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Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

The holiday season prouisss to he
u very gay one. Msny Of our college
boys and girls are coming home and n
number Of parties and dinners have
been planned to entertain them.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

= A dinner Of distinction was given at
The Brown Palace Hotel sunday night
khen DR.. and Mrs. Baum were hosts
to about thirty guests.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

2 The Thursday Card Club met with
Mrs Joe Cohn Thursday.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

The Monday Study Circle-win meet
with Mrs Joe Grimes. Mrs. M. S.
RadetsaIy will review Geo. Elliott's
book, adam node."
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. F1esher entertained at
dinner Monday night in honor Of Mr..
and Mm. Arthur Eppstcin from Port.
Lind, Ore.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Pauline Alma Friedman, Wsrjorie
Rothenberg, Charlotte Ritterman
Bsbette Tescher and Heaea Schsysl
will give a dance at Progress Club or
the 9th OF necamttr.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

!. Miss Nina Koperlik is the house
guest Of Mrs. Al Feedheim.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Don't forget the big dance at
Beth Joseph Synageg, oath and
Curtis street, Saturday night,
December 25th.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

- The Friday Club met at Progress
Club with Mrs. Julius Wsllbrln as
hostess.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Eppstein and
daughter, Helen, left for New York
.City Tuesday evening.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Baum, from
Frankfort, Germany, arc house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. ". Archenhold.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Don't forget the big dance at
Beth Joseph Synagog, 24th and
Curtis street, Saturday night,
December 25th.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Mr.. David Hsitmsa, Of Brooklyn
is visiting Ar. and Hrs. n. Frumess
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Mrs. Morris Aersag. IF New York
is at tlr Cosmopolitan, the guest Q
her father, Exm Mayer.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

:, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lindner will
leave for New York and Cuba next
week. They will he gone six weeks
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-12-16

Norman Cohn came down from
Boulder to spend the holidays with his
parents.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

As result Of Alfonso's presence at
Deauville and free circulation among the
clientele the receipts were more than
double those of Monte Carlo in its best
days. This was splendid for the gambling
establishment, but no benefit to Spain
whatever.
At the end COmuche's enterprises were
almost too numerous to catalogue. At the
time of the Cannes Conference he ac-
quired control of the Casino at Cannes,
long known as the most aristocratic resort
in Europe
He purchased the Cafe DIES Ambassa-
deurs, one of the most famous resorts in
Paris, at the entrance to the Champs
ElySccs. He added to the restaurant a
dance hall and an Open-air theatre.
He bought the Ermitage restaurant at
Monte Carlo and made it the most expen-
sve place there. He built a big new
casino at COntrcXeville and gave people
an opportunity to buy mineral water at
high prices instead of champagne, as at
his other resorts.
In Paris he acquired the famous old
Cafe de Paris. the Pavilion d'AmenOn-
vile, in the Bots, and the Cafe Fouquct
besides the other places already men
toned.
The presence of pretty women con-
tinucd to he the distinguishing feature of
COrnuchc's resorts to the last, but with
wealth and old age he began TO take on
the airs of a moralist and to insist on very
strict propriety IN outward conduct
He liked to have pretty girls to attract
men, but he wanted them to act like real
ladies. No lady who smacked another
lady's face was admitted to the Deauvllle
Casino again unless she happened to be
related to Henri Letellier.
He insisted on expelling a party of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
OuoDoor Cafe in Deauvie Where Cornuhe Planted
Girls Attract Men

Here, as in other places, Cornuche used
women as the great attraction of his re-
sort. He actually persuaded the most
beautiful and spectacular women of the
whole world to patronize his new beauty
show. In Paris the women of the gay
world formed the chief attraction of his
restaurant, but at Deauville women of all
classes helped to make his fortune.
CharmerS of men and women with a
past were the most conspicuous figures at
Deauville. A man visiting the Casino had
no excuse for being lonely.
Everything was planned at Deauville to
make a man spend money, and the prices,
according to French ideas, were enormous.
If the visitor fingered after dinner in the
Casino without spending money, dust was
swept over him to make him move into
the nearby gambling room.
Americans who have had experience at
Dcauville call it "Doughvillc." 1t well
deserves that appellation, for there is no
place in the world where money seems of
such little consequence, and yet where so
much is required. To see them actually
ShOveIng packages of tens and hundreds
of thousands of francs in banknOteS in
the gambling room, makes you ashamed
to complain of some little Ovcrcharge of
several hundreds of francs which you in
variably find on your bill.
One of COrnuchc's remarkable "coups"
consisted in entertaining King Alfonso of
Spain and his suite without charge at
Dcauville. Thus Cornuche used the King
as he had formerly used the gay women
of Paris. As all the gayest women IN
Europe wanted to meet the King, the final
result was about the same This little
piece of enterprise almost cost the King
his throne, for many Spaniards were
furious that he should have lent himself
out as ''puller-in" to Cornuche.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

PARIS, Aprll 3.
K TEWS dispatches have already car
IN ried around the world the an
nouncement of Eugene Cornuche's
death. But the story of how this re-
markable man, who started life as a bottle
washer in Paris cafe, accumulated a
fortune of perhaps $30,000,000 and be-
came the real vice king Of Paris, Deau-
vile and other amusement centers of
Europe has not been told.
Cornuche had a real idea which came
to him as he advanced from bottle-washer
to waiter and served wines and del
icacies and watched and listened to the
free and easy talk of the men and women
at the tables. Cornuche was a good
waiter, and he soon became head waiter.
Carefully saving up his tips, he found
himself in possession of enough money to
purchase the half ownership of a restau-
rant.
And then it was that he tried out with
astonishing success his realization that
wherever a very pretty woman can be
found, men will always follow. In the
presence of a very pretty face and pleas
WdnHtTS, TlCn men VIII zoos
en- up pOcketbOOks. If Cornuche could
manage to attach himself in a sort of
partnership with the pretty women of the
boulevards, he believed he could profit
by a girls good looks and what her rich
pursuers would lavish on her.
So when the day arrived that a man
named Maxim, who had been doOrkeeper
at a modest old Partisan restaurant, the
Cafe Weber, near the Church of the Mad
eleine, decided to start a place of his own,
Cornuche, who had learned the res
taurant business thoroughly from his first
job as bottle-washer in the basement, of
fered to put up part of the money. Maxim
accepted the proposition, and IN an as
tonishingly short time MaXim'S reStau-
rant lecamc famous and began to be a
gold mine.
Cornuche spent part of his time search
ing about the other cafes, watching the
girls in the Moulin Rouge and addressing
the more attractive young women who
patrol the boulcvards at night Every
exceptionally pretty girl was given his
card and 1OO-franc gold piece and in
vited to come and see him at his office
in the rear of MaXim's.
IL the girl on close scrutiny measured
ND to real beauty, and had Caressing
voice and engaging manners, COrnuche
announced that she was welcome to eat
all her meals at Maxim's at the expense
of the establishment and there was
no better cooking in France. He told her
also that she might feel free to order any
thing on the wine Garland his wine
cellars were excellent and complete. And
to further cement the partnership, he
agreed to give each girl commission or
anv dinner checks which she was able to
induce a man to pay.
Very soon the news spread about Paris
that all the pretty girls of the gay French
capital were to be found seated at the
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not make it as attractive as it had been.
Recently Cornuche bought the place back
and would, no doubt have made it livelier
than ever if death had not cut short his
career.
When Cornuche temporarily retired
from Maxim's he plunged into the work
of building up Deauvile, which was the
most spectacular achievement of his life
Henri Letellier, the remarkable French
millionaire and promoter of enterprises,
had just had a quarrel with the citizens
of Trouville, then the principal water
ing place near Paris. Letelier's father
had been the Mayor and the principal cit-
zen of Trouville, and Henri wanted to be
Mayor, also, but they would not have him.
SO Henri Letellier said he would build
up a new resort in Deauvile, an un-
known village just across little river
from TrOuville. He called COrnuChC to
his assistance, and the man from Maxim's
promised that he would make mud hole
out of TrOuvllc-"trOu" means hole. He
kept his promise, for in a year or two
Dcauville became famous as the gayCSt,
most expensive and most fashionable re-
sort in the world, while Trouville sank to
the position of a sort of BOwcry on the
sea.
Last year Cornuche took over Trou-
Vile and would, no doubt, have made
something out of it, but fate intcrfcrcd.
Deauvllc was the place where you
could play every game-horse racing,
baccarat, roulette, and even golf and polo
All the losses and expenditures of the
gamblers went into the pockets of Cor
nuche, for some years ago he bought up
the gambling casino and other establish
ments from Letellier The bathing girls
were noted for wearing less than at any
other seaside resort.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

eight young Americans and two South
Americans for making life too gay. even
for Dcauville. This was what they were
charged with:
FirSt-They stole all the bicycles of the
police COMMISSIONERS they could find
and rode them to the beach, where they
left them. The tide came in and the
bicycles were ruined.
SecOnd-Thcy went in bathing before
a highly scandalized gathering of society
debutanteS without troubling to first put
on bathing suits
Third-They changed all the shoes
placed by guests at the Normandy Hotel
outside their rooms for cleaning, hiding
some of them under the beds of ladies to
whom they did not belong.
FOurth-Thcy broke one of the very
expensive windows in the baccarat room
of the Casino by hurting some of the pur-
Joined footwear through it. One of the
shoes alighted on the bridge of Andre
Citroens nose and nearly broke it, lust
as he was going "banco" for quarter of
a million francs.
Finally-They kidnapped the extremely
staid and portly Pierre, head waiter at
the Casino, took his clothes off and i'm
prisoned him in a lonely shack on the
beach while the distracted Gear" Cor
nuche rushed hither and thither hunting
his invaluable assistant. During this opera-
tion the whole organization of the famous
restaurant went to pieces.
Cornuche ordered his twenty bouncers
to round the culpritS up and then said to
them:
You have the option of leaving immc-
diately or going to jail. You have cost
me serious losses. have had to pay for
dozen pairs of shoes, besides the broken
windows. If | tell the police about that
bathing party of yours, you will all land
IN a French prison, milliOnaires or not"
Expectations, denals and Indignation
were of no use. The Car was merciless.
So the ten hoped into high-powered
racing cars, and a couple of hours later
were recounting their adventures in the
night cafes of Montmaftre.
Being very rich, Cornuche naturally
took himself very seriously. When asked
recently to what he attributed his success
he answered:
Hard work and making myself agree
able"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
Paris Vaudeville Theatre
Advertising "The Errand
Boy from Maxim's."

There was also "The Girl
from Maxim's," the popular
musical comedy that amused
many persons in the United
States.
Franz Lehar made use of
Maxim's when he composed
"The Merry Widow" per-
haps the most popular oper-
eta ever written. The
widowed Princess found the
Prince her cousin, the right
full heir to the throne, in
disguise at Maxim's. Their
meeting, to the tune of "the
Merry Wido Waltz" amid
the mcrrymakcrs and picked
beauties of Cornuche's cs-
tablishmcnt, was the high
spot of this composition.
The Prince sings a song
about his fair friends, "Lolo,
Dodo, Joujou, Clocho, Toto
and Froufrou," whom he met
at Maxim's.
At last there came a time
when Cornuche had made
about all the money that
could be made out of Max
inns and he needed more. A
good many Englishmen had
dropped their cash at the
place and they imagined it
must be a gold mine. So they
bought it from Cornuche at
a huge price but they could
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

VI course all of the women of the
streets had an ambition to be on the free
list of Maxim's. But not all girls are
pretty. Cornuche had every applicant
brought to him, and only those qualified
according to his standards were put on
his list. I
Other fashionable restaurants had given
few girls their meals free, or at low
prices, but they had done it with pat
ronizing air, and had confined their lib
crafty usually to personal friends of those
interested in the restaurant. Many of
the regular free eaters at other, cafes
lacked the charms which were rgidly re-
quired at Maxim's.
COrnuche was merciless in his judg-
ment of women. LONELINESS, however
talented and deserving, never got by him
if unaccompanied by a paying guest. He
meant his place to be a gallery of beau
ties blondes, brunettes, statuesque and
petite, all perfect specimens of their kind.
COrnuche's idea succeeded beyond the
widest dreams. No restaurant had ever
made as much money in the same amount
of time. incidentally Cornuche saw to it
that the cooking and the wines were main
tanned at a standard as attractive as the
women at the tables.
Imagine the combination - delicious
food and drink and great array of beau
tiful girls, to whom it was always easy to
obtain an Introduction. The strains of an
excellent gypsy orchestra, made up of mu-
90 E., H., To-, i
mantle appearance, added greatly to the
attractions of the place.
Sometimes married woman of good
position, irritatcd by the ease with which
her men relations found entertainment at
this place, started out to see it herself
and fell under the glamOr of one of the
gypsy musicians.
The fame of Maxim's spread over the
civilized wOrld-whcrever men with money
to spend were looking for amusement.
Playwrights, nOvclists, vaudeville writers
and actors made it the scene of their
stories and performances.
One of the most popular plays based
on the resort was called ole ChaSSCur de
Chez Maxim" (The Errand Boy from
MaXim's). A "chasseur" is little uni
formed boy kept in many restaurants to
carry letters and run errandS. Sometimes
he carries note from one table to another.
Suppose a man wants to send a note to
girl at another table and doesn't want a
man at the other table see him do it,
Then the man at the first table sends
the chasseur out of the place and tells him
to go out of the restaurant and bring back
the note, as if it had come from somebody
outside. But suppose the chasseur, being
only boy, mixes up the first mans note
with somebody else's and delivers the
wrong note to the girl So, you see, there
are many opportunities of intrigue and
confusion connected with the chasseur.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
Eugene Cornuche, Notorious Vice King
f Paris, DeauUille and Cannes, Capitalized
. the Beauty of the French Women
of the Cafes, knowing that Men and
Millions Would Always Follow Them

tables in Maxim's. Men of money
from all over the world dropped
in, ran their eyes along the tables
and settled themselves alongside
some girl whose reckoning eyes or
encouraging smile welcomed him.
And then the young woman picked
the expensive specialties and the
rare old vintage wines, and saw to
is that her needless admirer ran
up a dinner check that was worth
while.
Many of the young women were
provided with half a dozen or more
bogus old unpaid checks. If their
admirer was sufficiently amiable
after three or four bottles of wine,
the girls would shed tear or two,
and when the man inquired the
cause of her trouble, she would
reluctantly pull out the unpaid
dinner checks, and usually her
sympathetic friend would tell the
waiter to include those in his check
for the evening. In this case the
girl received so per cent-an
amount often well worth while for
both Cornuche and herself.
To stimulate and further en-
courage the girls Cornuche also
gave a series of prizes each month
to those who brought the largest
amount of business to Maxim s.
the prize might be diamond tiara,
pearl necklace or perhaps a COM
Portable little fortune.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

A Woman of the Boulevards
Sitting at One of Cornuche's Res
taurant Tables. For Her Every
thing on the Menu and Wine List
Is Free-But She Is Expected to
Lure Some Man to Her Table and
Run UP as Big a Bill as He
Will Permit.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18

tc) 1928. BY American Weekly
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25
BLACKBIRD
Items of Personal and Social Interest
Cleaned About the Neighborhood


Blackbird, Aug. 24.-The Blackbird
Epworth League will be held by Miss
Dorothy Caulk on August 29. The
topic being "Jane Addams," a pioneer
in the Social Service Field. Miss
Caulk remarks, "Jane Adams, Social
Service, Hull House, industrial work
with men,women and children, nation
alities, religion and education all be-
ing thrill if admiration to my mind
and will be to those who listen next
Sunday night" Mr.. Edward 7. Brat
ton, who is home from Philadelphia,
where he broadcasted all winter from
station w. /. p, will favor Us with
special singing. The evening bids fair
to be an enjoyable one. Everyone
welcome at 7.3O o'clock.
Personals-Mrs. Cora Heinold spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Warner at Wilmington Mr..
W. G. Watson and family of New
Castle, accompanied by Ruth and Will
liam Watson, spent Sunday at Selby-
ville.-Misses Emily, Willanna and
Alice Fortner, Miss Beatrice Webber
and Mrs. ]. w. Webber spent Thurs
day at Ocean City.-Mr and Mrs. H.
Morris and family, and Mrs. Richard
Cook of Salem N. j., were recent Wis
itors with Mr.. andMrs. w. H. Spicer
and Mrs. Jacob Spicer-Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Buckson and son David, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Spicer.-Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt has re-
turned from a weeks visit at Reho-
both Beach.-Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Austin and daughter of Townsend
spent Monday with her sister Mrs. @.
A. Scrwatka.-Mrs.J ]. ID. Conner and
daughters, of Nassau, are spending
the week with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Weber, Miss Minerva
Bradley was Wilmington visitor last
Week.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hepburn of
Wilmington is spending sometime
with Mrs. Royden Caulk.- Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Ferguson and Miss
Ernestine Ferguson spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Bassett Fergu-
son at their cottage a Rehoboth
Beach.
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

Mr.. Jocab Crossley Jr., and family
spent last Friday at Riverview Beach,
N. J.-Misses Anna and Kathryn At
Tx have been visiting their cousin
Dorothy Attix at Downs Chapel
Mrs. Lille Wright of Cheswold, is
visiting her mother and sister Mrs.
Catherine Attix and Mrs. Susan Will
liams.-Mrs. Susan Williams is visit
ing in Denton, Md-Mrs. Rena Geiser
and daughter Miss Ethel Geiser of
Philadelphia, are visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. G. Clark.
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25
KENTON
Items Of Personal and Social Mention
Cleaned About the Nesghborhood

Kenton, Aug. 24.-In spite of the
rain the affair in the basement of
Kenton NJ. E. Church on Thursday and
Friday evenings proved a success.
Seventy-five dollars was realized.
Mr.. Ollie Jones has purchased
new car.
Personals.-Mrs. John Numbers Sr.,
is entertaining company this week
Mrs. Ralph Knots entertained COM
pany this week.-Mr. and Mrs. j. w.
Attix entertained company on Sunday.
Miss Helen Sylvester, Mr.. Granville
Wilds, Miss Wyatt Akin and Mr.Harry
Sylvester motored to Riverview Beach
+. j., on Sunday for the day.-Mrs.
Benjamin Bedwell motored to River
view Beach, N. j., on Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Burris and
family near Clayton.-Mrs. Frank At
Tx, ST., has been visiting in Easton,
Md. Mr.. Frank Attix Sr. and son
Eugene, motored to Easton on Satur-
day and Mrs. Attix returned with
them on Sunday.-Mr. ]. w. Arthurs
and family spent several days at
Wildwood, N. J.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. ID.
Crossley, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Smith
and Miss Emma Walker and Mr.. Lah-
renee Smith motored to Riverview
Beach, N. j., on Sunday and spent the
day.-Misses Elsie and Margaret Hof-
fecker have been entertaining COM
pany.-Mrs. Gilbert Davis and chill
dren have been away.-Miss Kathryn
Clifton spent several days last week
at Oak Orchard.-Mr. and Mrs. j. III.
Wilds have been entertaining COM
pany.-Miss Helen Sylvester is enter
tanning company-Mrs. Thomas Whar-
ton and children, of Wilmington, are
visiting her sister Mrs. Frank Jewell.
Mr.. Franklin Stats has been Wis
iting his brother Mr.. Carroll Stats
Mrs. Kate Johns Of Dover, spent last
Thursday in town. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan Crossley and son Weston, and
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

P. Evans and family and Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Schabinger, Of near FELTON,,
have been on a delightful motor trip
to Harper's Ferry and other points of
interest.-Mr George Hoffecker and
son, Joseph, of West Chester, Pa, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Hoffecker,of Whining
ton, were recent guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George 7. Hoffecker. Mrs. Sal
lie Burbank accompanied Mr.. Hoffeck-
er home to West Chester for few
days.-Mrs. George B. Moore and
daughter, Louise, have been visiting
the Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25
CHEsWOLD
Items of Personal and Social Interest
Cleaned About the Neighborhood

Cheswold, Aug. "a The copious
showers of last week has helped veg
citation materially. 1t however, inter
fered with wheat threshing and caus-
ed a postponed program among
threshing rigs all the way around.
Wheat is turning out most satisfac-
torily. Peaches and tomatoes are now
coming on.
Mrs. L. ID. Learned who has been
away to hospital for treatment has
returned much improved.
Personals.-Mr. George Scarborough
has returned from a trip with his
brother, Franklin, through the New
England States.-Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

these little club workers.
Personals.-Mrs. Walter E. Brown
and Walter Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y;
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jacobs of Will
mington, have been visiting Mr.. and
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

Club met at the home of Miss Mildred
Deakyne Friday afternoon with Mr..
I'd. Willim, Club Leader, and Miss
Heinold, their local leader. A very
pleasant afternoon was spent with
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

Mrs. Eugene DeakySgs., ,g, Nd ill Y Y.
Deakyne is visiting Ssrr. M,, Ps Il
Mildred Deakyne Is
more.
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25
DEAKYNEvILLE

Items of Personal and Social Mention
Cleaned About Neighborhood
Deakyneville, Aug. "a. - The Al
Smyrna times., 1926-08-25

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the price?