The Washington times., 1921-11-13
The End of the
Resort Where
Wealth, Fashion
Worlds Most
Men and Women
Cast Aside the
COnUentiOnnlitieS
of Decent
Society

cent effect which made 1t seem impossible
that 1t could be natural Everyone thought
she had colored her skin. The Indian
princesses who were present looked on
in envy at the coloring of the American.
Many women came to her and asked her
II she could possibly be that way all
over and when Miss Luana told them she
was, they marveled.
For Miss Luana was really tanned uni
formly over her entire body as the parts
she displayed showed For while Miss
Luana was credited with having the
highest perfection of the "Deauville TAM"
in reality she had brought it from Florida.
or at least the foundation for It, Miss
Luana had been in out of the way parts
of the Southern State for month before
coming to Europe. She was accustomed
to go about in a near-nature costume and
regularly took sun baths daily which gave
her the remarkable color that set all
Deauville wondering. ...
When the police refused to allow her
to battle as she wished at Deauville, Miss
Luana was accustomed to run her motor
the curious crowd. and there took her
sun baths, stretched out carelessly on the
grateful sands. An explorer one day.
wandering up the beach, came upon her
paradise and the surprised Eve, with
cry Of alarm. had to run for shelter. When
the wanderer recounted his exploit at
the Potiniere restaurant at Deauville. the
remote part of the Normandy coast Sc
lected by the maiden became a popular
rendezvous. Miss Luana, naturally. was
forced to give up her sun-baths. and she
longed for her Florida, where she was
able to enjoy herself as she pleased with
out the interference of the police and the
Deauville.
Deauville has always attracted many
Americans on account of its reputation o:
being the rendezvous of all the noted
people who were worth while in the
world. This year Americans were SIR.
prised to find themselves mingling with
mostly other American tourists like them
selves. generally less interesting and more
disappointed. After day after day of bore
dom, they finally left, with depleted
pocketbooks, with the morose refrain Of
Poe's raven on their lips, "Nevermore"
Deauville was an obscure little fishing
village until two years before the war,
when Henri Letellier, the millionaire news-
paper proprietor of Paris. started to make
1t the gayest seaside resort of the world.
He received the inspiration for establish
ing a great Summer resort at Deauville
through a political fight in the local coun-
ell of Trouville, where his father had long
been mayor. From the start Deauvills
made success such as the most optimis-
tic dreamer would not have expected.
Trouville had for decades been the fashion.
able resort Of France, yet in one weeks
time, all the elegance and reputation that
Trouvine had enjoyed were transferred
across the small stream that divides the
two places, and Trouville was ruined and
empty.
Eugene Cornuche who had commenced
in a mental position in Maxim's in Paris
and had graduated as bartender to be-
come maitre d'hotel and finally director
of that institution made famous by 1.-THE
Merry Widow" was placed in charge "
Oeauvile. The success was the most
phenomenal that had ever been known IN
the history Of such enterprises. Trouville
practically ceased to exist, 1t was empty
and although II had built magnificent
Casino at great expense to make Compel
ton with the newly established resort
across the stream, It was not patronized
and the hotels were only occupied by
those who went 10 Deauville during the
day, hut could not stand the high prices
for sleeping there.
The prices at Deauville at once became
world famous, and this gave further en-
couragement to Cornuche to persist in HIS
policy for which he was we'll known, to
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