New-York tribune., 1901-11-10

This is now pronounced iE mundane circles an
example of exaggerated marital ferocity.
1.-THE Enigma" is admirably acted by Nine
Bartet as the guilty wife. and by Nine. Brandes
The male parts also forcibly tmpersonateo
by LIE Bargy. Henri Mayer and Paul Mounet
The play is full of vivacity. The interest never
flags, for the public. until the suicide OF
Vivarce which calls forth a spontaneous wall
of despair from Leonore which alone reveals
her fault is kept in ignorance Of which of the
two sisters-n-law is guilty.
La Voile de Bonheur," an exceedingly Clever
one act Chinese comedy, by Georges Cleiheh-
ceau. with stage music by Gaorlei tauie'
brought out at the Renaissance Theatre, is the
former great Cabinet breakers maiden play. IL
is certainly a rernarka BILE achievement IN the
dramatic line In a vale Of happiness Fener-
able and literary mandarin named Tchahs, VINO
has become stone blind. lives surrounded oS
what seems ideal of domestic dehgne' Ior Is
not his beautiful wife, ST Tchun. most oeVoteo
to him. is not his only son and heir most outi-
full and are not his dear friends Tou fou ana
Ii Kang most faithful and has not his great
poem. consisting of seventeen thousand verses,
ernbodying the intellectual labor OF his life, been
crowned with imperial favor and national
honors? JTnluckiIy Western barbarian from
Yankeeland appears, and gives the blind poet a
lotion which will restore his eyesght. But a
single applica ton of what afterward remains In
the flask will cause blindness beyond hope or
cure Tchang uses the lotion. and peeping
through a window sees the beautlrui 81 icnuh
flirting in dalliance with his friend Tou Fou.
CHANGING through a doorway he discovers MS
son Wien Sjlou mocking and robbing MIN. Haz-
ing at his library, he finds that his friend Ii
Kiang has affixed his signature to MS poetry
and has been awarded the yellow Jacket, While
rrcy,,o has received two pOIS Oh
chrvsauthemuu1s A pathetic scene ensues, ana
Tchang broken hearted at what he has seen,
apples again the eye wash. and becomes n
revocably blind. He. however again luis MINI
self into false happiness in the oehei 'hal what
he has seen was a result of the iotion given os
tho Western barbarian who wanted to be re-
,.enqad on the Chinese So Tchang complacentiy
twangs his Tyre again, and the curtain fals.
Among other theatrical novelties. an anus
ire burlesoue at the Bouffes Parisians, writ
te, bv Maurice Soulie and Henri de Gorsse'
entitled lie Nez qui Remue," treats OF the eter-
nal subject of marital infecity In three acts'
during which Mile Dieterle and few frisky
cor,panions nirnbly caper about in costly desna-
billes in highly decorative nuptial chamber
This is preceded on the bill by spicy llttle cur
tain raiser called lie Marriage en- 20 Lecohs.
by Georges Devray, which may be oest oe-
scribed as a comic and up to GATE Farla'ioh VI
Alfred de Musset's chandelier AT the Cigaie
Theatre a bright review OF Partisan episodes
during the last twelve months Is produced Win
success In it Edmond Rostand's ode TO the
Czarina Santos Dumont's balloon and the per-
forrnances of American Jockeys are cleverly bur
lesoued Two professional beauties. Mines. Cleo
de Merode and Otero. have burst forth respect
lively at the Folies Bergeres and the Olympia IN
two meretricious ballets especially written for
them entitled 'I.orenza' and "Une Fete q Sc
Vile" The gyrations Of these two ladies. at
tired in little else but their own modesty adorned
by diamonds and lace. are attracting a public
not composed OF Parisians. but largely or ex-
uberant youths from America and Great britalh.
Active preparations are being made for the
Paris toy show. where contributions from Ia
nous painters and scuptors will be seen beside
offerings from ingenious hawkers and workmen
For instance, NJ Fremiet. the sculptor. has
given splendid statue of a monkey gazing at
sirnmeriug saucepan. It is one of Fremiet's
most lfeke works NJ. Ger0me has completed
for the show la Marchande de Jouets," beau
tifulIv chiselled figure OF a woman standing with
a basket of toys hanging by ribbon from her
neck: she holds in her uplifted hand a miniature
TOW representing a Paris policeman grasping the
white wand with which he controls street traf-
fc This is intended by Gerome as a graceful
compliment to Lepine the prefect Of police. who
invented the white traffic wand and who Is also
the chief promoter Of the toy show NJ. Gerome
in this new work has developed his idea, bor-
rowed from the ancient Greeks, in combining
plastic art with that of the colorist. the drapery
OF his figure being tinted In yellow and violet
NJ Detaille, the military painter. sends q double
faced doll one half OF which is a French Alpine
rifeman and the other half trooper of the
Russian imperial guard. Fremiet, Gerome, De-
taiIle Rodin and other artists who exhibit in the
show will not compete for prizes. but their works
will form part of a lottery wherein the winning
numbers carry with them not only ownership OF
the objects but also the rights of Photographic
reproduction. The copyrights being relinquished
hv the sculptors in favor of their fellow exhib
itors. these artistic toys will be reproduced by
the wholesale and figure on every Christmas
tree and at every charity bazaar during the COM
ing winter. Z. L. Is.
CONGRATULATED BY THE CZAR.