The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT ROW.

~ WI ~ VI NhaN MI oNhyhibN Nen
made here last winter to interest Americans
In the plan to commemorate the twenty-hfth
Anniversary OF the opening of Henrik Stem
kicwiozs career as a novelist by giving him
q villa near Warsaw. Alexander Lambert
was made local representative OF the Polish
commIttee and made an effort TO collect sub
sonptons ior the purpose But II soon De,
came evident that the novelistS readers mere
I 70 coptrbate money y'f to the fund. 'alltRcqsR
IN S any 'af's d @Sn oSS" and Tii h hp& aRa,fr had nft cssTrnnssda
little or nothing from the sale o. the work
acre sg ~ inc AmIeTican committee soon 122ti t
nothing was TO be expected from here, II
gas evidently not needed as the contrt6H-
from Poland. amounted 70 about $4,000. which
IA more than the committee over expected "
rest was 20 have been used In decorating the
house B!t as the merchqnts Of. Tsrsaw
without cost. this excess will now be devoted
u some other purpose.
Paul Potter. who Ia now In New York to
superintend the production Of several plays
and incidentally study the conditions Of the
theatre asthey exist here in behalf of the French
Dramatic Authors Society OF which he is a
member. has already found one feature Of
American audiences that makes them different
from any others in the world. After having
been ava from New York only a few years"
he said, yesterday. i am .astonished on my
return TO see the prepOnderance OF women
In the audiences here, In the evenings as
well as at the matinees the women are 80 much
In the majority that they must decide the ten-
denCy Of theatrical taste In this country. A
play to succeed must be liked by them, aud
the dr}natist must keep this IN mind when he
one feature of American audiences so striking
ne this, and 1t impressos a stranger or one re-
exactly the reverse o. Ills situation exists
In Europe, There 1t Is 70 The men that plays
ont In NE first place at the end Of the play and
not the woman. The extent Of women's in
fucuce. In the theatre here explains q great
Mr.. Potter has been lyire for the past three
years al Lausanne on Lake Geneva and will
return there In the spring
II used to be said that the theatre prices in
New York were lower than In the large foreign
cities because the highest price here was o. 90
while IN London 81 more Il demanded for the
most desirable places Since that time. New
Workers have seen theatre prices gradually
increased to g. In almost every theatre. while
In London the inclination has been for several
years % lessen the expenses Of theatregoers.
II was always no more expensive there IL reality
than IN New York because the number of places
orchestra seat, Of a View York theatre Now
the local theatres are regularly more expensive
than those in London and the circumstance
attending the sale OF tickets make the pleasure
stu more costly. Very few seats that are
desirable are ever 70 be had at the box Offices,
against tho speculators, tickets are to be had
ouly at the hotel, and AZ the same prices asked
65E p re Wit I,gee Ht6 sp '1oEa gGS tb so nt the s syeTSSe
city theatre must pay 50 so for II.
suzanne Adams. who has returned to this
90 Iutrr In advance Of other members OF the
Maurice Grau opera Company, probably looks
forward To aIDfl or ga.Du 81 .tppUlnx In Ia