The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-11
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MAX O'RELL HONORED
Carteret Club Opens Its
Doors to the Witty
French Author.
HUMOROUS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS
Thinks We Don't Have Time, to
Dine-Talks Of the Partisan
Sunday.
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS

Monsieur Paul Blouet, better known
by his nom de plume, Max O'Rell," the
author of many delightful books, was the
| guest of the Carteret Club IN Saturday
/ night last. To meet this distinguished
Frenchman were many of our
citizens, whose recollections of the even
ing will ever be of the most agreeable
character.
The interior of the pretty club house
was decorated with rare taste, and the
dining-room upstairs was as charming
as a finished decorative artist could
make it. The roof and walls were hidden
with a gauzy light blu material, caught
UP at the angles of the room with
trophies of arms, shields and richly en-
broidered banners. The stairways were
respondent with many hued azaleas n
| graceful palms. all of which combined to
make a refined and artistic ensemble,
eninently creditable to the taste and
judgment of Mr.. E. L. Young, who
superintended the, arrangements In sucn
a mastery manner.
WHO ENJOYED THE BANQUET.
Dinner was announced for half-past
seven o'clock. and long before that hour
the members were busy receiving their
SucSlS WITH lHdI COIGidtly dllQ oSpllo
lty eminently characteristic of the club.
The reception rooms We're crowded when
President George Smith interrupted the
hum of conversation, and. escortir@ AR.
Rlouet. proceeded to the dinlng-room.
There We're five tables, four of wh.<h
were at right angles to that occupied
President sat MIR. Flavel McGee, toast
master; Justice ]; Herbert Potts and Mr..
a'gsIia' a Of L aaI ion P p9 the Mr left ba rM4d
foot. Of one Table, had hae Win afaa' him doSer-
nor nfSa3 Ge pIgan T sxN MeTts, Mn MT; u 1us Riair, jon on
Sheriff Toffey. VIM. G. Bumsted. Nelson
8 str Il; Edge r. J: II p M RyaShizf F. j. }r' M GfSags
+ E?ns II Lo eS@5oiIsi ). F. klu n; Dsa n W..
eh Mr' next Edw sabIe. L ha d0u Win p Sim, g. 4 4
Hoffman. Harvey X. Weeks, George NJ.
Sas. f.: N. R j9F 3 501 {. Z. e MdReaI5. 3. +.
Perry. Samuel Reid. Director R. A. simp-
Captain ], HOWARD. Bumsted, Jr., pre-
s. ! i, Wilson. ]. i, McLaughlin, !; +
castle, Frank Rundio, j. G. Flemming.
DR.. W. L. Pyle, DR.. George Wilkinson,
] Clark, Charles SHAY, Ereasriek
With Mr.. George W. Conklin, at the
last L table, sat r; N: Packer, T; 2. II King'
Grattan, Finance Commissioner o NJ.
Jones and ]. W. H%ardembergh, 6. Z.
Van Keuren, Max r.: Staples, Il; D.
F Fap b. Gray, ". Collins. f. ". Lyons and
- MA CONSCIENCE.
Just as these were seated, a small
group of musicians, pirched among the
began their music, which, good as it was,
was not SO captivating as the music OF
the jingling Of glasses. popping OF corks,
stoned by the disposal Of this menu:-
Small R~ockaways.
SOUP.
Green Turtle a la Royal.
RELISHES.
Anchovies on Toast. Radishes.
Celery. FISH. Olives.
Joinville. Potatoes Duchesse.
RELIEVE.
Quarter of Spring Lamb, Lucullus.
Gardens au JUS.
R.u,more r EM : : la carteret.
SORBET.
Punch au Champagne.
ROAST.
Red Head Ducks. Lettuce.
salad 6;E msEgRra1se'
Pont fEveq1Tso 1 Ghaase. Fruits
When the last course. had received
that attention its excellence merited
| the guests and introduced the toast mas
ter. Able as Mr.. MCGEE is as a speaker,
he eclipsed himself in the new role, an
and. occasionally, like Nj: Wegg. drop
evening he paid man. charming compli-
that his countrymen haven't a monopoly
Of the art Of 81 fayl pg5Rg Fftty VI fsiRss.
come, MAX osKelf," Who is a tall. hand
| some man, speaking English huently
as a native. saids-
dine with Americans Since I have ar
rived In YOU country 1 nave noticed one
thing thing sanas that fn a; Is ygoua dIoat t,aaloT y9ar,
and the shopkeeper- locks his doors at
f farpin ness al sw about s1 two so oscaoekss abu9 you
e. sss dinner e back II 5 minutes Great
laughter.ll, Now all that is a mistake.
chance. (Renewed laughter.)
II am rapidly becoming an American,
accustomed to the eyesore from Cali
| fornia to Maine of an advertisement to
take some fellows liver pills. and when
I go out to dinner I always take my
| impromptu speech with, me. Naughter.)
"Gentiemen, when I hin of your coun-
| try and my own it seems to me that
France is not known here. 1t is not
your fault. We are not as hospftable
| as you are. We are exclusive. We don't
| open wide our doors to foreigners as
you do. Ycn allow us to see you as
| you are. When you Americans visit
Paris 0 walk on our boulevards,, or
perhaps in some worse places than that,
with a guide who misguides you. (Mer-
~ How TO SPEND SUNDAY.
Il am going to teh you what ! mean
| Wisconsin one Sunday The minister of
q. certain church there was to preach
on, How Sunday Should Be Spent He
| asked me to come to hear him, and also
4 asked me to make an address. I told
| him 1 didn't lecture on Sundays. daugh-
| teri That was one for him. (Roars of
| laughter.) He insisted on my telling his
people how they should spend Sunday;
it wouldn't do for me to advise his peo-
"aOh but come and tell u.s. said the
minister to me, how a Sunday is spent
in Paris Great ~laughter.) l replied
that / didn't think he would like to hear
ii, hut he urged me and / went.
"They opened with prayer. sang hymns.
and the minister, after speaking of our
wicked sights IN Sunday in Paris, point
i ed me out to his congregation. saying
that I would tell them how they spent
ONE FOR THE MINISTER.
Nov advice. gentlemen. is a piece Of
1 luxury thoroughly enjoyed only by the
deone who gives Ut. / was afraid lest they
would tell me to go home to my own
country. When I weft into the pulpit to