The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
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p1ERRE ROCHECOURT

1By PlERKE NO0iiA0O
is-Paris is city Of clubs just
I,Ro' o't,yr is 4 city of churches, st
city of schools, or Louisville n city OF
Il on,cn or San Francisco city OF push, OF
81 NJ mental wheels within wheels. "Syndi
- (orcanize yourscl), is the breath OF the
Z. ii every Partisan.
-, cope by Paris club in order to be per.
s n's ssyist had 10 he ''of public utility 'rhe
y elastic and It's Interpretation depended upon
kI,rs that were. The law regarding the public
~, was abrogatcd some four years ago. An.
20 passed stipuIating that clubs migut be
omyidcd 40 per cent Of the yearly fees Of the
~ be paid to the government The goverumcn,
"a, Is Der cent on the pool or "kitty.' And
80 All the Paris clubs permit gambling. the
Il. of finance and the city comptroller feed their
4 eoffers freely from these sources.
{ ,Nst club in Paris is the Cercle dc Union. 1t
s,drS in 1928 It's president is the Duke dc
',as' ts head ea Of the famous BRITTANY family 70
Et,opqed the gallant Cardinal de Rohau, whom
4 roises of having presented o pearl necklace to
4 uarie Antonettc, The duke is likely to be its
"a until he crosses tho bar. For so conscrva-
Ills old Union club that whcu it elects head
n on until death
INrL. in spite Of its great age, the Duke de
roban is only its sixth president The Others
IN, Duke de xembourg, the Duke de Rauzan,
/hss de Montmorency. the Duke de Riviere and
LIZ the old nobility that custom has decreed lt
Irs no less than n duke for president
q its permanent members are King Alphouso
1 DE Duke de Montpensier, the Duke de Guise
!, Grand Duke Paul. It's only American mem
krs Robert Bacon ambassador to France: John
4 former ambassador to Russia; Major Bentley
"a. military attache Of the embassy and Henry
- Of Paris and Philadelphia
p1rly FORTY wears the whole first floor of the
ank of buildings on the corn,r OF the Boulc-
4 is ltsliens and the Rue Scribe has been The
&dihe jockey club. 1t looks oui on a street full
Eican shops and Atlantic steamship Offices. This
| ,ei exclusive organization far as Americans
|E,smed. 1t includes however oil the noble old
hd France and all the ambitious Young bloods
e afford TO pay the price. Here one hears such
M ever get pool II %parrE E heqsatn
Inr its head in republican France.
! J@kev club was founded in 1884 by Lord Henry
tEr son of the Marquis Of Hertford Seymour
n 10 have been the original of dumas the elder S
si Monte Cristo. In order to humilate King
J Philippe. he used to drive skin. hand CON
b Of i've horses and mule. Tho club was born
pigeon shooting galleries of an Englishman
6T Byron. The old Jockey club has been de
las having "one mnitro hotel ten courses,
|hd. to wait on you. but wine or coffee -
|EH LOngchamps and Chantilly may be called
tpDodTomcs. belonging to the French Jockey
Tie president is the Duke dc Fezensac II has
Frsshln OF 1900. among whom are only three
Enr-Charles Carroll Of Paris. Francis Riggs of
lion and Henry Ridgwnv of Philadelphia and
B Charles Carroll got in through his brothers
ne Count dc l<ergolav and the Baron de
- and their family ramifications. Henry Rldg-
IN elected through the influence of his brother
Fes Marquis de Ganay. Americans whose names
|s'iold words on both sides of the Atlantic have
ksllsted The big American owners of rae
|fs 10 France, such William X. Vanderbilt,
Belmont, Frank Jav Gould and M p Wid,
4 Eh give great deal to get within this
sarce, hut they cannot.
Es known and the most cosmopolitan club IN
Epne Automobile Club of France. It's superb
6oklng out over the most beautiful square
|'fd-the Place de la Concorde-at once gives
monty over all other clubs, except the Cercle
[nt Started in 1899. mainly through the in.
~ Initiative of the Marquis de Dion. it now
81 -Jw members; Of these, 600 arc foreigners,
WON Americans
eRf object of the Automobile Club of France
a.N,ouFaaement of everything pertaining to tho
EEas ,1s All races and the great annual exbbI-
Ea IN the Grand Palace under its
.s The members differentiate themselves into
IaaH of thought. one of which is sporty and the
'f,nercla The former is headed by Baron de
! he president of the club; the latter by the
Etlal side. Many dine there every evening,
SSnnS get excellent dinner for the modest sum
p'aiklCAL representations IRE ven from time
70 i'me, when the best talent and the most
1eN are games, as in all other Paris clubs, but
--.puap scandal has ever occurred tuere. A unique
~ this club is its exhibition of paintings and
~ ie curing February aud March of each year,
ssllol'0rs are confined to members of the club,
ieso ouIy if hors concours. or above competition,
4, annual salons. Hence we find among mem
,le Automobile club some Of the greatest Nv
.sp; The honorary president Of the exhibition
n. s.ain,puran, head of the Villa dc Medci art
k0me Among the exhibitors arc such great
= Debot Ponsan, Delncrolx. Roll, Iicr aud
~ hs advantages particularly useful to a for
~ ~ mat IT facilitates the passage OF tourists
81 uat OF other countries. 1t gives permit or
men obtains easy transit the frontier.
~ ,;,i goIug to another land makes a money de-
.% I'm lne club instead of making II at the from
.,a Hnen Inen he returns to Paris his money is
D.. me fees are only $52 4 year. Former
\ If LG9ubet. King George of England, KING
~, !" rreecs, King Albert Of Belgium. King
III III, Of !, Spain aud cx-King Manuel of Portugal
k,a k,o,. Inc high protectors Of the club. Among
~ members are Grand Dukes Nicholas,
a, rna and Pierre Of Russia, Prince Henry of Prus
hI, 1v.alnand of Bulgaria. the Duke 'Abruzzi.
|W Ao1 sutherland and Henry SaDdcrsoD. presl-
"e Automobile Club Of America.