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Despite the f.Ianacer Denials, the
Princess of. Montenegro: Insisted
That Her Husband Was in That Pri
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Mile. Marthe
Chenal. Prima Donna of the Opere.
Comique, Who Lunched with.
Prince Danilo While His Royal
Spouse Waited Outside the Door.
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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
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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' . ,
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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. "
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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
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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