The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-08

and any deviation from the French pro-
nunciation OF the commonest word Is to.
tally non.understandable. AT dinner, sur
rounded by twenty Americans, mostly 10.
dies, and all OF thom fortified with "board.
ing school French" J" their linguistical ex-
perience Of the day 10 truly ludicrous.
They expected to be able ITO get along
with the language" but find that pronun.
citation is Of much more importance than
the spelling. Thus 1t Is that those who
learn to talk the language here before
they learn to read or spell 1t make the
most rapid progress, and ultimately mas.
ter all It's peculiarities Of pronunciation.
Among our guests is q young American
girl Of sixteen, who, with her mother; has
spent five years In Europe, and speaks
French, Italian, Spanish and German flu
emily and correctly. She mastered French
In three months, having been placed at o
boarding school, with sixty scholars, not
one Of whom could speak q word Of Eng.
llsh. So also with German, Italian and
Spanish, she lived and associated with
those who knew no other language.
AMERICAN FOOD TROUBLES. -
Nearly all the American families re-
siding In Paris soon break away from the
boarding houses, hire suit OF furnished
rooms, employ servants, and 60 regularly
to housekeeping. They endure French
cooking and French living until they can
stand II no longer, and then start of Ton
their own hook" During the five weeks
we have been at French pension two
families have already left and gone TO
Housekeeping. and third Is now prepar-
ing to follow their example. They are
here for the education Of their children,
and proposing to remain couple Of years
soon discovered that 1t would be impossi.
bic to endure French living. Still this
house has the reputation OF keeping the
best table in Paris, but the manner Of
serving the dishes Is so unreasonable that
the enjoyment Of the food Is destroyed.
Think OF serving roast beei without pota-
toes or vegetables, and 1t Is masti-
Gated having peas or beans that would
have been 80 delightful to eat with II
served separately. Then the desserts are
always o melange of some kind SO mixed
that It Is impossible to tell what you are
eating. A lady remarked at the table to.
day that sheate everything mechanically,
without q thought as to what 1t was, con.
tenting herself that she would relish home.
food better when she got there. "Well,
mother" responded sharpwitted daugh.
ter at her side, who had probably been
reading Mark Twain, "you can't expect
TO enjoy sweet potatoes and hot corn, with
Michael Angelo and Worth, the dress
maker, all at one time
Breakfast 10 served In, the rooms 10 each
boarder as soon asit Is called for, consis-
ting Of coffee and bread and butter. At
10 o'clock q lunch sis served, OF three or
four seperate courses, generally fried eggs,
then beeisteak, or veal outlet, and fruit,
after all of which lis, disposed Of coffee is
served. Dinnerlis ready at 9 o oclock, re.
quiring an hour and halt to dispose oft,
each article being served separately, and
the plates changed, the vegetables invari.
ably following the meat, but never with
1t. The food Is all good enough, and
much more abundant than at the hotel
table fhotes, and would be very palatable
II not served up in this nonsensical way.
There Is also abundance Of wine at both
lunch and dinner. "How I long to get
home to enjoy q good, square meal" is
the constant exclamation, OF the American
wanderers. We must not neglect to add
that the parties who have gone TO house.
keeping since our sojourn here reported
progress, and are delighted with their ex.
perience, viz: Mullins, watfles or flannel.
cakes Tor breakfast, with beefsteak and
ham and eggs; dinner at Q o'clock, with
roast chicken and boiled ham, potatoes,
peas, and Baltimore pearl hominy, all
spread out on the table at once, TO the hor-
ror of ne French cooks and servants; sup.
per at 8 o'clock, with coffee, cold chicken
and hot rolls from the Boston bakery, on
Boulevard Malesherbes, They are serious.
" contemplating buckwheat cakes and
pumpkin.pie: The only boarding house
In Paris which serves meals In American
style IL Madame Desbons, No. 30 Rue
Canmartin, but her table has become so
popular that more than o hundred Ameri.
cans from the Grand, and other hotels In
the vicidity, dine there daily. They have
literarily turned this once quiet boarding
house into refractory, much to the dis
comfort Of 1.-The home guests. We should
not wonder II some Of these American la
dies who have just started housekeeping
ON small scala should ultimately develop
into American boarding housekeepers,
and revolutionize this mode Of eating In
all these establishments. To on Ameri-
can 1t seems contrary to reason and com.
mon sense to be eating peas or beans as
seperate dish, and meats without vegeta-
bles. Their guests are all Americans or
Epglish, and the sooner the revolution 10
commenced the better. ii, ~
!. "a MRNDrNa THEIR MANNRRs.. ,g'
The large number Of American ladies
in Paris Is having the effect Of checking
the offensive manners OF young French-
men to unprotected ladies on the streets.
A year ago q lady Of youth and personal
attractions was sure to be accosted II she
attempted to 60 out alone, and persist.
emily followed by these young street
loungers, Two or three OF them have,
In the meantime, been punished for their
offensive conduct to American ladies,
which has had the effect Of very gener.
ally remedying the evil complained OF