New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

now nave 10 pay, respectively, % ana So francs
in Paris besides francs per horsepower or
fraction Of the same.
While some motor have been discussing
the prospects for the revival Of road racing this
spring and summer, when they hope. for ex-
ample. that the Paris Bordeaux event, forbidden
last year by the authorities, will be cens I'd. the
Union Automobile de France, on the other hand.
the society which seeded from the Automobile
Club and is now hourishing concern. has just
made public pronouncement discountenancing
all contests of the kind. the need for which to
further the cause of automobilism has, it urges.
quite gone by. The manifesto advocates estab-
fishing what are described 'motodrones.
These would be portions of unfrequented high
ways fifteen miles or so in length, which in diff
ferent parts Of the country might. when occa-
sion required, be hired from the authorities for
motor road racing speed contests, the contention
being that public highways are no place for
automobile racing any more than for Cycle
scorching.
NJ Alexandra Bisson's rollicking three act
farce, called lie Bon Juge," successfully pro-
duced tonight at the Vaudeville Theatre, is the
most scathing satire and effective piece of ridi-
cule which has been directed against the French
judiciary and French criminal procedure since
Breux's audacious melodrama of LA Robe
Rouge" Events and incidents are presented
apparently at haphazard in the first act and
developed in the second, while the action cul-
inmates in a scene provoking irresistible laugh
ter upon which the curtain falls at the close Of
the third act The plot Is too complicated for
brief description; it is sufficient to say that
three victims of irascible magistrates tyran-
nical Interpretation and application of the
French code conspire TO take revenge upon the
judge and are secretly aided In their endeavors
r,-t srrIe hut faH
one hand and by 6 professional Partisan beauty
the other. to work up a of circum
stantial evidence which finally lands the judge
in prison. 1t is q farce of Bsson's most capti-
waiting vintage, .affervescent with ingenious
stage tricks and surprises the action is rapid
and is not sacrificed TO the dialogue, which is
more witty and on a higher level of literary ex
cellence than is usually the with Bisson's
plays. In the fl act there is slight over
dose Of buffoonery which is more appropriate
for the Palais Roy1l or the Nouveautes than
for the worldly and rather blase audiences of
the Vaudeville. lie Bon Juge' is we'll acted
by Suguennet. Numa and the stock company of
the theatre.
Worms farewell performance at the Theatre
Francais is fixed for January %. He will ap
pear in the first act of lie Misanthrope' and
the fourth act of 'L'ami des Femmes." Among
the artists who will contribute to the perform
Mounet-Sully, Rose Caron. Jeanne
Granier. Note and Chambon, OF the Opera The
''clou" of the programme will be the appearance
Of Tamagno and sybil sanderson. The former
will come for the purpose from Milan; the latter
will defer her departure for Vienna, where she
has arranged to sing
DR.. Henriot of the Academy of Medicine and
the Board of Health. bids fair to bring about
much needed revolution among Partisan theatre
managers by his curious experiments demon
strating what microbes impregnate the atmos-
phere in theatres and lie in wait for the spec
tator. He began his experiments last winter.
but the preliminary results startling
that the Government and the Municipal Coun-
Gil compelled him to suspend them during the
Exposition. because il was felt that his revela-
tions would frighten away foreign and provin-
cial visitors. Theatrical managers and even the
police authorities not overcordal to DIR.
Henriot, who arrives in the middle Of a per-
formance and makes himself comfortable in
box with his assistants and his apparatus The
latter is set going, a rule. between the acts.
because It makes a loud buzzing noise; the
doctor and his assistants talk loudly 10 drown
the sound. He says the ventilation Is no better
than busting. Here are some OF his recommen-
dations: First, better and natural aeration; sec
ond, large windows TO let In limelight; third,
velvet TO be replaced by leather. and the cloth
curtain TO be abolished; fourth, furniture and
woodwork to be vanished so that they be
cleaned with wet sponge; fifth. waterproof
flooring that can be washed and covered with
fine gravel. which can be daily swept away
along with impurities, without raising a dust.
II is interesting to note that DR.. Henriot's ex-
periments far show that the Theatre Sarah
Bernhard has the most healthfui auditorium in
Paris, while those which contain the maximum
OF pernicous microbes are the antiquated little
Palais Royal and all those where the old fash
Toned red plush is retained for seats-which,
strangely enough. is the at the newly con-
structed Theatre Francais. G. /. b.
ENTERTAINED AT BERMUDA.