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Show DOOM FAMOUS DANCE HALL Beloved Bal Bullier in Paris Is to Be Replaced by a Modern Building. Paris. Thereisniourningin the Latin quarter, for the beloved Bal Bullier will soon cease to exist. One by one the old landmarks of this famous quarter, the homj of the fitudents and the intellectual center of Paris, are disappearing. Old resorts are being obliterated to make room for the pretentious upstart, modern buildings that are now so apparent in 'his section of Paris, so dear to the ne csai Bullier. hearts of the artists for generations past. Old mansions with quaint and charming facades, old houses which are surrounded by happy memories of once noted men, fragments of his-ory his-ory all are quietly vanishing from sight under the stern hand of progress. prog-ress. The Bullier was above all others the ball of the students. Through its vast doors passed many generations. Grave and dignified doctors, doc-tors, famous lawyers, celebrated artists art-ists and inspired poets did not disdain to give themselves to the joyous entertainments en-tertainments of this dancing hall during dur-ing their student days in Paris. The erratic and fastidious Whistler, Bou-sereau, Bou-sereau, Constant, Thackeray and endless end-less numbers of men vhose works are living monuments, have all participated partici-pated in the gayeties that occurred weekly at this brilliant dancing hall, where the little grisettes, the pretty, saucy models and the dainty little sewing sew-ing girls created an atmosphere of light-hearted beauty and effervescent youth the period where dull care has no foothold. 'Jhe Bal Boullier has outlived the famous fa-mous little restaurant, the "Hole in the Wall," where these famous men, then unknown students, gathered for their evening repast. Then there was the other cafe on the Boulevard St. Michel the "Boul' Mich," in student parlance, that stuffy little place where Verlaine, the Bohemian poet, drank Rbsinthe sitting at a table surrounded by boon companions and composing his masterpieces. The Bal Bullier was first called "Le Prado," and later "La Closerie des Lilas," and under these names is often spoken of in the romances of the 1850-60 period. It has outlived its rival establishments, such as the famous fa-mous Valentino and Mabille. The in vasion of English and American families fam-ilies in this sacred domain of the "Four Arts" scattered the Bohemian students. stu-dents. The long-haired, careless fellows, fel-lows, so numerous a few years ago, are now seldom seen. The picturesque pictur-esque is vanishing. The charm is giving giv-ing way to commonplace, everyday life. |