The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-19
Stunning Gowns Are Seen This Season
In Paris: Summer To Be Cav
ny Ia yoYAcuEsE.

Paris, June l1.-Ine spring Bea6On
In Paris of 1910 has passed, and the
season is well along, speaking
from the standpoint Of fashion and So
ciety, June 30th will see the great
racing event Of the year. the running
of the Grand Prix." one of the most
famous horse races of the world,
which takes place here annually, while
July Bird the postponed Flower fete"
is to be held. this year to be known
as the 'fete de Paris and which is |
intended to celebrate the re-establish- |
ment OF normal conditions in Paris, |
following the memorable flood
Both events are to take place In the
Bots de Boulogne. the former, oil
course, at the race track, Long
champs" as it is called in France;
and the latter in the avenue known
as the "Acacias," from the rows of
such trees which line this magnificent
thoroughfare on each side. Those to
whom from choice or necessity. visit
to the races is prohibited. make trip
each day either to the Bots itself or
to the Avenue des Champs Elysees,
which is the usual route on the return
from the races. Here, day after day,
during the great race week (Which
ends with the running OF the Grand
Prix") men. women and children sit
for hours On chairs or other seats
which are placed two or three deep all
along the avenue. where they watch
for the passing OF the fashionables
in autos or carriages.
You may form an idea of the enor-
nous crowds which this important
and worldwide known event attracts
when it is said that the tremendous
attendance enables the Jockey club to
offer purses for races aggregating this
year, 100000. Accommodations ev-
erywhere throughout the city are a
premium during the famous week.
Three American women l know. who
are in Europe for the season, visited
no less than ten hotels before obtain
ing accommodations.
The Flower fete" in July is expect
ed to Guido all efforts Of previous
years. The city is to offer unusually
large prizes for the best decorated car
riages of all classes including motors.
In addition, prizes are to be offered
for the best decorated windows on the
line Of the parade.
AS result, quite probably, of the
lamentable inefficiency Of the Paris
telephone service, and which is re-
sponsible for the prosecution of a well
known Partisan actress for having u.s.
ed a rather strong expletive over the
telephone, In speaking to central
operator, the telephone regulations,
which 1t had been hoped would be re-
vised by the officials. have been left
in their customary deplorable condi-
ton.
No wonder one uses strong language
in battling with telephone conditions
in the French capital. It frequently
seems that one might often be unable
to find language strong enough when
seeking to obtain telephone connie
ton in Paris. The very worst phone
service to be found in any city in the
United States. is a dream of perfection
compared to the average service in
this city.
To begin with, in sending call"
you start in, worn to the bone by prev.
ious disheartening efforts Of the kind,
in giving central" quickly (for haste
is urged on subscribers by the COM
pany ITSELF the number desired, which
by the way frequently runs into the
thousands. something in this fashion:
please. Miss, give me 1861 Mont
martre." You hear her repeat it like
streak. and at the same time she
does, aloud, a sum in mental arithme-
tic at the end. to be sure she has the
number right. She repeats all the
figures given in the call, and then
adds them up. This is all maddening
enough. but added to this you are
compelled to wait and wait and then
wait some more. Receiving no reply,
you give several "grinds" to the han
die OF the phone instrument, which,
by the way resembles an old-fashioned
coffee mill. and then thoroughly exas-
perated, shrek. Il am waiting" to
which central" blandly inquiries,
What for?" Whereupon you go way
back" and begin all over again.
Who could resist using rather
strong language? Yes. Paris is decid-
eddy "hades" when it comes to tele-
phone service. One is compelled to
| feel surprised that the lunatic asyl-
ums are not crowded to the doors all
through Paris as a result Of this horri-
BILE telephone evil. for bad as it is in
the capital. in the provinces it is pos
itively distracting. and makes for in.
sanity among that part of the public
who are obliged to make use OF the
Tin the United States) time saving
system.
| With the lovely, warm summer DAYS
which Paris is now enjoying, the
scene Of that spectacle which seems to
afford the greatest interest to visitors
to the "city Of light"--its Inhabitants
dining and supping-has shifted from
the close and stuffy restaurants of the
city proper, to the sylvan resorts OF
the kind in the Bots de Boulogne