Mr. Belasco wishes to state that, as the traditional parting of Madame du Barry and the King of France is impossible for dramatic use, he has departed entirely from historical accuracy in this instance. He also begs to acknowledge his indebtedness to M. Arsène Houssaye for his sequence of scenes. (“Nouvelle à la main, sur la Comtesse du Barry.”) * * * * * Between Acts I, II, and III there will be intervals of 12 minutes; between Acts IV and V an interval of 15 minutes. * * * * * The entire production under the personal supervision of Mr. Belasco. * * * * * Stage Manager H. S. MILLWARD. * * * * * Scenery by Mr. Ernest Gros. * * * * * Incidental Music by Mr. William Furst. * * * * * Stage decorations and accessories after designs by Mr. Wilfred Buckland. * * * * * General Manager for Mr. Belasco MR. B. F. ROEDER. * * * * * As an epigraph for the first performance given in his theatre, and also for a souvenir book then distributed,--a richly printed volume called “The Story of Du Barry,” written by James L. Ford and issued in a limited edition,--Belasco used, under the caption “Before the Curtain,” the appended fourteen lines from Francis Bret Harte’s versified address written for the dedication of the California Theatre, San Francisco, January 18, 1869, on which occasion (when Belasco was among the spectators) it was read by Lawrence Barrett: “Brief words, when actions wait, are well; The prompter’s hand is on his bell; The coming heroes, lovers, kings, Are idly lounging at the wings; Behind the curtain’s mystic fold The glowing future lies unrolled. * * * * * “One moment more: if here we raise The oft-sung hymn of local praise, Before the curtain facts must sway; Here waits the moral of your play. Glassed in the poet’s thought, you view What money can, yet can not do; The faith that soars, the deeds that shine, Above the gold that builds the shrine.” A STUPID DISPARAGEMENT.--INCEPTION OF “THE DARLING OF THE GODS.”