"SIRE".

Not alone people interested in the French language will desire to see Lavedon's "Sire"; but lovers of French drama will recognize the unusual privilege offered them in the comedy's first appearance on this side of the Atlantic. Henri Emile Lavedon is one of the greatest living French litterateurs, having been a member of the Academy since 1898, and at present an officer in the Legion of Honor. The title and idea of "Sire" was suggested to him when quite a young man upon a visit to the Orleans a Blois. As he waited for his friend in a beautiful reception room, an old, white-haired woman entered and greeted him:

"Ah! sire! sire! sire! que je suis heureuse! je vous vois! Enfin, je puis saluer Votre Majeste!" The poor, old lady was crazy and had taken him for Louis XVII. The play contains many revolutionary ideas, for 1848 is comparable to 1919 in its political and social unrest. Some have even thought that the play should be slightly expurgated, but fortunately this has not been done.

The Cercle Francais deserves a great deal of credit for the energy displayed in undertaking such an ambitious piece of work. They have not been satisfied with mediocrity in any one of the particulars connected with it. Certainly their efforts are distinctly worthy of the University in whose name they act.