THE FRENCH CLUBWOMAN.
. • • "VVith tho -opening of the Lyceum Club in i Paris,' anew'kin'd-of being has-suddenly-come into existence—naraely, -tliQ French clubwo•t man, and lt is- not: unamusing to watch-her / ' "create"! the: rolo.: ■■ . ■. ■ '. • : .Tho-first 1 thing, that' strikes ono 1s 1 that she requires he'r; surroundings to bo beauti-: ful and gay, and. so far as wonderful carved wood, .'silken'hangings,: and br/Jcaded: walls', may make for the success of a club, she has them m superabundance in tho Rue -do la Bienfaisance' : 'Her : drawing-room has'< a ■ ceiling- pninted : with'rosy clouds; and a perfect army of slim gilt . chairs,; and'/tiny''t'ablqs\ministers ;,to her new-born .-passion' for . tea: at -live > o'clock.. Meanwhile,' she gnjgerly picks ,her steps in this/ revolutionary jmiliou. : Withrmingled pride, diffidence, and,awe, 1 . sho walks about lier > club, opening a- news- <'■■" paper there, ; lighting -" :a -, ; '''cigarette jhere,-. . trembling with :all the innocent ardour of the; neophyte. . . ' '.."i ;• : . .. . And,' lest anyono should think' that-vthe introduction, of. .English.:club-life■ into Paris may havo a deteriorating effect on les moeurs, I hasten to add . that the only ipanLob- ■ . stay/ was;?an' austerd/:.'elderly-, abbe in -.sou-, tane 1 and rabat I—-Ella: Hepworth . Dixon, in the "Sketch " ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 3
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189THE FRENCH CLUBWOMAN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 3
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