New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

Leopold savine EXHIBITS statuettes Of
young women in Rodinesque attitudes. exuber-
ant in expression and also in nerve and muscle
Altogether the Volney show is the best one for
many year.
The sixth exhibition Of the Society Of Minia-
ture Painters and ulurninators Of France which
opened Thursday at the Georges Petit Gallery
contains nearly FIVE hundred exhibits, and Of
the fifty artists represented there are eight or
ten worthy OF unqualified praise. AL the min
iaturists are women. Among those whose works
were most admired Mile. Marguerite de la
Roche, Mile. Marie Puisoye, Nine. Camille Asbert
Nine. Debilinont Chardon and Mile Alice Par
guez. whose portraits on ivory are Of remarkable
grace and finish. Les Psaumes de la Penitence,"
a number of manuscript pages vellum, by
Alcan are Of marvellous execution and taste, and
the seventy-fve exquisite miniatures on vellum
TO illustrate novel by Cervantes sodelicately
painted by Atayala they do not need the
precious stones incrusted them TO attract
attention.
The Automobile Show or salon." as it is
termed, which opened yesterday in the Grand
Palais was a decided success. II is a curious
sight 10 see serried rows of motor cars of every
imaginable description drawn up on the spot
which during the Exposition was occupied by
st. Gaudens's equestrian statue Of Sherman,
MacAonnies's colossal horses. by Fremiets
rugged gorillas and leopards. Charpentiers heroic
wrestlers and the masterpieces of Dubois, Bar
rias and Rodin- In place OF the apotheosis of
Victor Hugo one found the huge forty horse
power motor caravan sort Of yacht on wheels.
with kitchen, bath and sleeping berths which
has Just performed voyage of fifteen hundred
miles Tunis and Algeria. AL the leading
motor car makers are represented. Much in
terest taken in what is pronounced by ex-
perts TO be a most successful combination of
American electric running gears with French
bodies.
Among those present were Baron de Zuylen,
The patron saint of automobilism in France;
James Gordon Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs. Spaulding
de Garmendia Mrs. Frank Gardner, William G.
Tiffany, Mr.. and Mrs. Foxhan Keene. Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Whiting. Miss Whiting, Mrs.
Wilmerding, Mrs. Frederick Sharon. Miss Fanny
Reem. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Silvers and Mr..
and Mrs. George Howland.
The personality of King Edward VII DOM
mates all other subjects in French newspapers
to-day. The trend of feeling is, on the whole.
decidedly sympathetic. even friendly, the
sensus Of opinion being that King Edward will
continue in the most liberal>spirit the Victorian
conceptions of a constitutional empire. Nearly
all the Paris papers, including the ultra reac-
tionary and Catholic "Gaulois'' the sturdy re-
publican Temps the Bonapartist ''Autorite."
the Royalist "Soleil." the fanatical "Croix." the
irreverent ''Intransigeant' the Socialist Petite
Kepublique" and the Anarchist 'Lanterne,"
take pleasure in calling attention TO the genuine
personal popularity invariably enjoyed by the
Prince Of Wales In Paris whether during the
Third Republic or during the Empire. AS may
be expected, there few exceptions, but i
is fair TO say that the four boulevard newspa-
.r-f,fr frA -gpY s,on +Fy,,aJ
ured. annoying skts upon the King receive no
encoura cement whatever The Petit Journal
publishes a leading article by Ernest Judet,
makes a review Of the state OF affairs in South
Africa. and asks whether Edward VII is made
of such really kingly stuff as to have the moral
courage to put a stop to unjust war and end
a cruel situation which he himself did not
create"
Foremost among the many features of theatri-
cal interest is delicious little three-act comedy.
by Paul Bihaud and Maurice Hennequin called
M. Amour" which Partisan critics pronounce
the best play brought out at the PalaIs Royal
Theatre since "Divorcons." 1t is a profoundly
philosophical study served with exquisite satire
and wit, and delicately seasoned for the fastdi-
Gus palates Of the twentieth century. Filtration
is the theme, being whether not a married
woman who has made up her mind to hirt
should select a companion from among her hus-
bands friends or from among acquaintances
with whom her husband is not intimate. The
question is treated with thoroughness and with
exhaustive but never tedious dissection, recall
ing the method employed by Balzac in his PLY
siologie du Marriage" There is shrinking
from the logical conclusions which make the
play suitable for frisky matrons rather than
for boarding school young ladies' nevertheless
the comedy M. Amour'-for a comedy it is IN
the best sense Of the word which holds mir
ror before female coquetry practised in fash
ionable society of our day--is an immense the
atrical SUCCESS here. and is eagerly discussed.
usually in whispers over hundreds of o'clock
teacups The hero OF the play. admirably acted
by Raimont. is forced 10 the conclusion that on
the whole it was a mistake to get on intimate
terms with the husband of his "hirt" the hus-
band and the hero having become such fast
friends that at last he has neither time nor in
clination to devote to the wife. whose revenge
takes a form at once novel and surprising. m.
Amour" is sure to have a long run.
I'm Fete." a five act comedy by Auguste
Germain. adapted from his novel OF the same
title, produced last night at the Theatre de
PAthenee, and was enthusiastically applauded
by Partisan first nighters. but it is not likely to
have lasting success with the genuine, bona
fde public II is a gorgeously colored, kaeido-
scopic procession of the luxurious dissipation of
Paris. There are forty-four characters. twenty
three OF which are women Each woman has 4
different gown for each act. and each dress is
masterpiece OF the latest creation of the dress
makers art This itself is sufficient TO attract
half the fashionable women in Paris. Besides
this. the scenes represent the smartest open air