, 1870-04-24

t,,,. .nr,,- ..Hit him on the he.d: sod
nin IL. ~. ou,.r;+;e4. and It fhers b, AnJ dsRaG@
e-d. ~bich seems particularly to II q an
na,Te. ~ The audience 30 N 70 eante zl2a.s
~ Oh i" xnd scute indicat.oas 9! senGt Fl
The eio1t<urs never miss tho oPpo!sn.15 1ss;;s
sne,ss31e'y aenseaaF sseana he.ng be Il tie ee
NAV enable the malcontents to pefce1se =.
hc.rtire. The Pan NAL Nazeste gives eome H ~.
terestipe details OF this noble instl8t3aon. *
to 1880 # wae usual for theatzscal manasata ~
covenant with i chef d eta9ste OF fgaaeA ~ ~
mich vear. on the understanding tnn*
! be should bring dve-and-khrty OF i9rt.
| ctoqaers to the house eveIy ntgtt: one ans'
! however, it wse discovered that t1n1 -. aei,
| rncpt VIA not at ali paying one The onls
| manwhoth oth1ived under il WAS the chef de cad1FR,
/ Who generally ruade his fortune It the end ol
= few years and retired Ech. while ins e1-
EMPLOYER, the manager, too often ended ~
eareerin the bankfurtcs eouf: tns 1ao e.! ~, ~
of ii. contract. Besides his txcd salary from
| the manager he received 60 much yea1 frnsa
most At tho actors snd actresses, esIec1AiS
from those who hid not much tAens* ana, y
addition to this he freIue1'':' sold st h.Sh
rate the fortv seats which Ii. received gratis,
Env-a-dsv. i'll this is changed. Instead Of the
manage. pa-inc the chef de cla7ue, It u the
lat,sr funct1nnary who rays tho nhnaest.
1lree or four yeaa sgo, Then a s;nst 49, ~
I
..Henrietre Anrechzi," Of the hEothefs
t;crccur4, thr chef de- c'aqu' Of the iheatre
Francois hroneht> on the sceond ana tn.!a
,, | night. Of the performance, SUI e!111eM5s
/ 70 the rc-cnc. The nrreA "ttna IA "a
tn. atude,ste shvleked. t,ut i'll the end II *as
, thr students who got the best Of IT.. They hao
y stronger lungs than the tner-enaFse~. ana A!te1
!. the third performance The piece Was with
drawn. It u very curious to zee c1:! ~
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y Within few doors Of every French theatre i
+, a cafs where the chief claTtsr establishes
: t;is E-aanua1ters. Toward or s oelSk p
te | puts ia 20 appearance. and Is Imtnedtasel
u / an,jols to BE- enlel:r<i sor that evening. A
1u~, the t1et thing Tho chef DR. e!aT7se looks
rs | i. the a7ess o. the ca-.hdAtee. he sccepts Il
4, hlouses aud no sloven II he sees ma
n. tersnce, endowed VIII, t,o~. ''rord shou1de1
Nv aud tine his hands, he gcn'raI- c;'Hs:e t:a
~ | once The te1.ne Of admission - :ne Gtf :?
vary. Sometimes especially IN sun. =.
ian there ia dull pieee hcing performer, - u.
,is- cult to find ciaquears, and the chef presses
m | ery one he can get, accepting eight SOUS.
r.. sous. ard even as little ~ four sous from ea
, of Of his trape. should the piete. be 10 ho!
lesaly dnH or the weather 70 hot that
pnc Que will volunteer to pay even -
nnl renee the chef must then have recon
10 what ragamufkns he csn lind, and ra!y.
-cst troupe instead Of being paid BY them Wy
he there is popular riete, however. the rhct
.ert ctdq'e sonettiner has a. a,.oi. ,s.ss;
be dates to choose from. sud on such oeesel'
,,s- he can MAKE his Own tesms- un the night
,sr a tirrt performance OF Angler. sardot OF ~
Wa andre 1Mma- Gis, the seass in the e4aq'4e Il
tive or ten francs apiece II rnw il exp
e,t cd, ~ at the revival Of >'Ffnan., three
-. | 400. and Inst of .Iurrece Borgis. last IA
m afy. the rlarrs fetch quite fancy rt1ce--
liz addition to the income he derives from
Wss ing seats at : profit the contractor OF
+ he cld1.ie still makes fine bonus by lcvEn1
saii tuhute upon the aetorz ana actresses !
nkrr | alwav7 EASY for apectator to guess wticl
:, 10 the performers ray the ciaqne a,sa which
msda not. No matter how slight may bc the
1nmy which an actor or actress has torlay* he o.
,e by is snre to he warmly applauied it tue cit
tnid ci1re has been well paid. For 'ttta' !.
I ali: to refuse raymcnt would hc tolis eai
more popular dranatista. Alexandre "
with among them, have, At different times, en-
,cen ere.l to abolish the canque, at least 70 =
ting their own works we're concerned; hut tn
~ 1.s ternrt hxs always failed As in the d
,'k;nr Narolecn l., 4pd under the hestorst!o
i thse now, the eldqur Is in too good odo1 VII
-. | tol;ce n he easily superseded.