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

f, witty and refined, would never be per
mitted on the stage of a 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 d. 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 a 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 a night to dine indoors.
Quick, telephone to the Ambassadors
for a table! Great crowd there to-
night. the Due de Montpensier re-
turned from his exploring expedition.
has 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 (Du-
rand's) Is as fashionable and slightly
gayer. The Ambassadors. with its
terraces. perron and balconies under
the trees yet partly enclosed from me
wind. is a charmed spot of gilded
youth-and old age-and fresh. laugh
ing beauty. a mixed world of aristo-
Gratis. racing men. actresses. profess
sional loneliness. notable foreigners
and daring married ladies with their
husbands. The management is that of
Maxim's. At lunch. the cookery is the
best in Paris, and not dearer than the
other Maxim's: but dinner is out OF
price.
Gayety is on the bill of fare. But
always within correct bounds. Even
lone parties of rich Americans arrive
at a semblance of rollioking cheer
while looking on. Half a dozen young
men of high family. half dozen pretty
women vaguely OF the theater play
ladylike practical jokes on each other
SO keep things moving. They need not
pay for their supper. That is why
your bill is higher.
II you want to see real crazy razzle
Dan will take you to the Abbaye dc
, Theleme-reference to old Rabelais
tipsy Utopia, with its motto: DO as
you please" To whet your appetite
he will tell you Its story-how the dis
, credited Montmartre night-restaurant
, with cobwebs on its wall was taken il
hand by the Cafe de Paris and Armeno
, vile, and in one week filled with III,
) cream of rioting Paris. the. line 4
! private equipages waiting two blocki
outside.
The supper for six persons. $50. Ant
cheap. All the while you have beet
lulled by love songs. You have hat
next TO nothing to eat. II you wan
I. more. II is dearer. Breaking crockeri
, and setting fire to celluloid knit,
!. handles, $40 extra.
|. Dinner was dearer. IL you haC
e melon. lobster. flowers. primeur veg
|. etables, peaches. strawberries. cher
' ries. cigars and liquors. count il So
a or $40 for six persons. Habitues ge
' II at half price.