New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

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snr1velled breasts and smiling with the grim
aces Of the gutter"
Meanwhile great attention is given 10 an ora
torical tour OF another description undertaken
by CASTOR Deschamps about the social and in
teiiectual condition OF the United States AT
Lille on Wednesday Deschamps explained the
organization and mechanism Of the universities
OF harvard Yale. Princeton, Brown and Column
oia The next day NJ. Deschamps iectured at
haVre about the educatio OF American women
giving detailed descriptions Of Smith College.
wellesley, Mount Holyoke. Adeph College the
Facker Institute, Vassar and Wells College
with especial stress the graceful athletic
ism, basketball tennis etc where American
beauty triumphs." The city Of Dion has also
asked for the lectures on American education
and the subject is taken hold OF with great
interest in the public schools throughout the
country.
La File Savage" realistic tragic
analysis Of primeval humanity and Darwin
ian evolution, IN six acts, by Francois De
Curel a Partisan philosopher and the proprietor
or one of the finest wild boar hunts in France
and who is -egarded as the strongest dramatist
the psychological school has yet produced
fairly shocked a house full OF Academicians
intellectual dilettanti and fashionable women
who thronged the Theatre Antoine Tuesday
night on the occasion of the first performance
The drama is somewhat suggestive OF Rudyard
Kiplings tale. "Elspeth Of the Kogart Mission"
A girl in a rudimentary savage state is dug
out of bear pit and placed by a semi-barbaric
king in his harem, but her prmeval customs
render life with the other inmates impossible
She spurns cooked food and she devours wild
roots and caterpillars. The climax is capped by
her filtration With ourang-outang. Matters
become so stormy that the king gives the saw
age girl TO a wandering French explorer who
carries her off to Paris and places her in a
fashionable young ladies' convent where she
becomes converted to Christianity and is bap-
tized Marie Her education is completed by
visits to the leading capitals Of Europe. one
scene passing at Bayreuth during the repre-
sentation Of "Segfried.' The semi barbaric
king Is, however still fond of her. and French
diplomacy brings it about that Marie returns to
the barbaric tribe and weds the king in the
hope Of converting his subjects to Christianity
The effect of all this glamour Of civilization is TO
produce in the young woman moral and mental
anarchy When the queen learns OF the death
Of the young explorer, whom she secretly loved.
she becomes so envenomed by what she calls
the delusions Of Christianity and civilization
that she massacres all the missionaries in her
dominions, and in her hatred of Western civili-
zaton outdoes the fanaticism Of the Chinese
Boxers. Such is the daring play which Is the
nine days talk Of Paris and which, had De
Curel knowledge of the theatre approaching
that Of a Sardou or a Capus might have been
q masterpiece The savage girl is superbly
acted by Mile. Suzanne Despres. Of the Coincide
FRANCHISE
lie Luxe des Autres." by Paul Bourget and
Henri Amic a bright little comedy somewhat
after the Scribe type. wherein a marriageable
daughter plays the principal part, brought out
at the Odeon on Thursday. was we'll received
and enabled Mile. Yvonne Garrck 10 score
well deserved BY the graceful refine
ment and discernment OF her acting. which
places her the foremost among the ingenues Of
the Paris stage
Massenets opera. lie Jongeur de N0tre
Dame" inspired by the fourteenth century
legend, charmingIy narrated by Anatole France
in "Etui de Nscre" and produced on Tuesday
Monte Carlo is pronounced by Lucien Muhlfeld.
the musical critic OF lie Journal" 70 be superior
to "Griselidis" and on the same level with
"Manon" and "Werther." The "GauIois
Figaro and "SoleiI" also proclaim lie JON
gIeur' 70 be one Of Massenets finest compost
tions. notwithstanding the fact that it does not
contain single female character
Jean. le jongleur. appears on the square in
front OF the Abbaye of Cluny 1t Is market day.
The crowd compeIs Jean TO sing drinking song
Turning to the statue OF the Virgin. Jean ex-
claims: Forgive me. Holy Virgin. 1 must earn
my living. II my heart is godly my stomach
is pagan" Then he sings Wine is god our father
in heaven The chorus responds "Hallelujah"'
This song was received with enormous applause.
Suddenly the prior energies from the Abbaye
shouting: Away away. Infamous blasphemersr'
Jean falls upon his knees with the words. For
give me- father, Pardon me. Marie"
Pardon is accorded on the condition OF Jean
becoming a monk. There is a superb hymn TO
the Virgin, and mystic pastOrals open the last
act, which contains spirited songs and
sensuous love songs sung by the simple minded
Jean. who his fellow monks. more learned
than he about to drive him Of doors,
falls before the statue OF the Virgin which by a
miracle extends her arms in forgiveness. while
angels chant the hymn, Blessed are the simple
minded for they shall God"
This maiden performance of lie JongIeur"
received with enthusiasm, and was the occa-
sion for ovation 10 Massenet. whom the
Prince OF Monaco led by the hand before the
public while he put around the composers neck
the insignia Of the Grand Cross Of St Charles
Massenet has been a guest at the Princes
palace, and with Santos-Dumont is the hero Of
the Riviera season &. l. b.