New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-20
DTPRFZ AND son.

Mr. Duprez began life by misleading one girl
no chatting In a duel the father OF another After
,h, no ga, married became wealthy, and grew OLD lis
marriage gave him son, and his early "nou, s''
him another The one was legitimate pu' wchc0
the other WAS iegltimate, but noble Mr.. Duprez
discarded the bad son. but after consideraoie ueas
ro,eced and advanced the good one; ana he adopted
the daughter OF his victim in the duel ana TINS young
LADY fell In love with the viruous young man. ana pr
vately paid q heavy gambling debt wnlcD lie hhu
Incidentally incurred because OF his mad passion TOT
another girl Mr. Duprez's safe presently robbed
nv MA sicked SON and certain attendant circumstances
led the venerable banker to believe his good SOL the
culpr,t and TO Danish him from the house-whereupon
he becaiae an artist and soon married the opec' vi HIS
devotion she daughter of an old lawyer Inc lazy VINO
had saved is youths honor thus left to wear the
willow A benevolent doctor In the neghborhood who
had n good heart hut a dcforned bgure was likewise
aseeyed By this marriage. seeing that IL lett MIN also
nm, IN the cold. Travel. however provided him with
.onsolao and he eventually paired OIL WIN inc sell
sac,ecing amscl who like himself having missed love
,,as destined to fnd comfort In virtue six years later
Aha artist became blind and his wife obliged 10 earn
,Sa, uy,,y Inv making lace At this point the wicked
sam of Mr. Duprez-the bastard brother OF the blind
man more appeared upon the scene ,nis ,e az
encounter between the lrothcts, when ended III the
bcgeten opposition Of The villain "ha ,no nsne'psh
aprt,t The villain was removed, Jhe uWtni, ny
supresaiul operation iostWed tue hitlstH HlEh' ar
puprcf, whose health was understood to be lhralIed
Tranquility ~ ne honse ct pnrss ana son a,s va"
nVo acts of u mild aud harmless play 10y VI, bInncty,
which conaHla Of nothing hui incident ahd when n
sugges,e at no comment other Than simple descriptions
1T liz contents The piece IL pu oseihor ~ attrfrol
arl husinrss like way Win really mW'o characters anu
Nth direct and inclligilc dialogue ltA interest Ia
.wh0l, that OF plot and ~ will he snrmHrd Ia rather
feeble Il het upon the slago With several OF those
spacious aud picturesque which have before now
done du french drama Ia the Union square Theatre,
aud gave occasion for an excellent effort III acting by
Nit ]. III. Harncs.
This actor appears the blind artist and he has one
which great tenderness and colossal passion
PIE Justified by the situation The blind man
learns from his little child the ahcting truth a. Ia
BIZ poverty aud 10 the trouble endured by his wife
and after he is driven frantic by OF ms
hcplessness when confronted with his wne's
assaiant Mr. Barnes bore himself Win
81 this sccne he closed II with fine burst OF manly
aud natural emotion. Mr. j. H. stoddart, pcrsonaiing
the benevolent physician added another to the
long list of fine eccentric character sketches
with which he has pecped the memory
OF the playgocrs of our time The sesacrce in THIS
character howeyer-and indeed throughout the piece
Is both precipitae aud excessive; Miss Jewctt Miss
Maud Harrison and Mrs. Phillips sustained slen-
der characters with taste and skill "Duprcz
and SON Il drama Of very slender substance. and Its
virtues chiefly negative II was received with atten.
ton with occasional applause aud with an obvious good
latured desire for Its success.