The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
JUNGLE" SARCEY'S WAYS.
SOME TRAITS of THE FAMOUS FRENCH
DRAMATIC CRITIC

| N"AAASs
The Wreath sent to His Funeral by Duso
| His Controversies with Yvettc Gull
| bert and Coauelin-His Reception OF
| Stage Aspii ants.-His Ability to Work.
| One Of the largest wreaths sent to the funeral
| OF Francisque Sarcey came from Eleonora
! DusG. who fai cd to please the famous French
| critic at 1rst. although he afterward became
| one Of her greatest admirers and induced her
| to arrange the special performance she gave for
! the benefit of her French colleagues. The name
| OF Coquelin. with whom Snrcey had his last
| dispute and came out victorious. does not mp
! penr among the list OF actors at the funeral.
| Neither does that OF Yvette Gnilbert. with whom
! Sarccy had one of his most noted discussions.
| He wandered last summer into n music hall
ono night and listened to Yvette. He found her
so much changed that he asked himself and
| subsequently his readers whether she were
not mere creation of recldme, set VI by the
| journalists OF the boulovards and kept in her
| place by their continued pulling. He probably
| knew as well as anybody else that she was
nothing OF the kind. and that the general
: coarsening and oyeremphaSs that he noticed
in her work was the result Of her appearances
I before foreign aud ences which did not under
/ stand her songs He knew that she had taken
/ to tho dramatic songs rather than the more
! delicate and gcntcr ones, because they were
more effective with mixed public
i or lvettc's real talents Saioey was not the
, least in doubt. Eut her pose pleased him and he
affected in his good uatured way to 10 ieye
that Yvctt" never had deserved her fame. In
/ the discussion that cnsucd lie came out ahead.
as he did with Coquclin. That was too fire.
! Guent to need description. The critic did not
t like the play nor Coluelin as Napoleon.
| CoIuelin said the receipts proved the puhlics
! tast" for 10th and that Sarcey was getting too
old to know Thon Surccy provel with the
! most charming satire how Coquelin had never
| failed to think that he was In his prime when
| ever he praised his acting and invariably re-
preached him with senty when he did not
! like his work. Until 1880 ! was the ma
| tional critic" he wrote. since then /
| have become numHl;ull. l think you arc
wrong. The lines OF demarcaton should
not be so positively traced. | have my days
! like everybody else. and what is strange Is that
| my days correspond with yours. When you
! play irruC'io, in Tho Tanning OF the Shrew
am full OF wit and talent the neXI day; ut
r5ie Of LaGasslr,'e n .ThormldorE and 1 r.
! HoQubtune in Ohnets play and brc9me
, doting idiot You appear as tvrnmo and am
and Y am HH Old fso once t' no oH1 I'VE Wei my d"ar
SSHgGn Let NE S1 y91 to Play only @n Eo9d
DO II Tor your own sake. DO 1t for me" This
! closed the incident and nothing more was heard
Satcoy had for forty years before his death
written IN an averase of two Articles Of coz.
wrote more and his health was 20 GOOD in the
year preceding his death that he had under
tHkrH new res nshtis2 He Loved his work r
theatre, and when the actors left Parts would
foley them on their travcls. tie always went
, London. and in the middle OF summer went
t" inf!~ from MS country place I" witness the
theatrical topic was in sight he delighted to
return to the rerert2ne OF the Comedies Fran;
lIis last il ness, intcrrered with his writing his
criticism for lie, Isnps-somsthing that had
never happened before in his thirty years en-
Payment on the paper.
and woman about to take W the stage who
could by hook or crook get letter Of introduce
who 70 him ~ or The
| discovery OF many talents. Naturally. all as
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play than TO the acting OF 1t. but he found time
@ dr Il
him. ,exreTt in The case Of famous PLAYERS. He
through Serccy's criticism. written after the
annual competit,i,Hn at the Conseryatore; She
in everything she lnes." Other actresses have
come to ENJOY renowp through some such APP
were anxious to make the hest impression
r%S,elg on map who rco G@nd max make 50 teg
cor aity. and was generally patient enough to
These privileges were accorded only to those
who called in the hours set aside for the recep-
| tiun OF guests Sarceys generally friendly tone
by few vigorous growls at the acting q par
ticular play But this was always like the
no idea of doing anything more serious For
sarcey was at heart always good ;natured lie
Se %Ss SS nSte Of af Ssry Srss
once" he wrote Of this time. that the good
Tefore dawn, always porting over ny books
G15rs oFnos until t Isu e oay
go go to psrSIse.' had Paradise on earth then l.
crived 50, because five went to the old age pen;
But was reSNy rich My cos, T.
home No man man ever had his clothes Better
brushed anil his, linen mendel more neatly.
q good advice, BRETON songs into the BARGAIN
tbs tahy sost ny ny hoard
The list q things he had for that price as
GOURMET in Paris. would have seemsd worth
h s and hsa 81 SGS @ dPss 6P
statuary or objects OF antique art. unlike many
G"sht boo s" Of He Sns Ao sS p
which brought out most Of the distinguished
% n" % Airs "s DO S se prsnS 1s saG
the public SomctiElcs he was mistaken and
n'ays which he condemned became popular.
Then he was always quick to acknowledge his
error. His criticism within recent years had
SSc d%ffGS non by hs as s
was always called. as a man Of the past But
with such men as Jules Iemaitre. who never
established q positive principle in one Of his
criticisms, His influence, to name one man Of
Sarcey made the suirraGes of the people the
basis Of his observations and that gained an
influence for him in Paris 40 great that it is
understood with difficulty In this country.