New-York tribune., 1903-03-08

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''No. not yet"
"perbaps you aIlude to NJ. Patenotre. who at
] the time Of your arrest was the French Amoas1
| Bador at Madrid?'
| .rYes. I DO. met NJ. Patenotre several times
| at Madrid. The members OF my family often
1 met him in the street"
| but that is no reason to suppose thaC M
| Patsnotre recognized you"
! "oh, nonsense! M. Patenotre knew us per-
| fectIy well and recognized US each time We met
/ him IN Madrid during our recent retireSaent ID
| the Spanish capital. Moreover, he used to come
/ to my house in the Avenue de La Graroe Armee
| very often in the year $780, and he frequently
| dined with us there"
| These assertions OF Nine. Humoert nave
| ELECTED a categoric denial from M. Patenotre'
! who says: ''I don't know Nine. Humbert nor
| any OF her family. Possibly I may have passed
| them in the streets OF Madrid without being
/ aware of their presence. Nine. Humperts
| statements that I used to call st her house In
/ the Avenue de Ia GrahA Armee and that
/ dined there are absolutely false Moreover Tor
| twenty-five years I have lived abroad, only
| making brief visits to Paris. never saw Nine.
| Humbert previous to her arrest in Madrid ana L
never knew her nor any of her family
The Judgment Of the Court Of Appeal at
| Nancy in the case OF the Roman Catholic char
! table institution LIE Bon Pasteur, the admin
iStTaGCTS
! cruelty and illegal severity to female employees
| OF the establishment has renewed the bitterness
! of the anti-clerical feeling in France. The
evidence at the trial showed that the Sisters OF
| LIE Bon Pasteur in order to gain as much
| money as possible imposed cruel tasks on the
/ young girls who worked at embroidery and
! laces. One girl, Mile. Lecoanet, who after
working eighteen years in lie Bon Pasteur
! institution became blind, owing to the hne
/ laces she was obliged to make, was turned out
! into the streets without penny and with
] scarcely any clothing. The indignation against
/ lie Bon Pasteur Sisters is spreading, owing to
! the revelations at Nancy, and even the Bishop
| of Nancy in discussing the case says: There Is
! probably not to be found in France any lay
workshop or factory the overseer OF which
treats girl hands with such excruciating Sc
verify these Sisters. under the guise OF charl-
ty have been found guilty OF treating the young
female employees under them" The 'Matin" ana
the whole radical press in Paris and the prov
inces have taken the matter up with great
vigor, as aftording what they declare to be
salutary object lesson OF the necessity of M.
Conbes's drastic application Of association laws.
To Ernest Reyer, the veteran French COM
poser has this week been accorded sort OF
apotheosis of the Grand Opera by the brilliant
reviyals Of "SaIamnbo'' and OF "Sigurd' and
the production Of La Statue" one Of NJ.
Reyers earliest operas, which was produced in
Paris in 1861. la Statue" is interesting be-
cause it contains one Of the first instances of the
application of that continued lett motif after
ward so superby developed by Wagner. NJ.
Reyers youthful opera is nevertheless colorless
and monotonous. There are several fine phrases,
but as the curtain fell the impression was
something like that caused by hearing an opera
bouffe without fun froc wit La Statue
the action of which passes al Damascus, cannot
hold candle to either "Salammbo" or "Sigurd,"
in which latter NJ. Garay, a new French tenor,
who at short notice replaced Jean de Reszke,
who was suffering from a bad cold, made
favorable impression. M. Garay promises to
become a Partisan favorite.
"L'Indiscreet," by Edmond See, produced last
night at the Theatre Antoine, is a clever,
smartIy written comedy in three acts, with
bright dialogue. It is an amusing society prob
lem play treating OF the inevitable theme os
adultery, and seems intended as an object les
son to impress brilliant but indscreet young
bachelors with the danger Of talking too freely
OF their mundane victories over the hearts of
pretty and amiable young married women. 1t
is we'll acted by NJ. Grand and by Mile. Jeanne
RolIy.
At the Sale Erard a clever young pianist.
Leon Delafosse, whose portrait was painted
couple of years ago by Sargent, and which was
Salon, has been drawing fashionable and ap-
preciative audiences by his recitals of Bach's
"Prseludium," the Chant Polonaise" by Chopin
and "Concertsttck" by Weber. NJ. Delafosse
is highly commended by the Figaro and by
musical critics, who consider his Interpretation
of Chopin and Bach as truthful mirror
and his technique is marvellous" NJ. Della
fosse had the advantage Of having NJ. Chevil-
lard as the chef d'orchestra at his concerts at
the Sale Erard, which are decidedly successful.
The weu-known establishment of LIE Moulin
Rouge has undergone thorough metamorphosis
and under the management of P. L. Flers has
bIoomed forth into superb theatre, concert
hall. dance establishment, winter and summer
garden all combined. A bright, frolicsone
comedy by Adrien Vely. called "Tu Marche.'
was successfully produced there last week.
Sarah Bernhardt's impersonation Of Goethe's
'rWerther" last night was enthusiastically well
coined by brilliant and fashionable audience
as a new and charmirgly sentimental incarna-
ton of this prodigioUs actress. who presented
the appearance and agility Of the lovelorn Ger
man student dipIomatist of twenty-three sum-
mers. But this daring travesty has neither the
local picturesqueness of "Lorenzaccio" nor the
fatality of Hamlet the heroism Of
"L'Aiglon." Among the amendments introduced
into Goethes romance by Pierre Decourcele, the
Partisan adapter, is a sprightIy French gen
tilhomme, who makes a running comment on
the personages, with view Of Frightening up
play which lacks the dramatic movement and
action TO hold the attention of a theatrical pub
tic during five acts. Another radical innovation
is the manner Of Werther's DEATH who shoots
himself through the head in his chamber, and
when the door is burst open by his friend the