Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-29
Some Things You Want to Know
Ths COmedis Franoaiss.


II L1ua XIV and Napolson has no.
lived a16 ths Cu--seis Francass bad nct
sss1 erea-sd b. roTEl dscres- ths-s vuuia
Fru1os~ rar1arksd al A-e-8ca- tourist a
shor1 tins GEo up1n his return fron Paris
WADE ths Ee-e-zHzario1 Is eEtravssan-
u is a fzc1 taat TIE rarnss q these tuo
rreat rulers and q shis pgEerful dransric
orrAnEzAfso1 are rlo-e ciozsly assoca1ed in
TIE publle r1tnd with the Preach nauoa
than any ozhsr arraT q Te-sonaEss O.
rruup q instft-1-to-s
The Coms6ie FrA-cztEs occupies . placs
q prs-s1ansncs IN ths wo71d @ dra-nssc
srS- and las uazntained the F,osltton al-lcss
slncs lis crsa1o1 by Louis XIV. whel he
dscrsed thaz the thres rival tbea-rlcsl Or
gan lEa1ons TIE Kf1Es Company. MoIe-s's e.
tns os-npauy of the Msrzss thsater. ard
tie Royal Company should oozbins IN 1sso.
j ts prae5oaLly the only royal ils1tutlo1
q Francs whIch survived ths rsvoluzao1-
Nspol eon gave 4 rev hone AID revived
n ~ ms secres fron MosooE n III Its
ha-dzouas thsass~. cresEure house q rec
oras. uas burned In lsso. buz vas rssuilt
VIA a Eovs-uzez1 approprissio1-
IL - rurs-nsd in q moE1 peozlisr nlzz1sr-
In fara no ona seems 70 know eEa-tly whE1
t.s oode Is Its laws ars rather a ooCl1lsa
A. wkzch have ETOE1 cut g t-adit3on-
Whel pCouhEilE you1g student ETa1zaies
[ fron rhs Conservatory, the national tan
I inE school for actors ne nay be empSoyec
~ a ysa-iy s11ATy % pay Eanor rIas--
Aver he las bsaz n ths employ q ne
theazsr for several ysR-E. shoWs EPriT1ae
and there is daauy . raGa1ry, e-the-
thr0ugh dsash OF rsarenszL hs IS elFSisa
ans q rhe -rassozatss-" - Al EEsocii4le
be shares Ia tbe s1nusl p-oa-s q the irlsll-
tutou wh5oa are EougEuss co1ss2csrahae-
as shs ausIlru-isa recsivss A. anna sao-
Say of a. 900 frAaes from the Eoveru-ns11.
and IN zddir11l rscsives the thsAler Ire~ q
rent and tA1esL One o. ths best features
Z q shs orFaniEzz5ac Is thas aosaz cas- Tor
manor parts 90 not quit In azsEast They
Rrn.ou shat While 1hay may he playing TIE
-.s-ts of maids AID nlanssrEznts today. to
marrow thsy nay - cast t0- priocpSl
rolss as one pay is seidon E1vsa more
thar rwo days IN suecsss3o1- aSz1 I21Tse
Ssvs 4 week for the same play is TIE
u-nft BIZ this means of rCrsting The actors
a u,d se4r-zzss he ensemble sxceLgDcs Of
-he cats Is made easily the Enes1 n ths
uvrss. Oz.s reason Why actors % o0s coua-
psasn Of a7peA-4nE IN minor roses is thar
they are given s-nAJ extra F-lpeno Tor
every performance In whach they take part
Thsrs IL 10 lAzi1as or -tsuPerme11sA IL
.s-s there when an actor has grown too
old 20 Do ospabls work be is retired On
hanson. In the division Of the ANIMAL
.~os1r she actors are ranzed according 20
leaEzh OF se-vsos
I one o. the features O the C5msdis Frzn-
oafss uhieh strikes Americans most forci-
/ baF Is its uncouproEniEtnE attitude IN oppo-
sation 20 ihs staring system which Is
4 Eacf an integral psrt OF TIE stage n both
ErEland ana America And this snUPathT
to -E1zrs- is vel f0za8sd Al the Coincide.
4 for its one expeTssnce in that direction Was
frauEht With much artistic and financial
distress The single eIcsprion was the
great Rachel Who packed TIE theater 10
fho doors every night thai she APPEARED
h-frE4nR into the box Off3ce 1040e francs
upun each APpearEncA. All Of which went
into her own poekets On the nights which
the star did not EFpeGr. however. the
thsAisr was practically empty. On one
occasion 81 10 recorded that Tartufs and
I-IaEacr." the tEo uasterpascsR q Aol1sre
and kA-4Ezux- were produced u5thSut The
star and the reczpcs we're s. francs o.
Gaa Bat Rzehsl lad been elevated 70
lshe position OF a star because IN the opinion
q hsr associates she was the greatest
actress IN the history OF the wC-3a- One
critic M Lswes. described her thus;
"Rzchs waE the panther II the stage
with a pazTheg's terrible baa1ty and uooD-
ilAr1nE grace she moved and stood ElAEed
snd EprE1g-"
II s. not EsnsraIly known eaaf the honor
of discovering this great ArTiEts hS2oags
10 an American When Edwtn Forrest was
In Europs n ISS and 1EE be wsE asked by
TIE manager of q Paris thsAteT 10 give his
opsu4On q an actor q whom The manager
expscaed much AT the cooc4usiOn q the
Ipe-furznAnos Forrest sA4d he thought the
mAn only Mediocre. but he ADDED but that
Jewish looking girl that little bag q
lbo1ss. with the marble face snd The flA1a-
ltnE syes-Shgre tE denouiAcsl power n her.
lH Ehs lives and 6sos not burn out too sOon-
the VII bscsrle sorasthing wonderful
Ana il was net long before TIE bag q
bones arrived. but there Vas lots q work
before she reached tire t0P- n Lsg0uve-
the author of -Adr5sn2s Leo0Evrsur. rS-
llAass that On ons occasion Ahe worked with
him fer rhres hSzrs over the reading q a
Etnzss llne n Louise &c L4gneroles-
Anosher ct the greatest names associated
win tie Coznsd5e FrzocAise was Mia
MA-u who. unfortunately for her ssnEi-
hla1ass. tired 70 reign too lonE a. The