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B THE 0fAITA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTErBETl 3, 1900. If X i , 1 t.h U 1 v 1 1 i: LATIN QUARTER OF TODAY Joy in the Cafe Still nd Dreamt in the Garret SUMMER SCENES IN GAY BOHEMIA Quarter's View of Mfe Mrr Tr Hopes and "offerings of A merles n A Preliminary . View of Matisse. r PARIS. Bept. 4 Men may come and men my go whtch they do continually. anJ In consequence the Latin Quarter go on forever. There are no end of people, both m Paris and without, who will sny that the scene of Du Maurler's "Trilby" and of Murger' "Vlo de Boheme" Is changed beyond reeog n It Ion. Tet the prodlcal ion returning to the Quarter will hear the same old stories and a few new ones. He will see the same girls flitting In and out of the cafes and tudlos, or If not the same their daugh ters. He may lament that the Latin Quar ter as such has passed away, but he will know If he Is truthful that the change Is probably In himself alone. Seat yourself at a corner table under the chestnut trees of the Cafe d'Harcourt. , which still preserves Its position on the . edge of Bohemia. It Is a place now where people go to eat, not merely to look and seek for adventure, because the food Is as good as any In the Quarter, but Just the same that does not prevent the gourmets and their friends from recognizing the fact that besides themselves there Is a fair per centage of guests who go there for the same reasons that they have always gone from habit, because fortune has smiled, because here are to be found the prettiest girls and the most tuneful music, or for half a hundred other causes. R a peris Disagree. Two residents of Paris, members of your party, take opposite sides of the ques tion whether or not the Quarter has essen tially changed, and In the Intervals when your attention Is not distracted by the ( Inrmatograph of life you listen and learn. "For Instance, there," and the English man points to the figure flitting by of a KuK.Man girl, who looks scornfully at the table under the trees, at the scarlet coated orchestra, at everybody and everything. "Sho used to dine here every night, not always with the same vis a vis, but al ways with the same appetite. Now she apparently scorns the place because It baa fallen from Its former estate of belonging to the students and. their feminine com panions." The American la differently Informed, and says: "She can't come here any mora. She Is a well known anarchist, belongs to several societies, and one night she threw a bomb In a cafe down the street." "Threw a bomb!" gasps an American woman, looking as If she wanted to re turn to the safer side of the Betne. t A Frenchman In the party explains: "The Paris officials are still very crude In their methods. It Is so easy for them to understand. If they would, that If a poor girl Has a bomb she must throw It. What else can she do with It? It Isn't the kind of thing that you can take home with you, now, Is It? We will be mare civilised sorr.e day, I hope and recognize these subtle excuses." Who (peaks the English. To prove his contention still further that the quarter looks at life In a half humorous, half cynical way, essentially its own the American repeats a story heard that day or a smaller caie near tty wnicn bears the sign "Id on pnrle Anglais," and when you ask for the person who speaks English, you are Informed by the French speaking proprietor, "It Is our patrons who apeak English." -The English member of the party contends that the story la neither young nor old, which is as fatal for a story as for a woman. "There Is another verslnn of It serosa the Seine, where a fashionable modiste to whom flock a large clientele of American women, has In her showroom, 'Here we speak French,' " he says. ' The American tries again. Tou have heard of the American student arrested be cause he stopped one of the gendarmes who bear on their sleeves , the announcement that they speak German, English and Frrnrh, and disbelieving, asked seriously, 'Is this the Boulevard Montparnasse or Thursday?' In good Anglo Saxon and was punched for his sorry Jest." Thrn you learn that the Englishman's vexation Is rrally due to the fact that the Quarter Ih no longer a locality where the TALKS ON TEETH By DR. E. R. L MURPHY The Value of 1 Beautiful Teeth The value of teeth good teeth, white, dazzling teeth ia not to be measured in dollars and cents. Beautiful teeth are the biggest and best assets that men and women can possess, for they not only attract at tention, but they beautify a face that might otherwise he hopelessly plain , without such help. 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If you are near enough to our office to rail, let us make an examination of your mouth free of any charge or ob ligation. a V Those who ran not rail should send T 'at once for nur free book, which ex plains the Alveolar Method a valu able work on tha very Important sub ject of the teeth and their car. Send today for your copy. V DR. E. R. L MURPHY 512 N. Y. L DIdg. ruffle and the frill allure with their old time fascination. "When I first came," be announces in a grieved tone, 'the girls wore those train ing bits of lace and muslin and when you turned a corner there was slwsys a little snowstorm of lingerie coming your way, but the shesth skirt dines and the girl." can't snd don't hold up their dresses an'l there are no more ruffles, no more frills. I think the Quarter has gone to the dogs." Tale of the Automobile. The American In answer points out three Murger typs to fho life. They are a rolllrklnc trio and he knows an amus ing story about them. The quarter Is stt'i laughing about It. "It seems," he says, "that last winter they manajred to exchange three portraits for an automobile, the owner preferring the canvases depicting his wife and two daugh ters to the machine. It was a second hand machine, but then the pictures were not specially good either, so the artists congratulated themselves on having the best of the bargain. "But artistic to the core, they forgot the mere commercial detail that It Is necessary to have a chauffeur and petrol to run a machine of this description. They bad no money, no credit and no more pictures to sell, but at the special cafe where, like most of the denizens of the quarter, they received and wrote their letters, the stu dents' club In a word, they broached the subject to the proprietor. Would he allow them to keep the auto at his door? He fell on their shoulders with delight. Would he allow It T Would It not on the contrary give his cafe an air that others did not possess to have an automobile there all the timer "So it remained, rain and shine, and oc casionally when a friend would sell a pic ture or get a remittance he would set up petrol Instead of a drink, hire a chauffeur, and then Joy reigned supreme. 'And yet you say', groans the American, 'that there is no quarter. Think what Murger would have done with that story!" The Englishman looks attentively at the trio. Mn rarer "Types to Order. I'll wager that at the present moment they draw regular dinners from the prti prletor to come here and sit Look at I heir rigs. Every popular cafe in the quarter has a similar trio who sit near the door sipping deml-brur.es nonchalantly or In a conspicuous place In the Inner room to be unconscious of the attention they ex cite. Then comes along the party of Amer ican tourists and one of the girls shout 'Look at that Murger to the life! There's Rudolph! There's Muroel and dear old Schaunard! It's cut. and dried. Latin quarter, indeed! The first you know soma enterprising restaurant in New York wlU start a trio of that kind as one of its at- tractions.' " "But." persisted the American, "the types existed before Murger wrote. He didn't create them. He photographed them and they exist today Just the same. If a few of them are clever enough to get money for their leisure hours, so much the better or the worse but It does hot change the contention that In spite of ad vertising Innovations the Quarter's life is practically the same " . The question Is then asked of the 13-year old resident as to what becomes of the girls and . the students when there Is no more money In the ginger Jar and no outlook ahead. "The girls must sometimes get wrinkles and avoirdupois, the students face a time when even starvation becomes monotonous," It Is suggested. How the Girls Manage. The resident point to a matronly figure selling roses to aV'psrtX of 'diners. "Yeare ago," he says, "that woman was one of the most admired of the girls In the Quarter. Her day Is over and she has drifted Into this work and has probably a competence besides. She likes It better than being a concierge or any employment that would take her awsy from the Quar ter's life entirely. Most of these women are thrifty; they have all the nice little domestlo vtrtues, are neat and eoonomtcal and have an eye on the future. "And the artists. I saw one the other day. He was fat and prosperous. He makes some S00 francs a week. He loved the life and stayed In It Just as long as he could, long enough to prove that he had no talent and long enough to acquire a certain facility for technique. Thin man paints pigs for a merry-go-round tompany. Paris adores pigs, and he does them well. Me is quite happy and Is married. He speaks of himself still as an artist. You will find others of his Ilk painting signs and doing odd Jobs of that kind better than ordinary workmen could do them. owing to their training, and In consequence making good money." Then to make his contention stronger by proof positive the American demands that the party follow him away from the brightly lighted cafe with Its air of pros perity and artificial setting Into' the real life of the working quarter. The path leads by various other cafes, eaoh with Its special crowd of diners. Joyous and con tent. At one of these In an Inner room a rich American Is sprinkling the floor with sugar through a perforated sugar scoop nd contending loudly that as he Is the only one who Is spending real money there he shall do as he pleases. Some one dubs the picture "The Sands of Pleasure" In compliment to the latest best seller of the Latin quarter, and the march Is resumed. You aee many venders of graceful statuettes and many flower girls a few pretty, all graceful. Htudenla swagger from side to side of the road Blnglng, and occasionally you note an automobile pass ing, the chauffeur feminine wearing with a smart air her linen coat and polished leather cap. You have pointed out the corner where In the season the models congregate, espe cially on Monday mornings, and after hold ing up the students who pais to and from their breakfast make the dally round of the studios. They will perch In the courts and In the streets, any pose from that of Mercury to that of Father Tiber, and say in whining tones, "I can stay like this for days," tha attitude being one that no human being could hold longer than three minutes. Or, perhaps. It la, "You do not know me, Monsieur? Not know me? I have been in the Salon J 000 times. The last time I was Jesus Christ." At present the quarter is practically dead so far as this part of Its life is con cened. The students and artists are given up to the vacation days or painting some where In the open, and the professional models are having hard times and are sup plementing their work of the winter with anything they can get to do, a great many of them acting a guides to tha quarter for curious voyagers. Im a Rtaner's Stidlo. The particular studio you have come to visit Is reached through a dark and narrow courtyard, and up some stairs you climb guided only by the sound of footsteps In front of you. The studio is off the Boule vard Montparnasse on a by street Sud denly the stairway comes into the open and you climb another flight, with only a aarrow rail to protect you from a tumble Into the street. Then another Immersion Into the shadows of the building, another coming Into the light, always climbing, climbing, climbing and you have arrived. The studio, deep, high and desolate. 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BRANDEIS STORES: ' " j -alls FS. w,3ajr3a risj JFy, ffl r . . note In the envlorment. There 1 a plat form high up, before which curtains hang. This Is the artist's berth, and into It he swings by means of an Improvised trapeze. There is an oil stove, many canvases, Jars of brushes and daubed palettes, the woodwork Is grimy and old, the curtains torn, the atmosphere stuffy with the odors of paints and oils. It would be a tomb were It not that through the open window comes the hum of Paris. The tenent Is emaciated and his eyes have an abnormal lustre. He lives on some form of prepared food which he cooks himself, and refuses the charity of his friends no matter how cleverly dis guised. He pretends that he had to adhere to a diet, and the day before he has sent away a dealer who hud discovered him be cause noting the number of unsold can vases and the poverty so cruelly evident the dealer had dared to make htm offers on that basis, on the basts of the value, rather than on the work Itself. He Kboots Himself. For poor and proud and In 111 health the artist knows himself and Is sura that some day his canvases will bring good if not phenomenal prices. They are wonderful bits of i'aris, sure enough nocturne palntej in the open at midnight, their shadows teeming with mystery and suggestions; Taris by day filled with Joy and sunlight, an omnibus with its three horses abreast; a bit of the Seine and a bookworm at the old book stalls. lie has sold two for f0 and says naively that now that people have come to buy he will find his seclusion Impossible. A moment after he tells of Venice and of London and New York, where be will soon exhibit for the $00 is to him a fortune. It Is so long since he has bad anything. Tou look at .the hectlo flush, the bent back, the eyes shining so unnaturally, and you wonder; but at least you know now that the Latin Quarter has Dot changed entirely. And even the Englishman is silenced, and when the dangerous descent Is made by the help of a single candle dip, the party drift to the al Bulller, without which no round of the Quarter la ever complete. It Is the earn place, an orches tra playing mad walties and women dan cing madly thereto, sometimes raised aloft in the arms of their escort. In the sum mer gardens are little nooks of green, where tired with the dance, a moment's respite is taken; drinks, usually con-lnloil- cating, are sipped, and the plash of the fountain makes an accompaniment to the chatter of the voice. There is a sordid atmosphere to the place and the women are not pretty. And if the women are lacking in the charm you ex pected, the Frenchmen are Impossible. You ee him at his worst here, ogling, simper ing, curling his ridiculous mustache, cry ing hi "Bis," whe4 he want a dance re peated. You are -quite ready to go when the sound of the clock at 12 denotes the unfailing rule of the Bal Bulller and of several of the other hall In the Quarter devoted ftq the dancing crowds. , lan't Leave Him Oat. And you are told that you must not write a story of the quarter, even a scrappy little story, without mentioning Matisse, the founder of the new school of art, who already numbers 2,000 disciples in France, some of whom you have had pointed out to you In the cafes and on the boulevards, wearing sandals and long hair, with rapt expressions and sometimes without hats. You have, of course, seen the pic tures; to them Is the necessary prelim inary to a visit to the quarter. And In spite of the instructions you received to be dlplomantlo and tactful and deceptive if you wanted to know the worst, you forgot your lesson and stated with American frankness of the most uncompromising sort that never In the most hectic mo ments of a nightmare has your Imagina tion, fed by Welsh rabbits and feminine punch, dared to take such liberties wlih your common sense. The exhibitor looked pained, merely pained in a soft, gentle manly way; confided that he felt that way at first, but now he could not live without a Matlssej at hi elbow. This la one at random a woman' figure outlined apparently with a stick of choco late. The background la half of a violent red, half of a mad crimson. The woman is In a reclining pose, reclining on nothing wearing nothing, her face expressing noth ing. The Hps, eyes and nose are not drawn, but smeared with chocolate masks, and the eyes are known to be open becauae five straight lines. Indicating eyebrow pre sumably, etand erect. A bit of drably paint ia said to be a scarf give the charm ing picture Its name, "Nude Woman with Scarf." Once Matlase painted nice, pretty little picture such a other paint, but ha could not u them, beaua tbere. was Ioq much competition, so one day he changed hi method and since then he has bouvht a place in the country and takes vacations like prosperous artists. WIVES RAID HUSBAND'S GAME Something; Dolns la Issoeeat Looking lee Cream Parlor, Where Chips Rattled. Thirteen repentant husbands were lined up before Recorder Mara In Bsyonne, J. Y., and fined Jl each the result of tha first active move of the anti-gambling so ciety which their wives organised several weeks ago. Mrs. Julius Hochsteln Is the president of the society, which Is composed entirely of women, and she said that poker had be come so popular among tha husbands and fathers of Hayonne that the women de cided to club together and stamp it out. So the league was formed and It did not take much detective work to find out where the men were going for their quiet little games in the evening. Mrs. Hochatein told Inspector Pat Kear ney that If he would accompany her In the evening to the back room of Ike Snoll's Ice cream parlor and dcllcatenaen shop In Avenue C she would guarantee to show him a ring of Uayonne's most prom inent cltixeus gambling their young Uvea a way. The Inspector, Mrs. Hochsteln an,d two other women, members of the society, and Detectives' Mullaney and Kogan went to the place at 10.30, and Mullaney had to break In the door of the back room with an axe. Mrs. ilochstein was one of the first of the party to enter and she aided In rounding up the gamesters. "There he goes I'll get him!" she cried, as Abraham Coppersmith Jumped out of a window, taking the sash with htm. Hhe grabbed fur ills coat tails, but missed them. "Catch him," she said to Inspector Kearney. "I know his folks, and he ought to be ashamed of himarlf." Abraham was caught before ha had run a block, with the sash around bis neck. He was considerably cut and bruised. The de tectives lent if ed in the morning that they had found a poker game In full swing. Snoll, the proprietor of the Ice cream parlor, was held in $D00 ball. New York Mail. ... .. - Ml I so 1 a.w xASfj w --Jt ?JESie mm ja Splendid Racing Iriberatfs Band and Grand Opera Slngera Pain's Bailie in the Clouds-? with, Airliip AihlelicMeef- Carnival -BaseDall OttC AM) ONE-MALT KATCS HOUND TRIP OMAU AII.0AX3 for information. Premium List. or Lhfry Dlanhavrite A W.R .M ell or. Secy LINCOLN. MEB. Prize Winners for the Week Ending Sept. 4, 1909 First Prize Ilnrry Finney, 2210 South 29th St., OmaHa. Second Prize Mabel Jennette Miller, Fairmont, Neb. Third Prize-Harriett Knutzen, 318 .West 30th St., Kearney, Neb. Fourth Prize Anna Maher, 3024 Emmet St., Omaha, Fifth Prize-Ethel Hathkey, 2409 Blondo St., Omaha. Sixth Prize Helen Hester, Glenwood, Ia. Seventh Prize Adaline Wykoff, 207 North 23d St., Omaha. HONORABLE MENTION. Naoma Turner, Fremont, Nob. Myron Daly, Scott's Bluff. Neb. Helen Hutton, 2723 Charles street, Omaha. 1 Donald MoFarland, Majestic Apartments, Omaha, Edna Frances, Broken Bow, Neb. Gwendolyn Webster, 623 West Twenty-fourth Btreat, Kearnsy, Neb. Amelia Lyndberg, Fremont, Neb. Gladys H. Muslrk, 4G43 Farnam street, Omaha, Neb. Myrtle Jensen, 2009 Izard street, Omaha, Neb. Cora Marquardt, 416 Madinon avenue, Norfolk, Neb. Alice V. Weod, Bailey, Neb. Iona May Davis, Harvard, Neb. Marjorie E. Johnston, 116 North Twenty-fourth street, Omaha, Neb. R. Floyd Shaddock, Oakdale, Neb. Bee Wants Ads Aways Bring Results