Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-03

consist chiefly of the bourgeois class.
The places most frequented by work
ingmen are the small cheap music
halls.
The entertainment given at German
music halls closely resembles the
English variety show, and often in
cludes English performers. The va
riety stage is indeed becoming nearly
as International as the opera. have
seen some very witty entertainments
at these places in Germany, and some
rather extensively gross. Some OF
the newer music halls are magnifi-
cent, far more spacious and comfort
able than anything of the kind in Eng.
land or America. There is one ~
Dusseldorf which seats some 4,0O9
people or mere. and does it hand
somely, with tables, ample elbow
room, wide spaces everywhere for
walking and an excellent view of the
stage from AL parts. The prices are
moderate, from Cd up to IS.
This is one sort of hail the patron
age of the working classes would not
keep it going for a week Another
sort is a room of moderate size. mt
resembling theater. but fitted with
a small stage; the entrance is a fen
pence. Here the workingmen come
on Sunday. but not in large numbers.
Drink is always, and food generally,
served in the music halls.
The theators proper IN Industrial
towns are always run by the munic.-
pality. Every large town has one
generally do not. For instance,
Observation-Disclosures with 10000 in
habitants has no regular theater. and
II may be taken as a rule that towns
below this size have no place of EN-
tertainment at all In England little
manufacturing towns of 10000 or
10000 inhabitants, such as Blston in
the back country. or Fenton in the
potteries, generally have theater
which is entirely supported by the la
boring classes. The spectacle which
may be seen night after night in ev-
cry industrial town of galleries cram
med with bOys-in music halls smok.
ing cigarettes-is unknown in Ger
many. They are brought up to do
something better with their money.
The municipal theaters have stock
companies and very varied reporter
les they include serious opera of all
nationalities. comic opera. Shakes
peare, modern dramas. comedies and
lighter pieces, such as farces ana
charming fairy tale pantomimes. M
piece is played twice running. a
high aim is maintained in the choice
of works. A new play of Haupt
mann and Sudermann will be mount
ed as soon as possible at every mum
cipal theater in the country Last
winter "Monna Wanna" was beinz
played twice a week or more in every
large town ] visited and Nine. Maet
/ erlinck was touring in most of them
The performances are generally O
/ fair merit
A mathematician in Cologne recent
ly calculated the cost of the munici
pal theater there and found that the
town pays an average of 101@d Il
each spectator at every performance.
The principal amusements of the
German working classes appear to be
dancing, sitting in the parks in sum
mer and listening to bands. The
dancing IS carried on in public houses
generally at some popular resort in
the neighborhood of a town. and
takes place on Sunday evening.
have visited some of these dancing
rooms and have found large hall
connected with the public house. in
which a number Of young people were
dancing while others sat at tables and
drank beer. 1t was all highly decor
Gus and not in the least exciting
London Times.