New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
NEW PARIS THEATRE
Hints Taken from 4mer7ca-Art
and Books of the Week.
Especial by French Cable to The rribune.l

Paris Feb S.-Germain Is to build IN Par1s
really comfortable theatre on model hnes'
capable of holding sufficiently large auuiehco
to make the enterprise profitable 1t mas iohs
been the cherished ambition Of rench man
ayers who, having visited America, know no"
much behind the times Paris theatres are, so lar
as accommodations are concerned. This dream
WILL 1t Is announced. shortly be reahzeo III me
Rue Cambon. stones throw from the Bouie-
ward are two old-fashioned houses with large
gardens. and these have been obtained by
syndicate for 81 100000. On their site the the
atre will be constructed, with all the latest I'M
proyements and capable of seating two thou
sand spectators
The manager will be either Antoine. who Is at
present at the head of the state SUBSIDIZED
theatre, the Odeon. or LIE Bargy, the we'll known
actor and stage manager OF the Conneoie
Franchise Antoine would like to have the man
agement of the Comedie Francaise If Jules
Claretie, its general administrator, could be in
duced to resign, in which case he would re-
lnqush his pretensions to the new theatre to
LIE Bargy.
The season OF minor picture shows is now IN
full swing and many of them are not whit
less interesting than the more pretentlouS ex-
hbtions. Young painters who have travelled
with state scholarships in Algeria. Tunisia anu
India making a collective show OF theii
works at Bernheim Jeunes. The walls oiaze
with color for in dealing with the Orient the
French maintain the splendid traditions OF
luminosity set by Fromentn and Delacroix
Les Arts Reuns is the title of little
club of painters, engravers, sculptors and ap-
piled artists who exhibit at Georges Pettts 5.
DeIicacy and subtle quality are the general char
acterstics of their work, which totally lacks the
boisterous and screaming effects SO common at
the great salons
Among the most notable contributions OF Les
Arts Reunis are LIE Jardin,' by Pierre Emile
Cornillier, group of children charmingly posed
and very clevery drawn upon brilliantly sun
lit shore; Albert Gosselins Clair de Lune'
which shows the influence OF the great master
Cain, and half dozen gouaches by Albert
Lechat, In which the atmosphere of rural and
village life in Normandy is very subtly define
ated.
At the same rooms Edouard Bolgneaus water
colors and studies show considerable technical
skill and peculiar prejudice in favor of the ar
rangement of white. Maryg Kadack, the nom
de guerre Of Princess Eristof, shows an ex-
haustive collection of her portraits OF wen
known society people. which, though spasmodlc
and startling especially In the use of famelke
reds, are not without vigor and talent
annual salon Of lady painters and sculpt-
ors has also Just opened it's doors and is neither
hetter nor worse than were Its predecessors,
showing usual initiative weaknesses which fem
inine art never fails to reveal when great guam
titles Of 1t are somewhat unwisely exhibited to-
gether
Among the most notable Of the new books
published this week is the first volume of Ana
tole Frances Life Of Joan of Arc" which ad-
rairers of the great Academician have been look
ing forward to for many months past, although
freethinking and -militarist Frances opinion
of Joan of Arc is not far removed from that OF
Mark Twain, that taking her all in all. she was
the most extraordinary person who ever lived on
earth.
Marcelle Tinayre, the brilliant novelist who
recently gained so much additional fame by re-
jecting the Cross Of the Legion of Honor, pub
fishes La Rancon," a penetrating analysis OF
maternal instinct.
lie Mystere de Ia Chambre Jaune,' by CASTOR
Ieroux which is generally admitted to be the
best detective story written In France by any
author of the present generation. appears in
book form Pierre Laf1tte being the publisher.
In "Briseur de Fers'' Georges D. Desparbes.
who has made a speciality of Napoleonc sub
ects describes the glorious exploit OF soldiers OF
the Revolution under General Rumfort, who
won three pitched battles in twenty days.
"Mercure de France publishes collection OF
the choicest pages of Stendhal. Monsieur Du-
pont" by Kistemaeckers, published by Fas-
quelle, is d new comic novel dealing with motor
ing in is latest aspect. I. L. b.