Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-07-19

a N American city woman was
sailing home from Paris.
~ Charlie" she said to a
Partisan friend of the family,
rh u matte, knobby-handed.
with a bold spot, but still In circula'
ton; Charlie, am quitting this Mod
ern Babylon, this Cavern Of Folly
Pardon, Mabel. but you got about
with CELEBRITY" replied the equity one.
mo Parisienne Of my acquaintance
can begin to touch your record"
"Oh, but Charlie, 1t was not for
pleasure" she reproached him gently.
Often was quite tired. but l kept
up-just to see.''
Such were her last words His were:
Mabel. you're fraud" But he was
mistaken. All the rich Americans who
come to Paris get about the resorts
with energy. fearful Of missing some
thing. Parisians do not understand.
They just wanted to see!
The husband Of Mabel and two 9th
ers trusted Charlie to take the ladies'
to supper at the Abbaye after the thea
ter. Amid gypsy music, lights. tot
lettes, popping champagne. laughter,
practical jokes and calls from table to
table, they noticed pair of Spanish
dancing girls weaving a fandango in
the aisles. Charlie stepped aside a
moment to speak to the maitre d'hotel,
and, returning found that Mabel had
invited the dancing girls to their table.
Its a rur1rise, Charlie" she said
guiltyily; but the scolded. You know
you should not do it," he said. What
possessed your"
"Oh." she answered, ut is Just to
make study"
After all, she said to him, because a
whole series of very smart resorts base
their existence on a previous Partisan
desire to make study" to see some
thing different" and exclusive.
All the genesis OF the little jewel box
theatres a cote, ION the SIDE" so popu.
lar alike with rich Americans and
Partaians. is here.
Pay for Insults.
1t began when someone discovered
Alexandra Bruants little cabaret for
laborers and masons, to whom rude
but powerful song writer's warbled
their ballads OF the people" Friday
evenings the fashionables began arriv.
ing in dress clothes and a string of
elegant equipages, to pay the beer 81.
and be good naturally insulted by the
chorus Of habitues as they departed.
Next 1t was the Cabaret Of Janitors.
the Quat'z-Arts, the Tavern of Assas.
sins, Fursys Shanty-to which the
smart world still goes-and manv an.
other, all copied on the same model
1t was seen that the fashionables were
glad to enter a little hall. where
everybody could not 60 because there
was not room. because it was dear and
different As soon as the middle class
and flourish public caught on the fash.
ionables quit and tried another
Grasping this taste of the rich tho
managers Of those that remained
smart kept their prices very dear
Thus. you pay $3.50 for the poorest
seat at the Capucines and dearer for a
back seat at the Michel than for nm
orchestra chair At the Grand Opera,
Notwithstanding resorts tn.nr.
their cloakroom for a million and ~
bonds Of its employees aggregate a ,;Le
sum.
Rich Americans flock to the CAM,
cines, hidden on the boulevard m
posite the Olympia. The Olympia b,a,.
ing with lights. has a 40 cents .n.
trance. You must hunt for the CAM.
cines through dim porte-cochere into
an ordinary apartment building court.
yard. where 1t is surrounded and ton.
ped by business Offices and fats. Ther.
is scarcely a sign. Inside, biiou hal,
with IA rows Of seats. six boxes. a tinv
low balcony as dear as the resi- q
Jewel box stage. Beaux-A.ts SCENERY
worthy to frame Regina Badet ana
$3.50 cheapest entrance.
Here the young King Of Portuya,
met Gaby Deslys. as star of Review.
cite. Here Regina Badet, one-tima
ballet queen Of the Opera omtoue
plays. sings and dances in "sapnho
And Phaon." Whose dialogue. however