The sun., 1892-02-21
The issue has at length been Joined. and the
QOYernmen ent must 6pht To fha death.


diminishing from afar. will return next week
to lead the actual battle. He is In the best Of
health. full OF ardor for the fight. and OF conf
dence In tho result.
President Carnot 10 engaged upon the weary
task OF persuading somebody to form Cabinet
which will be the twenty seventh Cabinet since
the proclamation OF tho French republic on
Sent 4. 1870. NJ. dc Freycinet had been Prime
Minister for nearly two years. and there was no
particular reason why he should not remain in
Office. except that in French eyes his Cabinet
had become hoary with age Had the Cabinet
lived three months longerit would have broken
the French Ministerial record. and the conse-
Quent prestige might have made NJ. de Frey
cinets position too secure to suit
the personal convenience Of NJ Clemerceau
and other patriots. Part Of the trouble is due
to tho present Parliam entary system OF re-
publican concentration" which. owing to tho
Boulaneer scare. replaced tho good old sys-
tenn OF groups representing every shade OF
opinion. On Thursday. It seems. republicans
concentrated so effectively that tho republl-
can Government was turned out before tho
majority quite realized the situation. Nobody
is likely to be any the worse for the change.
The idea that 1t will in any way affect or imperil
the Franco Russian understanding is secuted
in Paris as boele Of German manufac-
ture. The Car has studied French history. and
knows we'll enough that alliances and under
standings cannot change the French nature.
But II fairly strong Ministry be formed 1t
may seek to strengthen itself by modifying
tho commercial policy. and the general opin-
ion ls that the effect Of Freycinet's downfall
will be felt first and most strongly In an econ
omic direction.
The fallen Ministers have taken their Ill for.
tune very philosophically. according to all ac-
A-l .A-l A..
speak. by prolonged prosperity. and gladly
welcomed the prospect OF breathing again
the bracing breezes Of opposition. They
cracked jokes and even perpetrated
puns at President Carnot's soiree at
the Elysee an hour or two after
their defeat In the chamber. Even their
wives professed exuberant gayety. and danced
with feverish vigor. The chronclers do not
say what dresses these ladies wore upon this
historical occasion. but Nine. Carnot whose
husband happily does not "go out" had on a
black velvet dress. with gray satin skirt un-
der black lace. She had bows Of diamonds
in front and on the shoulders Of the corsage.
and. to complete the republican simplicity OF
her toilet. she wore a diamond tiara and
ribbon OF brilliants round her mock.
Snowstorms and hard frosts have this week
been added to the troubles Of the London
theatrical managers. The theatres have not
been half full. and at one theatre. the Avenue.
on Wednesday night 1t is said the audience
did not number fifty. The Vaudeville closed
tonight and will not reopen until things take
turn for the better. Other houses arc pre-
pairing to do the same. H. A. Jones's season
at the Avenue closed tonight, when. in addi-
tion to the regular bill. Olga Brandon and
E H. VANDERBILT gave the balcony scene from
Romeo and Juliet"
A fpp ot via tron Int I'D frNp ho
wegian. will be produced at the Prince OF
Waless early next month.
On next Friday the American actress. Miss
Dauvray. is to appear at the Prince OF Wales's
in " A Scrap of Paper" On Tuesday matt
nee will be given at the Criterion in aid Of
Count Tolstoi's soup kitchens in the famine
stricken districts Of -Russia. There will be q
very big bin. and Mrs. LanRtry will figure in 1t.
Mrs. Langtry. by the way. has not yet found
anybody willing to finance her in taking o
first-rate London theatre.
Sir William Young. son Of the author OF Jim
the Penman." has written play which he
will shortly submit to the critics at matt
nee. He had dubbed 1t " His American Wife,"
but afterward found that the title was already
appropriated. and is now seeking another. Sir
Williams play Is said to show great promise
The youthful prodigy. Joseph Hofmann. is
about to begin finishing course OF study
under Herr Moszkowski in Berlin The course
will last two years. and Holman will not play
in public until 1t has been finished. Little
Otto Hegner played at tho Crystal Palace this
afternoon with great success.
Sir George Campbell. NJ p. who died at Cairo
this week. was the bore Of the House Of Com.
mons. He was in private life the most reticcnt
of men. In the House Of Commons he talked
on every possible occasion. On Indian SUBJ
jects he was we'll versed. but there was no
limit to his talk. and members would not
listen to him. He was however, appreciated
in the reporters gallery. The men all dropped
their note books and trooped of to tho smok-
ing room or bar whenever Sir George was suc-
cessiul in catching the Speakers eye.
The Spanish Ambassador in London has pre-
pared a programme Of the arrangements
which have been devised at Madrid for the
holding Of a series OF exhibitions in Spain in
the fall OF the present year with the object Of
celebrating the fourth centenary Of the dis
covery OF America. One feature will be the
historical collection illustrating the condition
Of America in 1902. and the development Of
the southern and central countries In the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Spain
aims at securing large American ana British
support for these shows.
George Alexander produced Oscar Wilde's
four-act play. St James" tonight Tho dia.
Iogue Is voluminous. but Is saved By its bril-
liancy although full Of cheap cyniclsm. Tho
plot. although complicated and hard to follow.
becomes perfectly plain and reasonable whom
the explanation arrives There Is "A School
for Scandal flavor running all through tho
play. The dialogue. often risky. represents
society talk OF to-day and mercilessly exposes
he immortality OF London society: but the
motive Is pure and the lesson moral. Oscar
made speech and pleasantly guyed the audi
ence. which was composed OF fashionable So
clety people and large contingent OF john
nies. who apparently enjoyed seeing them
selves ridiculed from the stage.
The plot, which Is original and novel. tells
the story OF fashionable woman who has de-
sorted her husband and child. She returns to
London as an adventuress and finds her dec
serted child married to rich lord. She black
mails him. The wife. egged on by friends.
suspects llason. The adventures insists on
having card for her daughters ball. She
not knowing the real relations between