The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-14
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j. de Bethmann, Bordeaux, France,
R. de Benoit. Bayonne, France, and G.
r. Duval, New York, three pleasant
Frenchmen, registered at the Knuts-
ford yesterday morning, and took in
the sights during the day. They were
not disposed to talk to any great eX-
tent, but Monsieur DuVal told an in
teresting little story about a new cafe
in Paris, which is here reproduced.
He began in very good English: ut
is all the rage in the French capital to
visit certain cafe which has just
opened it's doors to the public within
the last six months. I say cafe-it is
rather after the style of an American
beer hall than a cafe, as nothing but
drinks are sold.
The exterior is very repulsive
looking place, being all draped in
black with horrible mottos and signs
protruding through the blackness,
while at intervals, are grinning skulls
and cross bones which add to the
cheerfulness of the surroundings. Near
the doors dismal looking creatures in
long black gowns and even dressed as
French undertakers invite you to go
to your doom or somewhere else, point
ing within.
IL one IOunQ the OUTSIDE WSlTQ look
ing, the inside was horrible. Dim
lights of white and blue light a long,
dark room entirely draped in deepest
black, the walls covered with SEN
fences such as 'Ye that enter here are
doomed, Prepare to die Death is at
hand, etc, while near each one the
skull and bones loom up in a CHASTITY
light.
Around the hall are deep black
collins which serve as tables, and at
the farther end of the hall an upright
coffin contains a complete skeleton.
When a party of people sit down
around one of these collins a hooded
monk comes to take the order, and
while doing so places candle in
hole in the coffin at each guests place,
all the time muttering something about
the death of the people he is serving.
He lights the candles and departs,
telling the people that the one whose
candle dies out first will die shortly.
Then he fits through the darkness
to get the grape juice.
After a crowd gets in the ham
frying inferno, melancholy monk,
with a voice like one from the grave,
asks that someone in the hall come and
take the place of the skeleton in the
coffin.
get a volunteer, but when one is pro-
cured there is lots of fun.
He is placed in the coffin and Ia
and behold it is but moment and he
is skeleton, the transformation be-
ing by degrees in full view of every.
one.
1t fairly makes you creep to see a
friend slowly being transformed into
a CHASTITY skeleton. He is brough;
back to life again, and neither the
victim or the audience can explain the
illusion. He always says that moth
ing seemed to happen to him. and the
whole thing is very clever trick.
The place is crowded nightly with
fascinated Parisians, and is making
lots of money. No place but Paris
would ever think of such a thing, and
it would be a success in no other city
on EARTH
The Corridor man asked Monsieur
de Benoit if he liked Salt Lake. and
he replied: "Oui, oui, Sci Lac est uns
tres grande Vile, uHe charmcinet cite"
The Knutsford had these guests yes
terday: G. w Moore, Baltimore, Nd:
c. H. Bently, Sacramento; N. T.
Baldwin and F. G. McClelland, Stock
ton, Cal; E. O. Runyan, Denver; F.
Hayes and wife, c. H. Sinch and wife,
M. Hayes and wife and w. H. Ray, all
of Chicago.
Cyrus Beard, a leading Evanston at
torney is at the Templeton.
w. n. Dusenberry, of Provo. regis
tered at the Templeton yesterday.
Other guests there were A. A. Eddy
and wife, st. Louis; l.. Lund. Denver:
f. w. Friedhoff, New York, and A. r.
Weeter, Grand Junction.
The Cullen guests were Mrs. J. c.
McCartan and husband, Grand juno
ton; James E. Hyde, North Dakota;
70. M. Eastman, Chicago; J. H. Foss,
Boston; j. P. Mitchen and wife, Stock
ton; f. Coe, Omaha, and w. A. Mills.
Cheyenne.