Show FRENCH fRENC I DRAMATIST 1 D DiES IES I I PARIS Nov oV 9 9 who had been ill for Cor a time died yesterday from pulmonary congestion Ho He was the dean of French dramatists and a member I I of or the French academy The man whose that pIa play was as hissed and who th then n wanted to go to America to seek his fortune died rich and honored honored hon hon- honored ored with the proud title of Frances France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist Victories was a man mOon posse possessed e of ot singular charm and was greatly beloved beloved be be- I loved an and there thero Is universal regret that ho he left leet no memoirs He Ho was born In I Paris Sept 7 1831 the son of Le Leandre I I an educationalist and the tho compiler compiler com com- of or several publications At first ho he studied medicine was obliged d In conse cease consequence quence quenco of oC tho the embarrassment of his family fam fam- Iy ily to give five private lessons In history philosophy and mathematics Ho also made mado attempts In literature writing articles articles ar ar- for fol several reviews and for Cor the minor Journals His Ills first corned comedy La des Etu lants was wa produced In 1854 In tho the Odeon then the tho second state tate theater but It tt proved a complete completo failure Ho then thon wrote the comedy Lee Lea de deMouche deMouche Mouche which was produced with great success In 1860 and subsequently adapted for tho the English stage under the title of ot ofA ofA A uA Scrap rap of ot Paper At tho the age of or 75 Sardon witnessed the I production of his latest drama L Affaire des Persons at the thc Porte St St. Martin theater th This play pia which has to todo todo todo do with the tho Infamous camarilla existing under tho the reign n of Louis XIV and which was presented for tor the first time Ump In December last Is still running to toI crowded houses |