New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
CHANGES IN PARIS.
THE BOI-LEVARDS Of FORMER YEARS-TOE-
TOMS TO MOVE

Paris, June 80.
When | first knew Paris the boulcvaris from
the Madeleine TO the Faubourg Montmartre were
| like "A salon. The Marquis of Hartford lived at
| the corner Of the Rue Laftte, looking down on
| the Boulevard dcs Italiens, and also on the Ruc
| Taitbout. Tortoni's famous cafe restaurant was
| on the first floor of his house The heavy swclls
| then tried TO live as near they could TO the
spot In which he resided. Round there the boulc-
wards took curve which broke harsh blasts.
They had a sunny side, and many passages, or
glazed-Over "arcadcs," branched of from them.
These arcades We're a permanent fair of all kinds
Of knickknacks and articles de Paris. In wet
weather they afforded dry and amusing prone
nades Cafes were crowded from three in the al
ternoon to about half-past eleven at night. and
with all that was brilliant i'll the Various spheres
which then constituted Partisan society. Diplo-
| mats ministers, authors. ambitious lntriguers OF
good manners who could dress well, walked daily
between the Madeleine and the boulevard Mont
martrc on the sunny side Of the boulcvards III
cold weather, and on the shady side in hot. The
shops We're small and elegant, and the wares
hung ont IN their windows exquisite but awfuly
dear Prices were marked in hcroglyphcs only
! understood by the vendors The cafes We're too
dear for the common people, and We're the
restaurants. Nothing was moro chic than to din"
q. the Maison Doror or Tortonis unless TO take
ones dinner at the Cafe Anglas. shahby-look-
ing place at its best which in former times the
Prince of Wales and NJ Wilson knew well from
often going there.
Tortoni's has a prominent place in the novel
literature of the rcgns of Louis Philip" ana NJ
nolcon ILL., II was financial centre in III" morn
ing. library centre. or rather n place where d'S-
tincnishcd literary men met in the early after
,ybi "A
public men gathered toward five, resort of dan
dies at seven tll. dinner hour and place 70 sup
n in gay company after the theatres had 81 l.
The Duke of Hamilton broke his neck al the Mli-on
Dorcc. next door. as he quilted jolly sup
nor on the first floor lie had taken more cham
pagne than was good for him, and fell downstairs,
TO be picked mp dead
Prcbant's was the great resort of jovial l'tora-
tours Dumas. the elder Monsclct. Eu9cn" Su"
and many Others who belonged to the upper crust
If literary and theatrical bohemia used Z, 20 there
10 dine A monthly dinner party met at l'r'-
bant's. 10 which Rcnan, the GoncouriS, Ihr'-
rhc Gautinr Tame and other famous writer's p'-
longcd Arclian Scholl has been for thirty
three years an habtuc OF Tortcnis fr"ban'S
has made way for n bonillon or cheap dining
honse on the Duyal pattern. The Nrron' III"
portc Nontmartrc and the Balcon cafes have been
= nscudomcdia.val character. in imitation of j"
Lyon dOr The windows have small pan"> so IN
lcodcn frames and formed Of limitations OF III"
bocIs Of bottles. The Maison Dorcc and III" Cafe
,nOlais after a hard struggle Of a few years gave
nm tbe Ghost ~ UNDERGO transformation. AMI now
II i tho turn of Tortoni's which. ii is announcer
this oyeninc j. about 70 close ~ doors. Ihf"'
wears ago il was galvanized. owing to inc iaV'f
Of the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchcs"~ WHO
were then focking to Paris. But they founi our
~ good and far cheaper places, AMI deserted Tue
, once famous boulevard restaurant, wh"r" 1'eN
were expected 30 make up for In" want OF o'n"r
customers
WHY. il may be asked the decay Of boulevard
restaurants AMI cafes? One caus" Is tn" hiS az
olourraticns which the general Industrial coh"'-
lions Of tho world bring about Another i tue
transfer Of political power from n monarch 10 Il"
elective assembly, which meets on the oth'f Sf'
Of the Place de la Concordc. thir1 cause j.
the sudden growth Of Paris west OF IN" 'hahP'
Elvscc tram cars, steam and others taxing
crowds 81 small bourgeois 70 the circumference
from the centre. from which people now try to
get away, Unless for business purposes
The Trocadcro and the avenues branching from
th,, Arch of Triumph are inhabited by IN" wealth.
lest people They ar" far away from III" po"''-
wards Men Of wealth who set up TO style 90 now
20 luncheon in the Champs Elysec's restaurants
or 70 their clubs where rcpas,s are luxurious and
fairly cheap and tie attendance perfect. The
mere Gambling clubs which have an air of iinc
STYLE. have been the worst rivals Of the boulevard
restaurants One may lunch at them at prices
less than half what would be charged IN any
restaurant above n bouon one The brns-crlc or
| beer saloon kills the cafe. cup Of coffee III the
fcrmer is thirty ccntimes. In th" latter 1t II
sixty. Onc can get ham and cheese, or vcgeta-
| BILE broth, or cold beef at "a brasscric at rci-
sonabc price. but not at the cafe. l.. -