The billboard (Feb 1911)

12 Tlue Billboard FEBflUARY 11. 1911. The JLiip^^ in iBiiiope PARIS NEWS LETTER .|f^piiii|ppoitant Premieres Take Place in French Capital—: Panic In Monte Carlo Motion Picture : Theatre—^Noted American Seriously 111 ttUam* PAmlnle is the UUe of the oew n wUch had Its premier* tbls week st the stye of SCme. Com Lapmrcerte* the Booffe- lalens. It is interestiiic hot in no world ■ wolU-bcater. frnmr In spots wltlioat belof phe- aruiTfislTr wigiml. It is tTpieal of the Gslie fsiees. In that there Is plenty of aplec aad riaqne tftDStUms, also Iiecanse It lias tiie emlistlng ■ad aeTer-to-be-left-oot' thems of man. wife. S^d the wife's "Kentleotan Crleod.** Olandlne is the wife of the admiral. The ad- ■litl. it might be said In paaslsc Is away at tta Mortb Pole, or trriiw to gtt that. Hearlns •f a son Iron to ber basbaad before ate marries Urn, Clsndlne agrees to sdspt talm, hn s glBlng to be a tinr mlta of a thins In used of a kai; aad MMlds* a ttaadl»-bea, saOor suits. ^ "» Ma as*.-.- •» karastoBlsh- I MB tarns up a twanty-fovr K' old. badv- 'alz-toDter from the euuutij. is the Act I.-past of the piece. Act n. Aswn tte progress me young man haa mad* m- i« Vte gnfdanee of bis (tcp-Botber and tbe life ha laada la Paris. wbOe tbe third act-xccoids atm tortber adrasces: be Is now is lore with Us (athei'a wife, and she witb him. lb* ad- ■taal appears on tbe ae«ie, back Croo tba- polar WgloBi. and dedares be hsa no aon. Be Is snt- •isentlr intercated In the aappoaed one, bowercr. ts -sgre* to adopt him, or rather to take talm litto tbe famllr m Ui lectetsir. TUi is lalTe t» ae Farts aadlaoee'a tMIags. of cocose. who |silt1 not^ tejw sty djlsir Jtt^lma ^ jUjasn ^ ><»m ^ ^mMMm miaa j a^wm an Ootm Ijaparecrle nake* t As has a cspaUe company, THB CXUNT NO' ' le Pare la Fronsae (FaQiar, tbe 8eu7)i ■<> Tallsfl because of ills lack of courage, hss for Ua seal name Dnhamrt. He la a dmgglst. and the eaiy- arabttiaa of bla life Is to be decorated vUh a certain rnneb "palme," a faTor bestowed vpoB certain people hr Ute Ooremment for merit tm. some Una «c etiicr. nionlk his daaghter ■■tliij'e flanca, «ba Is a aepliaw to an Impsrt- aht penonage Ib Um WaSitxr of tke Beanx . Arts, b* gets -wbat ha wMics. and. gathcrlas his .asmmy absnt Mm. ha dtrtdss to go to Fazs to In Parte has so many good wlshos as does tbe gallant old general. This time It Is an attack of castrltla wblch wax iDdaced, It la beUered. hy the accident by which tbe General was run OTer and aeariy killed a year ago by so tn- tomobile. At tlut time his Ute waa despaired of and the doetoaa lepottcd a uu i h id and braised Uses; ttM •■MlB •(. «hUh-ttc General bar IK' dl- WmK'MKK Mb • dBM THEiPAL ATIAL PALLADIUM Newest of toiiddii's Music Halls—Masnificeiit CMnliiiiy and is tlie Largest Loadoo'a Palladlom.** pay. haa already Jirired at a hotel In the dl OBt to take a look tor htaiself. In tbe mean- ttm* hia wife' and danahter amnae themaelTcs hr watddng st tlie -window for the approach of m. Ledonx. ancle of the dance. Tbcy are irjliig to gneaa which he is amoog all the people wIm as* paaalnr. Presently one man stops and w a te* kis band amicably. Hie ladlea smile bsek -with vafrntlL The man cressis tbe street and comes dgbt on np. He takes oil Ills coat sad starto to aahe himself -at hoask-te ha to sot M. I«doax ■t hD.. bat.g gtnBCBtji*tLdWBp:.tta_Botfeei _and RBt CRHB , , -ne~seal I to and eo doea the fattier ef aie cold feet, who geto snfllelent cosrage back jBto biffl to take a pnnch at—If. I<edoazI Bnt ,whafa tlie nsel TbIa sort of thing goes «B for three acts and four scenes, snd Is not better and not worse than scores of bnrlesqne shows one sees in Americs all the year romid. ^hla la the offerina at the Clony Theatre thu week, the premiere ]ast luring taken place. Pete la Froosse—(tonsae Is slang and means - - - It is the work if iTiiBadM.fllli THS SABDOn PLAT. Is so maeh talk of tile new (or rather •ld> Sardoa play. Jnat i *i l >*d afto forty-nre yean at tlie TaDdeTHle, Jj» Famille Benolton, I think It mlgbt be Inteiestlnc to theatrical folk to hear a word abont what it'a like, for tMs to one of the' least known of the Sardoo works. Ur piece, aa I- stated last week, has been pal 1 at the Bonlmrd Theatre, where m ' many of '^•a ptoja were a^lnally jgroda esd. as a ^ ~Z a~ drto ef' iRalluMleb ~ "i life a id. th» gBd- —. _A man hiliiaa .three baza to ber beat Mend, asking this lady to keep them for lilm since be may be rbsl- Icnged to a dnel with the bnsband snd may be killed. If he dies he dedsrrs lie does not wish the letters to be found among bis papers. Ex onnt man. who may be the wlfe'a lorer. Aliu> the woman friend, learlng the letters on the ta- ble- Betnmlng in a florry to get them, alie ar- ' Sires at tbe same inatant as the Irate hai«baiHl. *%lse me those letters," he demands, Tbe wn- toaa rsfnsii to yield them and lest tbe bnsbsnd tohs tham ftnoi her she Imms them to tlie grste. ■ilttomhaBd to a tnty. EMcr -wife, who like- I la mrliiM to leara that she to aaa f stts d' of »BBT-lH aBd the.lSKt that she haa gambled and baalOmd moon' fkoiii u. man to pay hcf cuSbUfis debta. "AU I eaa think of to do," she aaya. "to to see the man and ask tliat he rctnni to me toree' letters of -mine which will prose coneln- ai-rely my Innocence.** "Three letters!** the friend gasps. "Three let- ters! My goodness. I lost bnmed tbcm." Whst the good woman had done tMnklog to hide the wlfe'a milt from her hnsband, had been the worst she eonld bare done. Tbe letters pnred the wife's fi^th and not her trcaebery. Some of the Sardon homor-lB-aa good aa It was forty-flse years ago^ and home of It Isn't. gealssd by toe erttles. sad thsafSSRa- b sasis. Ocoerai Bal C. Tomic, a Tctma «r the Civil War. and a great Amertesn-Psiitolaa hSB-ilTsnt. haa been Tery m for a i iiimls "iif iia sia. m d st ■to advaaced * ess. eC TIL' toafl^aia/^aBlaetalDed yr^Mt MMdg ijtof^ito .:jwr 1 ^J j^^j> I Nallr ■trieai the ■feat Jam to the lefgcst - ptaoe ed SBles- la LoodoBt iffwiM^diflhg ~ijOM pee- pie. the prtoe of the seeto to ft " lee shUlings. and all aeaU are 1 saace. The hense U dirided toto of srati, (tana, grand circle, and elrtla. banding b SMiet np-to-dsta to i and It can be emptied In llttia _ ffilnntc If neceasaiy. The cost of eieetloa and fnralahlng bis been tl.2SO.000. At tbe back of tb* stalls there la a great palm court where a ladlea* orchestra plays between performances and where tea la ierred. Cpstalrs there la a aimliar apartment known ai the I.0Q1S Qoiaae Salon. Tbroagbant the place Is decorsted with Boae do Barry banglnga sad BpbolsteTy of the same color has baea employed to - wcU watMd ■>! hst aal mU watv ii th ofttr In addltlaa th* P a B ad I — Is peOTtdcd wtto a post-oOec. mcssesger oOkw.- aewa tiekcre aad srrltliig noma. The bnsisess done has already been esedlCBt. In tbe Orat eirbt daja. 73,000 p ar a una paid for admlaaJon. Tbe proirrammea bare been'cxeep tlonal. It li trne. but lU the same thia la a wondcTfDl record. The abow on tbe opcnlojr nlaht iDcloded Martin Barrey, la a aketcb called The Couplracy, Topsy Stoden, to ber lat est dance i B ce e as ta . Whit ChaUla. Oedau cnrtaln went op. Be said—and I have haaad * other foreign players In America say the saar thing—that be wts better treated by aodlcacc* In the United Statea than in any other conatrr to tbe world, aaTe bla own. Certainly orer here there is simost s display of reaentnent towtrd the foreigner. If not re Bealmeut then: "Too tbtok yon can act; prore it. Wc*a* got some players oorselscs. Hot yea make good aad *a«r ram ataad fight op to oar owB top a e toh . MT 'otbI we'll make ya» aacry yoa earner*' Aare the asrt a( ataoe- phete the ftoe tg asr asasUy Bade BsallBB anaad OB his fltat -slalt. ^\T--:. r TUKATBB BOKNBD. ^Arsa sluaiuaiuaia^i operatora were ssstoasly boiaed as tbe resnlt of s shirt rlteolt la the Thettre des Tarietes. at Monte Carlo, this wash. Oee of the men may die and both others wflt nrottahlT lose their eyealght. The Theatre dea Tariele* Is s popolar resort- far tbe worktac cissar* of tlie prisripallty. aod waa packed when tbe arrldeat oecorrvd. Abont tea o'clock (nirbt performancel, to the middle of tbe show, flames soddenly Issued fram tbe large room bark of tbe prreen. la which the apfwratna waa sitnated. Two of tbe operatsc» were token eat terrlUy barard. while tbe IhM wai (aond lylar oa the r ~ waa a panic a w aa g the sa s e tot er s . bat i the presence of mlad or the ' wss srerted. llaay af the i galleries attempted to f bnt were rratralned. Meat of _ eame down the laddera mn np by to* Sra i meat. NKTEB AN ACADEMICIAN. Oeorge* de Porto-Rlcbe. aatbar of tjt Tlel> Bomme. reriewed last week In The Billboard.' has tried to make tradition forget Itself. Be bai attempted to cet into tb* Acadeny Pran- nd fallM. of conrae. I aay of eoorae. Managing ^ nuto'eee^sk l^lSo j ^SS.," aaslc'lnif gnBeMnJB*& Mr. Glbbeaa and boon eompaolocs among theatrical and American Ttoltors to Paris. Among the seoil- em sere sacb men as Col. W. P. Cody. Wil- liam H. Crane. Xat Ooodwlo. Charles Frob- ■nan. Dan Fmhrnan. George Tyier, Henry Sae. age and others, who srerr nroad to call "Hal" Ynaog (Head, aad who ceaid aal tonpt* him la hlK hoars of daihaeea. sad woaU asC he called fslr weather frteoda. ^Marsr** Beary Watter- aon. of Kentncky. and s score of AaM>rlean news- psper men and ststeamen. sreee also kindly In- qolrera after the (Voeral. and to-day tbe .pame people are aendlme tbelr cable* aod letters to Inqnire after his progrea<! dnrinr hU oew Illoi'sa. No man is Paris la so well koon-n to rlaltlng theatrical people durlDc tbe pmmt twenty-flee years as GeDeral Toanir. and many la rbe pour derll who baa "orerplayed hia hand" on bla ra- catltm that haa been helped to bla homeward ticket and the foil aettlement of bla hntpl bllla. Many of tbe good fellows In tbe prnfesstos st borne win regret to learn of tbe mneas of their friend, and' wHI wish tor him a sartdy laeoaery. Oeneral Tooag Is a aaUse Omtmrnm. snd WIS one of the fb aa dei a sad the Mli Saaadsl sapport te a Inc .ttaN .«t .9me» Onaetclsl HsTtoK iWrVtoa. Becnbardt. Mme. Bejane. and other .taptai -playecs. speaking a foreign to the^Mtod Btotaa, all .of whom were lal tateres^ tbe'fhmons wdl received. I to«k to toe visit here tt ~ Italian, actor, -*hO performed to Italian) than too mlgbt expect at a Punch and Jnily show before i crtiwd of grown folka. Vet the acting- waa remarkably good. Tbe people had the took aa torlr faces of: ■*Wen. here I am': hew aafee ae langh," Tbe piece waa I Oiesaestl. Act I. «*at thioagb witboat a ripple of sppUnse. Me mem- ber of tbe andlence siiawed tbst be wss to the. least Interested. Zscconl pisyed well. Bnt to A<-t n. one eonld see tbst the srtlst was feel- log the rhlU of toe booae. Bla plsylng wss thnronirbly imc snd to tbe mark: It waa per- fret, bnt there were momenta where he- ap- peared to act mechanically. That ia, he waa' at no moment ont of bla part, or anything hot c<irTect. bnt bfs character bad flaabes wbro be wa« not tl>-tb and blood. Bat toward* the Iittrr part nf the art, where the bnsband flodi ont tbr treason of bis wife. Urangb notes foond among tttr tmrrtt af- a dead fitoM, rerrsar forgot tbe IdcfcaiBBt^JMit aad'ptaiad- Cdt the lore of plariait. Hli -fewsrd vaa tllcht. a 'mere per- fimetory bsnd-dspplag. bnt when Act III: eem- mei>ced. It waa eaay to aec that he felt he bad at Isst tamed tbe table*. And be bad. If . be started In srctle coldnns he flolshed la s cy- clone of . the tropics. He "made 'em laosb.!' dg- As I say, I waa Immenaely iotereated In ail tbls. The French are great on tonriag other Isnds snd sre easily effected by cold andlenrea. Tet nowhere hare. I aeen laaa aympathy dia- played for foreign artists tbsn right here In PsrIs. I remember seeing Zsccnnl's dlstln- gnisbed eonfrere sod compatriot Ermete NoeellL open B w^k's cngagemeot In Cincinnati, at tbe tqMe. Thece was a warmto Ilrrrslly flong not af the vMtlfv .Italian player, snd be told me. Ifee Brat act toat he felt It aa soon aa the caoae no Bebrew haa erer been elected to tli^ Academy, and probably will not be. at least for a looK time to come. For if Oeorge* de Porto-Rlrbe did not socreed. there isn't grcat chaaca for any oae eiae soon. Idmoad Boa- taad, wbea he wss eaadldsto for oae of tha chairs of the *fmmBrtols.~ dertased that he woold yield hsftoa arip oae alhsr aathi mnce-dc F«rl»«MN^ IW Mllhar of l« Bomme haa ■st.teto the Academy anyhow, attar a faahlon. alaee be ia librarian toere- THB TBEATBE FRANCA18E. La Uberto priota the following, wblch I trana- tote on aeeeant of tbe feeling It lUoatratae aaoag playmakers In Frsore: to'bUr7*Jm MMMHad'laihaB*^ of them-apliltB ■ . ' >. /^^^v"?*^^^ "JMoaaSSJ It I* tbe haarr ■ Tbcy entered Into fbc cell of the ' Be slept sooadly. besrlly. ** 'Poor derlir mnrmnred th* new sirieala. One of them tooched the aleeper on the shonlder. wbo. awakening with a start, started to a sit- ting coatnre. •The Ma^-Sty ttteBd..the tlae haa csom. Ton moat haea caMBh.^ . "Tbe OMMBBHi-^riiidl kilB.*--lllF~1ilHto drrsalng. "Tbe Aan—'It will be qnlckly orer wtlK^'Va yoowlsb something—a drink or a elgaialkl* "Thc.'Cbademned (Wbo baa coBmeaeafl?1a tu m h fc ). '■h aak yeo.* •' •'^n fHta^taUet tompUlid. the condemned aad.lfc eetopaaMaa'■•Bated la tbe waiting veblcle ai* were soon arrtTad before a large aqnare bnlldlag. TTere toey got oat. Tbe condemned was led thmogh a wide'door, then Into aa taaeC room, where seren] mm. sll folema-fsced, sst 'round Is a drcla. Tbe condemned 'conghed and cleared bla tbroat with difllenlty. — "Be take* from his perkst a lr— Slid commences: T ' " ' sets.' The Play PrsDcalae Ilatena. ... ; ^-.^■^.t,^ .; ■At dk o^dock the plsy |g lMl|^*<*tM!tS U doaa.'t (CoaUnocd oa pace. SK).