The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
ANCIENT FRENCH TABLEAU
TO BE GIVEN JULY H..


For the Franco-AmerIcan Society's ce,e.
bration OF the Fail OF the Bastile. which
Will he held at Delmar Garden Oh
| July II. Mr. Emile Karyt and his fellow
| officers of the society are arranging among
| other features tableau based on the
description Of a ceremony witnessed in
/ Paris on October 3. I7s2. This description
I has been found in Edmond Bire's DIARY
| Of a Citizen OF Paris During the Terror
| Published by Chattu 9 Mindus. London and
! Doid. Mead & Co. New York. 1t reads as
! follows:
Since the beginning OF the Revolution the
, former Academic. Royale de Nusigue had
performed no piece TO do honor TO the new
| order OF things. In vain DID cur other the
aters set it as an example. which. for a
long time. the opera seemed little disposed
10 follow. At length the management
moved 10 try its hand at political pieces.
and every one must admit that its first at
tempt was masterstrohe.
The bills for yesterday evening announced
"COrisandre' and The Offering to Liberty;
4 Religious Scene Based Upon the Song of
the Mareclles" The success of "Corisan-
dre.' which was never very great. has long
been exhausted. In the religious scene.
which was 10 be performed for the first
time. the public did not seem TO expect any
thing very extraordinary, for the theater.
although well attended. WAS far from be-
ing full. The three acts of "Ccrisandre"
were listened to cOolly enough, but as soon
as the curtain rose the feelings OF the Iu-
dience underwent sudden change, and
every one present, struck by the grandeur
o. the scene. and excited by the news just
received from the Army of the North. was
seized with an enthusiasm that went on
increasing until the end.
Liberty. represented by Mile. Maiilard.
was standing on the top OF a rock that oc-
cupied the middle of the stage, and at the
foot of which a crowd of mounted and I'M
mounted warriors. accompanied by women
and children. came fiocking together at the
sound of the trumpet. The variety and
hriiliancy Of the costumes. the power OF
Inc orchestra. the spectacle of these
MASSES blended in artistic and har-
inofious disorder. the warriors on
their well-trained chargers, and the
creature of radiant beauty enthroned i'll
the midst of this busy and striking scene
all these were calculated to blind the eye
and exalt the imagination. The effect was
Irresistible and tremendous. The warriors
prepare themselves for battle. or. rather,
Tor victory, which the women and children
already celebrate by their songs:
AiloHs. enfants de la patrie.
lie Jour de giois est arrived
The glorious "Hymne DIES Marseillsis' Is
commenced and continued to the end, for
the Offering 10 Liberty is nothing more
than that hymn put into action. AS the
song proceeds the most picturesque groups
are formed. corresponding to the senti-
ments expressed In the lines. thu arrange
menr rejecting the greatest credit upon the
talent OF L. -Gardel. the author of the bal
lets OF "relemaque" and Psyche" The
most charming dancers of the opera. led by
Nine. Gardel. rightly called the Venus de
Medicis Of dancing. temper with their grace
the violence OF the celebrated refrain.
AUX arme-. citoyens! Former vos batailioIs!
NaTShez! Gu un sang imPur ahreuve eiiions!
But now comes the last verse: Amour
saere de Ia patrie." 1t II sung slowly