The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-03
PROGRESS DO0MS
RENOWNED CAT {
1t Must Give Way Despite Cries
Of " an d al
ism"
VERY RICH IN HISTORY
Modest in Appearance, 1t Is
Most Expensive Place in
Paris.
VERY RICH IN HISTORY
by MARQUIS DE cAsTHLLASE.

ISDaClnI Cable TO ne S-IIspotNAAsJ
Paris July 2.-'Vandalism! cry
Edouard Drumont and other friends
of old Paris.
''Progrcss.H shout the builders and
architects and other successors OF
Baron Haussmann.
But when the smoke and dust OF
battle will have cleared away IL viii
be found that the famous Cafe Anglafs,
on the Boulevard des Italiens. will
have disappeared. 1t is merely fol-
lowing the fate OF the Maison Doree,
however. and the Cafe Richie and
some other famous resorts of bygone
generation,
The cafe Anglais, despite Its modest
appearance, is unquestonably the
most expensive restaurant in Paris. 1t
has always been a favor!te resort for
wealthy Americans. who were not
only willing to pay for what they or
dered, but for the traditions of the
house. In days gone by there dined
here those foolish youths who dec
GRATED the supper room with $4,000
worth of violets to crafty a whim OF
the famous Cora Pearl. and who used
to send Hortense Schneider cases OF
champagne for her daily bath.
Here We're cellars that escaped the
rage of the Commune; here was a
famous banqueting hall where few but
kings and princes ever dined; here the
| head waiter might have been Prime
Minister to Judge him by his dignity;
| here the steward knew more about
| wine than perhaps any epicure in
| Paris.
1t was not N the Cafe Anglais, how
| ever. but in rival establishment
| nearby. that william K. Vanderbilt
found the cook to whom he paid sfo,-
| 900 a year.
a Race-Trnck for Versailles.
/ There is a movement on foot to In
| wade the sacred precincts OF Yer
sailles by establishing race course
/ there which will necess'tate cutting
| down part of the famous forest.
Practical people, and especially
/ land owners. do not think either the
beauty or the charm of Versailles
would suffer by the enlivening in
/ huence of race-track. They main
tain that the forest is so immense thai
what would be required would not in
lure or change the form of the grea
para And then think what 1t would
do for trade? Versailles has beer
4 practically dead since Marie An
toinette and Louis XVI. were dragged
! thence 10 Paris by the mob.
Strange as 1t may seem. the twt
most violent opposers 70 the scheme
are two Americans-James Gordon
/ Bennett and John w. Gates. Mr.. Ben
nett says that the very paving stone
1 would rise up and cry out against sucl
decoration. Now, this is all yer,
we'll, but on the other hand 1t mus
4 be remembered that both Mr. Bennett
and Mr.. Gates ow n shooting preserve
near the forest of Versailles Her
they invite their friends to help ii
the annual slaughter of the innocents
Even grand duke ofttimes lends
helping hand at these battues. so yo
see mems motives may be sometime
Very much mixed
A Snub for Knrputhala.
Our great social leading ladies hav
administered severe rebuke to tn
Maharaiah OF Karputhala; and all oa
cause this amiable and modernize
Asiatic married the girl of his choic.
who happened to be dancer at he
fathers cafe in Spain Sne is the sis
ter of that other Spanish girl VIII
married young Thomas Ross Winan
OF Baltimore. nephew of Waite
Winans. of London.
The Maharajah leaves the enchante
. banks of the Gauges and quits hi
100000 broad acres in India to spend
season each year in Paris. and til
question our duchesses and marquise
have been called upon to decide
whether they would continue to RI
ceiye him and the ex-dancer.
: One woman. Drawer than the other
asked the princelY pair to Dime
and invited a number of well know
society people to meet them. Alas! ST
had the pair all to herself.
France is the garden spot OF tt
J orange blossom. and Just now II
: maids and youths of Cannes are busil
engaged In harvesting them. One mi
lion and a quarter pounds of the!
i beautiful and fragrant blossoms ha,
0 auence quite flow of gold has poure
, into that neighborhood. Maids ar
. youths sing and make merry engage
= in this pleasant task. 1t is indeed
pleasing sight.
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