The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-08
animal, aud the meat is good nud
nutritious, snd not at oil hshy.--[La
I'll. Reward. OF French Actors,

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The Franchise lives ON ita earnings
ard, ~ it earns much or little, so are
its actors paid. The company I'D
this Ia really tho capital point-are
shareholders In the eNterprise, at leas,
such OF them as hold tho rank of soci-
etsircs. They are in two oategorlep;
One-hslf, tho debutsnts, arc sslarisd
the other hslf, tho socie.sires, take
both salary aud profits, dividing
among them wha. is loft when oil OK
penses arc paid. The latter take thor
salaries in what are called "psrts," or
fractions OF part. The decree OF Moscow
fixed the number of these parts az "a.
each representing IL 0OOf, a year. The
rate OF payments Is calculated by
twelftns OF ~ psrt, according to POSI-
tiou and standing In tho company
that IL to say, the most distinguished
actor receives twelve-twelfths, or n full
part, tho Others only fraction. Some
short time age, for instance, Got, De.
launsy, Maubsnt, tho elder C0quelin,
Febvre, Mounst, Sully and ona or two
others alone took their twelve-twelfths
or tho iull part. Then came Rice "a M
berg AVID Barretta, with ten.twel fths
or lO,OOOf per annnm each, Bar
retta, before thst, was only
at nine-twsltths, and her pay
was augmented to make her equal IL
her comrade, not Without lively debate
IN the Paris press, for, of course, while
the matter pressed for settlement Ton
gain and the Rhine were, compare
lively speaking, forgotten. But Reich
hemberg was reminded that her favor
lte part OF tho young person was one
In which she might necessarily expect
10 become loss useful to the Coincide
as she grew older; or, rs q writer more
delioaiely put IL, at would
lend itself less than Tho
roles OF Mdlle. Baretta to the traps-
formations which, sooner or later, the
lapse OF time demands on the part of
The most charming women" Jeanne
Sa1nry, at the Same period, WAS at
seven-twelfths, or 7000f.; Coquolin the
Younger at six-twslttha, and 30 on, un.
til Dudlay and Pauline Granger re.
csived In salary only four-twelfths, or
4,000r.,a year. Bat the full twenty.
four parts arc never distributed In
salaries, and two or three are held In
reserve.
This, however, forms only tho first
item Of emolument. Tho profits left
over. after these and other pay nts,
arc divided In tho same proportion
among the socletaires, 10 that tho T6O,-
00Of. realized In this particular year
yielded a division about 40 DOOR per full
part. OF this sum half IL given tn the
actor at once, and tho other half IL
put away to form capitalized fund
for his retirement, while tho interest
OF the sums thus held Ia reserve goes
to iurnieh him with pension, In I'D
dition to the capttalixod SUM. ThuB a
star OF the first magnitude like
Got would receive his l2.O>Dr
per annum for his salarled "part, )" NJ 1t
his 2O,0oOi. down as share Of the profits,
with the 20 V00l. placed 10 his credit In
the reserve fund aud q pension In
prospect besides. In addltion TO this,
here IT, an old-fashioned allowance for
"hrlne" every time tho procietsire
piayss ana sgAtn u supplementary re-
iresher' OF 500OG or 5000. bestswod on
She most eminent practitioners an a
special favor by the government. Tho
tutnl, tnsr.iore. would he from 40,0O0i.
to 46,00of (E1,0O0 to fl,S00) q wear IN
er'Vy anVhoyt With Az WV u cVVl n YOnr
put ny, and tho pension to follow. The
pension itself Is no inconaldsrable
sum. IL begins with 5,000f. after 10
years sarvics, aud IL augmenIed by
HWi. toar. 10 that Got, at the and Of
MS thiri, five service (uow exceeded),
head. "''
Tue advantages OF tho sys.om are
notortous. They insure q good ensem-
Die BY 2ivinw all the eharsholding
nembsrs ot the company a direct In
tsrest IN rhe prospect y Of the house,
qua holdtng out TO non.shars holders q
nope OF attaining tho full rank. There
~ ,his on the one hnnd, bat, on thc
nther,tae tact that the system IL rather
Unfair to the stars. RsspsctArie ~
tncir earning are they ere constAutly
tempted to leave the houso by tho En-
ample Of their more lortunate broth.
~. 81 Il The ire companies. fL'ondon
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