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High Hats In Theatres And Public Nuisances
A New York Star column laments theatre design flaws that spoil viewing for patrons with insufficient slope in seats. It compares old venues to new London plans offering conveniences from hot water bottles to telephones, urging hope these reforms will curb the era’s theater defects. A separate note discusses buried alive cases and proposes safeguards like automatic coffin alarms.
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New York
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New York Star
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Pittsbury Bulletin