The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-31

can 80 to "L'Enfsr" (asll). which Is Just
next door. Another artist has decorated
this place. perhaps with better Information.
to represent the abode OF the lost. The
attsndants are dressed rs devils and many
Internal amussments are provided. OF
such freaks there Is no end.
Perhaps the most brutal Of the innumer.
able nightly enteftainments of Paris is ono
in which . negro fights big rat and eats
1t alive. I: IL popular after-supper place
in the Rue de- Grenelle. One would think
this entertainment rather a poor aid to
digestion. but, strange to say, it is very
popular with women, and judging from
their clothes they belong to the wealthy
classes.
The human combatant II . big, powerful,
heavy-jawed Martinique negro. His face
is marked by numerous scars of tornnsr
combats.~ One Of the large. fierce rats. ~
which Paris sewers are noted, is selected
as victim. The man takes the rat Gs
the tail and places II on a little stand
He faces the animal and slowly plepc re'
to eat the beast alive. He gives It g.
chance to Aght, but takes care to pre-
it from running away by holding its
The cornered rat always fights iercel; AM
inficts many severe bites on the hi, :,
terrifying negro Jaws that slowly close II
upon it. After horrible struggle the
sound and grimaces suggestive of pain and
discomfort
Once the cornered rat succeeded in Bit
ing through the nesro's carotid arterz
causing him to bleed to death But
other negro was quickly found and tn
tertainment goes on as usual.
A fight between two women, know
"a wild cat combat" used to be q Dor
feature at Madame Rappette's bar in
Rue st. Honore, long the most fashions
bar in Paris, but now passed away. OH
wild cat combats." however, may be Sc
nightly in other resorts.
The original wild cat combat" occurrs
accidentally when Belgian beauty Gale
'LOiseau' (the Bird and Freuchwoms
named Alice Dsuvrsy had . serious di
agreement. They fought and SCRATCHED
one another until their faces were drip
ping with blood and their clothes we're
torn of their backs.
A select gathering Of American Million
aires. English noblemen and Partisan bou
levSrdiers was present. Some OF them
found the exhibition so entertaining that
1t was repeated with other women ~ COM
batants. Since then 1t has been repeated
in many OF the night resorts Of Paris. No
rules OF fair play are enforced ana all }
kinds Of fouls are applauded. The clothes.
tearing is an exciting feature Of the COM !
bat that cannot be found In any fight be-
tween men. The peculiar noise caused BY
the ripping Of q lacetrimmed garment evil
IDENTIFY gives the greatest satisfaction to |
the spectators.
Madame Rsppette's bar helped to popu-
larize that most sinister and dangerous Of
Partisan drinks-the ether and brandy
cocktail. Every kind OF deadly drug could
also be obtained there, whether cocaine,
morphine In any form or hssheesh.
Ether and brandy was FIRST made fash
ionable as drink by a wealthy American
women resident IN Psris--Mrs. Harvard
who asserted that It gave her "a beautiful
still"
VINO, but an insane person, would pay
an exorbitant price and enjoy seeing q
creature bite to death Z strug-
Cling rat?
What person N his right senses would
relish seeing q biting. scratching. hair.
pulling struggle between two abandoned
women?
How can such repulsiye exhfbitious In
the ali-night resorts OF the hay" French
capital be q lure" a. Rev. DR.. Dsekman
calls Il!
One explanation which 10 pointed TO BY
the proprtetors OF these places Is the ether
and brandy cocktail and the cocaine. which
are thoushtlessly or unwittingly INDUCED
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