Paris, Aug. 8.
Mile. Parisys, a' well-known Parisian actress, who has "just returned froma visit to.the United States, seems tovbave deen much Impressed by the superiority off theatrical management in. that country. She notes with admiretion that the hotels and agencies supply any would-be theatre-goer with tickets "for numbered seats without extra charge. -On reaching! the theatre he walks right. in with gut having to wait in.front-of desk to have bisticket checked. He is shown to his seat at once, dnd is not expected to tip anyone! The cloak-room service is gratis, acd so is the programme!
They manage these things much worse in France. Far from abolish ing extra charges for ushers, deal room and programme, Pavis'lessees treat them as.a source of profit. They are generally farmed oat for fixed sum.to intermediaric The women attendants are supplied by an agency which exacts a stipulated) fee from each employee, and she} of course has to recoup herself. She waits for her tip, and, if she }does not getiit, she makes herself} unpleasant. She is seldom troubled, "vith notions of efficiency. It is not] unusual to see an "ouyreuse" consulting a plan of the auditorium before she can show a spectator to tis seat,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.