New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-11-13
OUR PARIS LETTER.

BALLOON. GAMBETTA. S SPEECH. AID
VICE TO PRIzE-TAKERs.
From our regular correspondent
PARIS, Oct. Oath, 1873.
A Universal Exhibition does not
promote the best interest Of the dra-
ma. Ma gers know perfectly well
that strangers to Paris must go some
where in the evening, and that it
matters very little what piece is
played before them. The object Of
foreigners is to kill time; to the
French, to be able to say that they
have visited particular artist. 1t
must be remembered that thousands
Of provincia]s have been brought to
Paris by this years Show who have
probably never been there before;
persons Of strange dress and uncout
speech, who have been saving mon
ey ever since the Exhibition was
first projected and are now prepared
to spend it lavishly. 'What is the
use of mounting a new piece for
them?'' say the managers. 1.-The
Parisians are all away-let us do as
one Of our fraternity did in Abouts
.Madelon, who desired his authors to
produce him piece with lie MONS de
dialogue pcssibl }, It, surt,ut, mes am
is, point d'esp,1tr' | myself heard
the following conversation at the
box-oMce CT the Theatre Francois.
They were going to play LIE Chande-
lier, by Alfred de Musset. A French
gentleman came in, and addressing
the dame de lo location, said, ''Ma-
dame, What is this Chandelier? Is it
comedy? Yes Sir. By whom de
Musset Is it good play9 Yes Sir.
Fortified by these various assurances,
the provincial took stall. Let us
hope he did not regret the use to
which he put his money.
The powerful but repulsiye drama
Joseph Balsamo did not long keep
the Stage of the Odeon. The good
taste Of Paris revolted against it's
brutality, which the excellence Of
the acting, and the general truthful
ness Of the piece as an historical pic
ture, could not redeem. It is said
that M. Duquesnd, the manager was
SO sure Of success with it that he had
declined more than one piece which
might pos 5ibly have served his pur-
pose. Anyhow he, like others Of
his cloth, has not produced any no.
velty, but fallen back upon Les Da-
nichef, which he brought out origin
ally in 1876. He can have no cause
to regret his choice. 1t has been
played for four months to crowded
houses. 1t must be admitted that
the strangers who go and see it now
are far more appreciative than the
Parisians used to be. They admired
it is true, but they also sneered, and
the wisdom of introducing the sar-
castle attache, Rover de Talde, to
mock at certain situations from the
stage, and so anticipant merriment
beyond the footlights that might
have been dangerous, was almost
painfully evident
Births and deaths sometimes oc.
cur in strange situations. The Rap
pei relates a story which in less
serious paper would pass for an in
yention. In the captive balloon on
Sunday young lady was taken i'll.
A doctor from Tarbes, who happen
ed to be in the car, saw her safely
delivered of boy before the balloon
reached the ground when cab took
the mother and child to an hotel.
The husband, son of one Of the lead
ing Manchester manufacturers, pre-
scented the doctor with 500f. for his
services; and the Rappel commends
balloon ascents to doctors III want Of
patients, while it remarks that a
child who has started so high in the
world promises to attain eminence.
On the other hand, all italian from
London, aged sixty eight, returning
to his country on account Of ILL
health, died in the train between
Paris and Marseilles in the arms Of
his young companion, Joseph Ber-
torelle in his way to join the army.
There is no doubt as to natural
death, for the deceased had shown
great exhaustion and had conse-
quently been allowed !. separate
compartment with Bertorelle; but
the latter is in custody on suspicion
Of robbing the corpse. He handed
the notice 100 francs as the deceaseds