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Show Theater Curtain Stuck. iBvi Tho modern iron theater curtain, -H which is really a metallic wall by BBJ wlilch a theater auditorium may bo of- . BB fectually separated from tho stage in itl case of accident by flro, must bo prop- 11 crly constructed, says Lo Temps, if 11 its benefits nro to bo realized. A de- lH scent at an unexpected moment would BB result In the loss of as many heads as ftPefl might he In Its way, nnd a failure to BbV move It at all might also cause trouble, This latter feature was experienced at il tho soventy-flrst performance of "hi IH Hoi" at tho Varieties. Tho house was well filled, 8,000 francs having been ; BfJ taken in at tho box olllco when it wni BB time to begin tho performance, but . BB the metal curtain could not bo raised. BbJ One of tho big counterweights had BB been loosened and crashed to tin BB stage. Repairs could not bo mado and BBb tho nudienco filed out, receiving the BH prlco of tickets back at the door. HB |