The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-09
Something About the Well-Know
De La PaiX.

Som ething About the Weu-knoWn
De La Paix.
New YORK, Sept. 81 wos very much
interested in the most notable of Partisan
restaurants, the Cafe de la Paix 1t ha;
been the scene of so many sensational en-.
counters that its fame is wide. 1t stands al
the junction of two of the greatest thor.
oughfares in the town, and right in tine
very heart of the wickedest city in the
world. The Cafe de la Paix remains open
when everything else is closed The lower
floor is long series of dining rooms open
ing into one another and ex-
tending out on the broad sidewalk.
1t is upstairs that the fun and
friyolity occur. The place is never closed,
and the waiters>are as fresh and amiable at
6 o'clock in the morning as they are at
o'clock at night. The upper stories are
divided into supper rooms OF various sizes,
fitted in white and gold, and adorned by
enormous mirrors. The chairs are big,
roomy, well-cushioned and comfortable,
and the service excellent. More scandals
have emanated from the place than from
any other similar resort i'll Paris, for it en-
bodies all that is reckless in the fads of the
FOUNDERS who make Paris such bowling
success in the world of vice.
1t would be interesting to analyZe the
different supper parties that are held tn ere
in a single night. | remember, on one oc-
casion, having a glimpse of three of them,
and the composition of all was certainly
odd. | had gone there with some Americans
after the opera ball. Our party consisted
of two Englishmen, one man Of title, the
other a stock broker an American politi-
clan of some eminence, two ladies who had
anxious to have look at its right side, and
myself.
An unfortunate row occurred between
the Englishman and the politician at the
beginning of the supper, but they were
soon Quoted, and | was pulled into the
other room ON the breaking up of the party.
babe the others good night and went in to
see some old friends. They were both
Americans whom had known for a great
many years, and they had been away from
New York fourteen months making a tour
of the world. On their way back they had
delivered letters to people whom
they knew in Paris, and, as they
were both clever and amusing New
York men. French people took them up.
They had the wives of two men of decided
and unqualified distinction in the world of
politics and diplomacy, at supper, at one of
the most notorious cafes in Paris, and they
we're all in that blissful condition where
they did not care rap what happened
II
was an escapade that would have startled
the most reckless of Parsians. SO great
were the risks that the quartette ran.
They whooped things up to such hilari-
Gus extent, that, when they began to sing,
the voice OF one of the men was recognized
in the adjoining room, and little Cuban,
whom we had all known in New Y FORK, stuck
bis head in the door and Rugged every
body with delight at the reunion.
Then my four friends went off in mys-
FERROUS cabs, and / went in with the Cuban
to have final nightcap. There were six or
eight people in the adjoining room, and one
of them, gorgeously attired and opu.
lently beautiful French woman, was pound
ing the piano with degree of vigor that
threatened the immediate destruction OF
that instrument. The men were military,
and, like all Frenchmen, exceedingly polite.
| felt that | was an intruder, for i was
the only foreigner present; but it was i'm
possible to get away before 8 o'clock, and,
when l left, observed that, though moth
ing had been said indicating that people
were there who had no ii gut TO be present,
the modes of departure were sipgularly
steathy and crafty. The women seemed "a
disappear, lowering along under the guild
ance of walters, while the men shook hands
and then drifted unc)Dcernedly apart
leaving the place by different doorways.
The sudden appearance of a handful OF
husbands and fathers at the Cafe de Il
Paix any night in the year, would mean q
scrimmage of no mean proportions. Per.
haps this is the reason why the place is sc
popular. BLAKELY HALL.