Evening star., 1933-04-08
High Lights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
I RIsH INDEpENpENT. publin-1

7 RISH INDEPENDENT, Dublin.-To
the Editor: I have read the article
in the Irish Independent by DR..
i Frederick Graves about tobacco
and influenza. Influenza is chiefly
caused by overlooking the system with
so-called food and drink. The doctor
refers to an old man of 100 years who
used to smoke a clay pipe. That old
man was bred from former strong and
healthy generations. He was fed on
milk. oatmeal, porridge, brown home
made bread. eggs, potatoes, bacon, cab
bage, turnips and greens. He worked
from dawn till dark six days of the
week in all sorts Of weather and had
thews and sinews like whalebone and
leather.
The nicotine of the very little bit Of
weed he used to smoke was mostly alb
sorbed into the bowl of the clay pipe.
The present generation is trying to
exist on tea, flags" thrills and cushions.
They have not in general half the size.
substance and endurance Of those OF
40 years ago. ANTI-FLU.
Theaters Suffering
Slump in Paris.
lie Soir, Brussels.-Along with the
hotels, shops, restaurants and billiard
parlors of Paris, the theaters there, too,
as is natural in such a universal de-
bacle, are afflicted with drastic reduc-
tions both in patronage and income.
This state of affairs, diScouraging and
paralyzing as it is, has been accom-
panied by other phenomena even more
Objectionable. If the proprietors are
not making any money, the actors and
the stage hands are in a like predica-
ment.
A poverty little less than epochal and
complete has spread through the whole
fabric of the show business, and car
ried its contagion even to those only
indirectly connected with such VEN
lures. The saddest aspect of the whole
development Is that some OF these peo-
pie, not fully comprehending the de-
gree, nature or prevalence of the eco
nomic decline take personal umbrage
and resolve, If they cannot collect in
wages, at least to be recompenSed with
some sort of unjustified and unworthy
retaliation. We related the other day
how in the carpenter shop of ''L'Opera"
serious fire broke out which the sub
sequent investigation attributed to a
short circuit in the electric wiring. But
yesterday similar incident occurred
in the Comedie- FrancaiSe, which those
whose Ouly II Is TO examine liitO SuSil
events, now ordinarily try to make ap-
pear of little gravity or significance.
In fact, we understand that policy
of silence has been recommended In
official circles, but the public is badly
resigned When the exact character
and extent of the episode are not made
known, then the immediate tendency
is to make things out much worse than
they really are. In this particular in
stance the assumption has been that
some unknown malefactor had cut,
with blows of hatchet, the lead pipes
from which an auxiliary supply Of
water was to be derived In case of fire.
inquiry was made, of course; but there
was no result of it. The report merely
asserted that the fire protection re-
sources seemed adequate for any emer-
gency!
Enormous taxes are running the the
atrical business in Paris. CabaretS, too,
with larger patronage, and less expense,
are feeling the depression to the same
degree. The only exceptions to be
noted are a few in the Montmartre
quarter, notably La Boite," and Lar
che de Noe" especially patronized by
foreigners with plenty of money, and
relishing broad jokes. 1t Is the more
unfortunate that in such times as these
the more offensive resorts are the ones
which survive the longest! Far superior
in the spectacles at
the Moulin de la Galette," and at
IL 'Odeon" are much more sparsely at