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and because W ines. flowers, cigars. iqueurs
and tips are not food has been tried often.
Regularly il takes the form Of a bet. rs
happened in the case which brings 1t to my
mind.
The victim was an inexperienced English
colonial plunger He soon discovered the
difference between ordering 500 worth Of
food and eating II.
arAmericaine, because 1t wa4 likely to cost
as much as 1890 a portion. They let him
on when he had eaten about three-Quarters
of it, with less than half the burning sauce
His hors d 0uvre and bisque (crean of
crawfsh) had cost him scarcely q; and the
former, in particular, had been expensive
fancy little mysteries, cold, on diamonds OF
thin toast and highly spiced. A sweetbread
in the Toulouse style cost him $50. Then
he risked a stuffed and garnished quail for
s. more.
When he had done with it-and they did
not force him TO pick the bones. by any
means, but only TO consume each dish r ca
sonably-that full feeling had already come
upon him. But he had been tempted by
the obvious eXpeu," of the giaot de sent heures
(seven-hour roast mutton); and there 1t was
before him.
1t cost him s., 4o-a piece of classic cook
cry II there is any. This triumph of the
cuisine Of old France is from leg of mutton
roasted, very slowly. during seven hours;
and the necessary basting involves pa
thence that is 10 be found in few modern
restaurants.
The man who thought he could eat $50
worth had already worked up to sl2 40. but
his appetite was gone. The maitre d'h0tel.
who now perceived he had been trying for
expense, suggested lie Desir du Roi," the
Kings Desire at 50 In vain.
II can eat asparagus lie unused; and the
mt re d'hotel accommodated him with the
luscious branches from Brussels dollhouse
at 81 the portion-they were almost worth il !.
Thore remained almost 80 to spend on hot
hnpxo frifi Thnnuh apallaA 10
got away with dozen beautiful big straw
berries at 20 cents piece And stopped
short
Try those dollhouse peaches at 90 cents
apiece!- they suggested to him You are
within 81 Of winning your bet'
He refused to try.
Bring me my coffee and glass Of char
treuse" he whispered Il LOSE"
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| to the waters his Ma jesty must have run
| the bill up TO 10000 francs.
when you began, you said COCO francs, y
| ] Interrupted.
| giggled the mai re d hotel thoughtlessly
Then regretting the disclosure. he be-
| gan 10 praise the royal spender.
We do not think the worse Of him for
| thatl' he insisted. His Majesty spends
[EG 3S He never looks at the items of a
This particular dinner was in honor
| Of Russian Grand Duke, who the INF tire
d hotel whispered) told the ladies t. carry
away the four great silver candlesticks
as souvenirs! They were worth s.toJ francs
he giggled,
What do he walters think of such money.
| scattering?" ! asked.
"Oh. they get used to il quickly. allez!'
| was the answer. And all the more so
as they pick up very solid crumbs!
| grand seigneur who knows how to pay his
| bill never leaves less than louis tt2Cl
| for the garcons.
Why one of You Americans often tips
my confrere at the Cafe de Paris a 1000
franc bank note The Russian Grand
Dukes. for table Of four or five covers.
| always leave 800 OF 400 francs 1850 or $50.
AT the MARI age dinner Of the MARQUIS
| de T. az Paillard's in the Champs Elysa =.
| which cost $4,000 francs ~ cool. the ms re
d'lotel and his six garcons pocketed 200
ttsfiI
On tho hight of the last Grand Prix at
| Maxim's notorious establishment, IL came
| 70 be very gay toward 8 "A. NJ. Girsy violis
were Swapping off delirious ra g-tirne melo-
| dies; the young ladies'. their faces flushed
ard their eyes lii up, no longer sat still;
| and the men, with their hats on their ears
| and their hearts made tender by drin X,
| no longer took notice Of the cost Of
| things
One good Gust omsr Of the house desired
10 play quoits with the Sevres dinner
dishes
I'm pay for them, he insisted.
NO. you will not paw for them,' replied
the manager. But | beg Of you to play
on the sidewalk I will give you as many
plates as you want"
They pitched plates on the sidewalk
TO the disgust of. the cab horses al the
curb. Among the players was the son OF
Cabinet Minister and a young Grand
Duke. The police recognized them and
protected the game from collection Of
night loafes. II was an Instructive sight
to see them drive the penniess fellows
awav,
We have 30 900 francs fs0.oOol worth
OF breakage a year said the manager on
this occasion 10 a friend Of mine. II refer
to the unpaid breakage. The paid breakage
like this-is anot her item.
Few nights ago a party OF high-rollers
threw into the open fireplace and more
or less burned up the entire furniture Of
the private room in which they we're
supping, They poured chanpag ne In the
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and broad thumb and blew out the match
with this:
The largest business done by the show
on the whole European beat was at place
In France called Epernay. II is said to
have $4,000 inhabitants. II il in the heart
OF the most prosperous agricultural SEQ.
ton OF France. Everybody has money
there.
We we're TO play but one day. We were
compelled TO stay there two DAYS and the
four performances did not give all who
wished an opportunity 10 see the show
Mr.. Hamilton has come back almost
Frenohman.
America is getting few French inmi-
grants because French people discover
there is no better country they can move
to for mat arial prosperity and to live their
lives as they wish to live them. The fer
tility Of the soil is such that France is
Immensely prosperous in all its agricul-
tural domain. Its exports are large. Its
imports small. 1t is
Having spoken all these lines without
single reference to the Barnum & Bailey
show Mr. Hamilton took proper stimu-
liant and resumed;
I'VE thought that the business we did in
huIku'y was "oHutllIl anu WouIu DE tne
record Of our European experience. but
when We got to France we almost forgot
Hungary Nothing in the history of
amusement enterprise compares with the
success of our circus in France
With all his French graces Mr.. Hamilton
found 1t quickest to point to the name
Of the thing on the back Of the card. While
the waiter was on the way to the cellar he
said;
when you leave America you get caste.
Here We charge from rs cent TO & for a seat
Abroad our prices were about the same
except that for the cheapest place we
charged the small coin Of the country, for
instance, In France a franc.
1T is rather curious that the same pro-
portions Of those who can pay rs cents
those who can pay 81 and those who can
pay 81 prevailed in all the countries we
visited and held up with the percentage
here.
-Of course We had to have a royal be and
generally IL was occupied by some repre-
sentative Of the royal family Of the country
we were in. In small towns il was kept for
the military or municipal officials
Mr.. Hamilton dropped royalty. tenn
porarily, and said
"One Of the things We had to do was to
issue thirty-two page book Of instruct ions
for railroad officials in handling our cars
and show. This was printed in many Ian
guages and illustrated, but only in one
language We sent one Of these books to
saved US lot Of inconvenience
Then he fell upon nobility again.
In Berlin the Emperor sent general
and his stan to see how we loaded and un.
loaded the show. They say that the En-
peror himself attended, too, incog, but
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This IL the story a. IL runs with varia-
tons. Regularly II ends in a discussion
on tn, fairness Of making up the ma or
part Of the bill from expensive small things
like ortolans and dollhouse strawberries
which would constitute no proper meal.
II /, well agreed. however. that above $40
or $50 cover IL IL no longer cit her the food
or the drink one pays for. When one
spends more il is to make expense.
The hiehe.t-roller in this line at pres
ent honoring Paris is. beyond all per-
adv, nture Charles Ferdinand Louis
Marie Victor Michel Raphael Gabriel
Gonzagues Xavier Francis Of Assist
Joseph Simon, King of Portugal and
the Algarves and On This-and- ont he
Other Side Of he-Sea in Africa. Lord of
Guinea by Conquest. Navigation and Com
merce, of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and In
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cost Of the spectacle may be kept down
to strict minimum. A soup, meat dish.
a salad to follow. a three-franc bottle Of
wine and then coffce-what can the out
ragged waiter do to the imperturbable couple
that has managed to obtain a table and
given such an order?
Keep them waiting for each dish? But
they have come precisely to stay as long
as possible Serve the hot dishes cold
and the cold dishes warm? They have not
come to eat , but TO look,
II Is true that Americans are often dis
appointed at the furniture and decorations
OF the best Paris restaurants Like the
Paris theatres, where the expense is put
rather on the birds than on the cage.
they are all more or less dingy, old-fash-
Toned and tacky. The best of them, too.
rejoice in curiously old-fashioned dishes
without setting up for too much of an
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ONE FOR TWO ONE PORTION FOR TWO
PERSONS.
"a cents; tip. 80 cents. Total. 5000. Wines:
One-half bottle of (hablis MoutonIIe, 1859,
81; one bottle of Richebourg, 1877, 8 90.
Total with wines, sll20.
The wines bring up this bill. They
generally do, in these restaurants that hav We
historical cellars
The Chabiis is delicate. pure, clean
white Burgundy and that is all; but the
NchebourR il a grand rim full bodied and
velvety, the perfect ion of a red Burgundy.
II is on" OF the pet crps of he Maison Dorae
and the red-nosed somm,ler will give you
little discourse IA he serves il.
Here is lunch at Durand's-a trfe
livelier, more modern establishment than
the Maison Doree or Voisins and very
much on par with Paillard's. the type Of
up-to-dateness Like the dinner above
mentioned il is ordered "one for two
one portion suiflcing for two persons
Notice how admirably the price is kept
down.
One bottle Of Graves (the real thing a
mild. clean white Bordeaux 81 20: butter
10 cents; shrimps decorative II not filing
30 cents; eggs dur MGR Yes the finest OF
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all mushrooms; those who commonly do
not eat mushrooms are nevert heess de-
lighted with the flavor of the morille from
the first moment; the eggs are scrambled
young pullet dur fonds d'drtchouts 81 50;
straw berry tart. sl2O: coffee, "A cents;
tip, 80 cents. Total, So 80
The pullet was tender; il had been cut up
while raw, then sauteed in an earthenware
pot. Half the success of French cookery
lies in the Use Of carthcnware, copper and
latest Of all-aluminum utensils The
artichoke hearts were covered with the
gravy of the chicken.
As to the eggs. this restaurant has always
been celebrated for its excellent egg cooke,
and some of these Partisan egg dishes are
well worth trying Tnere are scrambled
eggs du' crerettos. the shiimps being served
in the centre and scrambled eggs with
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BARNUM TRIUMPHS ABROAD.
ADVENTURES or THE BIG SHOW
IN NINETEEN LANGUAGES.
The Emperors That We're Amazed and
the Castles That We're Biiiboardetl-
Germany's Railroads F1abberxasted
France Took the Show to Its Heart
Routes Laid Out for New COnquests.

when the show was in France" said
Tody Hamilton, Il bought basket of grapes
one day. As the grapes were exposed in
front Of the shop they looked most inviting.
As you know am very fond of grapes. on
the vines in bottles properly aged or in the
skin, mine or their own.
When | took the grapes out OF the basket
! found that they grew even better as |
went down and the bottom layer was made
Of perfect lunches have been used to
the decei,s Of the world | have bought
peaches in falsc-bottom baskets and friends
told me Of peaches with false coors on their
cheeks.
$50 l returned to the vendor and told him
of his honesty. He said in very good Amer
lean:
"'Quit your kiddin. know you. You're
the leadin' liar Of the Barnum and Bailey
circus, but you needn't practise on me-
Tody sank his fork into baked potato
and brought forth the gross receipts with
two wrist movements.
The show went through eight custom
houses and nineteen foreign languages,
he continued. 1T is the custom abroad as
1t Is in this country to secure a car for our
advertising force by buying eighteen first
class tickets over the route.
an one town in Germany our man went
10 the railway station and called for the
tickets. The military official stared at him
q moment. He had never heard of such a
80 OF inst cass tickets 10 the small place
mentioned. Only small percentage Of the
travelling public there goes first class.
Haven't got them said he.
Just then two women came up who
wanted to buy frst-class tickets to the same
station. He told them he didn't have any.
He began to be suspicious Of an Amer
lean conspiracy against the town. He
pulled down the shutters and closed the
office.
"Our man went to the station agent. He
heard the complaint without betraying
any intelligence. Then he asked when the
tickets were to be used
son the o. clock train, said our man.
'"Then see me at 4 o'clock and | will have
them for you, said he without a sign Of
humor 1t took diplomatic Intervention
70 get our car out"
Tody rolled cigarette with one finger
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white Bordeaux) Of 1884; champagne Of
1874; grand port wine Of 1915; grand Madeira
Of 1911; Chateau MargauI (red BordeauI)
Of lsis."
The menu itself, In the Kings oolors on
satin frin4ed with gold. cost l, $50 francs.
There were three bottles Of wine for
each guest" said my informant. whose
proper was counted at 800 francs IS5OOl.
The table was orna mented with festoons
of white muscat Craps, which cost at the
moment 90 francs 1921 kilogramme. The
private salon of the restaurant contained
1000 francs worth of lilies Of tho valley.
bought by the King himself.
Counting the really royal tips he gave
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expert, | would place the Maison Doree

expert, l would place the Maison Doree.
Voisins and Pailliard's first In the first
rank; yet one Of the most celebrated dishes
OF the former j. "a mess Of chickens wing
and turnips. while the three are almost
alone in afording the true seven-hour
leg Of mutton.
Both the Mason Dorea and Voisin' :
pride themselves on following the good
old tradition without making any effort
TO be "Pari ian" A dinner at the former
Will serve as a sample Of prices for both.
II will be noticed that there il no roast;
had there been roast lamb and aspara gus
points, the cost of the dinner would be
increased by about 81. so.
Potage Germiny Ia species Of red sorrel
with egg yolk and cream, SO cents; hlets
OF sole duI alliances (roes Of tho carp. take
noticeq, 81 20; ,almis of partridges, 81 40
tepes Bordelaises Cooked in oil with "A
garnish of parsley and the true Bordeaux
garlic, a much misunderstood seasoningl,
10 cents; Ieiches Carmen (hot, with car
mine sauce and little banderillos of green
almonds stuck all over them. sl.20. coffee,
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piano. ripped It's wires out and started to
roll II downstairs.
1T was their pleasure, added the man
II cost them dear
This noisy and very mixed night estab-
lishment-in which the average well-to-do
tourist will find nothing but disappoint-
ment-oonsurnes more champagne than
francs tSoool worth a night, year in, year
out. As the manager In giving these
figures set down his annual sale Of cham
payne at more than a million of francs
a little calculation shows the average
price TO have been ~ francs th.sol a bottle.
Some champagne Is dearer a lot Of it
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lishments There l., of course, no reason
why one should not go to Paillards or the
Tour d'Argent and get more than ones
moneys worth in highly up-to- date no vel-
ties.
The head waiter il a comedian. See him
cut butter from ponderous block of i'll
Frederic, the impressiorist, compounds a
sauce with all the gravity Of Faust calling
up Satan-and let's the woodcock cool
meanwhile before our hungry eyes,
The Tour d Argcnt H. indeed, a restaus
rant apart. Surprise, admiration and awe
are always III its atmosp here, while believ.
ing hordes of Americans and English mii.
tually confirm their faith by mutual come
petition for the tables
Frcderic's strong hold is continually to
create new dishes. which he is continually
naming after his best customers: No that
you have the lobster Alexander, the vol-au.
vent de poissons Stanhopp the fondu de
merlin Peploe. the noi-etle de pre-sa6
Bodley, the veal John Osy de Zegwoart,
the pullet DIR. Penderga-t the peach Austin
Lee and the apple fritters Princesse Coz
lonna (Mackeyl!
But DE careful to continue being a good
customer for the vol-au-vent StanhopS
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truffies. a Tremendously

toies oras and truffles. Tremendously
savory rich dish
The Durand strawberry tart is a thing To
dream Of, especially when eaten in this
month of October. Good, medium-sizcd
Strawberries from the Brussels hothou--s
are cut in half just before wanted, moist :
ened in little weak strawberry syrup and
simply warmed in fl1ky crust before being
served
Thee are all serious restaurants. without
the appeal to wonder by the springiug
of sky-blue sauc"s and Nile-gree jelles
trusted in by certain celebrated estab-
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square Garden. is the frs, performance of
all the acts. Mr.. Bailey calculates the pro-
grample SO closely that he can gauge the
time of the show within ten minutes
He sits in the gallery. or some equally in
conspicuous place at the first pcrformar CO,
and passes criticism on it. Villa, he doesn't
like never appears in the show again. The
second night the programme is so shifted
and rearranged that it is almost new
show
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cheaper; but in general, sAmericans are
highly surprised to find the generous fluid
no cheaper In Paris by night than at home
by day.
The manager pretends to be able 10
put the various races into proper cate
gories.
THE Russians drink the best" he de-
clared-and he has had experience Of them
'One day Russian noble drank, all by
himself. a double Jeroboam, one of those
immense bottles containing rs much as
eight ordinary quart bottles. IL IL not
rare 20 see Russian do his five quart bot
ties between midnight and 3 A. NJ
After the Russians come the Americans,
then the Belgians the English. the Ger
mans and the South Americans. especially
the Chileans. The French come last
The German is always calm, polite.
never complains never beats down prices.
He makes an ideal customer-the high
class German with money to throw TO the
birds. The Russian Ia generous and bon
enfant. but at times boisterous and fanciful.
The American. regret to say, is tyrnn-
meal and ostentatious; he pays royalty,
but he must have the whole establish
ment at his feet. Moreover. his tendenc y
is toward cold-blooded orgie long con-
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THESE MEN HAVE NOT BEEN TO vJIsIN's OR
THE MAIsoN DoRfE 4 PAILLARDs
tinued lu without gayety, stopping only
when he is drunk.
The Englishman is wa,chful, suspicious
mo wonder, he has been done 80 ofton,l
and he tips with difficulty. The South
American Is very generous, a good drinker
also, gay TO the point Of Stiffness, and very
noisy"
whom do you have to help out of,enest''
was asked
Very curiously, the French. Yes,
Parisians. Only a few nights ago three
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banconne; coulibac la Russo: saddle
3i red deer a la Cumberland potat oes
Pompadour: foie gras A la boulanpAre.
roast Rouen duck: salade A la Parisie nne;
ortolans and larks truffled: Gardens with
marrow; souffle a lAfricaine; stands Of
fruits; coffee and lqueurs; grand fine cham.
payne (brandy) of 1900; Chateau Yquem
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And the Oldest Member Of the Illinois
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lanes H. Farrell of Chicago is
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For years he has been Marshal OF
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