Show PARIS PARIS THEATRES CONTROLLED C BY WOMEN Bernhardt Bernhard Is f Sa Sarah ara ah 1 l. l Among men J the Most t 41 1 k T rr Successful l w y i l if tt T t 1 fe r Wom Women omen n f. f l BY F F. L. L L. L i 1 There Ocl i 6 f o of the th theatres At es s In Pail ii l W oW 1 P P fUt per JI n b hy women arah f ai ih n I I Is fili trew trU 8 n of th the thu Theatre du d Mi- Mi ln flame Umi Rejane no J f lg r of I Ih lh h p ao h H t TV h tali b hc and guts v hu huz hUll just O n c cl 1 HC the thc es I ns It la Is true that lint T lJ to 10 HIP Ill box I r of oC any or of r them l' l will hill cat oh h lau iu p c of oC th the nan by ic ih j through b th the ticket L o and u I even If IC t lie Kam entrance to the he entice o 0 ur the tile administrative ad alt o he lie is mojo moto 0 likely to ho confronted by a a. man than a n woman Lut the directresses tire present rc eul wh when n the bookings booking nYe me Ira cd mud and UK they Justify their h facial n the time conies comes to the UI 1 Moreover 1 1 ln bunt vont n i. i t they Ian have C all intuitive KC e 11 an as to iJ tt Mills hulls them alii and th they have hc shown tint that th they r Know knot how t. t to arrange their theft theatres last tutu mid ae as us n Trench French thc theatre can he be mode h Is an nn ever oi present piul eel t-fl I l for tor the t In larl 4 DISC Uno story which hal Ini ali J so II o fro re- re that thit It Jt If li ls now S general etc uc thence cc Is I t that hn t arch 1 h at I Is U In arrears in Inthe of lC line rental on out he tier her building It lt I is J. thai dial other mana managers ra els would lII like c in tv sun liI of of ur her theatre and various methods Ilao fur Ul oi sip p i I ho Ihu r re t l tru flom tone tier lease If-ase irate o been J Hill r. r r failures allures lo to lu- lu h her I lion HS As a R. r of lr the he I J Sarah In is still a. a r. r power In hr 1 lane and antl lIo u moat most sted ie l refuse to lu il rJ k li the tho outcome outcome out out- come comet pf t an action in the ts The rhe Bornhardt B t th her tie e while while- IL J Is al always at at- tHi ways nays 8 1 visited It fl b by hWO and und att Parisians who m uc n r nally ally cla clas' clas pro- pro Is not Included In hr the sIx n howl best aying nt In ilo rho 1 capital rh The I film fancy In arts bans rather lather r to tho houses houf i th the tho French drama not too heavy 1 nor inn III l' l 0 oo prudish I Is hi Irol 1 produced l. l rho Tho pani pa r hut hunt the tie surplus la IN email em ill Il lit its manager far Cal greater Sr on tinny of III her r profess tours than in hr its o ownership But Lut luon however eter well Jel known I a t Flinch ji tenon non on Cor constantly for fur nn an t measure mess meas lire are of no notice tic ant nUll ami the II Me electrIc lett rs Th Theatre Karon which from the thc building on tho hits rant st side of the till Place du rl right hl on tho thu bask bank of the Seine ire are a l. l l' l perpetual s ad act adfor adfor for Cor the divine lne Originally this hu house c Was WR Theatre des Nations After t tho the burning of or the Opera C Ma Mu- Mu I it i lS i when nearly near near- Ij ly O persons lost lust their lr lives s the company compan was to lo Um tho remaining there till when 1 the tile present s pres- ent home of or light opera In Paris Parl opened In the next year nar ear who vho had been at the secured con con con- 1 trot Of or herself course plays then thon u v f 1 N J t r t S Sr r f 4 f f Ax lt k 4 i o 4 1 N b- b o 5 H y o RD o O C s' s tn r b tt b R t i 4 It o r. r r R v- v 7 A Ao 5 A EZA H o r t la BERNHARDT f tl f 4 1 I i I Ij j Gilt t Ril i l art of ot e er r f season oison and Is 18 the houses house's owa l heal cl drawing eaid hut but she sho shares I With othet 1 stai 11 It thru there that Cir C iso fur or Instance sun MUll n he hc heV V tiis IM In III Pi Nails I Itic he List last tine time ii Is less a famous hl bly certainly she ahu Is Ib is nut noL vu so u well outside Jd France Francu us liS her hel con oon- bu ti mi lInt hui n nevertheless jo she Is li s a U pop- pop Jh favorite in Paris I Jalil too has Jias led h il the tho life uc and IJ site she Is Js nut fl ruin I la when u at t social helal torta lit lit- when hen the tho con uv n turns to subjects lou tae lic unconventional all and tle spicy lin Until tH a n year ar or so o ago IKO i o in fn private vate life was Mine Imo Paul Torch Porel One tIll day Pore Porch who Is la l of the vaudeville vaude vaude- vaudeville ville th atre luou brought IU suit stilt foi for divorce alir al- al I II ir dh 11 1 r.- r. lions on nn th the part pait of or his hits artistic wife But not r every cry man tuan can an LK bV tho husband of a great dramatic star sial and Por l relented und withdrew tho thio suit when It was o on tho the eve ovo of oC com coming in up Ul for foi hearing u oj or four limes afterward ho Ia sur surd il again t in and 1 c each h thou he back d. d maLI I-maLI Finally h he decided d that he lie was waa tired of appearing In tho the iota lolu of oC J lie Ie sued sited the Judge heard his Ills cl evidence and awl the decree e was hi his theatre way vj opened only U Unco rec I ears cirs ago aero Her repertoire there bar hai In In- I r u t ll Sins Hans Gene Gene Za iza m La I C du Flambeau and numerous nu- nu other drama Of great rea l plaIN players play play- ers c ra IN who haVe haNo i p Mi d on I ho tho stage IHO aro I do de 1 la authier Duquesne Suzanne Avril Miller and Derno It was waif In Iii the Bouff s If that the operas of n Offend I urn were first E produced half a c century a ago ajo o but no one would now recognize lIl i o J It l as j tho the aarno house hou Lapar- Lapar cerIa ceilo lias furnished it luxuriously with soft luB dainty hangings g thick carpets and most Up to date of DC all a real ical American bar ar Miss JI s Dahy Daly Andrews Andreas of Gt cw York who ho formerly managed tho the Theatre dc des arts Aits at th tho close of or last t season NIHon The Iris Alia Is smaller than t o e other houses house's but hul It Il has Ims been the scene of numerous plays by liy foreigners Miss An Andrews r rs r's s 's Is Ib the tho young oung woman wornall who Instituted n a mc messenger bo ho boy on American lines in Purls Parts a few Cew years cars a agog ago o. o lint Hilt It was too swift for oa Parisians and Jl never Vl paid The Tho men of the town preferred to tilt sit in front of the the- I care cafe hurl and sip In their absinthe while thu the r allwn delivered their mes- mes ares |