Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

native Of Boston aud Ia just In his
thitty.ninth year. He first sang In
public when hut seven years old. AT
nineteen he went TO Europe nnd be.
came pupil OF Vannuolni. lie also
studied under VarA.i, Mt Milan, and
spent four years at the Berlin Con.
servAtory Of Music. While ABROAD he
studied aud mastered Italian, French,
German and Spanish. He returned TO
the United States uf,er an absence OF
nearly ten years. He has taken lead
ing parts In grand opera WITH the stars
~ Europe and America. For the past
few years lie has devoted his time to
teaching vocal music and has mt
with wonderful success. II IL to be re-
GREETED that he has announced his in-
tcu,ion Of shortly taking up his
permanent abode In Paris.
a play derived iiom another play
whose little In Ffcncn II "l4e Demi.
MONTE" naturally attracts n good deal
u attention. IL should bo said, how -
ever, that that title hardly meaus In
French what II has come to he accepted
la Eng Hh. "rhe Crust of Society,"
which IL TO be done next week, lis by
Ddmas, the author OF Camille, aud Is
probably considerably broader than
that celebrated play. But We are
assured that there II nothing offensive
In this drama, anu that 1t will be
mounted magnificenlly and well pro.
duced, mny be taken tor granted, when
We know that Mrs. john Stetson, the
wife OF the Richest manager In
America, heads the ladie.. while such
motors az Al Lipman and Marx Lynch,
lend the gentlemen.
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The following sumewhat Frenchy
speeches taken from the play, arr
frequently quoted ns'giv.ng an insight
Into the character Of large section OF
Partisan society, anu are among the
most noted Of Dumus' writing:
Oliver II describing TO the innocent
Randall what kind Of u house IL Ia
that they happen to be in-Lady
Downy's OliveI-"D9 you like pearhes?
Yes, well, eoIue day 20 into one Of tao
fashionable fruit shops anu ask tue
proprietor for some q his best peaches.
Ho Will show you u superb basket VI
iruit, each peach hell apart from the
others by fresh leaves 30 that they may
not touch Que another. Ask him the
price anu he will peThnps answer
"rhitty sous apiece Look about
you and you are pretty sure 10 ind
another basket full OF peaches quite
as flne au the first in appearance but
packed closely together, 30 that you
,eo only one side VI each leach and
not all OF that. These have not been
offered to you. You say 10 the shop
keeper 'And how much are these?'
lie will answer, Fifteen sOus.' Satur.
ally you Will ask him how 1t happens
that these peaches, as fresh, rs fine, as
rIe, and as attractive, 80 far
~ you can see, ms the others, cost
only half as much. Then no will
PICK Oue out, holding 1t ginger.
lY between thumb anu forefinger; he
will turn It over and show you under.
meath little black spot. the cause "a
the reduCt on. In this house, my dear
fellow, you are in the basket Of the
peaches NJ fifteen sous. The WON N
around you have all stain In tn-lI
past; they herd closely together IN
order that you may zee tho less. Oftht
same Origin, with the same appearance,
the same prejudice. Of women In good
society, they no longer belong there,
but constitute what we AL the demi.
monde, which DRIFT, like an island
upon the Partisan sea, gathering "a
the debris from the mainland aud tue
shipwTec6ed who came from the
unknown.