Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — DINE AMONG THE BRANCHES [ARTICLE]

DINE AMONG THE BRANCHES

Visitor* to Pari* May Have Novel Experience, if They Care to Pay for It. Americans seeking for novelties in the restaurant line may well take a hint from the enterprising Frenchmen who have built two tea houses high In the branches of a wide-spreading tree that is the center of the many attractions in a resort half an hour’s ride from the city to Paris. The patrons of the resort reach these aerial dining rooms by a set of winding stairs, but the meals are served through the aid baskets, which are raised from the ground with ropes and pulleys. In order to reassure the merrymakers in the tree-top that they would not suddenly come down to earth with a most decided thud, the proprietors have had the branches reinforced with sturdy props that assure sufficient support. During the war this resort village was deserted, but now it Is resuming its former air of gayety, with music and dancing and plenty of merry-go-rounds. Paris also goes to the other extreme in cove restaurants.