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siderable share OF .he attention Of tho frivolous
OF late. Mile. Marsy is q biack-eyed blonde OF |
nineteen summers. who has made magnih- |
cent debut at tho Comedie Francaise In MO- |
Heres Misanthropo." The critics compare |
her to Mars and Arnould- -Plessy. Everybody is
GoinG TO see her. and what with her beauty and |
bcr immense talent. she seems likely to assume
at the Comede Fran caise the supreme place that |
has boon vacant since the flight and decadence |
Of Sarah Bernhardt Mile. Litvinof is also . |
blonde beauty. Pole. who has made success
ful debut at the Italian Opera. and who II Dre-
pairing to astonish Paris by hor beauty and her |
luxury. And Jean Rchepinp Ahi that Ia q
longer story. n. Richepin is q poet and novel
ist OF very original talent who has the body OF
an athlete and tho head and col. color q a gypsy;
hair and beard teeth teeth Sf of DAZZLING Whitenoss.
ind thu eyes od tiger n Richs h pin rvns was
Which rasS sna Asgsa and 'fsse
throw aay tSe S asd Ts
or six years. fH he lived %Nf ON his Wits teaohins
WAITING in he s nn IT or
1879 published a remarkable, volume Of verse
rssa the Soma gSisns
called upon It's author tho anger of Dame Jus
rrisonment. AT After That that Richepin settled at
fnria. and on the door II his room In the Latin
fthsisi" These % sioenees did not sha prevent @ Kim
doing good work In verse and prose. and his
%S s' nSves ws" on T hS as%o fnG9 q
snos La Glu vas dramstizSa ed and played dn with
as s'hsrH n'e %f,'fa sahe ars%s
% Ia r. r. . SssS
the costumes wore magnificent ,Rs ballet isir.
ySes and S s hs
not grea, success the plot was found rather
obscure; oSi. the role OF sarah was not remark
piece nhonxh t&ht piece was wr!tYn n often
lHSSys: NSi somS,h,DE WAS z be dons; BSs
~ .n shS ksSepn sa% 'ns
r nH,.'1 The rolls Of NaDs Defe a you'd ana Dfa
hIichepi,n; the poot. tho noveIist the
nup pn % dosas he hsoH
tour, appeared clad in the gorgeous robes Of
the Indian PRINCE and played tho role with
regretted his entrance into the world Of cabot.
cGcpins PIN ma name ] now figures re W Side % BY Side G with nth
| that OF Sarah on the piaybills and the exist
prolonged. All the women want to SEQ Richie
pin; the more SO as they know that during the
three months lbs. has 6sHn
!is his wife and child are abandoned to their fate.
The scandal and interest are thus doubled.
pin Goipgt to America with Mana Sahib' and all
the costumes and scenery Of the Porte Saint
The Latin Quarter has been in state OF ebul-
lition during the past week owing to an attack
Socialist journal recently started by Jules
| Nalcs. writer in this journal charged the
students In general Of the present generation
| with imbeciity. cynicism and general rotten.
ness. In their veins flows not tho sap of youth.
said the article they have no restraint. no emo
tho bestial passions OF adolescence: rotten ply
sically. decomposed morally they are but the
by sS ana apaef
The students. irrtated by these charges. formed
sSssd hsd nay
OF their number to challenge two of the editors
OF Le G'i d. lruple to single combat The
In ,gtLe tie STRUGGLE 81 classes that began
thu ground is not the lists. but the street. Tho
! Crt IA, Penp'e intimates that it's writer's arc
barricale. The secret OF the attack on ths
s%py s that a G d
| tention; he chose the subject Of the students
as he would have chosen any other subject he
| obtained what he wanted, and he Is satisfied.
folio soame % entitled The 81 strset s At HIn Ionden
4 vol. Charpentier', illustrated with twenty
sanson. II IS a handsome volume. but Il will
moi, give the English much pleasure TO road.
valles Describes London and tho Londoners
from the point Of view of the discontented
foreigner who dimes alone and poorly at cheap
coffee house in the Strand. Ayiolent tempera.
is not likely to be improved by nine years exile
nine years life in n lodging house, nine years
%onion AI W IS soa not % the Street oi Fran france g
cries Nalles: that street full of chattering and
Joy, where, people are meeting every instant
the people in the street fol- low the women and
chaiT the men: there is noise laughter. rays
d y0rf 1ha sSI 9sSr
| London Is either enormous and emnty. silen
ns meat Of a9ms or w susS Sshsas S
iuil 10 bursting the walls, noisy like the uprIs
ing ofa camn and the torrent OF defeat. Blu
aud passion. You hear the wheels grating ant m
ter. They, go to and fro like the piston o. !
over puisys; they say moi moi hing but % nice at morn
inG; nasty wep'her."" s. ~" and d resnm. their iuno
horsoy or flahy heads This slmiiitude oi phy
siGsnany ,hs n%notonE Of ts y kS a.
visnge distinguished strongly from the others
some look n Iittla more hypocritical or a iittl,
more brutal than others. that is all. TIL,
woinei--that perfume Of the French street.
are divided roughly: Those Of sugar. ant
those 0f horn. those who havo profliss Of an
gels and those who have profiles OF beasts
those who have siYteen sum'ners and tlios!
who havo hundred. dolis aud bah9ons." Still
pursuing the subject of women Vnlles oh
serves TINT the English women grow old all a
once; they get spoiled without transition; 20,
bad gaz,lle yost"r'iay. you have giraffe TO
day; you nd In the streets nothing but babie
run to seed and carioatures with gray hair Hnt
yellow te"th At the age Of "a or as years tho Eng
lish woman Is done for. They walk like soldiers
they nre too long waisted. they have stupil
ieot. and heaps Of them wear spectacies Tn,
boys. tho mon. the shOebllcks, the commits
sinnnnres. the flower aollers, the cabmcn. tn.
cabs, the ON nnibusrs. sverything displeases NJ
Vallts. He secs n womnn drunk iE ths street
and lie tails you she IL the sister OF u lawyer o.
the daughter of u parson.
NJ. VailHs very rightly endeavors to destro!
| tho legend of English comfort; In a countrI
whore so little attention IL paid 70 the smai
g" Is;s Tas hs 81 Tssa
living, poor lodging poor eating, poor sitting