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Show FRENCH PREFER TIPPING PLAN Paris Theatergoers Falls to Appreciate Apprec-iate System That Would Abolish Abol-ish Old Evil. An excellent Instance of how the conservative French public adheres to old and established traditions, despite de-spite any Inconvenience, Is given by the failure of tl experiment of the new Franco-American comedy house, the Champs Elysees theater. The prices of the stalls were provisionally pro-visionally raised from $2.40 to $.1, and the usual charges which more than made up the difference the program, cloak room charge, ten per cent, poor tax and the tip to the ouvreuse were abolished. Although the public was saved an immense amount of annoyance and red tape by the simplification, the only thing it was able to realize was that the price of seats had increased. As a result the sales have fallen enough to make the manager, M. Poirier, announce that he will return to the old system and Its inconveniences, incon-veniences, which playgoers seem to prefer. , Meanwhile, Gabriel Astrue of the Champs Elysees theater has published pub-lished the total receipts of the new playhouse for the first month of Its existence. These amount to $59,150, which. It is asserted, makes a record in this country. It is understood, however, that the figure includes the subscriptions paid for seats during the whole season. |