The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-10
THE YALE FRENCH PLAY.
'EA POUDRE AUX YEUX CLEVERLP v DRESENTED LAST NIGHT.

Large Audience Witnessed the Produc
 N ton of the Comedy Acting Was Very N " Good at All Times-First French Play x Ever Given by Yale --The List 0 Patronssses.
 ( y& The French play "La Poudre auA xeux" was given by the French clut
 of Yale last night in College street hal before large audience, and it's success ~ Aa was marked. It was the first French
 deserve great credit for the way the 5 play was presented. The acting was z good throughout but some of those talk < ing part were unable to be heard to
 good advantage during the delivery, Ess hut aside from this the plot of the
 bright little comedy could we'll be fol- N lowed.
 < Henry s. Reynolds '02 as Blanche '' X Stlte shrewd wife of pr. Malingaer, s had one of the leading parts and played x it with a great deal of spirit Randolph a& <4A44l4S Vc uS IldlluOlS, ana ETdSLuS { Corning as Robert" were also conspic-
 < Jzous for the clever work throughout the
 e0medy. Denman F., Fox, as the ) )NAughter of Dr. Malingaer, made good S looking girl. and won much applause E &2sAvsMulin 1903 as Dr. Malingaer acted 4zaWelL but his French was faulty at < times
 Sas1 ID. L. IL. Peltz 1904 as the maid of # %Madame Malingaer was we'll voiced in ssf sfssier" part, and of the more unimport- < mt parts Kenelem Winslow 1905 as < Eonstance'' should be mentioned as ;oing we'll. but his speaking at times
 JFas not loud enough D. R. Mckee aa03 and Chauncey s. Goodrich 1904 did x S&xcellently among the small parts. < The hall was filled to almost it's ca opacity with representative Yale au- x dience, and words of praise were spok- sen on all sides for the efforts of the un-
 }dergTaduates. Between the acts the '@Iale3 orchestra rendered many pleasant Atelections
 A3 sLa Poudre aux Yeux" is very x&nusing little comedy which was first 30rQduced in Paris at the Gymnase in \ 46SI Since then 1t has been performed @Ereat many times, both in French and Sl1n English, and is perhaps, of all the
 Ildbiche's plays, the best known in the
 theatrical world. The dialogue of the AI1ay is bright and witty throughout, aA11d all the parts are capital some of
 Iie minor ones affording opportunity N fo excellent acting.
 < E Inc following is a synopsis of the x pr. Malingear, an unsuccessful prac- ' ktfoner but who fortunately possesses r modern income, lives in modest style | 3E1ths his wife and daughter. Frederic ' Gtinois, the son of a retired confec- | ti0ner, young man whom the Malin | T&&rg met at the sea shore, is in love | S3Btth the doctors daughter, Emmelne. 1 sM aild Madame Ratinois, the one un- der the pretext of consulting the doc Tor and the other pretending to wish ito hire rooms, call upon the Malin sfHAr@ Madame Malingear having been |
 Earf1Ed by Emmeline of the intended |ViGit8, by the most ridiculous preten- '3lntfs leads the visitors to think that
 &&sdoctor is a most distinguished phy- l]Eian, and the family wealthy and H0h0red one. The visitors are dazzled ind depart feeling that such people 3Nffl never accept their Frederic as {pnsffl law They, however, shortly 3St3,rn and make a formal proposal, ll4Hkh the same absurd airs are again 4BEufned by the Malingears The scene then changes to Ratinois' house The doctor and his wife arrive to give their answer to the proposal. Madame Rato- iloiS in her turn to deceive the Malin- SHxrs makes the most absurd preten- kIone, and even outdoes the doctors &ffe in her efforts to throw dust in theii' eyes. The humor of the play con- sfsts largely in this mutual deception bracticed on each other by the Malin- xears and the Ratinois. As in all the phys of Labiche's, the denouement is Aappy one In this case Poncle Robert |s the deus ex machina. He is the only nan in the play who has not been spoil , sd by fortune, and who, while retaining , fhe traces of his low origin, remains a genSib1e and generous man. In his blunt way he clears the situation, l, ,bliges the Malingears and the Ratinois z |o throw off their masks and the play . 11nds to the satisfaction of all con- .erned. The Cast of the play was as follows: q |11H1cu6, IeIIlIIlG uc MdIIlBcdI. l f
 ................H s. Reynolds, 1902 Constance, femme de Ratinois. ..... f 8S ....,..........K K. Winslow, 1905 a falingear, meaecin A. Tulin, 1903 Ii 3atinOis, ancian confiseur.. ........... Randolph Lyons, 1903 VI Robert, oncle de Constance. ......... i,
 Erastus Corning, 1903 a Cumeline, file de Malingear. ....... n
 ..................D. F. Fox 1904 a frederic, fills de Ratinois. .......... f
 ........... Mansfield Ferry, 1903 s m Tapissier ........D. R. Mckee, 1903 a Tn Maltre D'Hotel tel.................. .................C. S. Goodrich, 1904 femme de chambre de a Mime. Malingear ................. N
 ...........W. l.. l.. Peltz, 1904 n ophie, cuisiniere de Malingear.... W
 .................Ro Roy M. Mason, 1902 n. osephine, femme de chambre de st
 Mime. Ratinois. ID. McKesson, 1903 D, |n chasseur en Livree. .............. ST
 ...,.....F. A. Recknagel, 1904 cf m Domestique .....................
 ......J. B. Thomas, jr., 1903 a, |n Petit Negre. .....C. R. Aldrich, 1903 bt ,sshe following members of the club tL