Playboy's International Datebook

August, 1957

Give us, if you will, Paris in the fall. More than 40 theatres will be reopening then, to say nothing of six music halls blasting at full power, a couple of ballet troupes cavorting, art galleries bright again, fashion shows drawing the chic from all over the world and, of course, the Paris Opera glittering like mad. Friday's gala night there, with troops of the Garde Republicaine lining the grand staircase and a white-tied crowd circling the great hall quaffing champagne. Good way to see it all...