, 1879-03-20
Y, rauro at o Sacred 0onosrt---The
Opera at Church, and Morality
at the Opera.
"n Pain Bls "-..lniegesting to Wires and
Observation-Disclosures Of tho Carnival
at Sitt.

YAS dlllCtlL 10 ItpEesd uH1iies H8 nave I'M
rrpYcl upon oil that in our luxurious nge. A
manager thinks littlo of apcndlng 200, 900 francs
M tic mounting Of M opera, and 10, ,tD0, 900
francs arc swallowed up 10 the process of bu,,l-
no a singte theatre. Nor can it be doubted
hit vo have made gigantic stridcsi in other moro
mportaut matters relating to tho drama. Wc
nav be prcsutnptous IN assuming that Sarah
Be,pbardt and Henry Irving are greater artists
,h.u their 1iusophlsticatcd forcrunncrs Of the
year 1900 or thereabouts. It Is Mt least certain
hat even these, though they arc the most cmi-
n.nt living expouents OF their art IN France al,1
ENGLAND, would hnvo sone difficulty in COM
uandng the attention OF an audience while they
aeye]oped The manifold beauties mud eccentrIci-
,Icso
ArLAY LAsTTH0 FoATx DAYS,
.svc nre told the "Mystcry Of tho Apostles"
did, Pru!ane persons who attended Wagncr's
recent Festival at flayrcuth found II sufficiently
tedious 10 slt out the three consecutive nights
Of a ''Niebclu0Runrlng performance, despite
lis musical mud scenic attractions. md am not
eu1s that 10 would any OF us stand ten nets
even Of Il 1lam1ct," though they were chatllably
eprcsd over two evenings.
Ono thing, however, Is unuuest1onnb1o: we
ha.o made astonishing progress in dramatic
T. LIE
mir hoyc been present at Marie Dumas last
s..t,roo a, ,vbtch Two cy,nn1cs M 4ho Fropc,,
. -, ~ to,,-s,,ont,, raf,,,,-, 1900 u.r,,o1,
drama Oh ine tou.tccntn cebtu'Y "elt fcSi'eo,
much 10 tho delight OF Few anttaHarians, and
greatly to the utnazcment OF tllo general public.
nne introd,,ce6 MA Il, the comfc rlny nj thr ne
80 f.. t,t,n ~. ro-oo ~ i, f,or,.t.e, ;,
hoa' 10 t,llo' -" i"..o w ~ ooluettot
ttemed 10 tho auolence ny 1ar ihc ufost comic
shng about u. Jenan o'Aoundanee, VINO wrote
H. would not draw nowadays. ll!e "iafee "
excited some laughter, but not exactly OF the
,rht quality, and am very much afraid that,
bad IL not been trfckctl out Ia modern French
...,. a., 'o,,tior,r,,,,, th,r,,,r.. +vo,,,1
,e'oe, NV s'iS 0"''au"''"n' ''''''SsA'e' "'"'"
bare had ..............
before II ended. Imagine tic impression made
no,, ccnn,,s.or ~ ,,t,t,,ro. Ne, w., ,,,nt
nansa.,,',"a ~ s,h">,ha s.,t.,s, 49,, .'a,,
.stSpenc''l1gs u sei,ooipos's"''9'sI' hha you
bare sonIo ldcn OF that produced by Jchan
d'Atuntlauce and his "Fa.gc lu Ia Corlettc.n
Thc other wnrl, ,ras thc Myatcrv nf NRohcrt
!. n,o,,a ~ ~ =. - ~. x,,nro 49,, ,tt,,a na.,
~ '9nuoic' % " ~, N'o,a "''toi'lo"e eu's.
III n. Fourn!cr's learned introductory lecture
succccdcd in stirling the Ninctecnth.C Century
p,rIsjana IN nnv cnti,uatnsm about. IL. There
,nr c1crncnta ~ n f,nc traoedv In n t,,nuch o,l
ths .,rrc. n,,1 n onlv frou ihc ror, t,,a, II !.
~ ' 49, .:','I..,. .,es.,.s.., 49,. ~ "
t.1 as 'aa,, :. ho1 ar nosss
Interest TO tllc GaltG aAle,lee: BIT tl1is Is a
eo!Fupt antl artificial generation. The simplicity
Of thc year lGt' or tlrreapoats Wns voted
ieo!oue, NM lcrl.tiE OF uhdhnlca saf's1act!on
setgned in every breast as no rejected that
"Nous ayons change .out celia"
bs-tl,c-hrwhat would We pampered moderns,
Who wax wtot!i alld hiss at an cntr'acto OF hult
IN hour, say to .-.....--.
,,, Al. An ssrnAora s,''a. T. or WHO'LL x,'a. wsEk' ,
fesniu.ed son1c WIN hid lorrotten1t. ie H.. ai,1 ~
tornIrI lnanr vim i,sd mrvcr t,,n,rr r. il. iii
medieval staoo-plays oftcn tnnlt niasn in the
open atr aid, IA matter Of course, were liabie
hsayy shower Of taln nr n thun,irr. @ stnr,a |nuid
,siur tlIr enthusiasm nf IN. IL ],nnsn !, M tnrr
A1n{ unless tllr actors ifkc1 tn f]av tn enntv
lE,sbcs, all thry could do gas to nil,ourt,.n,,ii
nr f"rty.1ay sfys,rv liza ti1a, # ,iln os-
ties lbis wRs Il serious ,nnttrr. Il ia rcr,rfln,l
that, on one ,c,nsto,,. t,s wrs,hnr ner,isc,i IL,
beins 60 nbstinats)y evil tIut tl,s wholu co com. II.
lant,numberus scverai NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u
in renresent!ne ono Of t',cse scla'sacred works
element skies wllicl, were so indispensable tn
tatlsIassorY reeetpts. Whether the prayer was
a3edcd 10, Know not,
THERE ARE FEW prous ACTORS
novsdays. hit ,boy arc raro hJr,s nm ,hr facc of
,1e , sstt1, Tx ,ln'o liz oitquotsa htaek :Sai':
GfrhDtIntJ6. II
NAV fu,iec nj hls sorrtI,y from *. r"s5inraa
with witch ),c 1rni,s n}n to ans r',te,in,, "ro'
mour rpnuir,n,y ,he hcin nf h,a ,nn,nticent hi.
tone. Ue wns sin"fm,~ Ecrc In t,Iscr rr.nr" ~ ot
agrantl tnt siral nrrifrn,an,a n1yp,, mt thp inv
Churrh OF ii. 1rnnpnfs yn vj,r r., rnie,,ruto Tia
alycut nj iire anirnjt nre.au ,rhi.t, has inst
been bu;lt for il. Njthaurh l.iyen IN ,,o socrn
eaIcc, thia cinrsrt IN o.,n ~ ti,e mast rrmrrt
ah.s md iuliwh,iui wn hMvc hn,l thfs s"n-
sun, Fnurn Am, n flnc potrr yostrrn u ri
Sedeyn,Gycr. and y "i'nns i,etntis' i nf nlti
Papa Iinytla: Vrr,,,c. ,rsntc{,,,, IN mn i tvn
Ve,uln il rnr,nosct1 hy II Hsnomd fhr nroanist
Of tlI. church mi ~ fncr' nrnhns,ro ".ststsI
By the cnir of Tia fonsrryatoir" crccn," ssx.
ersj sy,nnhnute .rarunus. n1,., c}nrnso. ~ II
Wklor. fh,, rj.yar t,r,nn,st ~ a. XII ni"" S,tn.
gehyr' hr nycnt,s T. .Is,y ~ i,o t'r rc,,,cIn.
erel hy ti,s anny nrrson: ,yn VI ~ c,,aa, anna W ~
inside Inc 5nnrs II &, Framrn;s Nnvtce D., n,,
TAursdav, 0's - "'' *'"'>''' .'A''.' VII
Tic w9rl1 accm.a n ,,,tte un.tao oov, ~ ,,a
slpgera, ami Na IN tu f,lr u,,crn to fs tnl,nIit
morality, To ba sure It. IL tho plcasantcst way
" !cafllng, - don't gru.nblr at the manager
o. Tug Opera ComI1ue for producing Il. TllCo-
pote Dubols'
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