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Show French Capital Loses Its Gaiety & & & Has Somber Aspect, Visitor Says : MA( RS. C. E. BRAY, wife of the assistant gen-: eral manager of the Orpheum theater cir- : ixuit, who is at the Hotel Utah with her husband. : B'lSSr? I, s9rm v- ' - :n ii- f .1 r , ,1 r 1 ' f i ?' ' : ; ri;'i - . : - Im : 'A x . i f ' ti ti i i I - f . - i i t , . fi - . : ; : : i t-.n . '..(.... I v,vv . . - " ! ; : ; ;" -.. :;. t I Mrs. C E. Bray Tells of Impressions Im-pressions Gained During Trip to Paris. GAY FAr.TS" Is no longer applicable appli-cable to tho French cnpit-U, dd Mn. C. K. Bray. who. i!th lu r husband, a-rsitar.t (;eneral irafiaer of the Or-; Or-; pheuin theater circuit, returned from I abroad early In the summer ar.d is now with Mr. Hrny ;it the liot.l I'tah. "No t've ihug: icowr.s are .hown In the j jthp!," Mrs, I-fray cent inucd. "and the f:shionn1 lo rirej-sniakcrs are rnpaKed o: ly In filhni: orVrs for American trade. No evenlnc ''t:, :ir1 Riven nnd few of j the theater: are open. Evrnnift dress i t ! rot worn at th.e the.iter nd the cafes are aM closed after o'clock Ht nlsht. The society women of Far'.s nre wonderful wonder-ful In their service to the soldnrs. Cften they wt.iud for hours w ait u c for troop tralUH to arrive to give refreshment to th oeciipa n ! f "In LY.L-Und tbiT-cs are bibrhter. Th.e women w t .i r pnMty clothes ami seem to be trvlcc t cover the clooni of th.e situation situa-tion with a ii f fort at jcayety. Then, nnnipeinent N arranced for l he oli!ers at home on f urloi; i;hs. No ph asure can are urd r(ept to sive outings to the snldlrr.n, but tlie wrailhy t:ike cheetfudv tn tlie tncoiivndences ;ind .oeiety life is much tho sa me ji under nor nial ootid! -tlonr." Mi s. Hr y, who Inn eN w ith her hus-bnnd. hus-bnnd. purs in all of lmr .;p:ire time knit-tlns: knit-tlns: for t lie tb d i 'rosr and 13 much lute lu-te rr sir d hi forms of war relief. |