New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-03

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alton is most amusing 1t is only with tIageuf In na
the Embellishments cheerfnneSs reVlVeS' 1u Va as.o
Mile. Schneders demi-rep coarseneSs,J ~ 900 4;
about the Prince of Wales's "Diva; noi 49, :"
coarse her face is coarse her manners are 4e9sS
has touched their finest sensbtleS, pus .io uhi
lions of English society demand so rgonTua tht
one shall seem to be happy IN puO!o pSCb noJa
they are afraid to laugh even when the oC,re t
most provokes them. But, IN frehcn =; ;r,o
merrment the hearty enjoyment oil WIN WIN 70 soius
on, are contagious, and no reserve naIWba WIEN %o
quired, can stand against H. WIN tS mo
reached our places last night Oily hnhhnt
per galleries were filled, but snch q n dInout
ovsI10wed from them TO deafen the ears oS
but II was what may call all orderly noiso, anu
hurt nobody. Along the edge Of the parapei VI ene
dress crcle-frst gallery tits caed-came "aklhg
handsome tOroiseshell cat in the most ~ W.,
way entirely Indifferent TO the Jokes at WJio IeV
fly at her from the skies. She was nlcn az ny O,
and after paying visits to the new cohciS 10 my NY
arrived walking over their laps eating DTeau 3r DIts
of cake from their hands, ana SHOWING lIcl no5pi
pushcovered parapetedge, and went 10 sleep III tne
public eye for the rest of the evening ndlereht 10
The tableaux to Theresa, and to the audience. III
was queer but there domestic ar apout ~ Ia5
quite suited the theater. The BoOKsOllne'pliay
men who shout between the acts, the opera glass
men, the bon-bon men ana InG Iia pam i.itcd and
their harsh cries add to tho hurlyburly really as
agreeable element However an goes $40 70
make up tho Cn ocrasioD D and the noise
and rowdy-dow is good natuTed, and hurts nobody;
If ever a book Of the play" was useless, that
which attempts to elucidate La Chatte b,anC Lioh
there isn't or only rags of one, the book would be
useless still for, every evening, great portions are
omitted-dferent ones each tlme SO that llequens
corners are not wearied with TepetitiOn-and, after
the first scene two, your logical man can Under,
stand nothing. How did he come here r. and
4" How did he get there y and " What Is that
and Who is who - are questions the asking which
shows the hopeless verdancy OF the querst, VINO
should be voted de Op at So far as the text Is
concerned, there is only one portion where IL seeheu
to have any particular point. farmer and his
wife, with their daughter Plerretta llheresal ana
her lover, Pettpatapin, talk for scene OF TWO the
most astonishing and amusing dlaieCI-a rem
" drgOt"-in which the grammar and the w0rds
themselves undergo q most bewllderlng tfanslOrna-
alton from any French spoken III rams: but the
lover is changed by good fairy INTO Disk young
valet to charming princess, ana aiIer MS uIess
has been made TO suit his new position, lie asks tho
fairies to kindly unlOOse his tongue, that his language
may suit his genteel appearance lhls granted ne
at once begins 10 talk in the most superne refined,
don be-disilled Partisan French making such use OF
the subunctive would hardly be expected OF an
academician (; in fact, he talks so lne th9t he IS
Obliged to confess he doesn't understand what
he says himself You will perceive that TINS is joke
which it would be impossible TO Introduce INTO an
English play or nearly so; the hero might be made
to talk Euphues-fashOn, but he could not make the
difference 10 consist in the mere changing OF MS
grammatical forms. Alas we have no snbJunctiyeE
The audience enjoyed this elaborate fun Immensely.
and when the bumpklh came out WIN HIS mon
e0cuti0H chdmpfrC eat pa mGrcher H par arec tenre
ioppe sYoGoqucniicgse dout roas - are: doif
mon 6fre' the whole house, galleries ana
boxes burst INTO a prolonged shout of laughter.
The Supac0qucntjeuSe" ticklcd the people hugely.
know but little about sncl displays, but cannot
think the gtterlng sPlendor oil some OF tne taO
equaled. Two of the scenes wcro gorgeous beyond
any describing, and one of them was of fairy-lke
and poetic beauty that man needn't be quzzed Tor
admIrng. ] don't know how 10 comes about, but
some of the humans IN the play get INTO a place
where they are changed into 6rds Theresa becomes
a duck. and Pctltpatapin, turhey-gobblrr' ana
inimtahe they are. there II green and red parrot,
too. and scene where whole family Of canary
birds with the little carrying about bit of his
she'll aud another Just chipping the egg, which made
us all delighted little boys aud girl, again, and
shook our aged diaphwgms with childish laughter.
When Theresa has sung her wonderful song. with
IT'S blId-lmilatlons' tbS olIy Rooplo % lno lnihit
alternating surprisingly with the rich "quach-
uuackn of the duck, the scene SHIFTS aud
shows an immense cage hllcd with
uaroauets parrots coch atOOs. aud lOvc-birds. 4
the cage itself letting free tins Hook OF ballctglrs
who proceed 10 20 through a dance IN which the
spectators eye is continually delighted with the most
delicate harnOnies OF color, ana he can hardly be
persuaded that las i not somehow IN ~ outlandlsh
world of dreams. ! am not IL DO fooled by ballet
dancing or the leg business aud think that there
than the greater part OF such shows, but tins was
something 10 be enjoyed man ol fancy, almost ot
Imagination. devised this lovely biTd-wofd, where
syphs aud birds ill the AIR and nutcr over tc earth,
n realm OF color aud graceful motion with music
intermixed that might well for few moments please
Children as well as those WuO have the
bliss 10 be children still.
But. do not know what French people would do
without the two great staple jokes that, since Molcrc
and perhaps before him. have delighted audiences IN
" the most polished capital Of Europe Those who
have seen the "Malade lmagiuIire" acted will
know what mean. ana have seen at the 80 called
" refined" Fmucaise Theatre, here, where the finest
acting that the French stage can show II To- be found
as coarse presentation of these TWO Jokes as saw at
the so-calIed "yulgarp Gate last night. The mere
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the sight of syringe Is sure 10 COuyulse a
Partisan house. No matter how dull the play may
be getting. this Joke will save IT. and an actor who
is on the brink of being Kissed may catch at either
of these witty points and turn the Kisses into shouts
of applauding laughter. When the sick Kings physi-
clan, last night came IN with an enormous syrlnge,
and the King gong 10 his chamber tells HIM To fol-
low "aH deniTe" | thought At would DO encOred. so
great was the delight the Joke excited; but when the
soldiers on guard having had Jalap mixed secretly
with their ratlons, go OF one by one IN conse,
quence. with the most natural twstings aud
tumngs-nOthing could restrain the tremendous
Inirth in which all joined with VIII, blOuscs and
gentlemen, muslin caps, and ladies' You VIII say
that am coarse 10 speak Of tins "a IT'S coarse To
bo acted. But 1t is curious TRAIT aud ono that
marks, better than many another that might DO
the real state of French refinement
There is another and there are Others but will not
speak Of them here, only this believe 10 DO true,
that of refinement, as re understand IT, We Americans,
/ mean. the French have no knowledge, and they
must find it very laughable | am not going TO eN-
press horror at this apparent cOarseIess that may
he very unphilosOpbical but may confess that !
WINGED under it. and 80. | thought did plain
French mother near me- who had beside her her
little girl
OF Theresa will say that she is original and
not unintercsting creature. She is homoly, with
large mobile mouth, an animal face. like that of
sensible horse dog, bad figure beautiful arm aud
hand and small, quick foot. She Is good
deal more rOllicking and deyil-may-caro than Mrs.
John Wood. of whom she much reminds me- but she
has neither Mrs, Woods good looks, nor her arch
ness nor her graceful ways. nor her innocent fun.
She is coarse, and looks what We Boston people,
should call "badp-lOOks heartless aud hardened,
and all that-but she is better than Schneider, be-
cause withal she has real streak of genius in her
her songs, which are her own, would please the
devil and you know he is never pleased with any
thing but the best of its kind, and in their way.
these sOnRa at any rate Mde. IheT6sa snYA them,