The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-07
f. |. SHELLABARGfR'S
VIEWS OF GAY PAREt"
Young Writer Disposed to
frOwn Upon FriVOIilieS
Of French Capital

(F /. shellabareer ii Denver Post
GFrank l.. Shellahargcr several years
ago. was stationed at Guthrie as cor
respondent for Kansas City news
paper. He married popular young
lady Of Guthrie, Miss Ruby Jones, whl
is now With her husband on a three
years trip around the worldl
Paris, France Among the many
petty CRAFTS which flourish in Paris IS
the system of women ushers IN the
theaters and music halls. In SOME of
the places of amusement these attend
ants receive no wages atNll depend
ing upon the generosity and gullihil
ity OF patrons to an even greater ex
tent than do Pullman pOrters in the
states. When a person is ushered 90
his seat the tip must be produced at
once or several lines Of vehement
abuses emphasized by artistic French
profanity. will flow from the mouth OF
the usher
None Of these ushers IS pretty on
the contrary plainness of appearance
seems TO have been a requisite in their
selection. Were attractive young girls
employed there doubtless would be q
protest from the "sociable ladies' who
haunt the promenades OF the music
halls and must be credited for a large
share ol the patronage which the
places receive.
Iu addition to this service the pa
tron must pay also for his program or
do without. OF course, ir going 10 and
from the hall he reinforces the regular
cab hire with q tip and when he geee
10 the cafe afterward for O glass oi
coffee-it IS served in glasses beFe on
wine. there are several persons 20 IRE
member" The attepdapi who pouca
the coffee rs not the same as he who
brines him his sugar And there is a
woman there to hold his uyercoat AMI
hand him Ills hat and cane,
All the gratuities are small, but
they are sufficiently numerous to bring
the grand total TO considerably high
er figure than the traveller IN America
pays.
To the intense disappointment OF
many an American visitor, the Moulin
ROUGE of the good old days exists no
longer The big red wheel still re-
Wolves, but II marks a place that has
degenerated to a point where Il is ~
most indecent May de Souza rs there
from America, singing and dancing.
but she wears a dress and the iit OK
hi indicates the presence OF other gar
ments underneath. Consequently there
ls little applause for May and little pa
tronage for the Moulin Rouge.
Al the Folies Bergere and Other
dance halls the actresses strive to SAT
isfy the Paris ideal, which is a round
and plump feminine figure In extreme
~ abbreviated costume The toilette
of most OF the dancers Is an abridged
edition of that worn in the prize ring
but cut even more dec0liete and pos
sessing. sometimes, the additional Flr-
tue-in the Parisians eyes OF trans
parency
For when the Fariaian goes out lo
lac amused he wants 30 taH 90 be made
upon his Imagination. There IS real
ism IN everything here. HIS Idea OF
art is beauty unadorned Uncle sam
would railroad TO the penitentiary any
person who would attempt 20 sent
/ through the nails postal cards TAR less
realistic than are displayed in me WIN
ldows here. Americans stand for hours
I al a stretch IN front of these shops, eA'
lclaimine How shocking at inter
vais. The French hayo heard ihe ez-
pression SO often that they nave lmi-
li0ined Il and given II q place IN their
o,tn Vocabulary Dealers in pictures
and books use it when they have slls-
cial appeal to make TO the American :
purse.
But II IS q mistake to suppose for
a minute that Paris Is gay ana gldd}
and I'm an things unconventional mere
nv 10 please the foreign visitors Amer
licans ana English are numerous mere
hut not sufficiently 20 io Keep aiife
ihalf of the music halls whose owners
are coinmg money every night. Paris
~out for a time has Just me class ol
amusement she likes best ahd D 10
Ithe patronage Of the natives % added
That OF foreigners SO much the better
But every American and hnglishmal
tens you ne goes 90 these places lls'
llo he educated m the French style Ihf
children must see the animals Soi
know.
when ono considers the class q
lamusements most popular here he 2
moved 10 wonder what motive aotn
ated the French people 20 make ih'
magnificent collections Of ari Nhici
are housed in the Louvre and oihel
wonderful ealleries lle o. tempted e
reconcile The two conditions in th.
, tact chat most Of ihe f5ures dis
ulayea in the masterpiece age unolai
But the great galleries ere here an'
] there Is nothing IN the United State
5 or England t0 approach them
I Nor rs the music an Of the aify kind
q produced In places where constant az
peal IS made 70 The sensual IN man