Nothing Dry About the Latest French Comedies By Bliz beth Pepys The bedroom as the raison d'etre of the modern French play will soon he superseded by the bathroom if we may judge from re-reports of the successful performance of "L'Aut Ruche'' at the Theatre Michel. Mile. Car-lotta Conti, reputed one of the prettiest of French actresses, takes a bath while the audience looks on admiringly. At first a screen concealed the tub and bather but the audience resented this cold ex-elusiveness and now there is ver; little hidden from the appreciate onlookers. We hear that variations of the same theme may be expected, since other theatres are introducing water scenes imitation of the Casino de Paris.
While we should not wish to see Shanghai elaborate this motif unduly there can be no doubt that swimming, whether in the surf, at Henli, in the various pools or in one's private tub is the dearest delight of the summer so why not pay it a little attention on the stage. Of course there is the popular film "Neptune's Daughter,"
which Annette Kellerman makes a bewitching mermaid, and other movies which introduce the theme effectively, as in the batning party which opens "A week of Love." Scott Fitzgerald, too, has an amusing playlet in which a sprightly dialogue is carried on between a piquant lady in. her bath and a gentleman outside the window who, seeing only only her face and a demure amount of shoulder is quite unaware of the unconventional circumstances.
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