The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-25
THEATERS OF PARIS.
Comedians in Great Profusion
1T the Hotel Brady.
THE Hussus OF REHEARSAL.
Crsssing-Swsepers - Stage 0oddsssss-
The ClaQueur . Nuisanco-Ths Au-
thor's Pront From . Play.


SECOND PAPEA
The comedian has his hotel In Paris
the Hotel Brady. in the Boulevard do
Strasbourg. The hotel il large, but the
proprietor has not gone to any great ex-
pense SO far as architecture is concerned.
As more space was required, he bought
up the adjoining houses and tackled them
on to the main building. Tho portion Of
the hotel looking out on the Boulevard
de Strasbourg, more particularly patron
lied by tho comedians from the prov
inces, is q compromise between Swiss
cottage and Chinese pagoda. Tho i've
stories have each narrow balcony, en-
abling the lodger to overlook the boule-
ward and make his meals out in the open
air when the weather is fine. The rooms
are plainly but comfortably furnished,
the pavilion being set apart for the richer
members of the profession, whose poorer
colleagues have to satisfy themselves
with the little rooms in the center Of
the range of buildings, reached by
staircase resembling the ladder Of wind
mill, the spiral ascent of q lighthouse, or
the steps leading down the hatchway to q
ships cabin. A bed, chair, Q larabo,
and few clothes pegs are the only furni-
ture provided by the landlord, whose
maxim "short reckonings make long
friends" finds its application in the rule
all dodgers have to pay in advance.
Were some Asmodeus to unroof the
house, he would discover . variety of
sights calculated to initiate him into the
mysteries Of the Bohemian artificial ex-
istence led by the followers of Shake
speare and Moliere. The walking gentle
man brushes his hair, which he has
allowed to grow until he gets it plastered
down on his forehead, and admires him
self in the faded mirror. wondering If he
will ever be great man. The lady who
has been compelled to assume the part Of
the "oid woman" may be found in the
midst Of her rouge pots and toilet ap-
pliances studying the part Of coy
maiden which she will play in some
theater in the outskirts. A rich contralto
voice Is heard practising q tyrolienne.
interrupted by the impatient grumbling
of . man who has burned his fingers while
attending to the coffee boiling on the
neighbor, tries hard to tone down his
rolling ar RS" and subdue his accents
into mild baritone voice, SO that he may
qualify for his engagement in the troupe
about to visit the seaside places of resort
with the "Noces de Zeannette," or some
other operette.
Amid. the general noise and hubbub no
one takes any notice of the orchestra
leader, who has composed tho music for
an opera bouffe which will cause public
opinion to place on his shoulders the
mantle OF Jacques Offenbach. His am
bition Is doomed to the same disappoint.
ment as that Of his next-door neighbor.
the prompter, who spends his time in
copying out the manuscript Of q piece he
has written to suit the tastes OF the age.
The manuscripts Of composer and author
after having propped up the leg of the
rlckety table in some managerial sanctum.
Tney would do better to follow the ex-
ample of the old comedian, who, after
having his need Of success. has been re-
onced to take the part of supernumer-
ary. The philosopher is perched in the
garnet, his head covered with fez, which
contrasts with his buff jerkin, ~ he sings
chorus In Normandy elders praise, and