Show tm r i How tree the Theaters of 01 4 1 1 Paris Are calla ll Allis It If b has b been n somewhat PAm P said le II th dramatic center ot of America In Other words word lb the vast at majority or of playa play that have bue successful runs run In the United States IN an brought over from the 1 French Indeed 0 one hR has only to glance luce back backover backover over the lIat or of successful plays play of oC the thelast lilt last two years to e see 1 a striking demon demonstration ot of this tact fact Cyrano d de Ber Bergene gene and For or the Crown represent hA t better examples of French dramatic art which have haYI been taken up is In this country white while such cree cre creations a as Mlle IUle Ft 11 Ya The Girl From Maxims The Tit Cuckoo In Par ud and Sapho represent lb the Ie less artistic and more dramas which have hav enjoyed a greater Ier or leer Ill d de detree rr tree or of success 0 on this aide leS of th the At the theaters of 01 Paris In which bloh most mOlt or of the most moat popular ot of tb the da day are re gat presented see are the Theatre the and the Odeon Odou This trio 1110 of 01 famous house may b be call callett called ett ed the fountain head ead of the French drama soil 11 as such uch they are an the most mOlt Interesting and nd In a wa way the he most mOlt Im Important theaters In the world The Odeon hg tin the Theatre I is 1 a louse and aDd at al It there Ihre Are throe cl classes or of given I Monday evenings strange tran to say are devoted to tb the classics Thursday after afternoons wit Witness nell a matinee and lecture while every rr evening excepting Monday Monda I ii devoted to 10 the ordinary repertory The Th director of this theater Bat lit present 11 t Paul rul I Is II a state Ital official and any one ofte Who Imagines hi his position to be bea 1 a sinecure would soon oon find hi his mi mitake mis mistake take by A glance at the many details and the Im Important with which h hI he heis I is n Its I la for lor Instance In a ary avery very ry different po from Irom that thaI of Nw New York manager and nd pro producer producer ducer for tor the wa ways la Ip which he works and the which he be mud adopt are r unknown in the new world The Th 1 Tench manager of oC a bou house such a the Francl or the Odeon I is not allowed to undertake any n nother other enterprise either lyric or theat theatrical and cannot renounce bl his position until the nd end of his hili term tenn In n default ot of from 40 to 10 francs 11 lIe must alto also carry out the engage IU menta made by his hll pr predecessors with artists and employees while all 11 treaties entered upon with willi must be strictly adhered to id at the end nd ot of his hll term tenn he I I is obliged t to restore the In en enterprise exempt from debt obligation or eh charge Th The tall state h has constant Bur sur ot of the workings ot of the theater by means meane ot of a Pf f th the government ove who In Parts Pari le II about what the dramatic censor la II In London The manager must haY have the authorisation tion or of the minister or of ploy plays to give ve a foreign pit piece under the tb head ot of new Every pIece which I Is not nol a flat failure must mut ha have at al lout 12 performances while at least t six Ix works work of ancient rp rep repertory inUit be given eln In every season lOn lOnNor Nor oan an 1 a new play pIa ie be accepted without meeting the approval ot of a committee ot of tilt three w or five members appointed by the minister of pi plays All 1111 this IOU sounds ery t tp n hal hag aver r stag been t loo upon the drama BI as BItin asa a tin fin art for one aM instant worthy the at attention or of a grave VI and august At Washington The Th French stale 11 thaler have the naiades arranged on the annuity plan e Conservatoire pupils pupil are engaged at I 2400 francs a year end and no artist I is given less Ill than trance a month Al AI Although though the tb ordinary debutante from the h ot of hid baa Ih the to three debuts the sometimes as assigns 1 signs three additional a a fur lur lurther further ther test tet or of personal talent Dr By this plan all n budding bUddIn Tb of promise It are given Iven a fair chance and eon does doea not Dot nurse its III hundreds ot of mute mut inglorious duck u aa wander for tor Instance up and lall down don tb the In Nw New York spelling with Q a capital A and frequenting free cree lunch Illach count counters In h tb the Parisian under state late lateDO no DO children are re allow allowed to pert perform nn nor are artists still lUll under 11 yearn tars of oC age actors Ire are pail on an average erae bout about francs per some getting as high u 1600 1100 franc per pal month tile the Odeon a ac r I is P passed on to tb the Theatre and then Ihm h he II a paid correspondingly well Paris Is II a paradise for tor playwrights IdL I Is because of th the state It theater In do America the young and aspiring Shakespeare with a dozen dOleD dramas up hi his sleeve has hal not one chance In tn ten of ever having them read d pt At the Odeon every ery manuscript submitted must be carefully gone over or and aM reported upon It seems hard on the Ibe Odeon ot of coarse but Ua so 10 ordained by the powers powen that be naturally th the readers der recI receive bUild hundreds red ot of pl playa tr far examina then lIOU Of ac Ib these about out ot of every tOO are re found to bl be promising or In oth other words word I about ene quarter of oC the manuscripts submitted are found at t all suitable for lor production Twel Twelve per percent cent lIt of 01 the receipts ot of every err perform performance ante ance must ro go to the happy author or of a 11 pl If Ie an accepted c piece le II not per performed r formed the author receives an I indemnity lid III or of 1000 1001 or 1080 1000 francs ac according cording to the character of the drama While the Parisian plan hu has Its III oh ob advantages there are under such uch I always tw drains I upon theatrical receipts aRl and innumerable able ble upen expenses ua own to the Amer loan Ban method of oC p action This condl condi condition tion makes maki It very ery as al Amr Amer leans visiting In Pert h have often found to their sorrow to 10 secure free entrance Into the theaters there even foreigners or of note nole and representatives of the for tor foreign eln eign p press at ate not net alloWed to pass into III to toa a theater theler without the necessary I g or 01 10 francs But alter all perhaps this I is Ih the more admirable and satisfactory are ar arrangement Ever Every tree seat at given Iven by a director must be strictly accounted for lor forthe the or of plays himself being Ih the l only l individual who has the privilege II or of walking into Inlo a theater whenever Ih the spirit may so 10 move him Owing to the fact that II a great reat number of l Americans are now preparing for lor a visit to l Paris arra during the coming sum Bum Bummer summer mer It I Ii worth taking takla note nole ot of the dif dlf lerent Parisian theatrical conditions for lor no intelligent visitor to tb the Uon will are to leave the gay capital without seeing at least leut one oae or two dri dra mitts performances II a la Pane P Paris pow tIOW h has about abou 11 b II large playhouses to II say nothing of r bourse of tile the smaller theaters and the innumerable music bails halle and cat cafe tB Performances begin between halt pat past 7 and half last 8 1 and lat lut at a rule rul until midnight Matinees are sometimes given on Thursdays and on holidays TM The best belt seats ai a II I I j i d II noun a as the ta t c c seats at next Mu I a tf 1 hire to t oretH HI Which ere tb the I 1 l tor 1 In I lie Pal urIt I lit Vi a J ha r rt rp Ot J I arv al I g I r I for tor t 11 l j next nellt In ot of p I nf 10 loses dt de pran inti re dl de lac faces nai At I several pill or lil j ta lilot t Rr Cr ur not i 1 f L rr 0 tI Ilm a I rows ie h iris hall thin i n r chunk t I t men nr 1101 nin tte h l expected to In r I tt nun 0 shoal d alwa el r be t 1 1 U as in Am rk I II I II I PI r IT for the beet I teat 11 a 1 franc franr sears III I t th lb I dH I all th the larger t J I cloaks can aO In 1 small I tee ARTis 11 J k f 4 04 L r on rl a a e c I 1 k r o 1 A STAtS cI 4 oo PAUL T rho 1 o o 0 Its y yn r Y n L a 1 j r n G 1 t B b f n w L O iO A FAMOUS PARIS PLAYHOUSE u |