The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-04
End Gossip
from Paris
RY A. n. L,AaoUREux

Paris, April 3---No Partisan win be
surprised II In the course of year or
two the managers Of the Paris theaters
invite housefui OF friends and critics
to hear an author read his play. II
would not surprise many II before very
long Invitations are sent out TO hear
authors discuss the idea which they are
going to turn into q play. for not only
has the premiere. or first night. ceased
to attract, but even the dress rehear-
sal or repetition generate 10 ceasing to
be fashionable, or. to use q choice OF
French expressions. has ceased to. be
tres snob" or tres smart" A few
years ago no one went to repetition
generate but the critics. Now the
house Is packed. everybody wears full
evening dress. It ts to all intents and
purposes q first performance. And
now that being so the chic, or smart
or snob thing here in Paris Is to so TO
the repetition des couturieres. or Dress
makers rehearsal. II Is q long even
ing's work and IL 1t were not SO swell
II would be very wearisome.
But It IL Just this labor that the
fashionable Partisan theatre-goer of to-
day enjoys. You very rarely meet q
critic ct repetition des courturieres
unless he Is obliged to go there. One
man in Paris--a buyer OF French plays
tVE UtHGE EOuHtIAGb--AlWat0 s8VSo ~
these five and six-hour rehearsals.
III can buy play after the ORDEAL
he says, II know that 1t must be ex-
tremely good" He has however.
bought no plays for a long time.
Some interesting experiments have
been made during the past week in
Paris with the so-called electric ven-
tilators which are supposed to purify
the airin cafes and other places where
little or no air comes in from outside.
Five experiments were made. The
first one was made at $3.50 In the
morning in large cafe in which the
ventilators had not been running for
eight hours. There were 10000 bac-
terra to the cubic metre. When the
ventilators had been working for an
hour there were thirty-ffve thousand
bacteria. f*'
In another cafe there were thirty
nine thousand bacteria with the ven
tilators working. as against twelve
Thousand without. And much the same
proportions prevailed In all the expert
ments. 1t is q terrible thing to think
OF the million OF bacteria that must be
swallowed in those places, and al
though the result Of these experiments
win not be to prevent people frequent
ing cafes In Paris. II may perhaps. pre-
vent the use Of quite SO many ventila-
tors. For the two doctors who made
the above experiment, and who are
public officials, both declare that these
electric ventilators. on fans, are direct
ly responsible for the spread of grippe
and OF tuberculosis.
Burglars After Banker.
Burglars broke into the private resi-
Jence of Baron de Neuflize. Governor
Of the Bank of France, the other night.
but through the timely barking of a
good watchdog they were scared
away, and do not seem to have carried
off any booty. The baron. who is also
one OF the stewards OF the Steeple-
chase Society. and director Of the p.
l. M. Railway. had gone with the
baroness to his chateau at Chantilly.
The concierge heard the dog bark at
ing that one OF the windows had been
forced open, he called a policeman.
The burglars meanwhile had time to
escape. They had succeeded in rum
maging about In some of the rooms on
the first floor, and objects were scat
tered about. No papers of any value
could have been stolen. as Baron de
Neufllze makes 1t rule not to keep
any important documents at his private
residence.
HE must be preparing for removal"
reflected the neighbors Of q well-to-Jo
old bachelor when they heard a sound
as of men stumping about dragging
chairs and tables and increasing the
din now and then with an ominous
noise as OF falling china. The racket
had continued for a while In this par
ticular flat. when it's entrance door
was heard to open. and presently GER
tain loud and emphatic EXPLANATIONS
Indicative of intense disgust resounded.
The old bachelor had returned to his
home to find everything in the widest
disorder. Curtains had been torn down
and streweI the floor upon which also
lay smashed lamps and vases and orna-
mYnts much valued by their owner,
while any number OF chairs and tables
had been overturned. After contem-
plating this scene of ruin the poor man
dashed down the staircase to confide
his troubles to the agents OF the law.
and he was wondering how many bur-
glars could have broken into HIS apart
ment when he learned that dlIigent
search was being made for a monkey
which had escaped from an adjoining
house. With an escort OF several
policemen he returned to his fiat to
find the monkey hiding In a corner.
1t seems that the enterprisinR animal
had on the previous day been entrusted
by its owner to a neIRhbor, and that.
having a taste for adventure. II hal
broken its chain and visited the flat In
question with dire results to the
property.
An amusing anecdote is related In
connection with an appeal made 10 M.
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