New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-13
] NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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In this amusing volume the writer presents
vsly ricture Of shc Preach stage sisa perseEa tace
aosos sf celebrated actors and actresses, and DO less
ly>y 1,suvraons Of the aeg features OF ParsiHn
society The Parissus presented Ne eesentiaiiy
xbsfrfrsi p~opis theatrical IN their tak fher tastes
ana at times even m their actions. new pny cy
cpnlsr suthor Il great TIN seen, and beard
and eroised By al Paris Everybody Ia crazy to attend
tho first performances of piece. II wall nos do to
pack the house with friends The piece win fail not
played before thyce hundred people who pFena 70
be ali Paris They must be the spots they are bcand
10 zee The pay they WIN Juae whother 1t be gooa or
had; and from their assignment there Is no appeal II
ribs "a fafss" not receive tho drama INTO I'e
suc xracos uothinS can 10 its fate is scaled Tue
theatres Of Eev-York far moro comfortable 'nah
those OF Par.s The seats narrow. hAr1, ana san
ths ulsles net spacOus and are oten hneu up WV"
eaxupstaois There is easy mode OF getting oas h
ease of fire. The ventilation vs. bad IL yoa WISH 10 re-
nsyc the pressure on your legs, you can onIy pay
han q franc for q footstOol TO one OF the ola haGs
that ses as ushcrs. Tho ballet boids large place
IN the Freuch opera. In America, Mr. Matthews as
ecrts we scarcely know what eood ballet Is fIne
had in plenty; but the ballet mas Deen
emily lnciEenta; with two three exceptions the quar-
ity has been medincre. The beauty ar q bullet is
s.na In tae rit of all the dancers; the perfection
of drill aud execution from the highest to the lowest;
but this we cannot hope to have 30 long az the
ballet IN an itnerant accident In Paris the ballet Is
not an Incident, but an institution. An engagement
shere Is settlement for fe II trains the young ana
pensions tho old Man may be found there IN each OF
his seven ages and woman in her solitary ear An In
stance IL related by Nh. Matthews of aa old French
master OF Paa who told ham that he had been
in tie ballet OF the opera for fyour years He FIRST
went ON az Cupid ut tho ago Of six then passing slowly
through the degrees Of little imp, yonng lover aod
heavy villain The dignity Of noble father retired on
pensien Mt sixty and amusing his old age by arrang
fug the germans in the arioTac quarters In FRANCE
the author tells u.s. the drama is the foremost depart
ment OF literature. The 70 fame and fortune lies
through the stageoor play takes higher rank man
novel and brings in cash. The market is large
and always opcn The conscience Of the French in In
felec.ua and literary matters what has given France
shc foremost dramatic literature of the century But as
The subor intiates. the French stage cannot be hed
In high esteem q school or morals. "I know OF no
Immoral pays says MDumas, quoted at the close OF
the volume al only know llimade plays" tits partly
owing to Its freedom from conventional shackles that
the French drama of to-day Ia 80 vigorous, we are ~
formed by the author, and he adds 1T Is not spoon
me at for babes and French theatre is no place for
young ladies' bOardngschooL"