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Marie Marchand (May 17, 1885—February 20, 1961), known as Romany Marie, was a Greenwich Village restaurateur who played a key role in bohemianism from the early 1900s (decade) through the late 1950s in New York City's Manhattan. == Romany Marie's cafés == Her cafés, which encompassed the functions of bistro and salon for the bohemian intelligentsia,〔 were popular restaurants which attracted the core of the Greenwich Village cultural scene,〔 "hot spots for creative types,"〔 which she considered centers for her "circle of thinking people,"〔 the circle which she had sought since 1901 when she arrived at the age of sixteen in the United States from Romanian Moldavia. Romany Marie's cafés were among the most interesting in New York's Bohemia〔 and had an extensive following.〔 More salons than taverns, they were places for the interchange and pollination of ideas,〔 places of polarity and warmth,〔 successful enterprises which were popular with artists.〔 Many regulars such as inventor Buckminster Fuller〔 and sculptors Isamu Noguchi〔 and David Smith〔 compared them to the cafés of Paris. Romany Marie herself, who has been described as attractive and unusual, lively and generous, and a Village legend,〔 was a dynamic character〔 who provided free meals to those who needed them〔〔〔〔 and was well known and beloved.〔 She was a former anarchist〔〔 who had attended Emma Goldman meetings before 1910, while she was still learning English.〔 Although she later distanced herself from anarchism,〔 she was described as prominent in anarchy and socialism by ''The New York Times'' as late as 1915.〔 She became a leader in Greenwich Village, and not only among the habitués of her own establishments. For example, in June 1921, when there were public protests after the Washington Square Association brought charges against "the tea rooms and dancing places of the village" for immorality, ''The Times'' credited a local pastor's letter of approval to ‘Dear Romany Marie’ as the turning point in the crisis.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romany Marie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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