Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-28

stray COmpatriOts who may claim flC-
titious acquaintanceship But as the
tourist element represents the vast
majority OF Americans coming each
year to Paris so the element with
French ties Of marriage or friendship
forms the infinite minority. Between
the two stand the logious, some poor
and some wealthy some good and some
bad, some artistically talented ana
some socially ambitious. seeking study
or amusement as ,ne case may be.
and for the greater part not only groV-
ing un- American with sorting rapid
ity, but developing traits which leave
serious doubts as to their sanity.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERI-
CANS.
These Americans are divided into
two general gets, the social element.
called the American colony, living in
the Etolie quarter ana most frequently
along the Champs Elvsees. the Pare
Aonceau. the Avenue du Bots dc Bou-
logne or the Avenue de rAlma; and
then the artistic element living IN the
so-called Latin Quarter on the left
bank Of the Seine. The two sets mix
little, and surrounding each are little
cuques which do not mix at AL
No one has ever succeeded On esti-
mating, even approximately. the NUM-
Der Of Americans living In Paris: ac-
cording TO the directories there urc not
much more than 1000 But old Amer
ican residents place the figure much
higher ana the Rev Dr. Morgan rector
Of the American Episcopal church Of
the Avenue de IAlma. has expressed
the opinion that there must be- not far
from 100000 Americans in Paris.
After passing considerable part Of
my life here" he was once heard to
say Il am still amazed every tow days
TO hear of American families who have
lived for years in Paris without their
presence being suspected by me or
anybody / knew. 1t Is I'm fulfilling the
duties of my calling, for funerals, bap-
tlsms or marriage, that / learn FOR the
first time of these families; and as such
events are not of frequent occurrence In
families, and as there are other rel-
gious sects with their American clergy
men in Paris, | can only guess vaguely
the number OF Americans who must be
here, but / know that the number must
be simply enormous and far above any
statistical figures ever published. | adj
nit that | am only guessing, but IT Is
my impression that there must be not
less than 100000 Americans I'm Paris"
Though the forms taken o. some
what different, II Is IN these two sets,
the social colony and the artists quar-
ten that the extraordinary eCCentrici-
ties break out The French can scarce
ly be held to blame for this. first, be-
cause Americans out Of one OF the two
colonies remain perfectly sane and
secondly because few French people,
and none Of any consequence, mix in
these colonies whose members general
~ learn not word of French, and
leave Paris, after a residence Of many
years, without knowing any language
other than good American,
PLACES NO SANE FRENCHMAN
WOULD VISIT,
But the traditions OF the colony are
none the less handed down from gener-
alton to generation Of passing Amen-
cans, who soon think IL perfectly nat
ural to do things which would make
their righteous hair stand on end il
even mentioned I'm America II Is hard
ly an eNaegerution TO say that one can
not enter the disgiaceful Butler BAN,
or the unmeutionahle Tour dArgent
Restaurant, or the notorious MaXimes
without meeting several parties Of nice
American GIRLS who ltncT perfectly
WHERE they are, but merely consider
that they are seeing the sights Of Paris.
Gray haired old ladies' are often with
them or at an events, their fathers
and brothers. the entire family think
ing that quite the proper Partisan thing
Is being done by going there, whereas
any self-respectng Frenchman would
think himself eyerlastingly disgraced
II his wife on his sister had ventured to
such places, ..
It &. th, oo,,,n ,t.uy with Ia Dpu,l,or al
the less prominent music halls. And,
as FOR behavior iu the streets many
GIRLS from the American colony think 1t
q good Joke to dress showlly and walk
slowly along the boulevard, turning TO
stare 1T al the men who pass them,
iust to see, for the fun Of lt, If they will
have nrv adventures. and what viii b.
said to them.
In was in Paris that Isadora Duncan,
the barefoot dancer though nf the
n eaky art. with which she has made
name for herself Sho started by dane.
I've bbrpfooted In friends studios, sim-
Ply 20 get herself talked about. and
making q profession Of It came "a her
us an aftcrthought Not long ago her
brother startled Paris by appearing tn
the st.cets clad in the Grecian cos-
tduic sandals, bare legs, tunic and myr-
ne wreath lie explained calmly 70 hs
acuuaintances that he was going to re-
form modern uress and bring erring
men hack TO the old rational principles.
NOTORIOUS AMERICANS.
one thing must be said In favor az
the Paris American colony, and that II
that go long az people have money TO
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