New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-29

taking TO drink out OF frignp, IL soon heard OF
as broiling the slipper over the kitchen fire, while
shedding frequent tears upon it, The wife tries
to show her husband the tobacco-pot, but nc
manages to avoid q discovery OF the bonnet. Inc
valet comes in TO steal q little tobacco, ana.
stuffng his pipe, gets the ribbons INTO IL, anu
so drags out the bonnet. His remarks icad Lehg-
lumc to suppose that he knows the secret OF 'he
murder Lenglume's efforts TO buy his silence
are misunderstood and rejected Now the piece
rises to the highest flight OF absurdity. Lehg-
lume also browns his desperation IN drihk' ana
presently appears with the announcement thac nc
cholked the valet until he ceased to make souhu'
He believes him dead. The two principals arc
now alone together The same ldca enters VIC
mind of each. He can never be safe while the
other is alive. Each then prepares, with drihNeh
gravity, to murder the other, when by accident
one of them happens to notice the date Of the
naper They execute wild dance OF denght'
The various deposits in their pockets are eX-
planned by the fact that they stopped at restaur-
ant on their way home from the dinner, whefe
they behaved so rudely to the lady at the desk
that they were locked up in the cellar
This bare summary give no idea OF the
continual play of wit the broad hum0r, the lofty
extravaganza maintained with so firm hand
that the audience Is never struck by any neon
are to be found in this as in most or lADiches
plays Another excellent example Is TO Do seen
in I'm Jcune llomme Pressc,' another OF the
busting, eccentric onc-act farccs Here thc
curtain rises again in bedroom. but now u Is
. o'clock in the morning. There IS tremendous
pounding on the do'E b ne a gIoI burrps to the
door, surprising the house must be on ilrc
young man enters with an air OF great hurry
TO ask If he was not present at a certain theatre
that evening with his daughter Yes. Then the
young man has the honor to demand INC hanu, OF
the daughter in marriage and taking on ms
overcoat presents to the gaze OF the astonlshcd
father the traditional costume OF the french
"prctendu" evening dress, white gloves, ctc.
The young men brushes aside al SUGGESTIONS lhas
this kind. He is very much in hurry,-he IS
very much in love he is from the nth, and
there they act promptly lie S@ aa GEef{ 20 see
the young lady immediately Dnt aDanuohs tils
idea upon reflection. lie secs that ~ VIII be
necessary to ingratiatc himself with the family
and remembering that the father IS glove-malfer
says that he wants some gloves. How many
q, forty Thousand pairs, and he VIII try them on
at once. Iica disappears for lew moments, ana
returns with the announcement that ne mas hItcu
the apartment upstairs. so as to go 10 hoHsckecl-
ing without delay Thesththcr makes prgteNG
Of the possible opposition of the mother " haIi
YOU have n wife, and did not tell meF ne
PUSHES TO tho door of the wifcs bedroom ana
pounds on IT, Madame ie VOWS !s de Gsas "a
that is nothing: hc will ask her through cornct
carpct-man appears to lay the CARPET In the
APARTMENT
man announces that he hes chosen "a amaranih
velvet for the salon lie now explains 20 his
intended tathcrn-law his pan, for making a
handsome profit on tho gloves. lie will sud ,he
40 600 left hands TO Edinburgh. the 80 600 right
hands to Liverpool Both packages viii be
seized by the Custom House and sold for an duties
He will buy both for n song and have his gloves
free Of duty This conyinccS The father that ne
is financial genus and tho young man Is en-
boldencd to PLUNGE Into the bedroom o, thc moncc
whore 10 is heard to say, IN u st"ntorah H2c,,
Madame 10 vous demande L. main De Yotre III" =
All this is nonsense Of course, but nonsense
of the most artistic quality, One OF The most
ENJOYABLE Of the pieces and one that has the
advantage for tho American readers rarely 70 We
found in French play of being free ircm Ne
pcrrichon.' This is fonr,act pee, ~h,ch NJ ~
Angler Justly terms n comedy Of profound Oh
creation as PckwiclI, goes to Switzerland with
his family. young man, who aSpr'S TO thc
daughters hand saves him as he Is on the poht
fr,y .g in their gratitude The rival lover
is about ready to give up the contest. when
thouqht strikes him. lie is deep student OF
human nature lie goes ont with the father;
throws himself into position OF anTHrAt peril
hut no real danger. and allows the fathrr to save
him he thinks. ah" rapid decline OF the
fathers gratitude toward the Young man TO
whom no really owes his life, and bis eNiravagant
admiration and affection for the young man whose
life he thinks he has saved. because II natters
his vanity TO think he has done great deed,
ar, Gelinoatcd with a truth 10 nature that IS
remarkable in work Of so lieht a TEXTURE. ms
is
writing. He often leaves the realm or reality
far behind him. but he never runs counter to
the currents Of human nature.
No one who has any acquaintance with con-
temporary French literature needs TO be warned
that tho plays Of VI Iahichr, like those of almost
every French dlamatist, are often frankly I'M
rroDer But he has the great merit of never Mt
tcmnting to cast a false glamor over immortality
as many Of the dramatiNtS have done ana - Is
something, at least that he often makes 1t
ridiculous.