Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-05
MANA EN- SCENE.
The Repulsive but Successful Play
Which all Paris il Going 10 See.

London World
What Is Mana? Well, Mana Is La TT sviata
treated after the manner OF Naturali5m, the
new school In literature. What is Natur 4lIsm?
An Well N4turalism is Positiyism In Liter AZURE,
sclenct-tne truth. the whole truth, and 40 hing
but the truth the actual cautery. Is my meaning
plain now? am afraid not; but hardly know
how TO make 1t clearer, except by carrying out
the COLI paTiSon oetSeen the work OF lola and
the work OF Dumas La Travlata is a cert3,
person tTea' ed In the manner OF the Old school;
Mana Is the Sa ne person treated In the manner
OF the rev. The heroine OF the Old school Is
made morally Interesting. She has a MAD as
well as body, noble sentiments 1.-The precious
gift OF teaTs.' The heroine OF the new has
nothing OF all this, but Is simply beautiful
brute. The young naturaiists Snin contempfu-
Ously at the work OF Dumas MS as Idde; ana this
stupe ndous thing has come 10 pass, that the
Dame aux CameliaS has lived 10 be laughed at
As a pTUde The marked difference Ia treat
ment between the two pieces runs right through
to the very death scenes with which they close.
La Dame AUX CameliaS fades away In mist OF
sentiment and poetry. Artistic rather than
natural selection makes her perish OF CONSUME.
ton. disease which admits OF her retaining
her outward beauty and keeping up pleasant
aPpeaTar cPs m he very laSt-a more than Ro-
mar, FTeI Oh death. Mana dies OF smallpox.
do 10 Be o, the face that Mile. Massln
tthe most beautiful actress IN PaTiS) turns to
the audience in that nnal Scenel AT the risk
OF an auttclirnax beg 10 give the following
recipe Il this effect, as it Is sure TO be wanted
b. careful theatrical housewives In England
ore OF these days. Powder with rouge and
CuEd lumber mixed for the general hue and
y OK cut with points OF pure lumber here aud
there Tor The Spots; Whitsn the lips aud the
for head 10 the roots OF the hair and blacken
freely under the eyes.
The P.ere has been got up at great cost and
Is evidently meant TO have a good run. IC is
very lCGC; It's ten tableauX are really ten acts.
There is the bOudOir OF Mana the morning after
her first success On the Stage with bjlietS and
bouquets arriving IN q shower. There Is the
green room at the play, with all kinds OF pe1-
pls-sCme distinguished and all forthcoming
In. There Is the pretty country house. the title
Deeds or which, valued at 100 eco francs one OF
The rich people delicaJely enCIOseS In q nose
gay presented TO Mana. Here al her friends
come to see her in her new role OF q shepherd
eSs, which, to 90 her justice, she plays With a
s1EceTe belief ID lis reality for a FEW days. But
s. on " md her in town again Ii the japanese
drawing room OF hsr splendid house, and here
from the dining room beyond comes the
cODviyial tumuit of her daily dinner
party OF dozen. By and by we are seeing The
jockeys weighed az LO.gchamps. when the
morse named after Mana has Won the blue RIO
piece are simply legion. There must De some
thing like lofty naidGs down on the playbln
ana the cbdTac eTS they represent belong 10 all
Glasses IN sOciei y-distlnguiShe LegiCilul5t and
IUpeTfaiist EObleneD, journalists. BANKERS.
We'll dressed 6dyentUreT5. little boys wh) nave
hardly lett their mothers apron strings. Old
M Win good deal mere than one foot In he
sraye-all the wOr d. III fact-lhe world OF high
commerce the world or sport, the word Of Jour
nailsn, the world Of the tLeater-a mJtIay
thTOIg. 10 says much FOR the genius OF French
organization that ". Duzlach. The ddlp-er
should have beeg able 10 put SO many people on
the stage without letting them get into eacn
penalty or that method OF tIeaCnenr-the char
SCJeTS only tell in the mass.