The New York herald., 1878-11-11

panifrs heuris. II Il to be feared the worked HOVER
baskets will actuate makers to make paiiiers very
wide. AMI ridcule will Red and blue are the
fall shades par ecceeace and both varied that
inexperienced persons look at red without knowing
it, There is ruby red cherry red berry red. sweet
William red Gladstone color says itnchl purple red
Niniche red Bacchns red and Hugo red. These blues
have no sadness about them; they are sprightiy es
pecially gendarme blue. II is bleu de France ami
usually worn with hat having a front rim much
Knocked IN
THE DANGEROUS EYE.
The sentimental blue Is oi de rot tk1ngs eye
Whose eye it? Not Gambetta's. The Neapoh
tas declare his is an evil Victor Emmannei dicu
soon after Gambetta had looked at him. and sigr
Dupanloup expired soon after Gainbetta had simply
looked down on the place at which the Bishop was
stopping when the Dictator went 10 Grcnoble No
such eye the Gi az II is the clear blue Ia Vaiere
looked in too fondly. the shade Of Louis ANs eyes.
We have likewise the plissc question, or rather Ia"
double plisse A trimming which required as many
yards OF material whole costume was surely ex-
trsNagant enough. but now plissc has been IN
venAd which requires double much. 4 dress
trimmed with blue and red had blue frill here and
red one there Now the red and blue are folded 70
gether like the folds of fan and its lining. The nn-
der plisse is wider than the over one. We had
biter-sweet correspondence between Mile. Hebron
and the opera costume makers little before the irst
performance of the Lovers of Verona 1t ap-
pears that the firm which is authorized 10
make stage costumes had diligently studied his
torical clothes designs of the sixteenth century
Capou delighted with his, but Mile. Heilbron,
as Juliettc. had alterations made which are more
adapted to the present taste regards trains. The
public unanimous in declaring the mise en- scene
perfect but the costume makers write to the papers
that anachronismS--thc 1asnlon
OF onr times. and not of olden days. But surely, IN
age which boasts not of Romeos this cannot much
signify 1t is like quarrelling over rope ladders now
only used when house is on fire, and not when
lovers hearts are all in flame.
TITLED COMPOSER.
The composer of this opera is the Marquis diary
1t j. not generally known that many have tried more
or less to put the Lovers of Verona to music but
the Marquis partition has gained the palm II is the
been altered that present work is totally differ
ent from the original conception The Marquis
doubted that his opera would be success and
the time has come. The two other theatrical
events of importance Gounods ..Polyencte.
admirably interpreted by Mines. Kranss and
Lassalle. with magnificent mise seine, and
the reprse of La Grande Duchesse de Gerol-
stein with Nine paola Marie She is an Elzevir
edition of grand Hortense Schneider; but charming
Duchess and the receipts 52.1llf for five perform
i'll very small housc) show that Cierolstein
has lost nothing by being under the rule of minute
a sovereign. Mile. Schneider occupied for the first
performance side box, which. i'll 1867 was reserved
for real kings and princes % she was was ~ the hrs to aP
nodded TO Nine. Paola Marie, who was vsibly
more AFRAID Of her predecessor than of the
real public. Toward the middle of the piece
Nine. Schneider sat back in her high chair
with half closed eyes and it easy to see
she was recalling the scenes she had witnessed.
ovatons she had received the faces of those
and her mrthful ten years back. She is
still beautiful and glitters under diamonds; her eye
is bright. her air naughty. General Boum, who
is acted by Daubray showed during the rehear
sails considerable and nervousness with regard
pistol. He could get the SENSATION OF
feeling that he had an armed revolver in his pocket
it prevented him from doing justice to his natural
talent. but he has since so practsed firing off shots
that he has accustomed his ear to the sound and
comes before the public coolly as if his weapon
held peas. little excitement prevails at the Chatelet
over new piece to be brought out there. Black
Venus and Mime. Theo is perfecting her attitudes
for Orange Blossom" at the Nouveantes new house
the Bouleyards.
1t is generally believed that the crowd Of distin
gushed foreigners and visitors from the provinces at
present in Paris will have left the capital by the 10th
Of November. After this date holiday habits are to
and business view is to be taken OF daily life
All the good examples shown by contemporary emu
lators are be adopted and applied to Partisan inst
tutiolls and society is TO be cosmopolitan
Foreigners will have magnificent club on
the Boulevard des Capucines: it occupies the
building III which the Credit Lyonnais WAS
formerly located and became the rendez
of princes in paletots, authentic boyards in
rough coats and elephantfooted pants, incognto
sovercigrs and sporting notabiiites II was at first
supposed that none would become members who had
blue to show in their veins, but good breeding is
r-a. the chief essential. and as If to refute this
al,l condition the president elected is the Prince
Of Orange, while the vice president is Marquis de
Verteillac, a nobleman known to have green about
him. As a rule French names ending i'll 'ac belong
to families from the south, from old Gascony and fair
Provence, the part which is now sending mp
places les fsiitres. The teiibre movement
commenced with the Ballet de Mireiie.
which rendered afisras name 50 popular. 1t ap-
pears he is only one out of plead OF southern
geniuses whose rhymes impassioned, soft. elo-
qnent beautifully cadenced or comic and phosophc.
While we are rryiying so many Renaissance things
the Provencs troubadour could not be forgotten.
Ladies hunting up Old guitars for their arrival.
There il NJ Romayilc among the party: he is de-
fined the Poet Of the people and is large book
seller besides His warehouse is full Of poetry that
the ftiJrss alone understand. description is given
Of NJ. Ronayile in of our best periodicals.
He is said 10 be sqnare-limbed man. TO have
an energetic open counienancc and .embers' in his
gaze. They call him the Beranger of Provence for
the influence he has over his fellow countrynen. In
the same line OF poetry. but printer by trade is
Theodore Aubanel; then follow Petit. Crousilhst,
Matheu. DE Beaucaire and dozen others: great
among the triibrvs Their brethren in Paris belong
10 association they call the cricket and have -s
tive dinner once every month during hch the best
ieces ~ the above 6iibres are recited or sung The
'.crckes to do the hoDors Of the capital TO the
Pro,encsl stars. and il is expected that tout Paris
will so of in literary enthusiasm over verse of the
iaR3ae d'of toily tonruel
orr THf PAST.
Various indeed. the sources from which the
past is revived and rich in tradition is France that
single branch of intellectual industrial activity
be called for without some remarkable precedent
being found to guide for modern adaptation.
curious instance Of this and Of the perfection 10
which the initiative arts II carried is that OF the
much talked of duel in the piece. THE Lovers of
Verona. Spectators look in an agony Of suspense
while Capoul and Christoph cross their swords.
thrust advance back spring and recoil just AZ Romeo
and his rival did when Shakespeare was present to
fire actors with his love OF art Those who
live behind the scenes know to whom the great
ccss Of the duel II due Caponl and Christoph have
learned this willy fencing from the master Of sham
fights. a genuine genius who has made dramatic
ssssnstions his study Az far back 1874 there
no reality In stage dueng than in Harlequin's
staff a sword; but painter by the name of Dcs
bgrolles having assisted Alexandra Dumas in getting
up some life-like for the Ambigu and the
said Desbarolles being fine fencer he hit on few
lodges for the actors. Since then one has
pred creditably the boards without Dcsbarolles'
instructions All the killing record IL written
down in the same way dancing masters write down
steps. and weapons turn not inch more nor less
than regulated beforehand. The great art Of Capoul
and Cbristoph consists in the play OF their muscle.
which diverts from close study Of theirsword points.
Professional feucers flock TO study this scene and de-
clare IL u masterpiece ~ sham murder Everything
that T. pleasant il artistic sham just now-anong
other items ladies' psniers-whilc sham hips. repre-
sented by rolls of buckran give idea Of the obsc
letc rerugddn which stands the horizon rather
threat than a. hope for the future.
Impossible would II be Ia describe the toilets worn
Versailles. Those ordered for the fc not put
when IL became evident that there were not con
veyances enough 10 carry guests 10 the chateau other
wise than by rail In one hall alone-that In which
the princes tried to court ball robes to be
viewed. and there but way to the
trance of this ha-namely. the bodies of ones
fellow crpaturcs-a cour-r evidently 10 be avoided In