El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-26
Married Lies Troubles
IeIen and Warren Meet Many Amer
lean Art Students at a Quaint
Latin Quarter Restaurant.
Be Mabel Herbert Urner --
ADAME JOUvENS is in the very


Latin Quarter Restaurant.
- by Mabel Herbert Urner
ADAALE JOUvEN'S is in the very
MI heart of the Latin quarter.
w It is a dingy building, with
faded striped awning which shades the
tables outside and with low ceilinged
rooms and sawdust floors within.
The small round tables are placed
so close that madame JOuven and her
three daughters, who serve you, can
hardly squeeze through.
Although it was only half past 8,
every table on the terrace was taken
'rOh, how quaint? Look the walls
are all covered with sketches" eX-
claimed Helen, as one of madame Jou-
ven's daughters led them inside.
QUAINT enough srumbled Warren
But I'm mighty skeptical about these
places where they serve dinner for
only two francs. That's too cheap.
Something's wrong, something's wrong
somewhere"
dents came here-it must be- all right.
And everything looks clean
Warren had come most reluctantly.
He had been very unrespOnsive to
1 meeting with her old school friend.
Shed be a blamed sight better off
at home than living alone here in the
quarter" was his verdict, when Helen
told him of Marion's studio and her
]
Marion Arrives
Warren was never in sympathy with
careers for women He thought their
place was in the home and never lost
an opportunity Of saying So
"Oh, there's Marion now eagerly as
! tall girl in a sailor hat, white shirt
waist and blue skirt, came beaminS by
toward them.
Helen tried to make her cordiality
cover Warrens lack of it. He had
/ known Marion only slightly in the old
school days. and now he was u1doubt-
/ edly prejUdiced against her work and
her Bohemian life. Possibly Helen
/ admiration and enthusiasm increased
/ this prejudice.
/ One of Madame Jouven's daughters
now brought them each plate on
which was a saTdine, two olives, one
: slice of tomato and two tiny radishes.
In a two-franC dinner the food must
/ be served in very exact portions She
also brought three pint bottles of
/ claret, with dab of red wax over each
| cork.
with our twO-franc dinner?"
/ But it's very good wine, declared
! Marion, resenung Warrens sarcasm.
! This is the best twO-franc dinner in
! Paris. Every student in the quarter
1 swears by Madame JoUven. Look at
/ the testimonials of our gratitude" nod
/ ding to the penciled sketches which
! covered the walls.
! Read that one back Of yOu-the
I verses are in English"
/ Helen turned to a clever sketch OF a
/ French ballet girl, ptrOuetting on one
I toe The verse underneath she read
aloud;
Twinkle twinkle. little star.
] Here's to keep you as YOU are.
/ Twinkle now, for you'll grow fat,
/ And stars don't twinkle after that
Even Warren grinned an appreciative
FVerv inch of the opposite wall was
/ covered with drawings. most OF them
! caricatures. Some Of the verses were
/ in French, some in English, and most
( of them screamingly funny.
/ A crowd of eight students came IN,
I nodded to Marion as they passed, and
| with an air of being quite at home
| themselves. and began rearranging the
{ silver.
J evidently been long in the quarter.
! Helen instantly noticed a marked re-
semblance in one Of the men to q large
cartoon on the side of the wall, under
( which was scrawled "A Type"
He had the same closely trimmed Van
] Dyke beard, the same SLOUGH hat. flow
! ing tie and black velvet coat He
needed only the pOrtmanteau under his
arm to complete the picture.
Yes. that's a caricature he drew of
! himself" smiled Marion, noticing Hell
! ems glance Of comparison Hes very
! clever, but he's too lazy to work. His
4
/ believe they're well off, and occasion
I ally he gets a check from home. The
! one next to him is Paul Colomore-he
I had a picture in the salon last year
/ The girl he's. with is Elsie Claypool-
! she does miniatures"
The man with the Van Dyke beard
/ went over to a shelf on which were
a dozen or more napkins in varied col
Get mine, Get mine," clamored the
others, catching them dexterously as he
/ tossed them over.
GeniaIity.
Here's yours. Marion. Want it?"
holding it up, poised to throw.
Marion laughed and shook her head
mo. I'm company tonight, so I'm
l Haunting a fresh one"
"Oh. all right" with a comic
/ drawl, as he put back the napkin
Two of the other men had gone after
/ the Claret. glasses, reliSheS and bread,
which with noisy merriment they dis
/ tributed around their long table.
"Oh, yes. when it's crowded here We
/ often wait on ourselves" smiled Ma
| rion. and we all have our napkin
rings-it saves madame a lot Of laun-
/ dry"
Helen was beginning to feel the
charm Of it all and even Warren IN
I bent somewhat in this atmosphere OF
geniality and good fellowship
Marion suggested that they TAKE
their coffee and liquor out to one OF the
now vacant tables on the terrace Ev-
eryOne was having cordial, for din
ner in Paris, however inexpensive, is
not complete without a cOgnac, ami
settle, menthe or grenadine.
The group Of American students at
the long table grew more merry. Every
now and then they broke into chorus
! Of some popular song. beating time
on the table with their glasses.
! Almost everyone had finished his din
ner. but they still fingered on Some
were playing checkers. others had
pushed aside their coffee CUPS and
| were writing letters The checkers
| and the well worn portfolios with the
notepaper and pink blotters were sup
, piled by madame.
These Latin quarter restaurants are
not merely places to eat, for they con-
| tribute much to the social life OF the
Z student
number Of students who had evil
IDENTIFY dined somewhere else now came
in to have a cordial and chat at Mad
I anne JOuven's Every one seemed to
| know every one else
/ It was after 10 before they left Ma
| rion insisted on their coming to her
studio They walked with her to the
gate Of the old garden, but to Helen's
! disappointment Warren refused rather
! CURLY to go up
Dear. I'm afraid Marion was hurt. .