Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-11
Visiting a Partisan Garden Where Ac-
quaIntance Soon Ripens Into
Matrimony
The Celebrated Black Cal Club OF Pari,
VI. DamaIa, Sarah Bern.
hardt's "Costly Iuxurr.p
fontaihcbleau' where Napoleon was III
Norc"d signed His Abdication ana
Partcdw iu,the "oid Guard.-



RTE DE CtCHY, PARIS, sept. ia.-Our
nome during our stay Ia Paris this time
has not been az a hotel, but very home.
like aud delightful pension Ia the Rue do
Cllchy, quite near the home of Victor
Hugo In his earlier years and also the one
TO which he returned later in life. DO
not suppose that | am cndeayorinu to
"ring I'M the pun ohllque or the pnff dl.
rect for the Rue dc Clichy pension. for
this Is not ut all necessary We pay our
bills at The usual rates aud considered il
a favor when an American friend wrote
Us OF the agreeable quarters he had
found. Tor a homclikc pension,
according 10 American ideas. is
IA rare thing in Paris, and this
embodics the best features OF French aud
American life from Il modest ten francs
/ per day point OF view.
Have you been TO the 'Chat Noir''
/ Black Cat)y is q question often asked IN
the Rue de Clichy, some OF the inhabi-
tantS OF which belong TO the fourth estate
aud know all that Is "going on.r What
is the "BlAck Cat?n Is a question that
was asked rather doubtlully- never
know what you are going 20 pull up
against in Paris; but wc were assured
that the ''Black Cat' was all right. and
the American gentleman aforesaid, who
has been long resident of Paris and is
married to a French lady, volunteered
with his wife to act as escort TO this Curl
Gus resort, the name OF which reminds
one always of Bunum's "chcrry-coloredn
cat--black cherries, as he explained 60
mis- audience when the black cat was let
out OF the bag upon the stage.
The Black Cat IN Paris is quite different
from BaInum's. II Is club house in the
Rue Laval frcqucnted by journalists aud
artistS-dnmatic and other especially
the younger members of these liberal
professions. II Is an ordinary house,
with an extraordinary window and
swing lamp I'm front of the door. Instead
OF the high, narrow windows usual In
French houses this has one high, wide
window filed tin with stained glass In
lurid coiorS, and the lamp has also rcd,
revolutionary aspect dulled by Il some
what sickly display OF gas. The steps TO
the doorway and the doorway itself are
narrow, but they are guarded by Il trc-
mendous Individual giant warder in
fourteenth century costume, with helmet
and halberd. He is not half SO
formidable as ne looks in fact he is
good-naturcd, aud admitted Us most pc
litely. The ground ioor Is occupied as
sort of restaurant, at the tables of which
both men and women were seated; some
very nice, lady-like looking women, too.
The regular meeting room, reading
room, etc, Of the club are mp stairs, and
we were invited to 20 up and make our
selves at home. The stairs were narrow,
but the welcome was wide, and we made
our way TO the second floor, the presi-
dent, who Is also the proprietor of the
building and the founder of the club, cX-
planning some OF the emblematic devices
and exhibiting the Chat Noir under all
sorts OF aspects, rs contributed by mem
bers, TO the decoration of the walls, The
reading-room has a copy of llolhein'S
Madonna, and the meetlng-room is
adorned with portraits OF the founder and
his wife, the lady full length and In a
striking historic costume The club
issues paper which is called Chat Noir,
and which has tor tlgurc-head
black cat with rs back decidedly up.