The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-01

Filles,'' so-called vaudeville operette, by
M. Alexandra Bison. 1t was brought out
originally at the Cluny about eight years
ago, but few visitors to Paris venture so far
as the Palais de Thermes in search OF the
atrical amusement, SO that to strangers the
piece is practically new. The girls school
put on the stage by M. Bison is assuredly
the funniest that ever existed, even In the
imagination of farce writer's. It is kept by
a broken-down actor, who, when he gives
an English lesson, gets himself up like
Brittisher, and like German when he pre-
tends to teach the language of Schiller; but
the linguistic knowledge he is able to con-
vey is limited to speaking French with a
foreign accent. This, he says, will carry his
pupils anywhere. He announces the begin
ming of lesson by the traditional trois
coups which are used to signal the rising
every lesson ends with dance which usu-
ally degenerates into cancan. AS to the
young ladies' athletic exercises, they are
taken to Bougival, and there, attired in the
highest fitting of bathing dresses, they dis
port themselves in the Grenouillere. the IA
daughter is married officially to penniless
swell whom she dislikes, and how she, new
ertheless, becomes the wife of the odd
usher, of whom she is enamored, would
take too long to tell. The piece consist of
four scenes of very midsummer madness;
but it is excellent fooling, of its sort, and
played, as it is. with capital spirit, there is
every likelihood of ..Un Lycee de Jeunes-
Filles'' bringing the season to gay and
amusing end.
A chimney-sweep or fumiste, charwo-
man, laboring man, together with seven
other pc sons, all paupers, or nearly SO, are
about to become more than mllllonalres IN
the French sense of the term, according to
an apparently authenticated report pub
lished in newspaper to-day. 1t Is said
that Firmin Nippert, merchant, settled
in the United States. lately died suddenly
and intestate, leaving behind private for.
tune of $500 900, which had been amassed
in business. He had no relatives near him
when he died, and the authorities OF the
place accordingly instituted search fol
his next of kin. In his papers was found
the name of NJ. Nippert, who practiceo
the calling of chimney-sweep IN the city OF
Paris. and this person was Immediately
communicated with. It appears thai
the sa merchant erhson was as in Pas
when he looked up the fumiste. and invited
him to dinner, but beyond this the wealth!
man of business does not seem to hav,
troubled himself about his poor relations
These people will soon enter into the pleas
ing possession of $4,000 each, and thos,
the hands of a notary who is to put then
constitutionally into the full and free en-
ioyment of their property. The laborins
| man. when told about bis good fortune b,
the notary's clerk, refused to believe tina
he had had rich uncle who had died il
| America. II know all about American
| uncles,'' said the honest toiler, $50 dom
| try on any of your games with me, youn.
| manr' Having delivered himself of thi
weighty remark, the nearly four-fola Gallo
| millionaire was about to return to his tenn
porarily relinquisned work in higl
| dudgeon when he was assured EN-
phatically that he was on the level road t.
opulence and luxury. Another of the heir
| is an old woman named Marguerite Nip
pert, who lives from hand to mouth a
| Thionville, in Lorraine. A similar slice D
| extraordinary and unexpected good luck j
also said to have fallen to a humble haber
dasher, who kept q small shop in Marseilles
He has won $4,000 in the Ottoman Rail
way lottery. NJ. Pascal, the lucky persol
| in question however will only obtain abou
$4,000 for his SO ticket, owing to the com
mission and interest claimed on the gro
lot by the Turkish government.
Champs-de- Mars which presents any semb
lance of former brilliancy just now is tn
/ Palace of Fine Arts, which is being pre-
pared for the Salon of independent painters
| The central entrance has been isolated from
the gardens by ratings, and an awning vii
/ soon extend from the Avenue de 10 Boul
1 donnais to the portals of the building.
portion OF the terrace OF the faiais facin
the Champs-de-N Mars has also been reserve
| for the visitors to the New Salon. In othe
i parts of the exhibition grounds comparative
desolation reigns. The human habitation
planned BY M. GARNER; the Pompeia
house: the Indian palace; the Renaissance
construction, where the Italian artists i
glass worked; the South American psvil