Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-01
Dempsey Knocked
Cold by Expense
Of Paris Lunch
Light Niands for Small Party
Cost Champion Pusilist
Staggering Total
of SIS.
u, fh. Associated Frees.


Paris, April 50.-"This is the mos,
expensive town I've ever struck"
exclaimed Jack Dempsey as he
looked over a bill presented him fcF
a meal in a boulevard eaie.
The champion pugillsr. with lack
keafns. his manager. French
newspaper man and the correspond
ent as his guests. each had taken the
equivalent OF AN American business
mans ordinary lunch, Dempsey
drank water aud the three guests
light wine. The bill read 2lS francs.
which, with the customary per
cent tip. increased TO 80.
Dempsey Immediately translated
the amount into dollars; -
Twenty-Five bucks he eSpostul-
a,ed.
"Whey ! could eat meals like that
for a week IN New York Tor that
money"
at must be great. Jack" said the
correspondent as guest and hosts
sauntered out OF the restaurant. TO
look over the crowds on the boule-
wards and be able TO say 10 oneself:
There's not a man IN that crowd
| can't lick"
Don't you believe it," replied the
champion modestly. There are per-
haps half dozen men on the boule-
ward now, who. with a little train
ing, would knock me for a goal
Florence Nightingale School
to Be Dedicated May IL.
The Florence Nightingale School
for Nurses, the present memorial to
American nurses who gave their
lives in France during the war. Is
nearing completion at Ialcnec. near
Bordeaux. 1t will be dedicated May
II, the l02d anniversary OF the
birth OF Florence Nightingale,
founder OF modern Red Cross nurs:
ing.
No less than 27S American nurses
died on duty in France and $4,000 |
nurses in the United States have
contributed 10 the fund making this
school possible.
Silk Hat, Retired by War,
Made Essential at Races.
Among the incidental victims OF
tie war, the high silk hat was ono
whose fate was regarded as definite
" settled. 1t disappeared with the
and it was found that
and funerals could be ccle-
brated without its presence. 1t re-
quired, during the war, ministerial
or an ambassadorial function OF iirst
Importance to produce them.
But now the Jockey club, the most
social body in France,
has decided that hcnccforth, it's
members must not appear at races
without their "shiny silk toppcrs.'
Women to be Symphony in
Color, Dressmakers Decide.
The return TO simple organdie
lrcsscs, with extended hips, as in
he days of Louis. NV, is promised
y the big Paris ,drcssmakers who
ire lust beginning to display their
models. These period
lresses all have the appearance OF
I'D fashioned crinoline, but can be
worn without corsets, All element IN
dress regarded as absolute.
y essential to the proper effect OF
lress in the time OF Louis XIV. Il,
Having decided that spring and
summer frocks must have capes to h
match, fashion creators have decreed :
hat shoes must now be worn to
match the cape and dress. Paris
hoemakers, therefore, have begun
O manufacture summer shoes Of all
hades, brick red, oyster and beige
,eing the three colors most in de-
nand. Under this new distum OF
ashton, women this summer, to
Iuote one Paris dressmaker, will be
symphonies in one color" There
will be no mixture or blending of
olors. Every woman will have
.own, cape, stockings and shoes OF
he same shade.
Dressmakers now feel they will
,e amply compensated for the long
eign of black, whose vogue made
he woman's wardrobe some SO per
ent cheaper than it is TODAY.