New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10

with NJ. Long. a Frenchman and former man
aver OF a dynamite factory at Modderioh'e'''
who left the Trhnsvaai at the emo Vi o0'V
NJ. Long predicts that IL the brltish ioi'e' me-
,so,r Wv into the Transvaal they will never get
80 IIa savs that the forts at Pretoria are
,ov 20 strong as those Of any fortified town Oh
r,,nouo johannesburg is impregnable. The
poors be said we're quite Independent OF ior-
-,00'N' ...u,o. os they can now make all the
var materials and ammunition that they re-
-, ,1o,f their cannon had been suppHed
- creusot the total weight mentioned as
o,,.oa from, that quarter being hfteen thou-
-, TONS the other half being sent from Ger
49, NJ Long said that the season OF heaVy
rotrs was about TO begin. and that 'he raihiai
=. Y,noamher and January was always most IN
- and dangerous. He concluded his re-
-ou,s NTH the words: I'm the Transvaai coun-
~, an English soldier drenched Is an Ensis"
soldier lost"
Tho theatrical interest of the week centres IN
.r rropca d,Abord." an historical drama In
,,orse in four acts, by Yicomte Henri de Bor-
ntor nroduced with decided success tonight at
tho Odeon Theatre. 1t is a vivid and animated
.Io,,,ro NJ France under the reign Of the youth
ful Louis TX. when party strife and hatred haa
,stic traits of the recent Dreyfus affair. Wheh
NJ he Bornier was warmly congratulated at
the close Of the performance, he replied: Il am
nreaching to Frenchmen oblivion or hatreo'
reconciliation and peace. Will they listen 10
ne7" la France d'Abord" is admirably acteo
by Nine SECOND Weber In the character OF
Blanche de Castillo. Nine. Cora Laparcerie IN
that of Alienor and NJ. Albert Lambert as hoo-
ert de Sorbon The play promises to become as
nonular a success as La File de Rolano' py
the same author. produced some years ago a'
the Theatre Francais.
Clicks last great work, and last but one IN
chronological order of his compositions. "1phi-
genie en- Tauride," which has not been given IN
Paris for over thirty years, was brought out on
Thursday at the Renaissance Theatre ana Is
veritable treat to all music lovers. The impress
sion produced by its breadth and depth OF feel
ing in the first measures Of the introduction fol-
lowed by the tragic and mysterious allegro end
ing in a furious outburst of storm and lphige-
MES piteous cry Of appeal, is pronounced by the
leading Paris critics to be equal to any that
music can convey Praise is accorded TO Mile.
Jeanne Raunay, who is excellent in the part OF
Iphgenie She has good voice, knows how to
use It, and, above all, is fine tragic actress.
Her best effect was, perhaps. in the vision scene
Of the first act
merry little four act vaudeville by Tristan
Bernard called La Mariee du Touring Club"
was brought out last night at the Athenee
Comique 1t is well acted and worth seeing.
There is false marriage and motor carriage
which runs off with the Mayor and his deputy
as they are about TO perform the wedding cere-
mony.
The sales Of pictures and curios at the Hotel
Drouot have attracted large numbers OF the
American colony. Among the engravings that
belonged TO the Due de Talleyrand sold there
yesterday was THE Signature Of the Convention
between the French Republic and the United
States at Mortefontaine on the Eleventh Vende-
miaire, Year TX" 1t was knocked down for 900
| francs; It Is a remarkably fine engraving In
colors. Among the features Of the auction was
a complete file OF the Gazette de France" from
the year 1850 to 1892, which was purchased by
the city Of Paris for 5000 francs.
Among the Americans who attended the open
ing of the international picture show at the
Georges Petit Gallery were Mr. and Mrs. Diaz
AIbertini, Mrs. Luckermeyer, Mrs William G..
Tiffany, Mr.. Eugene Higgins, Mrs. William
Dannat, Mr. julius Stewart. Countess De Die
viach. nee Mccall, of Philadelphia. and Mrs.
!
are some clever canvases by Mr.. Whistler; they
are symphonies Of light and color before which
one is compelled to stop and think. There is
"a Terrace" violet and gold; 1.-The Beach," blue
and gold; 1.-THE Balcony" gold and pink; 1.-THE
Philosopher" pink and brown. There are also
some good works Of Henri Rondel. Albert Bes-
! nard and Carriere- Belleuse.
The seven superb Gobelin tapestries that
formed the interior Of the state tent of Napoleon
I, and which were abandoned during the retreat
from Moscow after the passage of the Beresina
! and were discovered last June in Polish village
attract the keen attention Of amateurs and will
be sold next week. They are in perfect condi-
ton. but the pink and gray coloring Is somewhat
faded.
Mrs. Pell, for many years one Of the most
| esteemed members Of the American colony In
Paris, is very dangerously Ill at her residence
in the Avenue Montague Mrs Pell recently
caught cold, which developed into pneumonia
complicated by a feebleness Of the action Of the
heart. The physicians to-day abandon all hope
of her recovery. and exhaustion, so dangerous
at her advanced age. is steadily increasing.
Among the passengers on LAquitaine are Mr.
and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, NJ. Edmond Blanc
Deputy and proprietor Of well known racinl
stables; Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Rockefeller, Miss
Anna Rockefeller, Nine. Chartran, F. ]
Semmes and H. De Morgan.
The passengers booked to sail on the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse on Wednesday from Cher
bourg include Mr.. and Mrs George Gardner
Mrs. A. B. Thompson, Miss e. Thompson, Mis-
c. c. Humphrey, Miss Anna Follett Mr.. anC
Mrs. De Forest Mrs. William Bull. Mrs NJ.
Richardson. Mrs. William Alanson Able Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Perkins, Mrs. II. V. New
comb Mrs. c. F. Smith, Miss Dorothy Perkins
Mr.. and Mrs William a. Slater, Miss Elean'
Slater. Mr.. and Mrs, Ralph Temple, Mrs. Mat
thew Dolan. Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. FARMLAND
Miss FARMLAND. Miss Carlotta Bishop, Mr.. ant
Mrs Walter Jones. Miss Marion Jones. Coun
Albert Lichterode, Francis WEIGH, c. Hardwic