And yet the tide of wheel traffic seems almost as noisy' and rampant {as usual, and it is quite easy to come to grief if vigilance be relaxed for a few brief moments when cross-the boulevards. Thousands of British and American tourists ha taken the places of the absent sians, and Montmartre has not deen heard to complain. The cafes und restaurants look ax full usual, and the theatres and musi halls' remaining open are doing well. While there is plenty of life in places open to the multitude, the clubs and resorts in favour with the inhabitants are distinedly quieter, and it ix largely for this reason that a certain number of hardened Parisians—mostly old hackelors, or men whose wives and families" are—away—deliberately elect to remain in Paris in August. They say that they get Detter attention at their fam Wnts, escape bores and social obligations, and, in general, find it possible to live their own lives, Deauville's Hour.
In the meantime, Deauville is en-Joying its brief Hour of triumph. its vogue appears to be as great as ever. M. Cornuché, the clever organizer who raised this little seaside town from obscurity and per suaded the smart world that thi was the only possible place to be seen at in August, is said to have ost all real interest in it, though hhis hand is still on che helm. What pleases him most is the successful overcoming of obstacles. When vie-tory is an established fact, he sighs ior new worlds to conquer, and perhiaps one of these days we shall hear ers are transferring the just as Trouville the sake of Deaw river. For the time being, however, Deauville's supremacy ist challenged. It continues to have own standard of money valu about five times higher than where else in France. In Paris a frane is still accepted as a trip for some small service. In Deauville no one has any use for small change except perhaps to buy a newspaper. No self-respecting servitor designs
frane note, and the hotel and res-look at anything less than a fvestaurant bills are in proportion. The guming at the Casino is on the sual colossal scale. "A minute suffices for Fortune to make a man Jor a woman richer or poorer by 50,000 francs or so. No one is really. interested by coups of less than a million. Dresses are more gorgeous than ever, and the fancies of fashion run riot." The very latest jink hair, so called. It is a new weapon in' the armoury of the Ulonde woman. It is a miracle of dyeing in a soft pinkish shade which perhaps started as a golden chestnut, This new shade is much admired' and sets off to advantage some graceful heads and handsome profiles, By daylight it is equally effective as seen in wisps of curls beneath the attractive small felt hats which ave almost the only wear
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