The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-07
RIO DE JANEIRO, THE .@,sssl
WORLDS NAUGHTIEsT TOWN

BraZiHanS Will begin. tonight the
celebration of their independence
day, and the festivities will last all
through tomorrow The Brazilian
Sept. Z, 1922, is peculiar to that
country and includes a disregard for
the, laws of convention and Mother
Grundy that would make the late An
lthony Comstock do. a regular loops
the-1oop in his grave. Before the
war Paris was supposed to be naugh-
ty in spots, but that city at its gayest
was like a prayer meeting compared
to the riot of so-ca1led joy that it let
loose in Rio De Janeiro.
Brazilians are passionately fond of
the theatre, and the special holiday
performances are an important part
of the independence day celebration.
In some of the playhouses of Rio and
other large cities Performances may
be witnessed tonight and tomorrow
that for frankness make anything
ever witnessed on the. Partisan stage
seem prudish in comparison. The
lscantiness Of costumes on the Bra
lillian stage is not only satisfactory
to the patrons, but ID also regarded as
an advantage by the stage manager,
because it reduces, expenses. At the
same time 1t may be stated that very
few Brazilian film productions would
be passed by the American board of
movie censors. :. I
One Of the most popular comedies
presented in Rio in recent years be-
gan with a commonplace vaudeville
act. i It was very tame, and presently
a gentleman the type Of an eminetly
respectable pater familias, arose from
4 his seat in the front row and voiced
/ his mr. "a col he
4 pected to see something lively err
even something bit-er-spicy,
something that would interest and
amuse a tired business man II the
satisfied with a mere Juggling act
management thought he would be
satisfied with a mere juggling act,
why, then, the management were
very much mistaken. Speaking for
himself, and, he considered, for many
others present Cloud cheers). he
would no longer tolerate such an i'm
position, but would leave the theatre.
and he would also advise his large
circle Of friends never to patronize ii
again. AT this flustered and fright
ened manager appeared before the
curtain and, with profuse apologies
begged the protesting gentleman not
to leave. Indeed rather than disap-
point so estimable a person, he would
invite hom to come back into the
dressing room, where, perhaps
Then suddenly the curtain went up
revealing the interior of stage
dressing room and many ladies very
Iscantily clad. The protesting gentle.
man bIossomed forth as one of the
star actors.
While vice is not Haunted quite sc
shamelessly now as in the past, Ric
is still considered the naughtiest city
J on the map. And it is a big city
j. beautifully located and nagnificently
built, and with a population well over
; the million mark. :
= The United States of Brazil dates
from 1889, when the; rule of Portu.
, gal was overthrown and the natfor
i became an independent empire. Dom
Pedro, who had been the Portuguese
: regent, was the first emperor, an6
was. succeeded by his son, Dom Pedro
H., who was forced to abdicate afte1
the bloodless revolution of 1889. Bra.
I'll, which now supplies the world
!. with coffee, has tremendous unde.
| veloped resources, and is destined in
the course of time to become one OF
. the worlds richest countries.