The record-union., 1898-07-17

In 1712 Louis XIV. favored the opera,
then established in the first sale of the
PalaiS Royal 0here have been two)
with a special mansion for the better
accommodation of it's administration.
archives and rehearSals. This hotel is
situated in the Rue Nicaise. The build
ing was generally designated under the
name of "Magasin," whence the term
Files du Magasin' mot 'de maga-
sin'') subsequently, not only to the fe-
male choristers and supers, but the fe-
male dancers themselves. 1t so hap
pened that the King forgot to pay his
architects and workmen. In order to
satisfy them, the Chevalier de Bouillon
conceived the idea of giving balls in the
opera-house, for which idea he received
an annual pension of 5000 francs. He
was paid, but the Kings debtors were
not, for although the letters patent
We're granted somewhere about the be-
ginning of 1713, not single ball had
been given when the most magnificent
Of the Bourbon sovereigns descended to
his grave.
One day, shortly after his death,
d'Argenson, the then Lieutenant Of
Police, was talking to Louis nephew,
Philippe d'Orleans, the Regent Mon
who go about yelling that his majesty
of blessed memory was a bankrupt and
a thief. I'll have them arrested, and
have them flung into some deep under
ground dungeon" You don't know
what you are talking about" was the
answer. Those people must be paid,
and then they'll cease to below"
But how, Monseigneur?" Lets give
the balls that were projected by Bouil-
lon" So said, so done. And the people
danced to pay Louis XIV.'s debts, as
according TO Shadwell, people drank to
fill Charles lis Golfers
The Kings most faithful subjects we
In s servis are not dull;
We drink to show our loyalty
And make his Golfers full.
Timepieces are to be set In the
proscenium arch, at either side of the
stage, in Keiths Theater. Boston. The
clocks will be set in the ornamental
stucco work. The dials. which will be
of unique pattern, viii be illuminated,
so they can be easily read from any
part of the house.
Viola Allen will be seen as Glory in
1.-The Christian" which Olga Neither
sole intends to bring out in England.
The dramatization of the novel was
made by Hall Caine, and was once
acted at Douglas, in the Isle Of Wight,
for copyright purposes. E. S. Willard
at one time thought of adding it to his
repertoire.
Beasts on the stage are always an
uncertain quantity. In a recent per-
formance of Uncle Toms Cabin"
Marks little donkey positively refused
TO quit the scene in time for little Eva
to die He had to be carried out Of
view by the stage hands, and he was
vigorously protesting with all his ira
ditional vigor as the child expired with
out the customary pathos.
A romantic drama by Freeman Wills,
a brother of w. G.. Wills, will be tried
soon in one of the London suburban
theaters.
It is said that Miladi Is a very prom
inent character in the version Of THE
Three Musketeers'' which Sidney
Grundy has made for Beerbohm Tree,
and there is some difficulty in secur-
ing an actress with the requisite quail
ifications for the part OF the play
itself, a writer in the London Daily
Mali says: I'm the novel two chan
nels of interest run parallel-the assas-
sination Of buckingham and Richelieu's
attempt to ruin the Queen by securing