New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-11

to pay, even to ne Cufed OF S'aSo
On the other hand, some noses might look
even better without the facial nerve than
with IT, and the cure would thus be douoiF
beneficial
This from Sir Herbert Tree. who recently
revived Henry VIII: Bluff King Hal
was of the eternal t.pc adored by the peo-
pie. a. genial adventurer with sporting ten
denotes and large hearted procliVltles, al
ways popular with the mob.
Among the new plays to be submitted 10
the reading committee OF the Comedie FRAN
caise In the autumn is Les Polichineiles'
bv M. Henry Basque The announcement
WAS startling because Henry Becque has
been dead some thing like fifteen years: put
the Paris correspondent of we'll informed
London paper assures his readers that IL IS
true "Becque never finished the play and no
two people know how much of II he wrote.
Yet the piece is presumably finished now,
and the question is, Who finished IL Inc
name of the posthumous collaboration is not
disclosed His share In the Work, perhaps,
never will be disclosed. Whether BecQue'
who was an extremely touchy man, and eX-
ceedingiy difficult to get on with In his IiTe-
time would approve Of the dislntermeae
ana completion OF fragments left by MN
seems doubtful. He should have followed
the example Of Alexandra Dumas MS, Who,
In his will, absolutely forbade the puohca-
ton of his literary remains Next oraInduc
season here promises apparently huInpei
OF new plays two or three decades oio' Les
Polichinelles.' for instance, and the Well
Hon7me' Of NJ de Porto Richie VINO LUCKILY
is still living. But among them never VIII
o1r1ryS
of which, unpublished. was among the pa
pers of Dumas fls at his death whether
he finished il or not is unknown, for no one
except his heirs has ever read II, DUE IL IS
believed to be at least nearly complete
Whether finished not, If will never by
the authors will. be either performed or
published, or even given TO read in manu-
srript to q. single soul Alexandra Dumas
fIs's rule was wise one. which others, and
even greater men than he. might have
adopted with advantage. The enormous
mass of literary remains left by Nlcter
Hugo. for instance every scrap of which
has been published with perhaps misguided
piety. have added little to his fame. and
some of the fragments would have been
better destroyed.
Saws Dranem. 4 variety fsvorite of the
Parts halls:
TT is much ca sier 70 succeed in a the
tire than in a music hall. III the latter sood
average talent won't do You have TO De
original and do something out of the COM
mon. The words one has to sing are gen
orally senseless. It is the actor VINO mas
! to make them interesting. In iegit1nlate'
on the contrary, with ingenious situations
clever dialogue. and SURROUNDED by othef
actors. who give you your cue ana Pu'
YOU at once in the proper atmosphere Vi
the thing, it is easy enough TO be success
FIJI Audiences little know what 1t is for
a singer to have to go on alone with JUST
five songs TO sing and no situa ton, no sup
port. no scenery.
ITO make tho public laugh one must ne
serious: one must never be gay. One of my
hest hits is 70 look sadly round when the
public laugh and seem to be Trying 10