Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

etable. a small bottle of wine and cheese
or patisserie for % or 30 centimes. There
are things that one does not enjoy-in-
cluding limited space, waiting for table,
the rattling of dishes and short answers
from these bourgeoise mattresses, but II
one can overlook these things one can
have better meal than In many OF the
more expensive places Duvals have
many restaurants, but those in the Boz
levard des Capucines and in the Bouie-
yard Montmartre are a little finer and
somewhat more expensive. s M
The most interesting place In the Latin
| Quarter is pension called "Saveur.
| Everyone working here Is relative OF
| the proprietor. Many students Of the Sor-
| bonne and Eccle des Beaux Arts I've here.
| Others dine at this pension, where they
| get good food at small prices. An Inter
esting feature about this place is the
charge account Some of the students run,
bills for year or two, but Saveur knows
his customers, and is confident thar be
will get his money back with interest II
is said by the time some of the students
have finished their university careers they
run up from 10000 TO 10000 francs alone
at this place.
There are a number of foreign restau-
rants in Paris managed by Swiss, Ger
man, Austrian and Italian proprietors.
An exceedingly popular place is an Aus
trian restaurant known for Its superior
Viennese cooking. The dishes for which
this place is known are many, including
galash. ganseburst and sucking pigs. Din
ing here it is not difficult to imagine ones
self in Vienna, instead Of Paris. There are
several English restaurants, one In partic-
ular is famous for English Joints and PAN
cakes and welsh rarebit.
There are one or two good Spanish res
taurants whose specialtles are Ola pod
L "a H. l.. "a
| creadillos futas Not far away there Is
a Turkish restaurant for those who prefer
| piaf and gombo.
Paris is cosmopolitan, and Is, therefore,
| not lacking in Italian restaurants. Some
| of these are excellent II one does not
mind an odor of garlic and other strange
smells. One may have a large bowl Of
| splendid spaghetti cookies and glass Of
Italian wine for almost song.
| There are even Irish and American bars.
| Several places make a point of advertls-
| Ing American drinks, though French
| people sip their wines out OF doors or
with meals. Their heaviest drinks are
| coffee and cognacs and abslnthe, which
has worked much havoc In France
The French women are devoted to cof-
fee and cognac, but In the last few years
they have learned from the English and
Americans that tea is the proper thing,
| and so they have gone In for tea and
scones. Though they are trying hard to
like tea, coffee comes to them more nat
urally. There are a number Of fashion
| able tearooms in the Rue Cambon and
| Rue de Rivoli. Some are managed by
English, others by French. Columbin is
| probably the most fashionable OF these
| places. BY 4 o'clock the roadway is
crowded with carriages and automobiles
| driving toward Columbin. They serve in
two rooms, and still It is often dificult
to fnd place. The counter displays
great variety Of tarts and cakes. such as
the French only know how to make. But
| the English, and the French who wish to
follow them, take tea and scones and
tea and toast Here one sees many Of
| the handsome suits, hats and furs that
are made In the Rue de la Paix and
Place Vendome. English ermines. Rus
sian sables vie with French sealskins.
1t is thoroughly cosmopolitan, although
women Of many nationalities come here:
handsome Americans, attractive English
women and stylish, petite French women
are In the majority.
They are not here alone; men are be-
| ginning to enjoy 4 o'clock tea The Eng.
| lishmen take to II naturally, the French
men do not mind IT and the Americans
struggle to like It. To tell the truth,
most Of the people prefer to see and be
seen than to enjoy 4 o'clock tea.
There are two other places where the
cosmopolitan world sups 4 o'clock tea
at the Hlysee Palace and Hotel Ritz.
These hotels are always patronized. but
on sundays. II one comes late. Il is I'm.
possible TO ind a place at any price.
Tea is only pretext; the women make
o'clock tea as much OF a social fune-
ton as they do q reception. They wear
reception gowns. rich furs and priceless
| jewels. Women may be In the majority,
but there are many from Wall Street.
ian counts out TO enjoy this passing show
OF beauty and splendor.
The epicure has plenty Of opportunity
| OF pleasing his palate aud spending
| money Ia Paris, but this must be saidi
| He can order hne supper for less money
/ than he could la most large American
| cities. II he lives Ia Paris sometime he
| discovers he can set good food for small
show ana has no desire 10 h0bpoh with
| multlmilllonairos.