PARISIAN TREATRIC.ALS.
A now comedy, by M. Theodore Barriere, entitled Cendrillon, has been produced at the Gymnase. The herione is not the damsel of the fairy tale, but a young lady named Marie Fontenay, the daughter of a mother who bestows all her affection on her elder child Blanche. Marie must even contract a marriage against her own inclinations, for the sake of enriching her petted sister. It happens, however, that Blanche is betrothed to a young man who is particularly susceptible to female tears, and transfers his love from Blanche to Marie, on account of the charming grief of the latter. The generous devotion of Marie, dis- played under those critical circumstances, gains for her the long-denied affection of her mother, and when the fickleness of the young gentle- man has served this good purpose, the tears of Blanche win him back again.
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