New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-14

not to be had and / don't know whether to this
hour everybody has got away. But Mt eight. 80
difficult il TO get into the theatre that the rs-
ing of the curtain announced for eight. had to be
put off a quarter of an hour. The house by that
time was filed, and an odd-lookng house it was.
A great number of the best places were filed by
people who areas lady remarked to me with fine
touch Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. unknown" These
unknown individuals had been SO presumptuous
as to subscribe for their stalls and boxes when the
advertisements first came outIand when the superior
classes were hesItatnV whether they would or would
not lend their countenanee to such an experiment
or, more probably, were not thinking about it at
ALL Many Of the unknown were paIpaby foreign
ers people with money and a knowledge OF the
French tongue and some liking for the drama as
practced in Paris. But they had not monopozed
the theatre Side by side with successful stock
brokers and what my friend called prosperous pastry
cooks, were to be seen some of the ornaments Of
society. The Duke and Duchess Of COnnaught,
lately returned from their wedding tour. were in
the royal box on the night the Princess Mary with
them, and Lord and Lady Lstowel; other smart
people in waiting just opposite were Sir Henry
Thompson, the great surgeon, and two ladies' one OF
whom took to be Mrs Yates. In the next box sat
Sir William and Lady Harcourt and in the box
under them Mrs. Hungerford, one of the beauties of
the day and Mrs. Douglas Murray. Lady Pollock
was in the stalls with her son, rising journalist,
and not far off sat Mr.. Henry James, jr in company
with Mrs Fanny Kemble. Captain and Lady
Blanche Hozer had places little further back.
General Badeau. United States COnsul-General,
occupied a central stall with, if mistake not
well-known New-YorS lady by his side Mr.. Fred
eric Harrison was there with his wife, who might
be recloned among famous beauties if she cared TO,
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IN a brilliant year at Cambridge, with his wife.
The Prince of Wales was not present but one Of
ms suite, well known in PARIS, was there to repre-
sent him; the Prince and Princess being both IN
Paris this week. The stage-bOx on the ground tier
beneath the royal box was occupied by the daugh-
ters of the house of Levy, whose personality is
identified with that of the journal which claims
Though wrongly the largest circulation in the
world. Journalism, of course, was largely repre-
sented,-as were Art and Literature but so great
had been the competition for places that the critic
Of one great newspaper had to content
himself with a seat in the gallery, while
Jupiter himself was TO be seen in the upper
boxes. Midway between stage and balcony
sat the stern Arstarchus OF the Lord Chamberain's
Office the accomplished but capricIous who
has felt himself bound 10 protect the morals Of
London By interdicting play which is performed
with applause and without scandal on the most
fashionable nights in the Rue dc Richeeu in Paris.
This catalogue might be greatly extended, but
have mentioned only such names as l thought
likely to be known, or that ought to be known, IN
America. Perhaps il is already TOO long. meant
to have finished in this letter what l have to say
about the performances of the first evening, but l
am not sorry to let it stand over. The bill of Mon
day was purely classical Tonight Dumas Hiss
"LEuangere" il to be given, and much better
notion Of English feeling about the French drama
can be got By comparing the reception Of the two
than by giving an account of the first separately.
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