New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

tious plants gave rise to Aubcrgnc, Ro-
marin, Radisct CAREFUL, Epinard, Bet
tcravc, nay! even Pisscnit. +.
What "iardn d'cnfants!" There was
of course n certain utility about the
matter. II, in n public park, calling
your child, you cried, "Margucritc! -
thirty little heads might turn, whereas
if YOU called "Hcllcbore!" or "Chic
ory.'-thc convenience is plain.
Abstract nouns, also, were considered
to have cnt virtue. Many a child
was named Libcrtc, Egalte, I'ratcrnitc,
Ncritc. Nictoirc- fedcrative, or Esprit
republican,. A snloonkcepcr Of Nancy
named Lamort went so far as to inhcL
upon his son the singular name Of Lib
crtc- ou. In 1918 this same Libcrtc-ou
Lamort went so far az to infict upon
his native city, had his name officially
changed to Jean jacques.
However, we need not concern our
selves too gravely about this. Mr..
Levy is at pains to assure us that these
crimes ceased with the Year of III and
that, indeed, they we're exceptional
rather than otherwise.
Futurism and Fisticuffs
WENT on Saturday afternoon with
Leo Wiener to the Theatre des
Champs Elysees to hear the Pasdeloup
Orchestra. Caplet conducting, they
followed the G minor Of Mozart with
five pieces by Schoenberg. The au
dience went mad, mad, mad! All
through the numbcrs-which were
played to their end-the crowd hootcd
and stamped and hissed, those APPROX
ing Mr. Schocnberg applaudng con-
tinuously
had my stick broken by an indi
vidual who found the music was not
to his taste, though this after we had
insulted one another vigorously for
five minutes and had crushed his stiff
hat--inadvcrtcntly be it noted. Florent
Schmitt, q dignitied gentleman and
probably the best composer living in
France, hit his neighbor on the head
and received in return a punch which
made his nose bleed Subsequently he
and his opponent were hauled away to
the posJe by two agents de police.
Any one familiar with the amount Of
insult Frenchmen will exchange with
out proferring blows may imagine the
state Of excitement that existed. 1t
was worth thousand dollars a seat
and is certainly tho most entertaining
musical afternoon we have had since
the recital Of Marincttis "Bruitcurs
Futuristes."
Jarry's Satirical Plan
IN COMMON with many others, heard
from time to time over period Of
years of Alfred Jarrys masterpiece,
"Ubu Roi.' A great play, I was told,
filled with delicious irony, coarse
| satire, a noble destroyer of the idea
of government. Passing ono day il
the Rue st. Honore, l saw in book
sellers window copy of this famous
little volume. Determined to have it,
[ entered and asked the price. "Ah,
ca, Monsieur" said the excellent NJ
Bloch to me, "c'est ledition originate
sur papier du Japon. Ellie est exces-
sivement rare, voirc, introuvable lie
prX en- est-trois cents francs" ]
thanked him.
Lately great injustice has been
done M. Jarry. His "Ubi Roi" has been
reprinted by Fasquele. No. You will
not die of laughter reading it. You
will do better than l if you are able
to discover in it the terrible satire
announced on its wrapper. More prob
ably You will do as I did; you will
put this imperishablc literary monu-
ment sadly into your library and for
get it. All that l remember of it is
that Jarry spells the word which Cam
bronze did not pronounce at Waterloo
with two RS.