People have been frightened away from the theatres by the Paris disaster. Structurally, the London playhouses are far better than those of Paris in respect to safety from fire, and no such overhauling has been necessary here as is been insisted on in the French capital. There the Palais de Glace has been peremptorily closed for a month pending alterations, and the Theatre Committee is considering what to do in the case of four important playhouses, the Vaudeville, Ambigu, Dejazet, and Palais Royal. These should be rebuilt, yet the authorities naturally hesitate to put the respective managements to what is almost a prohibitive expense. Even the latest development of the architect's genius, the new Theatre Marigny, on the Champs Elysees, cannot be opened as soon as was intended, as alterations must be made. Every Londoner who had friends in Paris on the day of the holocaust, sent telegrams of enquiry. In many cases these were not immediately responded to, on account of the temporary absence of addressees, and much anxiety resulted. A lady whose two daughters were staying at the Hotel des Deux Mendes, not receiving a reply to her anxious message, went over on the night train, only to find her daughters calmly resting in bed, ignorant of the catastrophe which' has placed fashionable Europe in mourning. They had come in late the night before and missed the telegram.
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