The Red Cloud chief., 1912-07-11


7 Partisan friend OF the family,
h g 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 gouty one.
mo Parisienne Of my acquaintance
can begin to touch your record"
"Oh. but Charlie. It was not for
pleasure" she reproached him gently.
often was quite tired. but I 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. toi-
lettes. popping champagne. laughter.
practical Jokes and calls from table to
table. they noticed q pair Of Spanish
dancing girls weaving fandango In
the aisles. Charlie stepped aside q
moment to speak to the maitre d'hotel.
and. returning found that Mabel had
Invited the dancing girls to their table.
ITS eurorise. 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 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 cote, "on the side" 20 popu.
lar alike with rich Americans and
Par'a'ans. 10 here.
Pay for Insults.
It began when someone discovered
Alecandre 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 equipagss. to pay the beer So.
and be good naturedly insulted by the
chorus Of habitues az they departed.
Next 1t was the Cabaret OF Janitors,
the Quatz-Arts. the Tavern Of Assas.
sins. Fursy's Shanty-to which the
smart world still goes--and many an.
other. all copied on the same model
1t was seen that the fashionables were
glad to enter little hall, where
everybody could not go because there
was not room. because 1t 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 the
managers Of those that remained
smart kept their prices very dear
Thus. you pay $3.50 for the poores,
seat at the Capucines and dearer for a
back seat at the Michel than for al.
orchestra chair at the Grand Opera!
misunderstanding resorts insure
their cloakroom for a million and the
bonds Of its employees aggregate a like
|, sum.
Rich Americans flock to the Cam
cines. hidden on the boulevard, Oh
posite the Olympia. The Olympia. blaz
Ing with lights. has q 40 cents en-
trance. You must hunt for the Capu
cines through dim porte. here int
an ordinary apartment building court
yard. where II 10 surrounded and ton
ped by business Offices and hats. Ther,
II scarcely q sign. Inside. a bijou hall
with ~ rows Of seats. six boxes, q tin,
low balcony ~ dear as the rest. ,
Jewel box stage, Beaux-Arts sceuer,
worthy to frame Regina Badet aut
$3.50 cheapest entrance.
Here the young King OF Portuga
met Gaby Deslys. as star OF Review
ette. Here Regina Badet. one-tim,
ballet queen of the Opera ComiQus
plays. sings and dances In "Sapph,
and Phaon." WhOse dialogue. hoWevo