The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-26
EzFFEZ TOWER

I witty and refined, would never be Der
mitted on the stage of large theater.
The same may be said of the costumes,
At one moment Regina might jump
into the sea and scarcely wet her
/ clothes. There are half a dozen Of
these theaters of the first class, the
Michel. the Arts, the Madame, the
Mondain, the Fursy, and so on. The
Grand Guignol makes a specially Of
short pieces of horror and terror,
many of which have been adopted in
! America.
At 1880 p. M, in the late Paris
spring. 1t Is still daylight. The rich
Americans, dressed in their evening
clothes, begin to get uneasy.
The witching hour approaches. Is
Dan coming?
The Sylvan Restaurants.
There are hundred Dams, all in
hurry, bubbling with life and ardor,
knowing everything and everyone.
Many are young Frenchmen of best
families. Many are English and
Americans grown up in Paris. do
not say that rich Americans cannot
get on without Dan in the evening,
but they'd rather have him.
At the instant Dan arrives, all ago,
and upsets all arrangements. (This
surprise and upsetting has its charm)
It's too fine night to dine indoors.
Quick, telephone to the Ambassadors
for table! Great crowd there TO-
night, the Due de Montpensier re-
turned from his exploring expedition,
has a dinner party. Vanderbilt an
other, Sacha Maghan and the two
Grand Dukes, 1t will be delightful!
Evidently-or they would be stuck
Dinner in the sylvan restaurants OF
the Champs Elysees is the dearest eat
ing proposition in Paris. Laurents Is
severely fashionable. Paillard's (Dl
rand's) is as fashionable and slightly
gayer. The Ambassadors, with It's
terraces, perron and balconies under
the trees yet partly enclosed from .Ae
wind, is a charmed spot OF glded
youth-and old age-and fresh, laugh
ing beauty, a mixed world OF arlslo
Gratis, racing men, actresses, PROBES
sional loneliness, notable foreigners
and daring married ladies with lneli
husbands. The management is taat VI
Maxim's. AT lunch, the cookery Is tne
best In Paris, and not dearer than 'ne
other Maxim's; but dinner Is oul VI
price. ~.
Gayety Is on the bill OF fare But
always within correct bounds. Even
lone parties of rich Americans arrive
at a semblance of rollicking cneei'
while looking on. Half dozen young
men of high family, half dozen PREV
women vaguely OF the theater pc.
ls.dyIike practical jokes on each o!ne.,
SO keep things moving. They neeo los
pay for their supper. That Is WY
your bill is higher. .,.
II you want to see real crazy ra1Ai.,
Dan will take you to the AoOaye
Theleme-reference to old haDei'',
l
tipsy Utopia, with its motto: ~
you please" To whet your appea ,,s
he will tell you its story-now lne w.
credited Montmartre night-restauiaI,1s
with cobwebs on its wall was taken
hand by the Cafe de Paris and Arn. .hs
Vile, and in one week filed VIII n
cream of rioting Paris, the lls .s.
private equipages waiting two Oi0'
outside. .-o And
The supper for six persons @00 . lam
cheap. All the while you nave D ssd
lulled by love songs. You nave u ~.
next to nothing to eat II you w.,
more it is dearer. Breaking cro, ,.,fs
and setting fire to celiuloio
handles, $40 extra. p had
Dinner was dearer. II you 80
melon. lobster. flowers. primeuf .ssP
etables, peaches, Strawberries :. sso
Hes. cigars and liquors. coun. eat
or $40 for six persons. HaO'''''
IL at half price.