SHOCKED
M. Doumergue and Nudes PARIS THEATRES PRESIDENT ANNOYED Sy Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. PARIS, Friday. In view of the existing controversy on the morals of the Paris stage, a French newspaper critic induced President Doumergue, who is a bachelor, to attend a Montmartre music hall performance. The President was accompanied by M. Barthou, Minister of Justice. When the curtain rose on a Babylonic scene, including many nude figures, M. Doumerge flushed, and showed signs of anonyance. When two dancers appeared, attired in a string of pearls, he half rose from his seat, in an attempt to quit the theatre. The final scene of the first act, which boasts the most beautiful nude women in the world, completed hrs amazement, and he turned to M. Barthou with the remark, "So this is Paris.” The two Ministers then left the theatre.
As a result of the publiUcity given to the Paris stage, a change has come over the performers. Dancers at one of the leading music halls struck, declining to allow their bodies to be pointed with liquid paint, giving an appearance of gold. They decline to appear on th stage in this condition.— A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 7
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199SHOCKED Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 7
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