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Show Buying1 Applause in London. The chief claquer of the Comedie I Francaise- in Paris has received a pension pen-sion of $100 a year, says the London Chronicle. That In not very much, and yet U would strike the Engll&h playgoer as a large sum, because he Imagines that the claque Is not to he found In London theaters. Bui It Is. The claquer is given tickets which he distributes to cc-rtnln people avIio love the drama and Avho he knows Avill applaud, and, what is more, applaud in the right place. Hly business is mainly connected with music hall managers and with variety artists. Foreigners, to Avhom applaud Is as necessary as their breath, learn his name and address on the continent, and Avhen they come to London they call on him, and, saying they have been engaged en-gaged at such and such a hall, ask him to provide a guarantee ol jT'Bk'' omount of public "nppreeiaii -Kv them. There are a number of ?' VllK ers in London Avho arc too vnJVMZjM for a seat In a theater. 'ni to tiy2& Iho claquer and he glvoa thm fa on condition that they applaud .? W " lets In Avhom he Is Interested : elgners are mainly Italians ori."ek.jK I Swiss. They applaud the 'tu?.tJK -claquer selects, and at the cii .!; not only witnessed an nJoynbi? V' lalnmcnt. but are often in XSS MIT But the claquer does ,o5 Je'S applaueo for bad performer? eMlfr lie would not follow the lend "boys," and this might ,am e fe; K lness. With a good artist vo Tb"J-V W-t an apathetic audience by Jurtlf 'i ranged applause, but no pSer r,3r1 Iri will induce the London pubfic 5 elate a poor or a vulgar tun? & The occupants of otalls In", - & ing variety theaters, such as thJty- 2? ft Plre, Alhambra and Palace do V tk plaud so heartily as those who KI lze the gallery. Even It, The VW theaters one cannot help observtn 'J T the stalls are the coldest S' ,"! audience. This must be very ant to the actors, and certalnh 'i1 Sft not nduce them to work their h,, Sfl to please. "awt ft? J |