The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-07-12

Partisan friend of the family,
r II u matte, knobby-handed.
with a bold spot. but still In circula-
lion; Charlie. am quitting this Mod
srn Babylon, this Cavern OF Folly"
Pardon. Mabel, but you got about
with CELEBRITY" replied the equity one.
NO 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 ! kept
up-just to see
Such were her last words. His were:
mabel, you're a 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 a pair of Spanish
dancing girls weaving 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.
IT'S surprise, Charlie" she said
guiltyily; but the scolded. You know
you should not do It," he said. What
possessed your"
oh" she answered, lit is just to
make a 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, "on the side." so popu
lar alike with rich Americans and
parisians. is here.
Pay for Insults.
II began when someone discovered
Alexandra Bruant's little cabaret fol-
laborers and masons, to whom rude
but powerful song writer's warbled
their ballads of the people" Friday
evenings the fashionables began arriy
Ing in dress clothes and a string Of
elegant equipages. to pay the beer So
! and be good naturally insulted by the
chorus OF habitues as they departed.
Next ii was the Cabaret of Janitors
! the QuatZ-Arts. the Tavern of Assas
sins, Fursy's Shanty-to which tn,
smart world still goes-and many an
other. all copied on the same model
/ II was seen that the fashionables wer,
/ glad 10 enter little hall, wher,
everybody could not go because Their,
was not room, because IL was dear an,
| different. AS soon as the middle elias
end flourish public caught on the fash
ionables quit and tried another.
Grasping this taste of the rich tn
managers of those that remaine
smart kept their prices very deal
I Thus. you pay $3.50 for the poores
seat at the Capucines and dearer for
back seat at the Michel than for a
orchestra chair at the Grand Opera,
I itSoAlS
their cloakroom for a million and tn
bonds of its employees aggregate a lik
sum.
Rich Americans flock to the Capl
cfnes, hidden on the boulevard. OF
posite the Olympia. The Olympia. bla;
ing with lights, has a 40 cents ell
trance. You must hunt for the Capl
cines through dim porte-cochcre int
al ordinary apartment building cour
yard. where It is surrounded and tol
ped by business Offices and fats. Their
Is scarcely sign. Inside. bijou hal
with Ia rows of seats, six boxes. a tin
low balcony as dear as the rest,
jewel box stage, Beaux-Arts scener
worthy 10 frame Regina Badet an
S2.60 cheapest entrance.
Here the young King OF Porting;
met Gaby Deslys. as star Of a Review
cite. Here Regina Badet. one-tim
ballet queen of the Opera-ComiQu
plays. sings and dances in "Sapph
and Phaon." whose dialogue. howsvs