Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-02
:DEAUv|[[E SOON
. To Be CENTER
. FOR TOURISTS
Has Nothing Not Seen
at Many Other Places,
but People Like to Go.
Natural Beauty Below
Attractions Of Jersey
Coast or Florida Shore.
BY WILLIAM BIRD
Speeiai Correspondent Of Great Fails Tribune

Copyright. 1922. BY The Great Falls Tribune.
Deauville, France. July IA few
weeks hence this little beach Of the
Normandy coast will be the hub of the
worlds elegance.
Thousands of miles of way will con-
slider it to be An indescribable elysium
and even if they have week-ended IN
FlOdira, Long Island or the Jersey
coast will fancy that Deauville is to the
rest as Palm Beach is to Coney Island.
They will be wrong. Deauville is
Physically. Deauville is this: A
couple of hundred yards of beach that
has been cleaned up and put in order,
with unsightly marshes and rank,
scrubby underground on each side; a
row of 30 or 40 villages owned by
French and foreign aristocracy and
millionairedom. and occupied for a few
weeks in the year; two or three hotels
called big. but really little: a vast con-
crete casino" of the customary we'd
ding-cake design-all this along the
beach.
Streets of Shops
And back Of that a few streets of
shops. a modest little cafe that spreads
it's tables over the highway and is the
only smart afternoon tea resort in
town, and a collection of cheap houses
that rent at fantastic prices as sum
mer bungalows.
Nothing that would attract a crowd
in America, nothing that compares for
natural beauty with Florida or with the
resorts Of the Jersey coast. Nothing.
that is. but the casino, where gambling
goes on under the eyes of. and with
the participation of, the French gov
eminent.
Yet. somehow. a summer is not COM
plete without a few days at least. at
Deauville. Parisians save their money
for a year to be able to pay the price
Of a room at Hotel Normandy, for
one night. English %"trippers" flock
there for week-ends and spend more
money than they ordinarily spend on a
whole London theater season. Ameri-
can tourists feel that their trip has
been a failure if they haven't spent
a 1.-THE of their whole budget at the
'plage fleurie."
Attraction Is Mystery
II will probably always be an IN
answered question. There is just one
room at Deauville that really differs
from the two score Of seaside resorts
in France. and that is the baccarat
room. To enter this room you must,
first Of all. be a member of the club,
which means that you must buy a
membership card at 100 francs for the
season or 80 francs for two weeks.
For this entry fee You have the priv
. ilcre of watching some of the richest
people in the world play baccarat. COS
sip and get drunk. And that. no doubt,
is what attracts the crowds.
Outside. in the main hall of the ca
sino. you can only play 'boule." Boule
is like roulette except that the odds
are II per cent against the player. in
stead of four. and the limit. fixed be-
fore the war and never altered. is 30
francs on an "even chance" (which
means that the chances are ; to t
against you). or 20 francs on a number.
There are nine numbers. and if your
number wins you win seven times the
value of your stake.
Attracts Only Pikers
Boule. therefore. attracts only pix
ers. In the baccarat room you can
play any limit you choose. Banks of a
million francs happen frequently.
The presiding genius of Deauville is
one Cornuche. Many years ago he was
a head waiter at Maxim's. renowned
for his tact. He attracted King Ed
wards attention and his majesty. who
made frequent incognito visits to his
dear Paris. was free to count on Cor
nuche.
When Edward died Cornuche decided
to branch out. He launched a number
Of enterprises that have been fruitful
both for him and for his hackers.
Trouville vas the great Norman sum-
mer resort in those days. Cornuche
established himself there. But he felt
cramped. He decided to be the biggest
frog in the puddle. He launched Deau-
: Vile. which up to that time was just
a little settlement on the other side
Of the Tongues river. Within two years
fashion had moved across the little
river. and Trouville was ruined.
Also Established Cannes
He turned his attention to the win
ter resorts on the Mediterranean. Nice
was the fashionable place. Cornuche
went there. Then he pulled the same
stunt and in a short space of time Nice
was all but ruined in favor of Cannes,