Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-10 | Page 33 | Paris Restaurants are under Control

PARIS RESTAURANTS ARE UNDER CONTROL Strict Bules Laid Down for Proprietors by New Minister of Provisions. (Correspondence of the Associated Frees.) PARIS, Feb. 20. ".Nothing but luxuries lux-uries for high-priced restaurants; all provisions pro-visions of prime necessity reserved to modest restaurants and modest purses," is the new regime that Victor Boret, minister of provisions, proposes to institute in-stitute for public eating houses. All brands of cheese will be withheld from the restaurants where high prices are charged. They will also be deprUed of certain kinds of fish that are preferred bv the popular classes. Nothing out what is considered a luxurv will be sold Lo them at tho central markets. Thus M. Boret hopes to prevent the rich from outbidding 1 PlioVet has now been at the head of the 'most diflicult department of The government gov-ernment about two months, without acquiring ac-quiring unpopularity, which is a record in the ministry of provisions. In the meantime he has been disagreeable to a "rent many people besides the restaurant proprietors. He has struck at some of he oldest and most sensitive institutions of Par's even depriving the gourmands, v-ho hronged the pastry cooks' shops in the altcriiocn. of cakes, tarts and Mvetts Inhenew order of things there are three separate regimes for all who make or sell things made of Hour. The res-taur-inw mnv no longer serve unlimited ,,'uantities of bread; the baker may no longer make pastry; the wastry cooks mriv no 'lonser sell pastry "to be consumed on the premises," in consequence of which ih Hoectaele of women, g:rls end children chil-dren standing around pastry cocks' shops from 4 o'clock in the afternoon, conecm-n-Viuantitles of chocolate eclairs, tarts, cockles and cakes of all kinds, has disappeared.