The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-16

THEY KNOW HOW TO
GRAFT OVER THERE
What a Chance Visitor to a
Paris Theatre Has to
Endure.
AN AMERICAN GIRLS ERROR
DESIGNERS ALREADY AT WORK
UPON SPRING FASHIONS.
AN AMERICAN GIRLS ERROR
BY LA voYAGEUsE.

Paris, March 15-France is a great coun-
try and the French a wonderful people
but some of their methods, business and
otherwise, are sufficient 10 drive an ord
mary Anne lcan well-nigh frantic, If not
20 the verge OF insanity. To American
women many of these peculiarities ara
particularly trying. for the reason that
from
For instance the system of purchasing
seats foT the average theatrical perform
ance. First, you buy your seat, say, at
any of the ticket offices in the theatres,
or az some prominent hotel, paying d
premium in the latter case. But mere
you are at once compelled to pay an adj
ditionai cost as a tax for the benefit OF
the poor This is but the beginning.
When you reach the theatre. whether
man or woman preferably the latter, fe-
males being the more helpless and hence
defenseless), your path is barred by a
female, usually wearing red, blue or othar
colored bows in her hair. who grabs your
wraps and your ticket also, and after dis
posing of the former in a cloak room and
exacting fee, conducts you to your seat,
where she places a fOOtstOOi under your
feet, irrespective of whether you want il or
not. She also hands you a program
Then she waits eXpectan1y, and unless
you are mighty quick about handing out
tip, and good szea one, too, a quick
flowing stream of French speech greets
you, and in so loud tone that the at
tention of others in the vicinity is natur-
ally directed towards YOU. Such is the
position in which theatregoers are placed.
and 1t is especially embarrassing IL the
case of a woman, for her neighbOrs gaze
at her curiOusly and in half contempt at
what is assumed to be righteousness
Naturally ones state of mind by that
time is not best calculated to enjoy the
performance. but the usheress. nor, in
deed, the management itself. cares moth
ing for that; having got your money, the
has h,apn
This is only one of many instances Of
the petty graft to which the public here
is subjected. The motto among many
seems to be: Get his COR herr money;
politely. if possible. but get it,"
AS a friend from New York now visit
ing here said TO me yesterday, in speak
ing OF these conditions: New Workers
think they are victims of the tipping sys-
TEN in its most aggravated form, at the
hands of servants. public or private. Why,
in New York and other big cities at
home they don't know what the 'hOldup
game as practiced by servants here really
perience the art developed in it's utter
most. Its extent is incOnCeivable 10
Americans who have never been abroad
Now Wishes She Hadn't.
The crowned head of another American
born princess is resting uneasily. This
time il is that of the Princess de Bro
gle, who was Estells Carpenter, daugh-
ter of wealthy Chicago parents, who, like
many other misguided American girls,
Unanswered for title until she got one.
And like many others, again, she ardent
ly wishes she hadn't" Prince Robert
de Broglie. who is a familiar figure in
Paris where he has been twice in the di-
Vorce court, his Chicago wife having
sought and gained her freedom, is being
freely discussed here at present, as a re-
suit of his having been discovered at
Nice. where. under the stage name of
Stsllio. he is appearing at the Olympia
music hall in a light operette, in COM
pany with an attractive young woman
known as Mile. Mel0dia and who, ac-
cording to local gossip, Is most anxious
20 become Princess de Broglie.
Will American girls ana their parents
ever learn that in the game OF exchang-
ing American fortunes for foreign titles
the average chance of their turning out
happily is very small when compared
with the likelihood of early disillusiOn-
ment, unhappiness and vain regrets? The
poor little American moth seems seldom
70 profit by the example of others who
have tried the experiment. only to have
their wings more or less severely
scorched.
Human nature. however. is very much
the same the world over. Not alone in
the United States does domestic unhappi-
ness exist. Here IN Paris. family dis
cord is found. and separations followed
by divorce are frequent. The latest evil
dence of the vagaries OF woman's
mind (who can fathOm. lass explain it)
IS reported In the case OF Nine. Casimir-
Parrfer wife of the son of the former
president of the republic, who was Nine
Simone until her marriage to the wealthy
young Frenchman a few months ago. and
Sf which l wrote at the time. On the
stage she is known as lie Bargy. Her
beautiful face and figure are reproduced
in photographs, and are TO be seen all
over Europe
1t is said the trouble between the couple
IS due to the fact that the wife has been
chosen for the leading female role in
"Chanticleer." Rostands famous barn
yard play. in which the characters APP
pear costumed as fowls. animals. etc.
NJ Casimir-PerTier. who is said to be
not without jealousy Of his beautiful
wife. not only violently objects to hsc
appearing in the play in the costume de-
signed for her, but to her being in the
cast at all.
Apart from this, one of the most incon-
ceivable features of the entire situation
IS that the reported break between thu
Young money king and his wife is actual
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