CHAPTER XVII.

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NEW YORK THEATERS AND SCHOOLS--CRUSADE IN PITTSBURG-- WASHINGTON THEATER OWNERS ARRESTED--MASSACHUSETTS THEATERS INVESTIGATED--ACTION IN MILWAUKEE-- PRECAUTIONS AT ST. LOUIS--ORDERS AFFECTING OMAHA THEATERS--EFFECT ABROAD--HORROR FELT IN LONDON-- LONDON THEATER PRECAUTIONS--PRESENT RULES FOR LONDON THEATERS--CURTAIN OFTEN TESTED--CLOSE WATCH FOR FIRE--TREE TELLS OF RUSE--FORTUNE FOR SAFETY--W. C. ZIMMERMAN ON EUROPEAN THEATERS--THE EFFECT ON GAY PARIS--UPHEAVAL OF BERLIN THEATRICAL WORLD--MR. SHAVER ON BERLIN THEATERS--VIENNA RECALLS A HORROR OF ITS OWN--THE NETHERLANDS AND SCANDINAVIA.