The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-02
DUKE IS IMPRESSED
WITH NEW YORK
Compared With French Capital
1t Is Gayer With
More Life.
BROADWAY A REVELATION
Says City Is Far Ahead in Consump-
tion of Liquor and in Numerous
Other Things.

New York. Oct. There has
nothing on New York for gayety,
pleasure. cooking or theatres"
This is the conclusion Ferdinand de
Bourbon Orleans. Due de Monspir.
who. if his family had their heredi-
tary rights 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 Well.
Here are some interesting compari-
sons the duke makes between Paris
and New York:
Your lights are one of the most in
teresting and beautiful features OF
your night life" he exclaimed gIbly.
AS a whole your streets are much
better lighted than ours. and we have
no Broadway. There is not one street
in Paris which contains so much.
Even in the shop windows We do not
burn as many lights as you, and as
for the electric lights. the theatres
and on top of buildings-never have
beheld their equal.
Admires Everything.
The horses that gaIlop. the baby
elephant that sits on its tail, the
young lady with the flowing skirt, the
fixing bottles and steaming coffee
cups-my. but they are marvellous!
l think he is a great artist who de-
signs them-we have none SO clever
in Paris.
You waste light as glOriOusly as
you waste everything else"
Have you been in Chinatown at
night?" he was asked
only the other night" he replied.
I saw II all the opium dens and all
the rest 1t is very interesting, for
we have no Chinese colony in Paris.
But, really. it did not seem TO me very
wicked, as you would say. I under
stand that the police cleared it out a
while ago." he continued, a bit re-
gretfully
What sort Of people do you meet
in your wanderings?"
"All sorts. Positively, anyone whom
I might see in the daytime" he ans
wered readily. What impressed me
most was the number of respectable
women one sees on the streets alone
after dark. If a woman appears with
out an escort in Paris at night-Well.
If you viii pardon my frankness, she
Is only waiting TO find one. Young
women, pretty, too, hurry along with
out glancing or being glanced at"
DO New Workers enjoy their pleas
ures as much as Parisians?"
Every One Looks Happy.
yes, 1 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 freely and
gayly at dinner and supper. With us
Il is different. The faces of men and
women in our public places are often
so triSte, so blase. Your theatres are
most remarkable. The scenery is more
beautiful and the acting is better
than I find in Paris As for the cafes
1 can assure you that in the best of
them the cooking is twice as good as
I find at home. 1t is so rare in
Paris TO see a man drunk: over here
it IS not rare. ell bien. not to see men
who have drunk too much" laughed
the duke.
The duke recently saw a New York
gang fight in which a man was shot
to death. This almost brought on a
comparison between the famous Paris
Apache and the New York gang.
Worse Than Apaches.
'As it happens 1 never have been
an eye witness Of one of the ADaene's
encounters. But I know what they
are like, and 1 assure you that If the
fights you have here are of the sort
l witnessed they are more dangerous
than those of Paris. In a sense. the
Apaches commit horrible crimes. for
they use knives and make fatal
wounds. I fancy, too, that they get
into trouble Oftener than your street
r0ughs here. But they fight carefully
among themselves, and most impor-
tant OF all, they do not use pistols.
That means that passersby are in
very little danger. In this country il
is different. l don't see how a dozen
men escape being wounded the way
the bullets fly around
1T is a most remarkable thing"
he said, concerning the night court
which he had visited. I'VE have none
in Paris, you know, and / believe
that the establishment of one would
be most desirable. II is not right to
put people who have not done any
thing into a prison even oyer night.
And do you know. a great many of
the people I saw there did not seem
to have done anything"
You have visited the roof gar
den, of course ?"
Yes, and I found it most interest
ing, said the duke again, choosing
what is his mast choice adjective OF
all words. In Paris we have no roof
gardens, but we have theatres in gar
dents saloons with trees, grass and
flowers. How very charming thew
are! Only here l realize YOU would
not have space for such, and so Won
go on top of the high buildings to get
cool. But with US il is never so warm
as you have II here. Hot. yes, but
without the dampness-you call hu-
mildly"
MODTu OADnI IMA F0ITon