The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-12
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From Metropolis of france

PARIS, July ll.-No theatrical nov
city has ever Jumped so swiftly into
public favor here in Paris as the per
formance of the Russian troupe at the
Chatelct. The SINGERS, among whom
are Chaliapinc. are interesting, as is
the music which they sing. But it is
the dancers who have caught on -
The. Chatelet is the largest house in
Paris, and it is absolutely thronged
from floor to ceiling at every perform
ance. Not only that, but-an eXtraor.
dinary thing for Paris-the audiences
submit TO the rule OF the management
and attend in evening dress.
Visitors to Paris theaters who have
not been here for some years notice a
great change in theatrical audiences. A
dress-coat in a Paris theater used TO be
rarity, 1t is now the rule rather
than the exception IN the stalls, boxes
and balcony, and the agitation against
hats in thcaters has led the ladies to
wear evening dress as well as the men.
1t is not quite the evening dress TO
which New York theater goers are used.
but even that is coming.
The Paris newspapers are still filed
with the case of Captain Mark. who
is charged with series Of frauds of
all kinds, and who either sold, or pre-
tended to sell, pardons and verdicts in
military cases. The scandal is one of
the most unsavory that Paris has known
since the Wilson ScanGal. when numbers
of deputies were proved to have traf-
licked IN the Legion of Honor and other
decorations. Some of the anecdotes Of
Captain Marks methods which have
come out in the evidence are amusing
One Of the best of them is the story
Of the manner In which the captain, who
was on an excursion with two other of.
fcers and their wives, succeeded In
expenses. The three men and the three
ladies had taken motor-car for the
day on the understanding that the car
luncheon and dinner were TO be paid for
by the three men. During the stoppapc
for luncheon, Captain Mark took Lieu
tenant A aside, and, telling him con
fidentially that he knew Major b to
be rather short of ready money, sug-
gestcd that ii would be q friendly act
for A and Mark to divide expenses.
s. You pay for the meals and IN paw
for the car said Lieutcnant A of
once
A little later in the day Mark took
Major B--aside. F'A-is rather
hard up" he told him. "Don It YOU
think we might divide expcnscs9"
Certainly said Major B "Well,
IHSh, ! IL Stlllc LOT Jnt car. ana Cap
tain Mark, ''you pay for the meals -
Major B paid for the meals, Lieu
tenant A. for the car, and Mark
paid nothing.
The famous Captain of Koepenick
has turned up again, this time in
France. Great was the excitement at
Nancy couple of days ago when an
elderly man, dressed in the smartly-cut
uniform OF n German officer, was seen
walking about the exhibition grounds
Nancy is very rare occurrence since
the war, and crowd of curious people
gathered around HIM, and were inclined
TO trust him with scant consideration.
Before evil befell him, however, he was
taken away by n policeman, and at the
station he explained who he was. He
was told that he was at liberty to stay
in France, but if he valued his safety |
and comfort he should take off his |
German uniform and appear in less con
spicuous dress, In the evening he re-
turned to the exhibition dressed in pri |
vate clothes, and he did a good trade |
in selling postcards on which his own |
portrait was printed.
A gay young man was stroling along !
the boulevards one evening when, feel. |
ing somewhat tired, he seated himself |
on bench for n rest Presently he |
noticed that very precty woman had |
after some preliminary and trivial re-