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Show AMERICAN GIRLS DANCE FOB FREEDOM Arrested for Theft They Escape Through Interposition of Audience. PARIS, Nov 7. There was one number num-ber on the proprnmrne of a Montmartre variety theater this week which was not announced beforehand, and which, therefore, thp audience enjoyed without with-out having to pay for It. The management manage-ment did not find the act' fo amusing amus-ing After the performing elephants had left the strtge there was a long pause Numbers heralding the next feature were displayed on both Bides of the atage. and ct the audience waited in vain for the two "American lady specialists" spe-cialists" fresh from NVw York), who were to delight n foreign playhouse with their fantastic step mid hlRh kicking. At last the manager appeared before the curtain and announced that 'owing to the midden Indisposition of the la-dien la-dien their number would have to be left out for that evening. Thereupon hoots of derision, whl h threatened to lift the roof, but gave way before the stentorian demand foi attention Issuing from thi- throat of :t tall mini among the spectators. Spectators Become Enraged. "Listen, my hildren," be began, "to what the theater In .Montmartre has degenerated! de-generated! These two women who were to dance are not 111; tho are In Jail They were arrested on the boulevards for thieving In one of the big shops They stole lace and silver I hey I lid they were kleptomaniacs, but I say they are vulgar thieves, and that a demonstration against the manager Is In order Then another tumult broke loose, and finally the spectators began to wreck the house. Msnncrr TTno THs Hidden In a corner of the greenroom, the bunted manager flnall had a brilliant bril-liant Idea. Scudding out the back way, he hastened In a frenzy of ex Itement to the police station and Implored the commissary to allow the women to come and perform their act, after which be personally guaranteed their return to the '-ells Within ten minutes the dancers had tearfully performed their act and gained the svmpathy of the crowd Jrlea Of "Lt em off, let 'em off sf'sleu le i 'ommlssalrr-' " were heard from all over tho house The commissary reflected re-flected a moment. He could not affonl to report the case If the shops Involved In-volved did not insist Women Are Released. "I II tell vou what I'll do' ' he shouted back. "You pet tin a collection to repair re-pair the damage you've done this house and I'll not hold the women further " It was done on the moment. "We didn't really mean to steal," sobbed the repentant dancers. "It was our first appearance In Tnrl we meant to pay back, nil right ' " b yes! AH right"' vociferated the good Montmartrols, and the young wom.n went through their terpsli horen n parts again umld much applause. |