Free Shows In Paris

The theaters of Paris have popular representations on ceitain days, when the seats cost only a quarter or half the usual price. There are also days like the national holiday (July 10) when most of the theaters give gratuitous spectacles. These occasions are characterized only by the best pieces, and actors dispute ainong themselves for the advantage of playing before this special publia No other audience is more grateful or more irnprossionable. They rarely have the pleasure of being present at the play. They are not blases, nor are they familiar with the wings. Having gained their places by long waiting at the door, they occupy them as conquests; they listen, in silence, applaud ■with enthusiasm, weep all together, the prey of simple and gions