Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-15
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'Inpulse," the comedy now running nj
Wallack's, has o histozy. The present yers
sion Is said 10 have besn made by an Eng
ishman Of French play called the Honor
of the Hssbspd. and BY him 1.-THE French
mani claimed as original / do not soy
that it is not-only it Is angular coinca'
deuce that an Italian named Carlo Loren.
zini wrote drama very closely resembling
Impulse" and produced 1t in Florence,
Italy, in 1872, under the title Of "LOnore
del Marito." II met with great success, had
a good run and struck the fancy OF young
girl from Boston then living in Europe.
She Was q Miss Nash, and has SINCE become
Known in literature as marie Courcelles."
She purchased the right of translation aud
production in the United States directly
from the author and sent the Ms. to Mrs.
John Drew, ManageTess OF the Arch Street
Theatre, Philadelphia. who accepted the
piece, bat the financial conditions not suit
ing Miss Courcelles the matter came TO
nothing. Miss CourcelleS was then CORE
spondipg from Europe for several papers in
the United States, among them the Boston
Globe and occasionally writing a little
book of poetry, SO that, being out Of the
dramatic field, she hardly understood the
value Of her purchase-still less ho% 70
utilize IL
While the Us. was living in her desk sne
supposes that tae ltallHu play was translat-
ed into French by French dramatlst. AT
all events, wheu finally she advertised The
Honor OF the Husband for sale French
man started up, claiming the title as his
own, and it was only by reference to the
Librarian Of Congress that Miss Courcelies
could prove ,hst she lad a prio. right 10 the
title. About ten years ago had a copy OF
the French play, aud when some i've wears
since Miss Courcelles gave me 81 nore
del Marito' to read, told her OF the strlk'
ing similarity Of the two plays, remsrking
that her play had been translated from the
French by the Italian dramstst. She con-
WINGED me that if there were any translation
at all It was the French from the
Italian. had given my copy to drama
list we'll known in New York, Mr.. A. D.
Lyandais, who translated and sold it to a
certain agent for lady star. Mr.. Livan'
dais claims that that agent took the play to
London. and that dropping into the theatre
one night 10 see Impulse, he (Livandais)
was surprtsed to find it his Identical version
nf "The Honor of tie Husband, AS Miss
CourcelIes has never disposed Of her rights
in the play fox the United States, she is ser.
iously considering the adusabiIity of taking
measures 10 protect those rights. Liz:
most writer's for the daily press Miss Cour
'elles is not as widely known as her taIent'
as an authorcss eu,itle her TO be; neverthe
!sss, some of her polished TRANSACTIONS from
the French and Italian have had large
sale in this country, chief among them be-
ing Cazueau's Human Decoration and
Feydeau's "Art OF Pleasing" DR.. Ca1.
neau expressed himself as highly pleased
With her translation.
French people are not at all ayerse to hav-
ing their works, OF whatever nature, repro,
duced in this country. The family Of Gus
tave Dore gave Miss Blanche Roosevelt the
data upon which to write her memoirs OF
that great painter. BY the by her book is
out in London, but has not yet reached our
shores.
1t cannot be denied that American women
are born linguists. 1t is indeed poorly ed
ucated American girl who cannot speak at
least one foreign language. Miss Jennie
Bullspeaks three fuently. Mss Bun mas
most lovely cCpt-a,.c voice, and it Was
thought mat she would make great ope-
tatic singer The reason she did not was
that she gave up all such ambition to be-
come the wife Of Judge Van Brunt and now
only by her singing occasionally for charity,
CO the public Judge what great career
she put behind her for domestic life. Truly
her motto has been "All Tor love and the
world well lost
How sad how pitiable are the accounts
Of the condition OF Gen. Grant How
great must have been his suffering when, to
ameliorote it, all his teeth we're drawn
And in consequence he can only eat liquid
TODD. II in age ones only pleasure is In
reirospection he must recall number OF
sumptuou4 bauquets Of which he has par.
taken Ten years ago, when the General
and Mrs. Grant were ius Paris Mrs. Mackay
gave them a dinner which cost $50 600
The menu was engraved on solid silver
plaques. This banquet was the wonder
and the talk of all Paris and its spleRdor
is still remembered by the volatile Parisians
and is conceded to have been the most
magnificent feast ever given in their city
except BY royalty. When Mrs. Msckay first
began entertaining in Paris she was fond
of welcoming Americans to her saloons.
She particularly delighted in the
society of people who had risen to emf
hence By their own intellect and talent
American literary people Of all grades from
the poet to the prosaic newspaper CORES
-4..k ~ tbaakvsoal rtI M
invited to her sources on the same footing
as the old mobiles and the young nobility
too. The patrieians soon began TO object
to meeting these untitled Americans and
ventured TO hint % much to Mrs. Msckay.
She gave the aristecrats to understand that
if they did net Ike to meet her democratic
country men and women they were at lib
erty to remain away from her entertain
ments but they did not, the majority even
respecting her the more for her independ-
ence.
The wife Of the richest man in the world
-William II vanderbiIt-is as sinple and
democratic as Mrs. MackaJ. Mrs Wander.
bilt was the most isexpensively dressed
great lady at Saratoga last summer. They
occupied cottage, bet not did not take
their meals there. They came into tie pub
lie diningroo Of the hotel with 3 lack OF
and Of sfectation that MGch sur
prised and rebured the great army Of snobs.
Mrs. S. N. B. Piatt, who has just publish.
ed pretty little volume ofverses entitled,
An irish Garland" is not, as is generally
believed, the wife Of the Wit, Dom Fatt, bat
Of his cousin, John j. Piatt, also poet.
They are the only married poets"
in america Married Poetsr" that was
the name given to Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett
Browning, by Miss Milford, in her delight
full Reductions Of q Literary Life" a
book which all young giIls shoah read to
complete their knowledge Of English poetic
literature. Neither time nor grief seems to
queneh the FIRE Of Mrs Pistts muse
Only last summer two Of her sons, just
growing into manhood, were drowned while
on boating excursion, and it was feared
then that the sweet voice OF the poetesS