Word: tabarin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...handbags, scarves, blouses and lingerie-were cheaper than in the U.S. And in Paris, as one tripper sighed ecstatically: "There seems to be an abundance of almost everything"-even if some things sold at inflationary prices. For night life, there were grubby clubs on Montmartre, dancers at the Bal Tabarin and undressed showgirls at the Folies-Berg...
...hitherto respected layman-gentle, white-mustached Henri Gotti, beadle of Sacré Coeur, who wore his plumed hat and carried his massive staff in parish processions. Each night, with francs filched from the almsbox, M. Gotti had slipped off to such fleshpots as the Moulin Rouge and Bal Tabarin. "Poor Gotti!" said worldly-wise parishioners. "Montmartre was too near the Sacré Coeur...
...None of us were amateurs, of course," Suzette explained. "We had all worked at the Bal Tabarin since before the war. But we never collaborated. A year ago the Germans were gathering a complement to send to the Maison Oslo and they did not have quite enough volunteers. So they grabbed us. They told our troop of 42 that it was for six months...
...Francisco, heavy-spending shipyard workers have boosted nightclub business 30%. Mixed with the workers are thousands of sailors on leave and soldiers about to embark, all having one last fling. But regular socialite clubgoers are fewer. The fancy Bal Tabarin has dropped pâté de jole gras, crêpes suzettes, etc., from the menu, replaced them with plain English and a hot meat special...