The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-12-29
Married Life, to Date
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER

with no prices on the menu." re-
peted Helen in amazement. Then
they can charge us anything they
please"
That's the idea. Most of the smart
places in Paris never price their food.
| They're supposed to cater to people
! who're concerned only with the quail
, ity of the dishes-not with the price"
/ But, Warren, we don't want to go
| to such a place. I'd be so worried
about what the check was going to be
! l couldn't eat a thing
We'll, were going to one right now
for dinner-Cafe d'Armenonville. One
of the show places in the Bots. You
will see more smart Parisians there
than you have seen yet. While we're
over here we are going to do Paris.
| What difference does a few dollars
make one way or the other?'
But, dear, I'm not dressed for a
pretentious place.
well, put on something light then.
Anything Will do. They don't expect
Americans to dress much. They think
we all come from sort of wild and
woolly west. All they want is our
money"
We'll, 1 don't think we've got so
much laughed Helen. Not enough
to go to place where they don't price
their food
Guess we can stand it for once.
Hurry up-its almost seven"
"A little later they left the hotel.
Warren raised his cane at a passing
taxi.
of course we've got to have a cab
impatiently as Helen made her usual
protest. It's the only way you can
frsat To hot l.;
to me. We're going to Armenonville's
tonight, and we're going to do the
thing right. Hang the expense
When Warren started out in this
spirit Helen knew it was useless to
try to curb him. He was in the mood
to spend money-and he was going to
spend it. She leaned back in the cab
with a sigh of resignation.
But, as this was Helen's first drive
through the Champs Elysees she soon
forgot everything else in the beauty
of the scence.
Under the trees, all along the drive,
were chairs and tables. mostly desert
ed now. But from the gay gowns of
the few people who still fingered,
Helen could imagine what it must
have been an hour earlier.
I'll not have the time but you ought
to come out to the Bots some after
noon for tea suggested Warren
Nothing like it in the world. One OF
the show places of Paris. There is
Armenonville's through there point
ing with his cane to a mass of bril-
liant lights, glimmering through a
grove Of trees.
Cabs, taxis and victorias were lined
up three and four abreast in the wide
gravelled driveways before the famous
restaurant
But we're not going to keep this
taxi?" asked Helen anxiously as they
waited their turn to draw up before
the entrance.
That's just what we're going to
do snapped Warren. Wen not take
any chances of getting one when we
are through
To order dinner from an unprfced
menu and to feel that a taxi was in
dustriously ticking up the francs-the
evening held little prospect of plea
sure for Helen.
Warren led the way through the
spacious hallway to the garden be-
yond. The place was like fairyland,
with banks of red geraniums, a gleam-
ing fountain and ropes OF colored
lights festooned through trees and
shrubbery. There must have been a
hundred or more tables on the lawn.
yet all We're taken and a group of
people were waiting
You stay here Warren strobe off
deteyninedly after a head waiter
E~1en's gaze followed him anxious
ly. She saw him slip some money into
the hand Of the suave Frenchman, and
a moment later they were being seat
ed at one of the few tables that had
been reserved"
lieve in bribing waiters?"
We'll, you've got to do it here This |
is show place. 1 tell you. and you
have got to come across. We'd have |
stood there all night without table |
if hadn't forked up
Helens first concern was In the |