The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-09


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"Theu Il = the hrst time that you have besa
IN this circe1s
ssYeA'
"Yea know neitAss MA A. ~ Nina
b., NOR Nina C-r
SNa"
We'll open your syss. lrsa queer veeia you
sre going to sea-
"How sof''
keep your eyes open"
va introduced into the salon Of Nine. d
- oy iackey whose appearance was excel
ienS In the salon woro three women, two
young girls, stock broker about 60 years old.
ana the Marquis Of E-. famous card player.
The elder OF these ladiss was The Baroness Dc
W She may have ban from 50 70 IS ysAzs
o. ags: abe was the mother Of the two young
girls both VERY pretty. Nina. g. was fully
~ Finally, Nine d ~, who was then but
81. vs. fond Of painting With
the certainty that paint wouId soon Be needod
The hrst Of thsso lsdiss w. the real widow Of .
real baron. who had been an o6hcef In the treas
my department under the rsstosatioo, and had
otsappsarsd with his cash box. The hospitable
fogs Of the New World swallowed him MP,
leaving behind him his wife and two aauGhtsrs.
Inc second lady was, - all the others, OF
coursss separated from her husband Thers had
BEEN scandal there also
Those people behaved - we'll In the ealoa q
the lackey In the hall stranges or . man
much occupied with other things might and
nothing wrong In this little society. The two
girls worked It their embroidery near the table
OF prepared the tea. Nina g. played on the
PIANO while talking with the stock broker.
NINE. dc NJ. stretched in an armchaiR, pro-
tscted her lace from the dangers Of too great
heat Of the Ars, and warmed her little feet, en-
cased In black satin slippera The mistress of
the house gave me her hand With . charming
smile. and presented me al around with the
sort of half intslligfble voics which seems to
says: "This 10 . formality; Of course you know
each other: We are all Of the same world" In
. word, with the exception OF the ahssnce Of
husbands land. - 70 that, . stranger might
have imagined them 70 b smoking In the next
room). IL was 70 oil Appearances IN ordinary
salon Of ordinary people. Education and good
breeding covered - with varnish this picture.
which - the eye OF the expsrt divulged -
much.
Foe me IL offered new study. Iwas within
sight Of the demimonds. this new territory.
Tho reader Will recognise In the play some Of
the types which impressed me In real lifA But
~ the land discovered BY Columbus va hap
tised with the name Of some one who came
after him. In the same way this exproesiou
"demimonde' has received another meaning
from that which intended when had the
honor Of introducing Il into the French Lam
Buakos ~ uSeouU MOVE " So0 OAuoOOS Or caro-.
lessness OF those who employ Il. the class OF
women from which wishedDto separate il: or
ct least IL confuses two very distinct ana sntago-
nistic Categorical The demimonde consists of
the women Who have lost standing. but not OF
courtesana I am afraid. however, that the
definition 10 70 most people one without . dif-
ferenca
NJ. Dumas then describes at great length
the history of his play until it was finally
presented at the Gymnase March 20, 1855.
The success of the piece was one Of the
sensations of the first years of the empire.
Outside of France it has not been known
% we'll - LA Dame aux Camellias. /" but
in France it has enjoyed quite - much
celebrity. In 1.-THE Crust of Society" the
original text has been pretty we'll adhered
to. though the names of the characters
have been changed.
''Ths Corsican Brothers.
Cordray's bill for the week Is 1.-THE Cor
sican Brothsrs." The story il well plotted
ahd we'll written. Its dramatic force il
intense and pervades the entire three acts
which construct the play. The twin
brothers, Fabien and Louis di Franchi. arc
Corsicans, invested with peculiar psyche
logical faculties. The sensations exper-
fenced by one, as the result Of anything
unusual, are reproduced in tho other, no
matter how far separated they may be by
distance. Louis loves Emily de Lesparre,
whom he supposes an unmarried woman.
He discovers his mistake. but cannot kill
his love for her. Her husband, Capt. do
Lesparre. is called away on q voyage and
commits his wife to the care of Louis. The
latter accepts the trust and honorably dis
charges it Tho first and second acts,
which are supposed to happen synchro-
nously are laid in Corsica and Paris, and It
is in the latter city that We find Louis and
the home Of Emile de Lesparre. NJ. de
Chateau Remand. an accomplished roue,
Is struck by the beauty of Nine. de Les
pare. and attempts to plot her ruin. which
ends in duel between him and Louis. The
latter 10 MORALLY wounded, and, at
tho Same instant. his brother Fabien,
in the old home in Corsica, is teiepathized
by the affair. the scene of the duel and
the name of the slayer and his features
being accurately impressed on his mind.
He leaves Immediately for Paris to avenge
his brother, and meets Renaud on the
exact spot where Louis fell. They fight,
and in the contest Renaud's sword snaps
by the hiit An attempt is made by the
seconds to prevent the fight being con
tinued, but Fabien equalizes matters by
breaking his sword At the hilt and insist
ing that they decide the issue with the
blades. A thrilling encounter takes place
and the cynical roue falls, pierced to the
heart. The play will be very deliberately
staged, all the scenes having been specially
painted for the production. The visioe of
the forest Of Fontainbleau, at the end of
the first act, showing the death Of Louis,
will be . most picturesque setting. Clay
Clement, who has starred in the East and
South in the play. receiving without sx-
ception the most complimentary notices,
will appear in the famous dual role tomor-
row night The cast has been arranged
by him and the presentation viii prove .
great theatrical event during the week.
Richards & Frfngle's Minstrels.
Richards & Pringle. of minstrel fame.
have something new each year they visit
Seattle, hence their success In drawing
crowded houses. They have been years in
establishing reputation. and it is last
ing one. They will be here tomorrow
night.
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