, 1876-01-17
"TllE DRAMA FOR ALL,u

| a Il HGGSEN kEt NCnNnbE-tNt55
! EGvnl Mt n pAtAssnn 11attneo Con.
fcrcDCc-t1 cii,nrts.lt,lo Statements M
to thu AtMEo In Estuiai,u.
writing On Dec. H. tho pArta correspondent
OF tho London Daily Telegraph sagb: " II. raul
Foval. tue celebrated nora.lst octuro.i this sf.er.
noon, At tbs Porto st. Martin Theatra. m suo.
1oct Which csonot fail to intsroas English rsadctp
Every recent visitor to Paris must havo bbep
ntrlsck By tho change N1slon has Of Iaso cLms
over tho spirit Of theatrical performances here.
| AlnGA: osory theatre nov Clves on Sunday after.
noons representations which, arc generally mora
Interesting and nro sometimes moro I'M
porsant than the ordinary evening cnses-
ta'nmrn!s. "hs movement waa commonccd
5.,,. 5y III. n,!lsndc3 who ozs.oszod =
performances, Of e'assIcal masterpieces rh ci,
a1e teldom played; and, IN ordot to give add.
tioaA' Interest 10 t,ta enterprise, he onca;oi
home literary man 10 introduce, BY fow COM
tion. ills ors!eaI ilsA nas 10 AFFORD paleutp an
opportunity Of 'taklog to tho theatre lle!s
| mons who come homo from sclo.i
avery ,,' ssnd,y,t N bnt ,i,.s who can.ot r.
attompt Has mucl sIdcuIol Ut tirdt but uuccsas
brought with It host Of imitators Tie 0ate
wss one Of tho frat thoasfer 10 follow suit, nnh
hero tue vocal mud tetp1ichuroan strength Of
liz eo s' coms5ea a ss 70 70 1eslso 1oaee Of
which ARC relieved by music. The edics,ton-
! +! sim wns gradually over.oosod. THO can-
fersncos "a they he'o oaEl lectures, sore dropped,
day as fs oae T. H. e ss vss
TO give sous general character 10 its Sunday
1nshueos bs selecting pieces flom ths repertoire
of scribe. except wl,st, bontfo lad occasionally
villa aud 'ariotios at.ompt no higher aim
i.hsh with 'Lo Chspoau do paIlo
n4tailc, or l. 'Ifommo DIase.' let mo mon-
Ao"' par partHshefe. that when Charles Matthew'S
WAN l'ero on hit rsY OILS to India, no sk:oIcd IN
to the Vaudeville 70 fee tho latter pioae tho
otlginal OF Uaed Up,' and was agsooauly s1 f.
preed 10 hear cnthasa'tfc plaisc Of 1lH ~ n I'M
ne1sonatson from Tho lips Of strnngo lectnror.
90 eager a1e frenol peope to initiate the yout H.
fnl nlnsa into tho heautiss OF drama :ie literature
that 6lgnnr ttossi hns boon asked. to arrange
with tho Minister OF Pubic Instruction tho tiates
90 On which 10 had bet gtro several morn.
only collug'ans who flock to tue matinoo0. Thote
aro thousands Of IudivlJuus w4o ootect 10 lato
b2uFs. and Who do not know low to o1nFloy tho
e;toIo lo'Hura u q Sunday aftorno u. These
tmes Impossible for lats conscts to
liud d soas, aud they nro sont away
from tho joors Of ono tlestre. eftor
another, Obliged to amuso thomaelycs after allin
somo CRITIC ~hoeo wlsh is father to this thought
pEoftssea to foresee the tltnn wllcu all theatrical
porfosmanoos will take place in the afternoon.
o. they used to do In tho Eilzabethan times.
Ibis Ia looslps too tar ahead. Enough fur tho
moNout 70 noto tho aucceBa OF the e.por. .ment.
To toeurn to tho conference Ut II. Paul FoYat.
somo two yents ago ho advocated tho estab',ph-
ment Of = Theatre Mora, and Lss PROPOSE
lion excited 80 mich discussion that to fjuo l,ia
own words. lie had tie honor Of boing rlliouted
bJ PhiloanpheEa IN save al pieces d'occasion. IIe
spoke To-day on Tho same tlomo; but t,o chose
t6t h;s ideal stage happier Designation,
sh'ch no one would be excluded, bit in vbieh
Young boys tnd girls could take an lively
an interest Al tbelr mo,o sinful elders ii,
Fsval Ia nau OF about 65 years Of ago !;
he y Of mod'um height. his broa forehead Ia
white, 1horo 10 little Of Tho s,olis cast Of
~ 10 warmH into !'ts subject. aud pleasant
sm'lo eivos additional p'ihl to 4s freqnout
A trst siuht h ho refunds QUO muoh '''si Of
Mr.. Authnny Trolloro, bns the ox.roseion Of Lis
Taco is mora genial. llo Bp,aits ettcmpose,
III 'o".torcd voice, but viii, nlmirablo elocu-
tlon. and with such tluenoy and ilnlsu TINT vor-
batlm 1opo1t you'll not neod tne alteration Of
word. II ho hAA not learntd Ais ensire jys-
couEao by heart, fls must poEsaso lila country
mems gilt OF speoci to even Oh uuwontaa state
"Aftsr explaining shat: ho asked for not,,.
Ing mora than plays IN wllcl, marriage
,na' na' %: t5ituratod III d mortar, aid
IL whioli Il ,was not necessary en-.
example os tic theasro IN wilcl, ha STOOD ss a
rroof that immortality waB not the only thing
Tint mid 1lo "rout du Monde +" lad bcou |
played for s2no 40 ulghta. IIo maintained |
tho places to whf,h their Children directed
thtfr stepa. III tho playa ho advocated ho
hoped to find sho diotton pf Tho g1eat masters
of atYlo fsiriy initiated, inatead OF what ho
oued tho Chinese OF tho existing succossors Of
Molsor.. There wore nIenty Of worthy living I
dthmat'ats aud he instnnced among otl,ors |
Henri do Dornier and Albert De1p.r. Tllere
we,e Ut tlH moment. laowcyor, 1900 dramatic |
tho banquet lott BY sho three grat lralnalists !
par oAotllsnco. Tho Theatre lo advocated
WAS tho tLeatro for ell, in con.ra.1iBtioction |
se tho rroaant saGo. which was established |
on tho principle Of excluding q cesta II norton |
Of tho genctsi ruo'ie Iho formor would rsy,
letter shan the lattor. Ito thought that 1uana-
cora stroYe too sttanuouHfy to attract goodies. |
rheae ladles, ho~over. would iufailibly 20 vlaer-
over other people sens, rhetcas tho ladcs pros.
cn'oily r.troulxed bv objectionable persons. |
lle inSetghod aaalnst tho unceasing and
usgFading prsotico of parodytpg whatever
"s 11oo, to nnd sae91ted s nensats to ws:h
m.n OF tho iut1re. is TO tho Cause Of tho deg
fsdssion Of tho frcnch bsngo, vii! 1t bc boeyoa |
llias 80 intell'gott : man "a II. poyal ooulll as-
Srbs pr ;. y to Englsad2 ltass Tho "tsao AoRla!.,"
tho impnjo7t. oheae. uuc'othtd oreature
WHO esht'tod her form on every parjs-
lao. stage, to tho exclasion Of tho meaers
figure OF hsal at, At thla a"aso,' Of tho year.
ho raid, nll tla Loudon mapnGers cndgeIed theIF
bsa!ns to tuyont Homo new true for thols Christ
mas i:tecos. They all mont md on tho very
satne day. and thsr pantomImea wero pIayod |
tor sig months u. feval did not give bis
ltke 20 know uhas rsntom!me wss ever
p'aJed TIL tue end Of Juce+ ia may have