The sun., 1890-11-24
Club acted right In freezing out the gentle
man who has shown himself ambitious to
achieve fams as very competent hangman
The rate Of the Clemenceau Model.

The rato OF the Clemenceau Model.
The tasts for hectic and srodc dramas Of
the French society school, which attained Its
highest point in this city during the theatri-
cal season Of 1874. when "Folline." by
sARDou. "Monsieur Alphonse" by ALEX
ANDRE DUMAS, LA Femme du Feu," by
BE1or. and LED Astray," by OCTAVE
FEu1LLET, were presented, considerably
abated soon afterward. It did not revive
and, indeed, no endeavor was made by any
resident manager to revive 1t, until the pro-
duotion OF the "Clemenceau Case" ut the
Standard Theatre some weeks since. Into
the weft Of this story were woven phases
Of Muscovite daring and adventure. COM
mingled and contrasted with evidences
OF the moro refined and less cner-
waiting social life in the capital OF the
French republic. . favorite theme with
Parlsian novelists and playwrights In recent
years. The American version OF the
"Clemenceau Case" met with . cold and
unresponsive reception. as on artistic and
philosophic grounds II probably deserved. It
failed; and 30 decisively were tho hopes Of
the adapter blasted that he cast about for
another actress for the leading role OF Isa,
attributns with tho iatuity Of most adapters
tho lack Of public support to the ineficiency
OF tho leading astist instead Of to the inner
ent demerlt Of the play itself. 1t Was under
these conditions that young lady who had
confidence In her own proportions diverted
attention from the work Of the dramatic and
adapter and by an appeal as It were. nom
Art to Nature, challenged attention to her.
self by posing as q model in the studio ecene
and creating sensation thereby. She
was young. intelligent. and undeniably
pretty. Tho exhibition she made was not
brazen, it was not insrtistic. It bespoke
confidence in herself and in the symmetry
Of her own outlines and proportions.
The novelty Of the challenge was its charm.
That portion Of the public which obtains
most OF its amusement at tho theatre became
Interested, crowded houses rewarded. for .
time at least the management, and thus In
town.talk and sensation were laid, ap-
parently. tho foundations Of . substantial
pecuniary success. From New York the model
and the play, which hung, ss 1t were, about
her like q bathing dress, went to Brooklyn. o
town not too easily shocked; and then to
the staid stronghold OF civic respectability,
Boston. But the chaste and chastened SEN
tlment Of the Boston Aldermen was startled
by the exhibition. They revoked the license
Of the theatre at which 1t was presented.
and nothing remained for the manager but
to go with his company to Harlem. That is
what he did. The circuit was completed
with return to the starting point Of the
tour, the Standard Theatre; but public con-
cern In anatomical research appeared to
be sated; the audiences gradually dimin-
ished, and at last the model and her play
went together down the rapids OF disaster.
and the theatre cloeed for repairs. Thus has
ended, not the career Of the "Clemenceau
Case" as plsy-for its career as such caf
hardly be said ever to have begun-but the
career Of the vivacious model. about whose
display all the attraction Of the enterprise
may be said to have revolved.
Tho lesson OF the failure is plainly that
exhibitions which offend the moral sense
have in American audiences constituency
30 small that 1t IS soon rapidly exhausted, a
lesson which 1t takes but few to teach while
enabling many to remember.