New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
PARTISAN RECREATION.
Hoo Saturday Nights in September
Are GiUen OUer to Enjoyment.
Paris. September 3

| From the beginning of the summer vacation
until the end of October. however, ParlslahS
! change their form Of recreation and scorn All
! anusements that do not take place in the open
| air The theatres are closed. with the exception
| Of the Opera the Theatre Francais and the
! Theatre Rejane. which this year has been draw
ing full houses with the French adaptation OF
| "Raffies" The out-of-doors concerts and the
music halls with gardens or terraces do good
business. although the managers distribute free
tickets right and left to friends and country
cousins September IS n favorite month for
weddings with the Partisan working classes
because ii is the dead season" of the year.
when sewing girls clerks and laborers have d
full share Of leisure for honeymoons- one often
finds scores of newly married couples Walking
together arm in arm in the Bois de Bouloghe oi
andering the banks of pond or river ~
Enghien Saint Cloud Joinville-le-Pont or Nlle-
bon Thousands of young employees attire IheIF-
selves in fantastic shooting costumes VII"
leather leggings. buckles and straps ana sdliS
forth gun in hand to try to XIII a fe" fapo''S
or stray partridges while others go "lle9ii'i9'
although the bicvcle is less in vogue than
hitherto. The grand popular form OF recrealloh
is to start out with few companions ana take
dinner on SATURDAY evenings in the open air
! The Fois de Boulogre with its smart. costly res
+a,7ran+s IS only for the few. The masses with
moderate nurses push on to Saint-Cloud Tor
their meals. for there they can find dinners al
anv price they like 10 pay. from 20 Genus III
Guiding wine in the modest houses on the qua! =
r,r the scale to the aristocratic terrace oL 'ii
Pavilion RIeu. whence one can see from con-
venient distance the crowds on the market Pi'oO
and along the banks Of the Seine TO the paIh-
Then in another direction, out on the uoIli'-
ern railway line. there is Enghien-les-B -Bains. Inc
right time 10 see the pretty little town Is Oh
saturday night in September. Trains and cleo
+r,o cors carry, hundreds of Parisians TO en-
iov the attractions Of this Wiesoaden OF fd'' -
r,bfar e both new and old. It is new. since II
vas hardly invented or discovered before the
aaz-s Of the Second Empire II Is Old since us
noruIaritv has already waned and, except on
Saturday nights its streets and woods are ut-
serted II wears the air Of an elderly hele "'Io
cannot forget her former charms and mas Win
naina6 sunrise that she has no longer the power
n attract Still by the half lights Of Septehl-
her evening Enghien Is attractive enough an"
the CAV little Casino perched on the oaHk over
the lake with its background OF forest ana
eor.er,, narrerre as 4 foreground. IS an agree
able retreat .,
on anv Saturday evening IN the holiday
Months and espec!ally in September, when par
,ridpes and hares are at their best, one VII! ma
80 o- Paris seated around the tables Of Eng
bein restaurants partaking of dinner and Wat~H-
ing the lights on the water After the meal
eating a "royale de uevre.' or partridge ana
cabbage all for 80 cents. one can row AROUND
the lake and visit the park of st GFaueh at
the further end. formerly the residence OF RIM
cess Nath!lde cousin OF the third Napo'eoH'
CO.. ,srs ago the lake yyas the favorite resort
Of the princess's guests. who Represented 'iie
flower Of Paris socety-aristocratic. artistic ana
literary Now the beautiful woods and park are
fo~ sale and the mansion viii probably ne
turned into another hotel -
The sulphur baths of Engheln are not so H'eH-
II esteemed by ParisaDs as they deserve =" '''
and few Of the visitors ever dream of turning
into the thermal establishment for a water cuie
They, rather turn their steps 10 the casino anu
toin in the play around the green tanIes' Inc
EDEhien croupier is as serious as any al '4oi'.'
Carlo and the play Is high AT times IheFe -
10, the same excitement and intensity. however
al the Casino as there is at other gaming PAGES
PLAY, Is rather an incident of visit TO Enghlen
than the reason for the visit
leaving the Casino and crossing It's green
lawns 10 the banks Of the lake, one may near
other sounds of reveIry streaming INTO the h'eHl
and the swish Of dancing feet. Gong toward
the music you viii snd ball In fuil s"ihs' ana
II Won do not happen TO have partner haluy
Won can easily find one and you may pay Zee
n ST Il
o,ce srlrited and decorous; French dancing.
anart Of course from such riotous gatherings as
the RAJ Tabar1n or the Bal Butler, is always 10
foreign ewes a ceremonious affair because the
French dancing steps are generally slower than
American or Viennese steps and there Is no re-
versing.
Most Of the young girls in the hall have spent
the week in a close workroom. and their wages
when the weeks expenses have been suhtracted'
laave little margin for smart light frocks. Yet
bara +bey are. looking as fresh and trim and as
full Of enjoyment as if they had never care in
,be world. and they bear themselves in the ball
rom, with the dignity and grace that are innate
NTH the Parisfenne Some of the couples have
darced ont Of the open doors into the garden
ard continue 10 valse gayly around the laurel
bushes until the music stops and there is
o.a-al move 10 the Afreshment bar "Sirops'
owe the favorite drink of these young girls, and
"oranadine" and .'orgeat" with siphons vanish
ike snow in the sun
Soon after midnight the numbers in the gar
5ens are increased by the persons who have at
tended the performance in the pretty little the
atre for Enehlen on a Saturday night always
proyides either a theatrical or operate enter
taiproent of the best quality for its visitors
1y,, NAV hear the latest opera sung by the best
- s.roers or the last society comedy produced
- the Erancats and the intervals between the
+ orc long enough to allow of the audience
s+ro11ing around the gardens and getting re-
crashed in the cool air before they are recalled
IN, the electric stage bell Glasses of light.
s1,gary champagne. at five cents each. are has
+ftx- finished and within the regulation wait or
ten minutes all have fed back TO their seats
Saturday night at Enghien lasts long. The