European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Today s crossword oat Orfe an Champi it in of the on on Champt Ety it in Paris. Elegant and shabby by Richard Bernstein new York times t is Midnight on the Avenue ties champs Elysee and the tamed thoroughfare has assumed a kind of motorcycle gang look. There Are plenty of Black leather jackals on the bread Esplanade of what is still proclaimed by some to be me world s most elegant is reel. In the Belle Poque restaurant Fouquet s. However the crowd is Chic made up less of the people who go to the movies on the champs e ulysees than of those who make them. Paris most famous Sheet presents a mixed picture these Days. It has become elegant and shabby at lha same time. Many of those who identity with the champs Elysee of the Good old Days say they Are lighting a rear guard Battle to keep it from falling into dilapidation. It s True and it s sad to say that the champs Elysee has become a kind of factory Lor Load said Jenny Paula de Rabady. Manager of Fouquet s. It s True that very Little remains of the old Champa eys6cs " she named among the Tew remnants of the old elegance tha perfumery Guerline Fouquet s and the Shoemaker Weston. The Champ like other areas of Paris has lost a Tol of its character said Jean Pierre Silvere manager of the drugstore at tha head of lha Street. The champs is less different from the rest of Paris than it used to to. The City is becoming like interchangeable parts there is less variety. Maybe in a because people Are All asking Lor the same things maybe it s because we live in a society where everybody is looking Lor standardization. In establishments with names like Quick Elysses Monsieur Elysee. Pop inn Hippo Citron and free time a lot of the talk is about two related subjects the threat of terrorism and the relative absence of american tourists. Early this year terrorist bombings at the Claridge Arcade and at another Arcade called the Point show killed two people and wounded 36. There have been no bombings since March possibly because the two dead Are presumed by the police to have been the ones who planted the bombs. But Here Are More policemen and a mood of caution diagonally across the Street irom the drugstore is a Peugeot dealer then a Volvo dealer then a Mercedes Benz showroom. Near that is the Lido supper club where the show requires the most elaborate stage machinery of any theater in Paris except Lor the opera we were hoping to break All the records this year said Christian Clerico. Manager of the Lido. But with All the troubles we won t. Still it s not a disaster. What is obvious is that the americans in groups Are not coming. By themselves however they come. And maybe in they pass the word that nothing dangerous is happening in Palis More will come Talar in the the Lido was once a swimming Pool with columns and an arched Bridge Over it. The Street was lined with the Homes of the Rich. Later the champs was a family entertainment area where parents would take their children to one of the Large movie houses and then to a restaurant for a late dinner. Now the venue is a commercial and shopping District by Day. The movies Are most Active at night when the neediness overwhelms the elegance making the changes on the Street More conspicuous and less Welcome. Some of the changed character of the Street is widely attributed to the construction of a subway station attached to Paris s regional railway line the re. About to years ago Francois Lebel mayor of the 8th arrondissement where the Street is situated said imagine if you re Young perhaps unemployed and living outside of Paris you can get to the heart of the champs Elysee in 15 minutes and then you can be among lots of other people like you. The merchants naturally adapted themselves to the new by Eugene Sheffer aceoss1 Hurk s con veyance5 jewish month 9 Watchpocket 12 part of Homes 3 mud14 ending for Obib Aerial display17 decay in Sta Lemom 15 Verdi Forte 21 More secure 40 Dis charge 42 Kimonos Ash 49 Day House feature48 pub order 49 popular novelist to she Tovac Narcissus is of bottle organ62 whip 03 author Casey 2 Christ luvs dad3 Ever Green tree4 abounded it love dreadful boat8 vacation b Stron whiskey 16 word wit cry or dance20 through 21 flounder a Cousin 22 assert s3 glow Worms 24 antelopes26 quote 27 " Cockx jump loscenl11 utter 1 drop Cousin Gamma Poetzel 6ld for. In bridge30 Irish sea god31 less 32" much 1956 hit 33 hermits so sea Bird 36 delicate37 daggers 38 it s often tossed yesterday s Wuwer county29 oodles 31 aware Maetro Farrow 35 Earl an Baron . 37 potato hip breaker?38 daytime to rare39 competent 0 Slater of area 41 network44 author levin45 King beater46 chinese Tea 47 eternity 7-a Hubert Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday. July 8,1986
