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How Paris amuses itself; (1903)

Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), b. 1869 · New York : Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 218

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ists. Somm erected a Punch and Judy where heplayed a burlesque of his own, entitled Berlinede IEmigre. The performance was found to be much tooshort. To lengthen it, the painter Henri Rivierestretched a napkin over the toy proscenium andpassed in defile a procession of policemen cut incardboard and… … 190 HOW PARIS AMUSES ITSELF which made for years the Chat Noir famous.Here appeared the famous creations of Riviereand Flagerolle, the March a IEtoile and IEn-fant Prodigue. Later an ingenious shadow stage with intri-cate mechanism was installed and a series ofshadow plays followed. Many of the…

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