Show I BERLIN LEGIT STAGE BEING HARD HIT BY LUXURY TAXES Berlin June 26 l Taxation amountIng amountIng amount- amount Ing lag to something like 55 per pr cent of or gross revenue and heavy heavy running ex expenses ox- ox arc responsible for tho the recent closing closing- down of or sixty first-class first theatres theatres theatres the the- atres In Germany German Many theatrical and operatic compan J are said to beIn bein be bo boin in sore soro financial straits Few lew people can afford to pay pay for or tho the higher priced seats at the tho present increased rates and tho the moving picture houses with their popular prices arc are reaping the tho benefit Tho The manager of ot the Reinhardt concern concern concern con con- cern which controls tho the three most Important Berlin theatres states s1 that tho the latest luxury tax alone alono takes more moro than 20 o per pr cent of ot the tho box of- of rIce lice receipts Boxes and stalls stans are arc now IlOW rarely bool booked cd The Kapp revolution revo revo- lution week he ho said bald caused the tie conCern concern concern con con- cern a loss of or marks Director Barnowsky ky o of the Lessing theatre the home of the tho drama In Berlin told a representative tive that tho the German stage is passIng passing pass pass- Ing InS through a a. most critical period Theatrical budgets he said can no longer be balanced The Tho greatest menace menace men men- ace c ho said was Americanism by which he ho explained ho meant art for tor amusements amusement's sake not for tor arts art's sake |