The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-29
CAFES THAT PAY.
Foreigners Spend Fortunes For
Grand Dinners in Paris.

Grand Dinners IN Paris.
Emma Bullet in Brooklyn Eagle.)
Paris-'It is evident from what one
sees on the grand boulevards. in the
pla@s where people dine out of doors
in the Bots de BoulOgne, that there are
no homes in France. The French lin
ger at these places for hours at the
cafes over a glass of absinthe. wine or
beer, and only go home in the early
hours Of the morning after prolonged
dinner at the Chateau de Madrid or the
Chalet du Cycle. don't see how nice
women can sit before a cafe in the
street drinking" said a Brooklyn tour
list the other day.
In the first place" said I. more
than one-half of the people you see out
side of cafes are foreigners Then,
what more harm is there to drink out
side in shady place. while looking at
the paSSersby, than to drink inside?
Besides. we must always respect GUS
toms when they are not immoral.
There is nothing immoral in wife or a
daughter sitting at a cafe with her nus
band and father; indeed, the very fact
of having women sitting near him may
prevent man from taking too much.
So it is with the dining places-they are
almost entirely supported by foreign
ers. who like to dine in those beauti-
full places overgrown with magnificent
flowers and at tables which are made
artistically ornate with the rarest of
blossoms and electric lights shaded
with transparent colored shades while
listening to a. tzigane band playing
captivating music
You say the French do not go to
these places to diner
Indeed they do. all who can afford it.
They all do in summer when there is q
birthday or the anniversary of a mar
rage dinner. or when the wife, tired Of
getting up her own menus, asks her
husband to take her to the Chateau de
Madrid, lie Doyen's or to the Chalet du
Cycle That is a glorious outing for
her; she puts on her prettiest light
dress, her best hat and It is delightful
to see her enjoy her dinner. You will
often, in those places, find long tables
for ten or twelve. and around them
grandmother. grandfather. husband
and wife. children and relations hav-
ing the best of times observing some
family anniversary. Those dinners out
of doors are one Of the destinations of
Paris. and one of the most harmless
ones"
1t is probably in Paris that the most
extravagant dinners take place. Not
long since, in the Figaro, there were
surprising accounts of dinner parties
in which money is lavished, for which
the preparations, the cost of the
menus. of the wines, of the fruit and
the arrangement of the tables almost
reminds us or the WantOn eXtraVa-
gances of the Roman emperors.
Not long since, at a long table COW
cred with orchids at the Chateau de
Madrid. sat eleven persons, for whom
the host paid bill of $1,000. Upon be-
ing asked what the guests would eat
and drink for that price the proprietor
of the establishment said:
But 500 per head is not much when
there were $500 worth of flowers on the
table, when the wines served were from
SO 20 $40 a bottle. and the peaches
put I'D a dinner once where the fish.
coming from Russia, cost S24O The
table was covered with a garland of
lilies of the valley which cost 20 cents
a twig."
But the man who presented the big
Rest bills was Emile Aoust. who used
to be the maitre d'hotel at Bignon's.
and who is the founder of the Amphi-
tryon club in London, to which went
the Prince of Wales For the opening
of the club there was a dinner of twelve
covers. which cost e215.
The person, however. who spent the
most at dinners was a man who went
by the name Of the king of restaurants.
King Milan of Servia. He once gave a
dinner for five persons which cost him
$l20D. The menu was the following.
Hoss-d' oeuvre a la Russe-HuItres
d'Ostende-Potage Borche-Consomme
brabancOnne-COulib Ia Russe-
Selle de chevreun a la Cumberland
POmmes a Ia Pompadour-Foies aras a
ia ouiangere-Canard roti de Rouen-
Salade la Parisienne@ -Ortolans ct
CABLES aux truffes-Cardoes a la moelle
-Souff1e a FAfricaine-CorbeilIe de
fruits-Cafe, iqueurs-Grande fine
Champagne de 1S00-Cha ,eou-Y quem