Tens of Thousands of Francs Won In Minutes Thus writes a correspondent of the "Evening Standard" regarding Gay Deauville: At the '"here @aperitif" all Deauville gathers at the Potiniére, the open air cafe opposite the Casino or at Ciro's bar. The former is the gayest little cafe in the world and probably the most expensive. If you demand change from a 20f. note after having been supplied with a thimbleful of Dubonnet the waiter raises his eyebrows, and with consummate skill conveys the silent intimation that you ought to be at Clacton-on-Sea.
Strange lurks wander round as they do at Monte Carlo, with carpets and fur rugs over their shoulders. How they make a living, heaven alone knows. They have never been seen to sell anything.
The Shah of Persia frequents the Votinigre regularly, usually wearing a hat of the "straw boater" type, and white flannel trousers. Most people take off their hats to him, a salute he returns most punctiliously,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.