, 1881-02-20

not so successful when dealing with other classes
sat home Of Countess aIuTa dc Bcuyi1le is siu-
gularlf untrue to fact, md the part plnycd thore
by the Frankfort stockjopber Steiner Is
was done for It which could have been done t,y
! the extraordinarily good actng Of Daily. Tho
courtesans huuse in tho morning, WHOM the
audience arc first introduced to It. is faithful
picture of life passed lit license and riot. GArish
and vulgar, it resembles a music hall when the
lights arc out and only the stains and fumes Of
last nights pptations remain. But between
Nnnd's evening party and tho Countess reccp~
Hon at her stutey ancestral home there Is no
pear at both entertainments and talk with tho
same frlnkncss On the same subjects. and this
IS neither true to Nature nor to art 4 custom
first introduced on tho French stage by h. al
phonse Daudct, in the .Nabab.' hAs been re-
y1yed il Mama ant, tho actors are made up to
rescmhe ws knoWa IN sss soe,e'y Y The
the same tailor and hnffdresscr MS II. Emile de
Girardiu, though there Is certainly no other re-
semblance between the worthless old debauch6
M. Zoa had in view And the most eminent of
living Parisian journalists. The Prince Of Wales
was lso successfully lnimlckcd us fur as OK
tcrnals nre concerned by II. Iio.ndin in tho
character or German potentate ovcrmuch
in love with the side scenes OF small theatres.
The manager OF tho d1nbi1u suspended the
press ltst III the first representation Of Manu.,
Of which tho Paris papers Ind given sufficiently
long and nattcring notices to serve Ills purpose
from what they snw ut the full dress rehearsal.
The class to which tho heroine Of the drama be-
longs was numerously represented In the boxes
and balcony. but tho vretched end of Ndnu, VINO
is shown, her face full Of smallpox puatues, at
the end OF the last ,ct. will hardly frighten them
into repentance. Tho faith in vaccination is too
strong and tho facilities to be yaccinated are too
great for the frnil sisterhood to be held buck by
dread Of smallpox from the Elysiun Of material
pleasure In which Mana triumphcd. Tho hdcous
malady OF which she died Is mndc evident on the
scene by means Of painted and tleveriy- y-con-
play, the novel should be first perusol. Mana
on tho stage Is, like Jack and the 'Assoln-
moir,' series OF tablcaux to which the dialpg
Is subsidiary. Sumptuous tableauI they are.
The deathbeQ scene brings on tho stAEo
chamber No. 2uG OF tho Grand Hotel. which did
not come on before quarter pnsr 1n tho
morning. The drama is less surgical In Its
crudtty than the novel. The nnturniism Of Zoa
has chiefly swlly in the accessories. Eeul apples
grow on npple-trces in TN orchard, through
which runs Stream Of real water. Mana here
is shown with George Hugon ganlboltng through
the trees, rs might have done Pad and 1tfytntd
young dream. The drawing rooms, the boudolrs
OF Nana's town-residence are the extreme of
luxury; and her country-scat Standing in Il |
vale, with the ruins Of Cnuusnont |
Abbey browning. the hill above, is masterpiece
of landscape decoration. The Japanese s1iuh
will probably mike the fortune Of the uphol- |
stcrcr who tittedit up. As 10 the dresses, they
out -Ben1iton the Benoitons. The popular t
Grown Prince who places Mana on asa aniinenca /
Is transformed into the Prince Of StephenbtrU, |
and looks like musical professor. Daily, is |
the Banker Steiner, was very amusing Nile. i
Massln wunts the carnality Of Nands beRu1y, !
The piece IS. said to havo scarcely caused the !
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