nothing better than the de paris in so far as food i a at forty is concerned it is as good a place to go for dinner as the city it me now when i think of how the ability of had been working through all this as the had been arranged in his mind i was to take the elder of the two ladies as my partner and he had reserved the younger for himself as a matter of fact they were really equally pretty and charming � and i was interested in both until after a few and when i had exchanged a few laughing signs with the younger he informed me that she was really closely tied up with some one else and was not available this i really did not believe but it did not make any particular difference i turned my attention to the elder who was quite as if not quite so as her younger sister i never knew what it meant before to sit in a company of this kind welcome as a friend looked to for gaiety as a companion and admirer and yet not able to say a word in the language of the occasion there were certain words which could be quickly acquired on an occasion of this kind such as beautiful charming very delightful and so on for which gave me the french equivalent and then i could make complimentary remarks which he would for all and the ladies would say things in reply which would come to me by the same medium it went gaily enough � for the conversation not have been of a high order if i had been able to speak french objected to being used constantly as an and when he became stubborn and gaily without stopping to explain i was compelled to fall back on the resources of looks and smiles and gestures it interested me to see how quick these women were to themselves to the difficulties of the situation they were constantly laughing and between themselves � looking at paris me and saying obviously flattering things and then laughing at my discomfiture in not being able to understand the elder explained what certain objects were by lifting them up and on the french name was constantly telling me of the compliments they made and how sad they thought it was that i could not speak french we departed finally for the where the sensation of paris was playing she proved to be a brilliant to look upon a gay slim yellow haired who seemed to the large audience by her boyish manners and her air there was a brilliant chorus in and and finally a beautiful maiden without any clothing at all who was by the of the stage before she had half crossed it the acts were about as good as they are anywhere i did not think that the performance was any better than one might see in one or two places in new york but of course the humor was much broader now and then one of their remarkable was translated for me by just to give me an of the character of the place back of the seats was a great or where a fragment of the of paris was � beautiful creatures in many instances and as as you please i was particularly struck with the of their and the cheerful character of their faces the companion type in london and new york is somewhat colder looking their eyes snapped with intelligence and they walked as though the whole world held their point of view and no other from here at midnight we left for the and there i encountered the best that paris has to show in the way of that gaiety and color and beauty and for which it is famous one a at forty really ought to say a great deal about the because it is the last word the of midnight excitement and the russian and the the frenchman the american the englishman the german and the italian all meet here on common i saw much of life in paris while i was there but nothing better than this like the de paris it was small � very small � when compared to of similar in new york and london i fancy it was not more than sixty feet square � only it was not square but almost circular the tables to begin with went the walls with seats which had the wall for a back and then as the guests poured in the interior space was filled up with tables which were brought in for the purpose and later in the morning when the guests began to leave these tables were taken out again and the space devoted to dancing and as in the de paris i noticed that it was not so much the quality of the as the spirit of the place which was important this latter was of various elements � success perfection of service absolute distinction of cooking and lastly the and of sex which is and used in paris as it is nowhere else in the world i never actually realized until i stepped into this what it is that draws a certain element to paris the tomb of napoleon and the and the are not the significant attractions of that important city those things have their value � they constitute an historical and artistic element that is appealing romantic and but over and above that there is something else � and that is sex i did not learn what i am going to say now until later but it might as well be said here for it the point exactly a little experience and in paris in paris quickly taught me that the owners and of the more successful encourage and help to sustain a certain t of woman whose presence is desirable she must 