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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAIi, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNINO, NOVEMBER 2G, IS22. I-' ;-P -if a ' . iLj ' itel .i 1 V L C 3 Off) ': nn 7- Despite the f.Ianacer Denials, the Princess of. Montenegro: Insisted That Her Husband Was in That Pri vate Dining Room with Mile. Chens!. 1 N : i TTTTTW." " TTW "9 15 tl T 3 m TS O) . o : r7 ft- Mappeszea vneri me 0) II U ' il lix USp"; f iqf v jtmuowea Aier Mmoicm Comedy ::Prmc3 . ahd -the:?. Comic Opera .j : . Prtma- IflJhfinr": '. A Studio Photo J of the Chinninjj Mile. Cheryl, i Hi 3 PriaceV tete-a-tete r Mile. Marthe Chenal. Prima Donna of the Opere. Comique, Who Lunched with. Prince Danilo While His Royal Spouse Waited Outside the Door. , T - - - PARIS. NO wonder His Highness's knees shook and his crown-calloused scalp . prickledl . . . There, in a cozy private dining-room of the most famous "hideaway' restaurant. ' in Paris, lunching tete-a-tete with the most celebrated beauty of the boulevards, was Prince Danilo of Montenegro, a royal blood and a regal blade and -a married man! And there, not ten feet away, separated from him only by a closed door, on which her eyes were glued with an angry glare, waited the Princess of Montenegro, his wife I - What, in harmony's name, could Danilo do? - If he walked out with his charming companion, his wife- immediately would recognize her as Mile. Marthe Chenal, prima donna of the Opera Comique, a flame to sear any woman's spirit with un- , controllable jealousy. If he walked out alone,' he could never convince his wife he had been lunching in a private dining-room! all by himself. ' fche would insist on peeping: in, and no grima donna is going to hide under a If he simply stayed where he was with Mile. Chenal, they might both die of old age. For the Princess of Montenegro had served . notice on the manager that thd would wait forever, if necessary, but she would see who was on the other side of that door! Asd the door was the only exit. It was, indeed, a situation to chill the blood of a princeling even such a debonnaire, blithe-hearted monarch as Danilo of Mon tenegro, brother-in-law of the King of Italy and the royal "bad boy" whose es capades are said to have inspired Franz. Ijehar to write his famous .opera. "The Merry Widow.' Exactly how. Prince Danilo escaped from his luncheon predicament, exactly how he not only tricked his wife into be . lieving he wa3 never in the private dining-" room, but caused her to apologize pro fusely to Mile., Chenal, is a story about ' which all Paris chuckles to-day. And the hero of the Etory isnt Prince Danilo at all, but a certain very handsome , waiter, named Jules, who, for two nun- The Crown, Prince and Princess Danilo, of Montenegro. Jules, the Waiter, Went to the Prince's Rescue Right Before the Waiting Princess's Eyes. tttes, basked under the eyes of fashion-, able Paris as the- favored escort of the radiant Chenal. Prince Danilo's attentions to Chenal have been gossip in the clubs and cafes ever since the Winter season opened in Paris. Montenegro's philandering cutup and his follies are no new subject for Paris to talk about. But noV until very recently did the tongue-trippers along the grand boule vards' link Danilo's name with that of Mile. Chenal. "Dazzling Marthe" is to Paris of the present what Gaby I'Deslys was to Paris of the past. She has a glit tering string of. heart conquests to her credit, including Camilla Erlanger, the brilliant composer, and a wealthy Indian rajah, who showered her with rubies, dia monds, tiger-ekin slippers and other gifts.' Paris has been'saying this year that the Prince of Montenegro is "next on the string. Paris also has been laying that the Princess of Montenegro might have something to say about that. For the Princess i.as been known, before to curb her husband's rollicking inclinations, The gossip had reached a most interest ing speculative stage on the day when Prince Danilo fluttered beyond reach of domestic restraint and chose to dins Mile. Chenal at her favorite restaurant. - Though this is one of the most popular in Paris, it can well be believed that the manager was not a little flattered to have two such famous guests under his roof-rand in the same private room as the Prince of Montenegro and the darling of the Opera Comique. - - It can also well he believed that the manager was not a little flustered when, shortly after the door of the .private dining-room closed behind his two prominent patrons, who should sweep into his lobby and demand to see the proprietor but the Princess of Montenegro! - - The Princess did not quibble. She came straight to the point. Her husband was in that restaurant with a woman. The woman was that trouble-maker, Chenal 1 They were in a private dining-room. They were and here the Princess pointed -a' gloved finger to the doer at the head of the stairs in that very room ! The manager of the restaurant decided J And in Few Momenta Jules Was Dressed to Play the Part of Mile. Chenal's - Luncheon . Companion While the Priaca Hid, f vv ;.-. - ' - y r that the Princess of Montenegro , was; either possessed of uncanny intuition or had been well informed.- Nevertheless, he overflowed with polite denial. . It would ; simply never do for his place to be the. scene of a - contretemps or worse-involving two royal highnesses and the fiery Chenal! . . lie protested, - He expostulated. Som? one had deceived madamel Of course. : madaroeV own integrity was not to b questioned, but she was, : indeed, raisin formed ! She was the victim of imagination or malice. The lady in the prirate din ing-room, in truth, was Mile. Chenal, but the gentleman with her the Prince? No I i A thousand times no! He, would swear it -on his honor as a Frenchman and a man ager. Were it not an insult to his patrons he would throw wide the door and allow madame to see for herself. - ... "Very well, then," announced the Prin cess or .Montenegro. "Since you will rot open the door, I shall wait till the dsar opens! A chair, please. : The Princess of Montenegro took a res olute seat at the foot of the stairs, flxir the battery of her eyes on the door, whi: the manager rushed off to his kitchen, de tracted. He clutched at his brow. Hatsret his collar. , Suddenly he stopped -pinioned by an ideal Swiftly hi eye r&T over his regiment of waiters; most ef them were fat, obsequious, impossible. . But there was one . . "Jules V gurgled the manager. "Where 13 Jules? Bring me Jules quick T' . , 'iVtL x hack, hut she observed with a little gloat of triumph that the waiter limped. It is believable that the Princess of Montenegro told herself, "They ehall try no trick on sne: f a man comes out of there walking with a Jimp, I shall know he is only the waiter in disguise T A man did come out. . He was tall, ruddy, distinguished looking. A monocle was rnspne eye. Ha carried an onera hat Then the Disguised Jules Walked Out cf the' Room Arm in Arm with the Ceautiful Chenal. Jules wcs Drought." Jules was taJ, ruddy, a most distinguished looking fel low for a waiter. And Jules was willing. Could he play a part for the honor of the house? He could. Ty cpera hat!" said the manager. ' It rr-s whisfcsd to the kitchen. Calmly Jules coiiapsM it and stuffed it in his shirt. " .. . 1 feS j . - iur co&tr' saia tne manager, ingeniously Jt1es deposited it on a huge silver platter wh'ch , he buried under a huge serving caver,' "My stick f said the manager. AwkwtrnJIy, hut successfully, Jules thrus, it down his trousers' leg. It mada him limp," but it was invisible. A few minutes later the Princess of IIer.t?ngro, still on watch before the fatal door, bristled to alert attention. A was about to enter the private room. The Princess of Montenegro could only see his CopyrftM. 192. br Intrntionl remtvn Sorriea, Inc. fimt BHtHa Bldtta Beserrvd. And the Embarrassed Princsr Left the Restaurant Without Discover-in- That Her "Bad.Boy Husband Had Been There All the Time. Prince Danilo'a Pranks, It Is Whis pered, Furnished the' Inspiration for the Adventures of the Stage Hero "Danilo" In "The . Merry Widow." on'cne ami. He carried a csntf en lEi other. He wore a heavy fur cost. And . ' he did not walk with a limp. With the" man was the ravishing beauty. Mile. Marthe Chenal. ' The Princess of Montenegro came to . her feet with a little gasp. Involuntarily he took a step toward the advancing; couple, she had been so sure the man waa t9 be her husband; Then, blushing with embarrassment, she mumbled an apology which Mile. Chenal received with an airy , wave of the hand and hurried from the restaurant before Chenal and her compan ion had recovered from their apparent surprise. .- , U was some time later that ths Prince pi Montenegro ventured from his up-' stairs retreat and departed. Gossip says rim up n ine manager set a new mark for I'sris, Cut the raansgcr's tip, declare the insider?, was a ha-atrHa tn ih i f n.n:u cave Jules, the waiter, who utill rrriL his greatest reward as the secret that ha had walked arm in arm with ChejaiU
