Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-06-15
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PARIS : From London Air
port to Paris on British Euro
pean Always is an mexpect-
ed treat for all hands. A short
hop over the channel serves
TO remind one of the easy time
the Germans must have had to
blast the very insides out of
little England but we have
the express pleasure of cross
ing in the opposite direction
and on an entirely different
mission. Our high-wing plane
affords a view of all the
world that is visible below and
the service is on the grand
scale. For instance, we have a
cocktail before a wonderful
luncheon of delicious chicken
followed by a dessert of fresh
red-raspberries in thick Dew
on cream plus cheese plus
champagne plus coffee plus
Drambuie! This is all ION the
house" or "all on the plane"
whichever you prefer to say.
Oh yes, and we have fresh lob
ster salad alongside just to
add to the goodness of all the
rest. Our captain, a great
bearded man of no mean pro-
portions, drops by our table
(they have tables on these
ships no eating out of your
lap) and inquiries of our we'll
being. Our answer is simply
great, old boy. simply great"
Down at lie Bourget and we
remark that we feel much bet
ter than Charles Lindberg
must have felt when he made
his landing here three days
and thirty years ago if MEM
ory serves. Quick service
through customs and on to
Gay Paree!
Arriving at the California,
we are greeted by fine serv-
ice and English-speaking per-
sonnel which is welcomed, as
our French is not only rusty :
but practically non-existent
except for being able to make
the taxi-drivers understand
where we want to go. Our
rooms are great and we lux
uriate in a real honest-to-
goodness shower for the first
time in weeks. the English
being tub-happy. Clean and
refreshed, we meet for he
evenings entertainment which
is dinner and the balance OF
the day at the Club Lido. a.
round the corner on the
Champs Elysees.
The show at the Lido is
something that puts the ordi-
nary New York or Chicago
night club performance TO
shame act after act OF the
finest entertainment procur-
able. everything from Flam-
enco dancers to the Hungarian
Rhapsody done with a water
display with colored lights
which matches every move
ment of this musical master
piece. Truly a tremendous
show and all with fresh and
wonderful costuming SO FAM
GUS in Paris. Ice ballet, Jugg-
lers. twenty-four violinists,
three orchestras, (including
hot, American jazz plus a
bevy of beauties with all the
bare essentials complete the
breath-taking extravaganza
and we mean EXTRAVAGAN-
IA!
Home at five o'clock in the
morning, a little weary but
extremely content still num-
ming the songs of Paris go
we. 1t takes no more than q
vawn to put us to sleep ana
the prospect of a pleasant
tomorrow makes it even cas-
ier to drop off to dreamland.
Next morning we are up a
little later than usual but Just
In time for a drive around TINS
absolutely fabulous city before
lunch at a little place called
"Chez Doumel" on the Ave-
me New York down on the
river. Small and smelly, this
little restaurant can produce
almost anything from its Kit
chen from Bouillabaisse 70
Chateaubriand and a hund-
red others besides. 1t is a mir
acle how a French chef can
produce the finest from what
seems the smallest. We top
our meal off with individual
baskets of the finest straw
berries we've ever tasted and
covered with heavy cream
from a granite pot as big as
your head. This is all really
great.
Back to our hotel for diges-
ton and a needed rest before
going out for our mutual
birthday party sets US up for
the nights activities.
Late in the afternoon, we
emerge from our quarters full
of anticipation for the evening
we have planned. First a vis-
1t to the Cafe de la Paix for
a quiet drink and the luxury
of watching the world pass ~
our sidewalk table and, tkaa