Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-10-09

the theatre cote of the irregular
are intermittent and not open TO the
general public by payment st the doors
but to subscribers and-deadhesds. |
The counterpart of these theaters in
London is the Independent theater. Il
must not be supposed from what fol-
lows that the Theatre de roeuvrn i
more or less fantastic institution
without claim to be taken seriously |
On the contrary. 1t has played an In
portant part in recent French dramat-
&c history. An account of the pisces IL
has produced and OF the authors &
the Theatre de l0euvre is the most
interesting and instructive, but In be-
yond our purpose, which IS 70 deal
with certain side characteristics Of the
performances NJ. Lugne-Poe has TOW
been giving for several years.
At the Theatre de 'oeuvre il IL to
some extent a matter OF indifference
whether the piece be good or rad.
whether 1t interests or bores you. In
deed, 1t is some of the worst plays thai
have procured the spectators the most
amusement. The reason is that. what
ever is passing on the stage, there Is
always an immense amount OF entCe--
tainment to be gotten out OF the s,u-
dience. In no other theater in exist
ence is anything to be found At all
equivalent to the gatherings formed by
Nj. Lugne-Poe's subscribers and guests.
OF the subscribers there is little to be
said. They are people OF means and
in many respects are much as other
theater-goers.
No doubht. whether from conviction
or from what the French call
snobisme, they are curious about many
things in connection with the dramat-
ic art that are beyond the ken Of the
average Philistine who revels in a
Palais Royal farce. They have been
educated up to Ibsen to the extent, at
any rate, Of sitting out his plays, and
they are alive to the portentous neces-
sity OF regenerating the drama. Still,
If left to themselves, the appearance
they would present would merely be
that Of an ordinary well-dressed crowd.
and they would keep within the
bounds their demonstrations of salts
faction or discomfort with the fare set
before them.
1t is the guests of VI. Lugne-Poa that
make an audience at the Theatre do
iOeuyre one of the most picturesque
and Hveiiest gatherings Imaginable.
Admission is accorded in the most gen
erous manner. II seats are rot forth
coming standing room Is seldom re
fused, provided the applicant can mako
out even a shadowy claim to be in
terested in advanced drama In
consequence the young writer's anr;
fedgling artists Of Paris are present
by the score. And they are good 10
look at and good to listen to. Ganiug
In France, when very young. would
consider Itself wanting in self-respec.
II it did not cultivate a distinctive
"get-up."
The results of this striving after ont
ward individuality are fearful and
wonderful. The hair, the hat and the
| tie are the matters that receive noat
attention, but frock coats reaching
down to the ankles are in high favor
with the privileged few who can afford
them, corduroy trousers of the peg
top order of design are greatly affect
ed by the artists, and there is alwavs
an anarchist present-yery often VI
Jeane Grave in person-in a flaming
red jersey.
The anarchists, too-anarchism ia
the fashionable opinion Of the moment
have recently adopted new model
Of hat. In shape it resembles the Or
binary straw hat, but IL Ia made ~
moderately hard felt and its color is
black. The SLOUGH "brigand" hat has
ceased to be esteemed Its place has
been taken by another soft felt" as
nearly round as possible, and not nm
like BARRIERS bowl completed nv n
turned-up rim. This description ~
,calotte is worn without the usua,
adornment Of a ribbon, and to he 4
success, 1t should be as old and wealth
tl WIN dS poo5lDlSJ anu ueULp0 in ar
tistically haphazard fashion.
Top hats are admissible IL they are
in antediluyian shape, and are con-
sidered particularly satisfactory when
they are abnormally high In the crown
and are finished off by a very broad.
fiat brim. But the greater glory OF
these intellectual young men Is their
hair. Words fail to do justice to the
manifold arrangement OF their locks
Length, Of course, is a primary con-
sideration. but while some Of the hir-
suite sport carefully tended curls others
go disheyeled, and yet others seem to
have taken refuge in a wig. The ad-
visibility Of having beard is re-
sponsible for strange sights in the
shape of curious developments of fluff
and thin struggling growths on chlns
scarcely old enough for the razor.
These quaint persons rejoice in ex-