The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-09

xaiue snd Napoleon with fear OF the
United Safes armies that are about to
sweep the European troops from Amer
lean soil.
The play was written in 1880, but
was then interdicted by the censor
ship on the ground OF its melting pub
lie disorder.
The censorship ia now removed, bu!
this morning Paul de Cassagnac pub
| shed most violent article, denounc-
ing ss a public diegrace the prOduc
ton OF drama setting fortn the mi =
fortunes OF France, and the indelicacy
t. the family OF the Empress Carlotta,
who, 60 long a. she lives, st least, will
have her memory respected.
Public 0pin on is highly excited,
and as early ss 7 o'clock thousands OF
students and men in blouse5 hsd
throDgsd bsfore the entra ces OF he
Chateau D'Eau.
THE RUSH FOR rLAcEs
When the doors were opened at s
O'Clock the vast theater, capable OF
seating $500 people, was fairly taken
by storm, At least $500 found PLACES,
and the galleries resembled beds of
white chTyssnthemums, Tor the stu
dents, who took possession OF the
three front rows OF the upper regions,
to'k of their ceas and wsislcoste,
80 as TO be better prepared for any.
thing that might turn up
AS the GU tain rose, the actors were
greeted with storm Of hi ses, fol-
lowfd by tremendous cheer, The
students, divided against each other,
called each other names and kept up
running volltys Of profanity and
chaf. The actors, with splandid
pluck, mapaPed TO pull through with
their paris, but even in The front rows
of Crchett'a ais it was impossible 10
each more than Stray word hera
and there. The plfy was mere
pantomime, as far ss the audience WAS
concerned, from beginning to end.
A TEMPEST OF FUN AND CHAFF.
The students and men in blouse,
however, did not really ltss their
tempers, and when a wild looking
Mexicad with a long rife appeared
and made a long speech a student
shoutedt load your gun and don't
talk 80 muobl" When Jesuit priest
appeared in his ecc .eeiastical robes
the entire galleries-men and women
began initiative NOSES like ducks,
and "Quackl qusck qnack !" resound-
ed everywhere. When the North
American Indians app ared in their
full war paint the audience shouted
"Cynpalaisl CynRalais l"-alludipg to
the Inhabitants of Ceylon now on ex-
hibition in the Jardin d. Acclimatation.
pRLTINa THE ACTORS.
When Bsgaine, in q field marsha's
unif Jrm, appeared, the thsater bee sme
a perfect pandemonium. Rotten APP
pies and eggs, and balls OF paper
moistened by the mouths of the STU
dents, were thrown pfUmIscuously on
the stage, but NJ. Bess C, who played
the uDgraieiul role, drew back out of
range aud boldly continued Lis bust
ness.
In the fourth act, where the Empress
Carlotta d.nounces Napoleon III and
SO "Miserables," and when
she shrieks in DIES pair Bdsdife
potsOn -Soyes mattditS!' perfect frerzy
came over the audience.
EKUSor, MPERIALIsrs!
Thirty or forty Imperialists slammed |
their hats on their heads, shook their
lsts ct the students aud left the
heater. Squads the Gaydas Re-
DublicaineB prevented the occurrence
1f fights, and only few arrests were
made. The students luckily never for
In instant lost their tempe's, and
cora OF them, with their sweethearts
rom the Latin Quarter, danced an
lpIoarious cancan in the gaugway
and aisles. Altogether it was most
enleriainment. Showers |
1t nutshells fell into the orchestra
tails and apples abourded every.
where.
As left the theater, at nearly 2
o'clock this morning, l ouuted on the
,teps the debris OF fifteen silk hats
Ind several patent leather sho s.
A PLUCKY COMPANY.
As to the &C ora, it is impossible to
,ay more than to praise their splendid |
pluck in managing to get through the
lrama at all. Mills. Murat, who
played the "Empress Csrlotta," is a
very pretty girl, and her gestures
were fine and dlamatic, but, Of course,
i was impossible to hear her voice.
Regnier made very fierce looking
aud tiger like "Juarez."
VIEWS OF THE PARIS PRESS.
Figaro, tomorrow, will publish a
leader denouncing the scandal in the
bi tertst terms, laying the blame on
the author and the manHg of the
theater for producing play srousing
the dangerous elements of society
against authority and religion.
The GlulOiS will treat the matter
more lightly, and M. do Pene, the
most Discerning OF the Parss an
critics, admits that there are several
xcellent passages In tina drama, and
praises the acting OF v. Brunei, WHO
,nk tha narI nf Maximilion