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Union SQUARE THEATRE. Mr. A. M, PALMER, DEALER IN FRENCH AND AMERICAN Dramatic NOVELTIES, Play by M. Feuer, adapted by M. Cazaru “THE ROMANCE OF A PARISIAN YOUNG MAN.” BEFORE THE PLAY. IN YHE LOBBY, A Very Knowinc OLD Man: What can Palmer be thinking of to put a young fellow like Mansfield into an important part? A Youno Max wuo Kxows EveryTuinc: I guess Palmer's getting played out, anyhow. Tue Very Knowinc Otp Man; Of course you saw Mansfield at the Standard in comic opera? THE YounG Man WHO Knows EVERYTHING : Of course. Tue Very Kxyowinc O1.p Man: Then you see how absurd it is to cast him in a serious part ? Tue Younc Max wHo Kxows EVERYTHING is absurd. T agree with you ; it ACT I. A GRAND SALON AND BALL ROOM AT THE HoTE!. DE TaRoy. (Painted and designed by Mr. Richard Marston.) The Parisian Young Man is at first a Rich young man, and he gives a Ball, so that his Wife may show off her Voice and her ball-dress of rose-colored velvet over a pale yellow satin petticoat, covered with flounces of white lace and hung with golden grapes and vine leaves. An Operatic Tenor makes love to the Wife. So does a Wealthy and Wicked Banker. The Wealthy and Wicked Banker has a Wife of his own, who has a ball-dress of dead-leaf satin and brocaded silk, with pale pink roses and autumn leaves, and a red velvet vine, com- bined in the lowest style of Decorative Art. The guests depart. The Parisian Young Man and his Wife talk about his Mother, who appears in a Surah silk dressing gown, trimmed with white lace, and worn under another dressing gown of blue silk plush, lined with old-gold satin and trimmed down the front with grey satin fur. There is nothing mean about the Parisian Young Man, and he is willing to let his Mother wear as many dressing gowns at once as she wants. Judging that the fashionable gaiety of the ‘ball has nerved them for an Awful Disclosure, the Parisian Mother tells the Parisian Wife and the Parisian Young Man that Honor demands that he should pay over his whole fortune to the Wealthy and Wicked Banker, INTERMISSION 1. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MAIDEN : Don't you think the Parisian Young Man is just too lovely for anything ? HEk MALE AND Cynicat Escort : Well, I don't know as I should feel called to be quite so high-toned as all that. THE ENTHUSIASTIC MAIDEN : I think you are just horrid. You've no appreciation of emotional plays at ali. HER MALE anv Cynicat Escort wisely refrains from all contro- versy. Tue Entuvsiastic Map! lovely things ? HER MALE AND CYNICAL Escort: refuse to license such a Fashion Play. ACT IL. Tue PRIVATE OFFICES OF THE BANKER, BARON CHEVRIAL. (Painted and Designed by Mr. Richard Marston.) ‘The Parisian Young Man gives up all he has in the world to the Wealthy and Wicked Banker, and the Wealthy and Wicked Banker gives the Parisian Young Man a place in his bank. A Giddy Young Thing in the Ballet, in a dress of Pistachio green satin, brocaded in a crimson and lavender design, pays a visit to the Wealthy and Wicked Banker. He gives her points on stocks, and she coppers them, being a young lady of High Moral Principles. And didn’t you think they all wore Iwere the Mayor, I should INTERMISSION I. A Sportivo GENTLEMAN: Did you bear her say she was backing a horse sired by Rataplan ? An EXPeRtENCED WOMAN OF THE WORLD: Yes, but I had no idea that ballet girls bet on races or speculated in stocks. I supposed they -LIFE-: 35 always supported a younger sister, a baby, a mother, and a drunken father, THE SPORTING GENTLEMAN (with due seriousness) : If she's backed any of Rataplan's get, I reckon she'll lose her money. HE EXPERIENCED WOMAN OF THE WORLD (with curiosity) : Why? THE Sportino GENTLEMAN: It must be too old to make the run- ning now. Why, Rataplan was foaled in 1849 ! ACT IIL. ‘THE NEW AND HUMBLER HOME OF THE DE TARGYS. (Painted and designed by Mr. Richard Marston.) The Parisian Young Man is now Poor, since he is wickedly neglect- ing the opportunities he enjoys as Cashier to get away with thé ill- gotten hordes of the Wealthy and Wicked Banker. The Parisian other is happy in her honest poverty. The Varisian Wife repines and is shocked at the sight of a Huge American Castor on a Parisian Dinner Table. The Wealthy and Wicked Banker tells her that he loves her, so she runs away to sea with the Operatic Tenor. , INTERMISSION 111, A BRILLIANT Wit: The Old Barber is after the Ballet Girl, isn't he ? His Frienp: Yes. Tue Brivtiant Wit: And he has a wife of his own, hasn't he ? His Frienp: Yes. THe BRILLIANT Wr isn’t he? His FRienp: Yes, THE BRILLIANT Wit: Don’t it strike you that the Baron is trying to get married on the installment plan ? His FRIEND (sad/y) : Yes. : And he is after the Other Man's Wife, too, ACT Iv. GRAND GALLERY AND TERRACE OF THE HOTEL CHEVRIAL. (Painted and designed bv Mr. Richard Marston.) The Wealthy and Wick Banker, being in bad health, gives a supper tothe Giddy Young Thing in the Ballet, and to Friends of her's, also in the Ballet. The Giddy Young Thing wears a pink satin tticoat and a black velvet bodice, pink silk hose and a matador hat. The Wealthy and Wicked Ranker, being in bad health, gives the rin the open air on a frosty night,so the Friends of the Giddy Young Thing in the Ballet came in their undress, just as they have appearedat the Opera. The Wealthy and Wicked Banker has a stroke of apoplexy and dies. INTERMISSION 1V AN ADMIRING YOUTH (fo Ais companion, an Admirable Youth, who was once in Paris for two doys when hewas fourteen): 1 tell you, Charley, that last act was just lively, you bet ! THE ADMIRABLE YOUTH (who was once in Paris for two days); This is all very well on the stage, you know, but you ought to see the real thing ! THe Apmirinc YoutH: Have you ever been to a supper like that,? THE ADMIRABLE YOUTH (who was once tn Paris for two days): Have 1? Well, should smile! Why, I could tell you things which would make you sick, One night I—(wAispers.) THe Apmigixne YoutH: Did you? Honest? Let's have some- thing *( They go out gravely). ACT V. GROUNDS OF DR, CHESNEL'S VILLA AT ASNIERES, (Painted and designed by Mr. Richard Marston.) The Parisian Wife is supposed to have been lost at sea, so the Wealthy and Wicked Banker's Wife is making up to the Parisian Young Man with a view to matrimony, and the approval of the Par- isian Mother. The Parisian Wife is not dead, so the Match is off. The Parisian Young Man forgives the Parisian Wife, and over- whelmed with gratitude she dies gracefully in a dark blue dress, leav- ing him free to marry the Wealthy and Wicked Banker's Wife. AFTER THE PLAY. IN THE LOBBY. Tue Very Kxowixc OLp Man: It’sa pretty poor play, isn't it ? Tue Younc Man Wuo Knows EVERYTHING: Yes, but it's a mighty good show ! Tue Very Knowinc OLp Man: Marston and Mansfield have made it. Tue Youso Man WHO Knows EVERYTHING ; Mansfield made a big hit. ‘we VERY KNowING OLD Man: I told you I had seen him act before—up at the Standard—in comic opera. It's absurd not to have seen he was a first rate actor even then. Tue Youxo Man WHo Ksows EveryTuinc: | agree with you— it is absurd. ARTHUR ‘PENN, comicbooks.com