New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06

realized IN the drama, or 1t may take a turn for
more elemental and saner emotions. That re-
mains to be seen tomorrow. But the plot can
not fail to suggest It In advance.
THE PLOT OF "AMOUREUsE."
The story of this drama may with propri-
ETY. be told here at some length, since in the
audience tomorrow night will be many who do
not understand French. and who viii gain by
foreknowledge of the play. The story is fol-
lows:
Euenne Feriaud is an intelligent, slightly
suaI, out not passionate, man, and a distin-
guished scientist an authority On medical topics.
Having found some sort of comfort in an ali-
ance with Catherine Viiliers, a courtesan eco
nomical, bourgeois and stolid, he decides that
he would probably be more happy if his alliance
were q respectable one. He believes that he will
find in marriage self-respect and responsibility
Therefore, at thirty-hVe he courts and narries
Mile. Gernaine, young girl of eighteen, con-
graduating himself on finally having reached
state Of tranquility, thereby being delivered
from any future love affairs. But the tempest
uous love which he has previously avoided he
now finds in his own house. Trouble, intoler-
ance, Jealousy, VoTacity, even, are bound up in
his wifes love for him. That which he thought
end is only beginning The young
girl sets about making love madly to her hus-
band. "Amoureuse" Germane is violently in
love with Etenne. For eight years she adores
her husband nosing about him. interfering with
his work. asking him when he leaves and when
he returns; always throwing words Of love and
caresses at him.
Feraud is NeXed with the auoTouS tyranny
and constant attentions of Germaine Yet, in
her sincerity and In the depth Of her tenderness
there is something which withholds him. and he
in turn is a man who feels that in order to live
with comfort he has to be adored and fattered.
Thus they live side by side, enchained by them
selves. the love and jealousy of the woman, the
wea kness and fatuouspess Of the man balancing
each other.
ENTER THE FRENCH FRIEND!
Pascal Delannoy, friend of Etienne is In
the confidence Of the couple. Pascal was in
love with Gerrnaine before her marriage, and
his affection for her is still the ruling passion
OF his life Feraud. least Jealous Of men, often
Invites his old comrade to to the house.
Pascal is a type of bohemian very distin-
guished, little meancholic, and capable Of
deep emotions For eight years he has watched
the married life Of his two friends and the false
situation in which they both placed that has
finally reached the straining point, where a
slight little incident, and the least expected one,
sufflces to upset the equilibrium. One word too
much causes to fail down the edifce of a life
time. Feriaud has been chosen to represent
French science al q medical congress in Flor
ence. His absence will be the first since his
marriage. His precipitate departure results in
a farewell love scene winding up In a dinner in
his studio, during the progress of which Ger
maine is oYerZealoUs in her attentions toward
nm Feriaud tires, and prefers to spend the
evening outdoors. He wants to 20 to the the
alFe, but the box they have had for that even
IIlS mas been given to friends by Ger
name. quarrel arises over this point this
miserable little detail, and all the imprisoned
IseF OF eight years rises to the lips of Etienne.
&c protests against being a slave of a woman,
ana words that cannot be recalled are spoken.