Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05
PARIS In SHOWTIME.
Everybody Crowding in to SEQ the
Exposition.
ANGLo-SAxONS IN GREAT FORCE.
AS Usual the Caterers are Reapins
a Harvest.
ThEATRiCALS SOMEWHAT MUSTY
Emperor William Will Visit tho
French Capital Incog.
SOMEWHAT MusTY
A NEW PLAY BY EMILE ZOLA.
Gounod Is Not Coming to America
The Famous Composer is
Too Old to Gross tho
Raging Sea.
Sunday and Monday Ceremonies.

lCopright 1889 bv James Gordon Bcnnstt.1
PARIS, May A. New York Herald Cable
Special to THE BEE. AT last this city ia IA
vored with spell of real exhibition weather
and everyone is on the tiptoe of expectation
for the two ceremonies of Sunday and Mon
day. The inauguration of the great show is,
of course, the subject of polyglot comment,
in every known tongue, by the myriads of
foreigners who already throng the capital,
much to the delight of the Paris bonifaces,
who, as anticipated, are reaping rapid and
plentiful harvest. Let them beware lest the
fate of the hotel sharks who killed the vi
enna exhibition in 1873 befall them.
1t ls needless to say that the Anglo Saxon
seems TO have supplanted the native Gaul.
In all the popular parts of Paris this ubiqui-
tous language is heard universally, from end
to end of the city, and in every known ac-
cent, from that of Inverness to that of Texas.
The most inveterate Gauliphobe could not,
just now, deny that Paris is really the center
of the world.
The auxiliary shows are, perhaps, less
attractive than was expected, and no i'm
portant theatrical novelties are announced
for the season, managers doubtless opining
that their old repertoires are attractive
enough for the barbarian invaders. Military
| music will, however, be great feature, and
the lively strains of the martial airs are
heard from every point
A sensational rumor which emanates from
Berlin, says the London correspondent Of
weekly, is that the German emperor has de;
termined to come incognito to see the ex-
hibition This causes much amusing COM
ment and speculation as to the disguise he
will have to assume to get safe here and
back again. Boulangers blue spectacles
might prove useful.
| Among the scarce theatrical novelties Of
| the season the Theatre Libre gave a per.
| formance of Madeline" a new three-act
| drama, written by Emile zola in his youth.
| 1t was written in 1866 since which time it
| has slept forgotten in the retirement or a
| pigeon-hole. 1t is a pity that its slum.
| bers should have been disturbed by
| the enterprislng manager of the
| little theatre in the Boulevard Strasbourg
as neither the public nor literature has
| gained by it's production. The plot is the
story of woman, who, towards the end Of
| her career Of shame, comes across man
who is willing to marry her, without asking
any embarrassing questions concerning her
past. Madeline becomes Nine Hubert, and
is happy at first in her husbands love, next
| in her own affection for the baby that makes
its debut in due time upon the congenial
| scene But Jacques Gauthier, an old lover,
| also an old schooc mate of Hubert, is intro
| duced into the action with the result that
Madeline's happiness is wrecked. She is
| finally driven to escape from her intolerabe
position by poison. The play only scored a
success d'estime and it did not deserve even
| SO much.
1t was rumored yesterday, that party by
| the name of Louis Nathal, of New York,
was in Paris and had arranged
with M. Gounod, for a tour in
| America for next season There
is, however, not one word of truth in tho
report. This evening a representative Of the
Herald called on the illustrous composer, at
his residence in the Place Malesherbes. M.
Gounou was just leaving the house, but
| kindly consented to be interviewed, and, IN
answer to the statement as above outlined,
he SAID there was not one word of truth In 1t.
He mad not seen or ever heard Of such q
person.
II have had no such proposition from any
one, and, il | had, should not entertain it
for single moment,' said M Gounod. 1T
is source Of much pleasure to me TO know
that have so many warm friends and adj
mirers in the United States, but as told
you year ago, / am now too old to think OF
going so far away from home No, there is
| no truth whatever in the reDort.u