The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-06
GIRLS RUN 4 BAR N PARIS
TWO AMERICANS START a SALOON
AND ARE COMPLIMENTED
FOR ENTERPRISE
BARRooM LIKE THOSE HERE
CoIored Walters and Some COlOred
Singers Who Render Plantation
Songs With True Virginian
Tone and FeryOr.

The sign american Bar attracts at
tention in Paris, and in London, too, Tor
that matter. It is said that Frenchmen
and Englishmen speak with praise OF
American mixed drinks. And perhaps
the novelty at No. II Rue Taithout IS not
at all surprising, though pleasing to
Parisians Here native women sell wine
in shops at every other corner. Usually
however, the seller is the wife of the
proprietor, and there is nothing in the
least pretentious about the establish
ment. Between the serving of one Gus
toner and another, madame works at
the interminable ball Of lace in her peck
et Or she darns stockings. To Par1sians
the chief novelty about the new Ameri-
can bar conducted by women is its lux
ury, and the fact that the fair proprie-
tresses are 'laides," as the American
press in Paris calls them. The only "wo-
men, over here are in humble life, writes
a correspondent in the New. York Press.
OF course we have no women at this
kind of bar at home. Did not famous
total abstinence organization clamor
loudly at the mere possibility OF Amer
lean women Of fashion serving things
to drink at Mrs. Langtry's tea at the
Waldorf-Astoria, with the result that the
men were their own barmaids? In Paris,
where nobody objects to anything, Mes
danes Louise Butler and Junette Rene,
Americans in spite of the latters name
have come upon a novel way OF earning
what probably will turn out to be
generous living. The venture is COM
mented upon wherever Americans meet
to chit-chat
1t is called the Elite Bar Americana.
And this is the way the advertisement
of the Thanksgiving dinner ran:
''What have you to be thankful for?
There are two lovely hostesses at the
Rue Taithout, No. 12 who are waiting
to give their English and American
friends the best genuine Thanksgiving
turkey that has been grown in Paris for
the last six months.
"Talk about your Thanksgiving din
ner-what have we to do with this?
Nothing at ALL 1t is as free as if you
were at home. Only come and cat! From
Q O'Clock until you get enough.
The tact and discretion of these host
esses is praised exceedingly. 1t IS said
and some may think 1t complimentary
to Americans-that two women of no
other nation could be successful in
venture of this Sort on such a scale. Miss
Rene is tall. strong and socially incltn-
ed Mrs Butler is petite and reserved.
But both undertake to make every visit
or feel welcome. And so popular has be-
come the bar in a short time that patrons
not only stop for plain and mixed drinks
of every alcoholic nature but families,
including the children. drop in for tea.
And women leading pet dogs stop for the
same sort of thing, which, it is said, is
served in cups in some women's res
taurants in New York.
The barroom Is fitted up after the
American intention in such piaces-to
please. The walls are paneled In oak
An enormous gold spread eagle is above
the bar, and there is a fireplace with a
fire continually suffering. There are
several colored walters and two or three
of their brethren uncommonly musically
inclined, who play and sing plantation
songs with the true Virginian tone and
fervor.
Miss Rene, with the French name, does
not speak word of the language of her
adopted city. This, she thinks, is a great
misfortune. However, her American mix
lures are known in Paris by their New
York names. So 1t is case Of the
mountain coming to Mahomet
And this reminds me of tiny ENG
lish" restaurant in the Latin Quarter,
which is much frequented by students.
Two thrifty sisters are the proprietors.
Reproduced one day, in French, for the
sign on their window, English spoken
they replied in French with shrug and
smile: '"The people who come In speak
English, don't they?"