New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
Visitors to Resorts Find New
Type of Annoyance.

| vide every convenience for tourists, and
incidentally, TO extract as much money
as possible from them on one pretext or
another. the people of the Continent are
| apparently determined to leave no stone
unturned. The latest enterprise on the
part Of persons anxious to turn a penny
honest or dishonest, is 10 pretend to be
private detectives anxious 10 place their
services at the disposal OF visitors at
! Continental holiday resorts. Every Con-
t!nental hotel publishes a visitors list,
and visitors staying at the b. tier class
hotels as soon as their names appear In
| this list receive sealed communications
marked private and confidential" which
prove 70 b letters from alleged private
| detectives offering their services TO the
! honoured sir" or honoured madame" in
/ case they want their wives or husbands
watched with view TO obtaining a d.
vorce or judicial separation. The circu-
lars assure the husband or wife OF the
most crushing proof OF the misconduct
OF their partner. Usually they add that
during tho holiday tine the opportunities
| for catching people tripping are natu-
rally far more favorable than at other
times. Americans. however. do not often
| fall"
In view Of the unseaSonable weather
| theatre managers in Paris are seriously
considering the advisability of advancing
the date for reopening their houses There
are hordes Of foreign visitors in Paris
whose opportunities OF amusement are
! limited considerably by the weather's
vagaries, and II is obvious that the the
atres are losing a great deal OF money
which they might have IL their doors were
open. During the last few weeks the
open air cafe concerts in the Champs
| ElyseeS have had very poor attendances
| Last week the Chatelet Theatre put on
| la Course aux Dollars and drew big
/ houses. A special class OF entertainment
| will shortly be put on by VI. Auree sgd
ney. the Anglo French actor. On one
/ evening in each week the performance
| will be in English. with English players.
.. Robert MacCameron. a New York artist,
! who in September, 1910. painted and took
/ 10 New York a portrait OF Rodin, the
sculptor. which was presented 10 the
1 Metropolitan Museum Of Art. has Just
/ been decorated with the Legion OF Honor.
! Mr.. MacCameron's best known work in
! cludes portraits OF the Duchess Of Rut-
land. Mrs. Ava Astor and Lady Diana
Manners.
Miss Iss dora Duncan. the dancer. has
just bought, for nearly s25o.000, the
I. Chateau de Bearn, at 81. Cloud near
! Paris The chateau Is extremely pictur-
esque, and was the residence OF Maxi
milan. Elsctor Of Bavaria, In the time OF
! Louis XIV.
/ Newcomers at the Hotel de Crillon this
week include Mr. and Mrs. ". Baker
Mrs Tobber Hammerschlag, J. Williams
Kuhn and Mr. and Mrs. B. Insley, or New
York
! At the Hotel Cecilia the New Workers
arrived this week include Mrs. NJ G. Bat
tie. Lawrence Battle and A. Battle, and
/ Mrs NJ. W. Allen.
! Mr. and Mrs. s. NJ. Bradley and The
Misses Bradley A. ~ Durante and II. l.
= Sherwood. of New York, have just arrived
al the Hotel Brighton.
In the course Of an extended Continen-
tai tour Mrs. Alfred Henderson and MISS
| Henderson. Of New York. are making
! brief stay at the Hotel de rAthenee.
New arrivals OF New Workers at the
: EIysee Palace Hotel comprise Robert
Maverick, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. y. Stras-
burger. Miss r. A. Strasburger and
| Thomas NJ. Beattie.
/ T. Denny and ]. Denny of New York,
have Just left the Hotel d'Iena for swift
zerland.
! Among the Americans arriving this
week at the Hotel Majestic were Dr. ana
! Mrs. F.. Beer, Mr.. and Mrs. b. =. hoit
and Mr.. and Mrs J. q. Martin, OF Ne"
! York
| New Workers. staying this week AT tne
| Hotel Meurice include Mr.. and Mrs' A. e
Pillsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Gilroy ana pr'
and Mrs. r. H. Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C. King, OF Ne"
York, who intend TO pass the rest Oh the
month at Trouvllle. have just arrived Ut
! the Hotel des Roches Noires.
| Mr.. and Mrs. C. oliver Iselin, VINO nave
been soiournlng at Dinard, will visit Ber-
| lin this month.
Mr.. and Mrs j. J.. Millard. OF ne"
! York, are making thorough autoinoDhe
! tour of Normandy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Potter and the
Misses Potter, Of New. York. VINO nave
| been in Paris since the last week OF July,
have Just left on an automobile TOUT u
Normandy. Brittany and S"'tzeria"u
They intend, IL possible. to return W
Paris in time to join the oiymp'c
I, Cherbourg on August 60 ft"
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