Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-15
FRENCH DUKE IN NEW YORK
Ferdinand de Bourbon Likes the Way
They Do Things Here.
Is INTERESTED IN CHINATOWN
Impressed with the Fact that at
Night Women Are safe on the
streets OF nm American
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City.
NEW YORK. Aug. H-(special Tele-
gram paris has nothing on New York
in gaiety, pleasure, cooking, wines Or
theaters
This is the conclusion Ferdinand de
Bourbon Orleans due de Montpenser, who,
IL his family had their hereditary right,
would be very close TO the throne Of France.
His royal highness has been making a close
study Of New York and he knows his Paris
from center TO circumference. Here are
some interesting comparisons the duke
makes between New York and Paris:
Your lights are one of the most interest
ing and beautiful features OF your night
life" he exclaimed Chilly.
AS a whole your streets are much better
lighted than ours. And we nave no Broad
way. There is not one street in Paris which
contains so much. Even in the shop win
dows we do not burn as many lights as
you and as for street lights, theaters and
ON tops of buildings! Never have beheld
their equal
"The horses that gallop, the baby ele-
plant that sits on his tail, the young
woman with the flowing skirt, the fzzing
bottles and the steaming coffee cups-my
but they are marvelousi 1 think he is a
great artist who designs them, we have
none 30 clever in Paris.
Goes Through Chinatown.
You waste light az glorlously as you
waste everything else" concluded the duke
smihng bit quizzically.
Have you been in Chinatown at night?"
"Only the other night" he replied. Il saw
II all, the opium uens and al the rest IL
.Nl.a..
colony in Paris. But really. it did not seem
10 me very wicked, as you would say. /
understand that the police cleared 1t out
while ago." he added a tribe regretfuly.
What sort Of people DO you meet IN
your wanderingsT'
"An sorts--positively any one whom
/ might see IN the DAY time" he an
swered readily.
What impressed me most was the
number of respectable women one sees
on the streets alone after dark. If a
woman appears without an escort in
Paris at night--well. If you win pardon
my frankness, she is only waiting to find
one. But here Il is obviously different
Young women, prey too, hurry along
without glancing, or being glanced at"
"Do New orkers enjoy their pleasures
as much as Parisians?'
Everybody Looks Happy.
But but, yes--I am sure. Wherever
i go, in the shows in the cafes, every
one looks so happy, so excited. They fol-
low the plays with such absorption, they
laugh and talk SO saily at dinner and
and supper. With US II il different. The
faces Of the men and women in our public
places are often so triste, so blase.
Il have always said your theaters were
most remarkable. The scenery is more
beautiful and the acting is better than
that 1 find in Paris. AS for the other
places that open at nignt-tne cafes, i
can assure you that in the best of them
the cooking Is quite good as find at
home. The wine is much stronger. So
when they give me the same sort OF
French wine here as in Paris, it is more
powerful here. perhaps that is why j
see more intoxicated people on the streets
1t is so rare in Paris to see a man drunk
over here 1t is rare, Ell bien, not to see
some man who have drunk too much
laughed the duke
The duke recently saw New York
gang fight, in when man was shot to
death This naturally brought on a COM
Varison between the famous Paris
Apache and the New York gangs.
"As II happens. I have never been al
eye witness of one OF the Apache en-
counters. But I know what they are like
and 1 assure you tkat If the fights vol
have here are of the sort Witnessed YOU
streets are much more dangerous thar
those Of Paris. In a sense, the Apachel
commit more horrible crimes, for they us,
knives and inflict frightful injuries
fancy, too. that they get into troubl,
oftener than your street roughs here. Blu
they fight chiefly among themselves and
most important OF - they do not us,
pistols. That means that passersby are il
very little danger.
But here It is very different. 1 dom
see how a dozen men escaped bein,
wounded the way the bullets were flynn
around"
1T is most remarkable thing" he said
I'VE have none in Paris, you know and
believe the establishment Of one woul,
DO most desirable 1t is not right to pu
people who have not done anything int
prison, even over night. And. do yo,
know, a great many of the people I say
there did not seem to have done anything
One boy had played ball and another hal
stood on a corner. Our policemen are YER
strict, but don't think they would arres
boys for those things
1T seemed to me that the Judge wa
very kind and wise to let SO many of tn
prisoners go"
You have visited the roof gardens. Q
course?'
Eyes, and found them most interesting,
said the duke, again choosing what is hi
apparently adjective OF an work. I'm Pari
we have no roof gardens. but we hav
thsaters in gardens-real ones. with tree
and flowers and grass. Very charming the
are. Only here realize you would nc
have space for such and so you go u
on the high buildings to be cool. But wit
US II Is never so warm as you have it her,
Hot, yes, but without the dsmpness-wha
you call humidity"