The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12

$500 Interesting Ihhh Actors.
o.o theater in question is in Paris, and
Inv ie the Theatre de PGuyre. Be
JUS n'',, ,,,,rg 10 the features of this institu-
loro hitch more especially concern us
ton ,.ord must be said as to its nature.
hslo" tbe disappearance Of the famous
pm. ibre the Theatre de lNuvre is
I ,p''',st important of what the Parlsians
INV +bo tbpntre cote of the Irregular
SSi1lautcrs-that is, whose performances are
,ittent and not open to the general
tiio hv nayment at the doors, but to
Pu,plla~ihors and-deadheads The counter
of these theaters in London is the In
I,lont thcater 1t must not be sup
c'l "a from what follows that the Theatre
PuCFuvre is a more or less. fantastic in
ttt,tion without claim to be taken seri
IL on the contrary it has played an
sa,rortont part in recent French dramatic
- An account of the pieces it has
-.l,cod and of the authors IL has brought
notice would be most interesting and
instrnctiye but is beyond our purpose,
,rhicb is 10 deal with certain side charac
toristics of the performances nj. Lugne-
Doe has now been giving for several years
The Tbeatre de l'Qtuyre Ii is to some
utont n matter of Indifference whether
,bo rioco be good or bad, whether 1t inter
~, or bores You. Indeed it is some of
tbo worst plays that have procured the
s,octators the most amusement. The
sposor is that, whatever is passing on the
stooe there is always an immense amount
Of entertainment to be got out OF the audi
once In no other theater in existence is
orytbing TO be found at all equivalent to
the gatherings formed by Nj. Lugne-Poe's
subscribers and guests, OF the subscribers
there is little to be said. They are people
Of means, and in many respects are much
nc other theater goers. No doubt, whether
from conviction or from what the French
call snobisme, they are curious about many
things I'M connection with the dramatic
art that are beyond the ken of the average
pbilistine who revels In Palais Royal
farce. They have been educated up to
Ibsen to the extent, at any rate, OF sitting
ont his plays, and they are alive to tho
portentous necessity of regenerating the
drama Still, If left to themselves the ap-
pearance they would present would merely
he that of an ordinary well dressed crowd,
and they would keep within bounds their
demonstrations of satisfaction or discon.
tent with the fare set before them.
II is the guests Of M. Lugne-Poe that
maks an audience at the Theatre do
rGuvre one of the most picturesque and
liyeliest gatherings imaginable. Admis-
sion is accorded in the most generous man.
ner. If seats are not forthcoming, stand
ING room is seldom refused, provided the
app.cant can make out even shadowy
claim to be interested in advanced"
drama. In consequence the young writers
and nedgalipg artists of Paris are present
by the score. And they are good to look
at and good to listen to. Genius In
France, when very young, would consider
itself wanting in self respect II 1t did not
cultivate distinctive "get up" The re-
suits of this striving after outward in
diyidualty IRE fearful and wonderful. The
hair, the hat and the tie are the matters
that receive most attention, but frock
coats reaching down to the ankles are in
high favor with the privileged few who
can afford them, corduroy trousers OF the
pegtop order of design are greatly affected
by the artists, and there is always an an
archist personal---very. often M. Jean Grave
in person-in flaming red jersey. The
anarchists, too-anarchsm Is the fashion
able opinion of the nomenclature recent
ly adopted a new model of hat In shape
it resembles the ordinary straw hat, but 1T
Is made of moderately hard felt and Its
color Is black. The SLOUGH "brigand" hat
has ceased to be esteemed. Its place has
been taken by another "soft felt as near
ly round as possible and not unlike bar
ber's bowl completed by turned up rim.
This description of calotte Is worn with
out the usual adornment of ribbon, and
to be success it should be as old and
weather worn as possible, and denied In
artistically haphazard fashion. Top hats
are admissible If they are In antediluvian
shade, and are considered PAL ticularly sat
isfactory when they are abnormally high
in the crown and are finished off by very
broad, fiat brim. But the greater glory OF
these intellectual young men Is their hair.
Words fail to do justice to the manifold
arrangement Of their locks. Length, OF
course, is a primary consideration, but
while some of the hirsute sport carefully
tended curls others go disheveled, and yet
others seem to have taken refuge in wig.
The adyisability of having beard Is re-
sponsible for strange sights In the shape
OF curious developments of fluff and thin,
struggling growths on chins scarcely old
enough for the razor
These quaint persons rejoice In exceed
ingly sturdy convictions. They are tre-
mendously in earnest. At the slightest
pretext afforded by what Is said on the
stage they break out into storm of ap'
plause or bowls of indignation, as the case
may be. AS their opinions are almost as
varied as the cut of their garments, ap'
plause and cat calling are always going on
az the same time. The different schools
group themselves so as to give greater
force to their demonstrations. BY a sort
Oh unwritten convention the anarchists
nave acquired right to the gallery. In
the orchestra = there is no band-for
gather as rule the friends of the author
an one corner are to be found nothing bu
Smbolist' poets, In another the ina
turlsts" stand elbow to elbow. These an
tagonist groups have only one feeling II
Vohmon-their contempt for the Philis
.ine' II the more bourgeoise section o
ene audience shows the least disposition t.
ma q scene trine too audacious or reall!
700 ncomprehensible--and such scene
Sfop up at the Theatre de 'Guvre-al
pohenia Is In a ferment and screeches o
eAecratlon bring the offenders to thei
Selises or ut least reduce them to silence
Inc one objectionable crime Is to laugl