The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-13
FRESH PARTISAN GOSSIP.
TBEATRIcAB VOTES AND SOME or
VI MdsSON'S JOKES.

nissed from the "Peut Journai"-H
sues and Wins 400 rranc--1'rini orthc
Murderers OF the Baronno do Valley.
icien: TO make one forget the exploits of
Gen. Galleni In Madagascar. of tho quar-
rel between tho two managers of the
Odeon. The learned NJ. Sarcey. the art critic.
full Of respect for admitted opinions, the for
mer pupil OF tho Normal School which makos
all the professors OF FIR. nee, the deep and seri-
Gus man whose hatred Of every boldness and
whose peaceable mind have won for him the
name of uncle" hrst among tho sinGers OF
the Chat Noir, and after-ard adopted by all
the young litterati OF the day. has just been
discharged from the Petit Journal by its editor
in-chief. NJ. Marinoni. Tor having written a
Topographic article. or course. to accuse Snr-
coy Of anything Topographic is perfectly 40
surd. and ". .~.iarinoui stretched things very
far indeed when he declared hat that was the
reason for tho dismissal. Listen to NJ. Sarcey
explaining the oase before the Judges of the
Court OF Commerce. from whom he asked dam
ages If 500 francs for a nasty and unjustiaable
dismissal;
one day N. sa-cey was visited By q young man
who came from the editor OF the Pstit Journal.
'well. what is iti' he asked. ~ Am sent here
b. NJ. Marinoni.I' said the young man. with an en-
parrnaseu air, 10 notily you tnat you e no ioas-
e. employed on the Jouraul.'
Have you brought mo Q letter containing eI-
planationsf"
''No, he gave ne nothing"
"But what did N. Marinoni sayr'
"He said simply: I've had enough of him."
And all that for haviAK written an article In
which NJ. Sarcey declared that he was puzzled
IN regard to the meaning OF a popular express
sion used especially among the troopers Of Al
geria. 1t is "ktf-kif bourrtQuot." He followed
that article by a second one, in which he re-
produced In yelled terms, according to lin,
and not sufficiently yelled. according TO the
editor, an explanation omewhat naturalistlc.
which was given to him. as he said. in perfect
decided that NJ. Marinoni was wrong In TAX
ing exception to the manner in which the ex-
planation OF the old spahis was presented. and
NJ. Sarcey got 400 francs damages. with costs.
the last act IN the quarrel bstwee. the d.
Antoine has just handed in his designation as
manager OF that theatre. an office which he &C.
eep,ed after his retirement as co-director.
This decision was expected. In q clever let
ter lie explained his motives TO the Minis
ter. These motives have already been given to
him published some time ago. In this letter
there Is one noteworthy phrase sho wing the way
Former fo r ri ASSOCIATE a&iStee A lf5er having aae recalled eSaH ID t hss
fact that he was the author Of the DroGramms
adopted. which the Minister accepted with
never been able to execute this programme. by
reason OF the opposition Of the eminent COL
impose upon me" Tho letter is full OF little
cuts OF this nature.
In the evening l bad an opportunity. of see
ing NJ. Antoine. He dee la red that his final
resignation was the result of his desire TO
throw off all moral responsibility in the artis-
tic direction OF a theatre where the programme
which had cen the main object of his efforts
was cast aside. 9 PROGRAMME adopted in It's
entirety by the Minister of Pubic instruction.
under whose jurisdiction the Od&on stands.
should add that the friends and admirers
new management have also resigned. N.
Gintstry. whom ! saw later. told lne that he
expected their designations. and that a new
association had already been formed.
What will NJ. Antoine do now; There is
some talk about his II aking a tour abroad.
But it is also said that he intends TO establish
. new theatre in partnership with the capital
lists who have resigned along with him. II is
to be hoped that The meane may be given to
this energetic man to carry out to completion
the artistic mission with which he is inspired.
and the execution Of which. for the
first time. made fer him so many warm friends
and bitter enemies.
Tho case Of NJ. JACQUES Lehaudy against the
Libre Parole is 1 interesting. NJ. Drumont is one
Of the leading editors of that journal. NJ. Jacques
Lebaudy, son of the celebrated speculator.
jules Lebaudy. and brother of the no less cele-
DRAFTED Max Lebeudy. accused VI. Drumout of
having DETAINED the memory OF hts brothe-.
and he also accused NJ. Delhhaye OF having
furnished the character Of his father. He
claimed $4,000 francs damages from the two
alleged libellcrs of his family. The court did
not 10 ,s side wi, with him.; III IL acquitted n: Drgmon.
plenty OF ground for criticism which became
heated in the discussion. and that the author
to tarnish the renown OF Max Leba ady AS 70 de-
fend his assistant. Nine. Severine, who was
AS for NJ. Jules Delahaye. the court found
that he was wrong In detaminE the memory OF
the father Of ". jacques Lebaud5. but that
The case would mot warrant "a 1na n an unn
u. jules Lebaudy. both as a merchant and a
Spectator. was mentioned for several wears in
connection with all the great financial trsnsac-
tons or the Bourse., and therefore he had &C
ence, according TO The publications Of the time.
IN that AFFAIR known by, the name Of the
whose consequence. aimed at the pubic cre!I.
Consequently his name and his acts belonged.
II not To the financial history OF the country.
Ct least TO the Judgment Of public opinion. and
was not possible 10 claim for him that OBJ
liyion and silence due to modest existences
that have remained aloof from all notorLety.
But. as NJ. Delahaye had overstepped in form
the limits OF permitted discussion by insulting
son of the latter had n right to complain the
editor q the Librs Parole was fined 100 francs,
and Obliged In addition to pay damages to the
AT The Palace. as we'll as in the industrial
and financial circles.the severity OF this double
ness. The fame Of the Lebauay family would
have gained more by silence than by the indis-
cTCIlOu OIL lto htupluu cItHueT5.
But tho great judicial event OF the week was
the trial OF the murderers OF the Baronne de
Valley. All sorts OF legends were told about the
old usurer whose tragic ending caused such
emotion. We must cut down considerably all
those prodiEious stories about the beauty. the
Intelligence. the patriotism. and tho high con-
nections OF Nine. do Valley. Al the trial a
document Was put in evidence proving that the
victims maiden name was Erminie de Montbel.
and that she belonged TO a family whose nobil-
ity went back to tho days of Henry ". In
1880 she married one Gaudiot. the adopted son
of Baron Durand de Valley. who left her all
his fortune. As for her literary. reputation.
that is reduced to the Publication in lS42 of a
little volume of verses. entitled "Viotets."
which soon went out Of print. The rest OF
the great exploits attributed 10 Nine. de Valley
exist only In the Imagination of sensational re-
porters. After having separated from her hns-
band she became one OF those m!serly old rich
ladies. tormsrted by a passion 10 Increase their
fortunes by all possible means. The Baronne
became a usurer. and did not hesitate to accept
the services OF tho worst Of agents. to enlarge
the circle OF her nuerAtlonS. ANarlCe was her