Evening star., 1933-08-06
"A Prominent Clubman Resigns"-By Montague Glass

Club Deauville because that is not its nsn13
occupies quarters behind a large cafe-restansaz
and swimming pool in a magnificent building
on the Avenue des Champs Elysees IN PaT14
and it was in this cafe-restaurant that ms0
in rather an impromptu manner, the pfesaoen4
of the club, who by a happy coincidence VA
also the manager of the cafe-restaurant, ~
well as of the swimming pool and the eleAx
privileges of the building.
He said that If could be proposed md
seconded by two members in good standing. th4
election would be mere formalty, except 1oo
a trfing fee of $25 for enrolment plus th4
usual stamp tax. At that moment, purely b
accident as it were, young man came mtg
the cafe-restaurant, accompanied by none oele&
than his father who the club president said
was the largest manufacturer of reconstructe4
rubies and emeralds in Paris Both father and
son had just dropped in for an aperetif a
appetizer before going home for dinner and
it suddenly occurred to the president a the
Club Deauville. just like that, if you get what
I mean, that the father and son we're memhefe
in good standing.
The subject of membership, however, Was NOT
mentioned Immediately. 1t was drawn down.
as one might put 1t, by way OF the feconA
structed ruby business, which was described II
detail by the father, who explained how bq
crushing genuine rubies of poor quality and
then flsing the dust in furnace of his 0C6
tanned which would fool a pigeon. Emera1d4
were reconstructed In like fashion, except thae
green parrots could be fooled by them, md
then one thing led to another, until 1t Was
suggested that We visit the secretariat Of ~
club which We proceeded to do. Entrance NJ
gained by the pantry and kitchen of the ea5es
restaurant, pending the construction Of . ns0
entrance or so the president and the two mems
bers in good standing declared. This new ena
trance was to be something in the nature d
the front entrance to the Paris Opera, with
ramps and marble staircases, but for the prees
ent, passed two cooks in white caps, 4
large tank Of boiling soup stock and the rave
material for tete de veau a Ia poulette, in tho
form Of several calves heads with staring
accusatory eyes still in place.
The secretary in his little Office received
us with that gravity which all FrenchnneN
maintain in official proceedings, such as taking
out an identity card at police station a
paying visitors tax at Summer resort. u
this country we reserve the same facial -.
preston for administering the oath to an In.
coming Supreme Court justice or even for the
dedication of q Lincoln memorial, and vhAS
do you suppose happened? Why, was elected
unanimously, and we stepped from the Office a
the secretary into the club rooms proper, a.
improper, according to your point Of view.
could 60 on for pages and tell you howl
resigned from other clubs, notably an expensive
beach club in Santa Monica, Calf, which Il
some 5000 miles from where I live in Con.
necticut. There were several reasons why
resigned from this club, but economy was nj
the controlling one. What really induced me
to resign was this: In spite of the fact that
q motion-picture magnate can converse with
his associates in Santa Monica and hear them
as plainly as though they were In the next
room, there is one thing that even Winnie
Sheehan who was fellow beach club membust
cannot do, l. e., he>can't sit in hotel room
in the East and bathe IN California by lone-
distancs telephone. r'''