The New York herald., 1921-09-11

he declares that 1t is strange that he
has never heard before that the former
French Premier sits at the tables until
the wee hours of the morning and has
his box at the races filled with beautiful
women. It also has been remarked that
Sir Edwin John resembles Bismarck,
but whatever the resemblance may be
he is a type within himself. and goes
far in making the contrast to the other
players at the big table moro interest
Ing.
The game having dropped from tho
pace OF 100000 which the Cuban set
last season to a mere million, the play
ers about the table have become OF more
interest than the baccara itself. And
their interest lies In the fact that no one
of them Is French. In casting an eye
around the table 1t would scarcely seem
possible that 1t Is In Normandy. in
France. And 1t would be equally Inn
possible to locate Just where 1t might
be.
Come From All Parts OF World.
There are Maharajas from far of
and unheard Of provinces Of India whose
dark skin and black eyes at first repulse
and then attract their next door Amer
lean player from the other side OF the
world. Then there Is a Turk whose for
tune has withstood baccara for twenty
years or more. playing beside a Greek
whose light has shone before In Monte
Carlo and Deauville. The next at
table Is a Cuban cotton merchant, who
Is not only standing his own losses but
those of his Belgian sweetheart. who Is
as distinctive type among the women
players In the adjoining room at the
10000 franc table as the Cuban is in the
million franc game. Then comes
Rumanian grain dealer, and next an
Armenian. then Belgian owner Of a
stable and then the new star OF 1921,
Sir Edwin John. who appears to be
Clemenceau presiding at the peace table.
and so the mixture goes on.
They come from every corner Of the
earth (; they are Of all religions, of every
nationality and from every path Of life.
There are the Hindoo and the Jew, the
orthodox and the Mussulnian and the
nobleman and the rufiian. but after they
once take their seats at the table they
are merely players. A glance at this
table would cause one to think the
Deauviile season the same as of old. but
closer study of the game proves that
they have all felt the pinch OF the hard
times of the last year despite their ex-
tensive fortunes.
The Potiniere, which would be known
In American slang as the 'gossipry."
where all the visitors In Deauville and
Trouville meet In the morning to show
OFF their clothes and talk over the
events Of the night before, has not been
agog with rumors Of the numerous big
games and Of daylight finding the
players still at the tables, as was the
case last year. AS everything Is SUBJ
ordinate to gambling In Deauville, the
very fact that the big game closed at
/ o'clock In the very middle OF the
"grande semaine" signifies that the sea-
son Is not what It has been.
There Is no denying the fact that the
aristocracy OF France Is well repre-
sented. Their names appear In the jour-
nails. and 1t is generally known that
many OF them have villas here, but they
are rarely seen on the PLACE or at the
Casino. The general run OF visitors
that are to be seen everywhere look
bored and seem to be searching con-
stantly for something that they are un-
able to find. They go to the beach In
the morning. and when something won
derfully startling In the way Of bath
disappointed and proceed to the
Potiniere. and when the gossip Is as
tame as the bathing suits and they don't
hear that there has been a terrible
automobile accident or that the Grand
Duke x has lost ten million francs
at the tables they proceed to Ciro's for
the midday cocktail, which Is taken as
regularly by all visitors In Deauville as
the waters are taken by those In vichy.
and when the much talked Of Giro cock
tail fails to put life into them they are
inclined to give the situation UP as hope
less and declare that the season Is not
q success.
Races and Polo.
At this point some one Is kind enough
to save the day by suggesting that the
races might be smart, 30 off they go to
lunch at the Normandy and to the
course, still looking for something that
is unobtainable. and from the races to
the polo Then dinner at the Casino.
where there are crowds and crowds OF
persons and often the most beautiful
women among them and occasionally an
elegant costume that will cause heads to
turn. and three jazz bands playing as
hard as ever they can, and bathrooms
looking brilliant with dinner dances
and supper dances and professional
dancers doing their best to keep the wall
flowers from looking despondent and
graceful Miss Marjorie Moss and her
partner Fontana whirling and twirling.
and Mile. Orsini with a different cos
tune every night and several dozen dia-
mond bracelets on her arms and ankles.
all of which sounds wonderful and looks
fine on paper. but there Is hollowness
about 1t all that one feels and can't ex-
press. They all have the appearance
OF being bored without realizing II and
nobody Is exactly satisfied and nobody
knows why.
They blame the high prices for every
| thing and cut down on their tips. Then
the servants get mad at everybody and
threaten to strike, and so dissatisfac-
ton reigns. The walters say that the
root Of all the hard feeling is due 20
the fact that the Americans don't drink
and are no longer generous with tips.
and the visitors declare that the walters
are unreasonable. The truth Is when
you give maid ten francs for opening
your door when you have forgotten your
key, she throws II at you and expects q
hundred. And IL you give the maitre
| d'hotel a hundred franc note TO obtain
| good table at the Casino dinner. he
expects a thousand, and you sit In q
corner, and then the question on every
| lip is: Is Deauville being killed. and
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