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The Paris Night: Traveler, What of the Night? The Paris night, like the Paris cuisine, is an overwhelming subject but I shall rush in where angels fear to tread, even though their wings be adjusted for quick flight.
Opera, theater and concerts—one or more musical events every evening—have been lightly mentioned, as have the breast-glorifying spectacles at the Folies Bergere and Casino de Paris. From there on out, and it may be "out" for your budget if you don't look sharp, every conceivable form of night life is to be found and night sectors are in every part of the city, the chief ones being the Champs-Elysees area; Montmartre; Montparnasse; St-Germain; St-Michel; and the central Opera-Madeleine sector.
Of the fifty or more nightspots usually appearing in lists, I may select a sample or two, or three or four, from each of a dozen or more types.Rotterdam is a night surprise, or so it was to me, for there it is possible to nightcrawl—you'll need to keep a taxi on the string—in a big way. The Parkzicht is a pleasant dance-cabaret, with an intimate Caveau de Paris that outparises Paris, and the Beursfoyer is another quality place. The Ambassadeur is big and international. The Cascade is definitely smart, a double affair with a big bar-lounge and a dance section with loor show. On a night of Saturday-into-Sunday, it will be jampacked up to 3 A. M. La Habanera and Wiener Grinzing are lesser but lively places.
In Paris, to return to the hub of everything French, the Church of Sacre-Coeur, atop Montmartre, commands a peculiar religious fervor from many earnest Catholics. Here, every night of the year, men come to pray and meditate. Groups from every section of Paris keep vigil in turn and they are locked in for the night. The church looks dark and empty, but the men are in there, praying. A Protestant church with a long religious history is the Temple de FOratoire, revered by all present-day Huguenots. It runs through from rue St-Honore to rue de Puvoli at a point opposite the eastern end of the Louvre. |
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