Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

English, French o. American. bue all
three in one. Americans above the tourist
class cannot get alone in Paris.
Otherwise there would have been a rich
American club founded years ago. The
English are no more independent. Their
British club is sorrowfuI and widowed
little joint, where half-pay captains pat
ronize humble. thankful chiefs of great
commercial houses. able to bug and sell
them thousand times.
High-priced Americans in Paris-more
than others who have studies, work or
hobbies-want to know what is going to
happen. before it happens. They want
inside information about races, meets and
competitions, horses, autos dogs. houses.
servants and hotels, prize fights, duels
and first nights.
When they join the brilliant throng at
Armenonville. the Cafe de Paris or the
Chateau de Madrid, they want elegant
men and women to nod to them gayly"
They want to know who is who and what
is what. and when, and why and how
often
They want TO see stag hunts with
hounds and horses. where the gorgeous
cavalcade dashes past pursuing the sweet.
melancholy notes of the horn in the depths
of the forest. They want to taste chateau
life, see the vintage, shoot pheasants,
: hear the story of the ruined castle. They
want to know the interiors of old Partisan
town houses. full of treasures. full OF
memories.
They feel that Paris is not their town,
while they know it to be the worlds
capital OF pleasure. They see. all around
them, brilliant public life different from
other cities. 1t mikes art poetry and
history with aeroplaning. ballooning and
baccarat: its votaries, both men ard
women, take equal pleasure in seance
OF the forty immortals and a fight-to-a-
J1n, oSy.fe
in it.
We would have swamped the purely
French clubs long ago. had they not been
such awesome centers of family ancestor
worship. There may be too many
Americans in London clubs-the English
say so; but there are practically none IL.
those of Paris.
The great ones-Jockey, Agricole. rue
Royale. Union and Union Artistique-are
so ruled by old memfers that the young
PariSians of family simply pay their dues
and steer clear of them. Young men
must rise when their elders enter. Does
the ancestor lack easy chair? Quick,
take mine. Is a young man winning gold
at baccarat? An old sport taps his shou!-
der. 1t means: Get up: I want that
place" Young men have to sit for hours
and listen to bald-heads' stories
Yes. young man. Your grandfather
the Marquis de Temps Passes, the Comte
de Gaga:-no, that was another adventure,
at the house of La Paiva. Remind me
to tell you of i'll was saying that your
father and Baron de Baveur-I mean your
grandfather and the Viconlte de Cadue-
proposed that 1 should hold the stakes.
Now. this was the situation"
Is it a wonder that young Parisians
of family frequent the Travellers Club
with enthusiasm:
Instead of treating them like school
boys, the new club honors them, reveves
them, almost. as the choicest. most indis-
pensable section of its membership. It is,
indeed. n fraternal sight to see Lord
Northcliffe w. X. Vanderbilt. IT,,
deferentially consulting the young Prince
Guy de Lucinge-Faucigny Cor any other)
about the roads of Dauphiny Cor any sub
jecD. True. the prince is a direct de-
scendant of Henri " and Louis Kill
by an English marriage to a commoner's
daughter during the immigration: and
he himself has espoused the American,
Miss Terry, Antonios daughter.
In his French membership. I note the
Marquis de Beauvais. Eicomte A. de Con-
tades. Comte de Montebelle, Due de
Noailles Comte de Montesquiou-Fezen-
sac, Marquis de Juigne. Marquis de FIRE.
noys and Comte Pierre de Jaucourt
There are many others. r..
The club, though reorganized, was
founded from England. Among the orisi-
nal members were Lord Abingdon. Duke
of Argyll, Lord Berwick Lord de Clifford,