and content them
selves with reaping the honor bronze medal
brings. sr44
The second edition of the catalogue of prizes
awarded by the imperial jury is just issaed from
n muo od Int fhar
to find that the United States government has
silver medal recorded for the little Louisiana cot
tage that little bone Of contention which gave
cur commissioner so much trouble to have erect
ed. We trust the government will take the trouble
to ascertain through whose energies this medal
was gotten and place the credit Of the success to
whom II justly belongs. We also notice that
silver medal has been awarded to our chief COM
the international jury on the agriculture of eur
State.
The Carnival is fast waning, and gayety has
already entered the rapids which precede Lent
Balls, balls. bas-nothing but whirl. One can
not see q gentleman who has slept for two weeks,
or who does not bore one with recounting the fa-
tigue of his three or four balls every night I'm.
possible to find lady who does not look SO weary
IS 70 make one yawn. In short it would be II
freshiDg to meet just now one Of Gods creatures
who lives in RATIONAL manner. A bright eye, q
clear, rested brain, quiet, natural conversation
would find that value all rare things possess In this
gay tbroDg.
We can say little about the fashions. They
have grown SO extravagant as to psss descrip-
ticn. Masses Of satin, velvet, lace, silk. en-
broicery, beads, steel, brass, cupids, horses |
heads, horses shoes arrows, boats, guns swords,
and heaven knows not what, compose and orna. |
neDt their costumes. The Polish walking dress |
S greatly worn. but everything about il must be |
crooked. The trimming is to be faced only on |
,ne side, there is only one pocket, the buttons |
must button ON one side from the throat 10 the |
hem; the whole dress presents an awkward one. |
'ded appearance. yet everybody says: C0ns7le |
,est elegant" At the marriage of friend yes. \
erdsy, We noticed lady who wore the full dress |
Il Marie Antonette. The streets and the interior
u the churches look, the one like the dispensing
u fancy ball. the other as itsppesrs in its fullest
md gayest hour.
The famous and fashionable Pere Hyaciushe, |
for everything has its reign of fashion, even the
lergy), will preach during lent in Notre Dame. |
lis oratorical powers are great. and be makes |
rest impressions upon his hearers. We shall |
otice some Of his sermons, strangely woven as |
hey always are, with the spiritual and the sen.
ual. VISTA.