Show DOOM FAMOUS DANCE HALL HALLby I Beloved Sal Bal Bullier In Paris Is to Be Replaced by a Modern Building There In the Latin quarter qU er for tor the beloved wi will l Bal Bat Bullier soon cease to existe exist One n by one e the old l landmarks th this s famous amous of ot ott QUarter the home or of f the t Students u and the intellectual ual center of Pars Paris rH are disappearing Old resorts are are re beIng obliterated to make room for or the pretentious upstart modern buildings s that Ms tills are now so ap apparent arent In s section of Paris so dear to the 1 I IbL bLA L b-L A ii I i ne uc teat oaf ar Bullion Bullier h hearts of the artists for generations past Old mansions with quaint and charming facades old houses which are re surrounded by happy memories of once noted men fragments of or his his- ory all are quietly vanishing from sight under the stern hand of ot progress ress The Bullier was above all others the ball of the students Through its vast doors passed many generations Grave and dignified doc doe tors ors famous lawyers celebrated art art- lets an and inspired poets did not disdain to o give themselves to the joyous en en- of this dancing hall during dur dulo Lag ing their student days in ln Paris The erratic and fastidious Whistler Bou Bou- mereau gereau Constant Thackeray and endless end end- less ess numbers of men whose works are livIng iving monuments have all participated participated p ted in the gayeties that occurred weekly at this brilliant dancing hall where the little the pretty saucy models and the dainty little sew sew- Ing ng girls created an atmosphere re of ot light-hearted light beauty and effervescent youth youth the the period where dull care has no foothold The Bat Bal al Boullier has outlived the famous fa fay little restaurant the Hole in inthe inthe the Wall Vall where these famous men then unknown students gathered for their evening repast Then there was he the other cafe on the Boulevard St. St Michel the Michel the Boul Bout Mich in student parlance that stuffy little place where Verlaine the Bohemian poet drank absinthe sitting at a table surrounded by boon companions and composing his masterpieces The Bal Bat Bullier was first called Le Pado Prado and later La des Lilas LUas and under these names Is often spoken of in the romances of the 60 1850 period It has lias outlived its rival establishments such as the fa fay faymous Valentino and Mabille The invasion in in- invasion American families fam lam of English and flies in this sacred domain of the Four Arts scattered the Bohemian stu hatred careless fellows fel Id- dents The long long long-h long haired lows so numerous a few years ago ore are now seldom seen The picturesque picturesque esque is vanishing The charm Is giving givIng ing way to commonplace everyday life f 0 |