, 1874-07-12
THE RlCH-POGR Of PARIS.
Outward Splei,1or and Concealed
Suualor.

! 0Athf hfA u ols1GiAs4u1 <AuA IOuCCt@lcu
Sllalor.
Size HS Aps.rt.nents-Scvela Persons
Living ia Two liuosua-EaIhing i'll
y nosri - bunny E0soinE-Dours-
Toiicss OF tce tEicsa-c,otsr i,1ldnane.
| Correspondence OF Tie CH;caqo Tribune
| PARIS, June Is, 1874.
It is certain that, if poverty is to be measured
by rho length Of ones purso, there ara untold
numbers Of the very poor in Paris IT, on the
| contrary, the estate OF q man is to be Judged By
the style in which he lives, the very poor in this
vast city are fewer tLan many suppose very
rich man mist have his hotel. Eothschild for
instance, lives 1iko n king, and a man who, in
New York, would bo considered I merchant
prince, lives On grand scale in apartments, or
what ls known in America as a flat, these often
| having from thirty to forty rooms, and running
| down from this to two or three. There is no
| such thing AZ measuring the dimensions Of
Frcnchm ans house. He may live q. the top OF
| q magnificent waite-rnarble p.Iaco in Bix rooms
at a rem. Of $10o or 5000. And yet. when you
have climbed up there, have sounded tho bell,
and have been admitted into the hall, which.
with its highly polished mirror, will deceive YOU
/ Ct OuEt LII 1Et1Iu u tL6 6lLG Of LU6 uLLIe D0I.
you are convinced that be revels in luxury. OPP
posts the hai!glazs, open the folding doors into
| the parIor, which is long room With still more
| mirrors to
| AID X INCREASING THE PERSPECTIVE.
1t is the duty Of the servant. TO throw these
| doors open before answering the bell, so as to
give stranger the impression that the room, is
constantly occupied. while, in fact, nobody is
| II.
this room are yet other folding doors, two of
them leading into the dining-room, which il al
ways fitted up in exquisite taste, and with
studied carelessness, left visible to the caller
Try the doors nt tie other side Of the room it
| is hard to open them Probably locked? A1oHt
| ersctuGily locked! They never move upon
t1eir hinges. Still they are not quite az uhsless
as - = painted aaip upon pai:.ted ocean, for
| they serve double purpose; they dispense with
tue Necessity Of pictures 10 fill up the tare walls
! for who would hang pictures oa doors :-erd
| they give ono tho impression that vast &pa:t-
:ue,!s etretch beyond.
Mst;ame viii receve YOU in tho most clarm-
| insly-tanguid manner, ii your cali chance to oc-
| CUR tho dar-tlne. She La. Just a~iBaa; won't
yoa bxvs coffee with her; Tnia, If size rneaus
| by generous courtesy to make y useful friend OF
| soa. Now you flud your Way into what sac calls
Ger private apartments. which, Ike tho other
r5o:1a, orens into tha p2rloT. 1t il really quite
gem il its way. lou wish YOU wore Freacb.
or al least, that Jou might understand the ait Of
I;yluR as French people do. But little closer
acquaintance and moderate increase il your
experience will teach you that ti.ese people work
and strive only for the sake OF the aDi,carAt,co
her make. They comprehend what tEe clc-
g:.uces OF Life consist Of, aud they will ira w;ti:
out the comloonest neceee!tias II order TO
DECEIVE You AS To THg1N REAL CONDITION.
Il family Of seven persons will actually live in
two small rooms. aud make their beds up lAte at
night the Icor Of the apartment 10 which, bnt
4 few moments before, they were chatting with
Won upon The inpos-lbillty Of ecoaonizing in
style of living, find that j: takes = fortune nov
to spend a yeur in Paris. You ere SHOCKED to
bear them suggest that thets is q simple mode
OF life; you never thought Of being so Gno It
home: In reality, these people that 1 speak Of
live like paurers. They sleep on the ilooS the
rear round. aud often Oh the litchen toor at
TINT. This last 10 convenient, as they eau get
up and rut the coifee over tho spirit lamp, aud
rctrs again until it il prepared. Coffee IL tahen
IN bed. OF course.
For the bsne!it Of the girls at home. who may
admire and envy tina lady OF luxury that g.a-
cously asas you into her boudoir At II O'Clock,
declaring she has just arisen, and invites you to
take coffee with her, I will tell them something
Of her toilets. aud tho Bngnlar way IN which
they change With the hours Of the day.
MadaIne goes to market as early as possible.
Nobody is out in the early noroing,-that is to
say, NOBODY before who,u Sue cares to keep up
I'll d}a1}U-EiLCE.-auAs Ad LuG u4A1 Atk-PEot4o ~
ways measure customer before setting price.
it is visa to 20 to tho market shabbi'y dressed,
not only because one will Beo her. but as d ]
matter Ut economy. So the toilet OF the day ls |
not made until this duty has been performed |
1u exchange tor the great, airy bathroom, with |
it's abundance Of hot and cold water. und
Its fresh, clean towels, which Americans cannot |
live without, Madame has, in little dark hole |
between the kitchen and her bedroom,
A PINT OF WATER
in a hasin the gixa nf a tfnrer-bON1 For water |
is too precious commodity to be used unlee3 |
sparingly. It has to be carried from the street |
up i've flights of stairs, and servant must be !
paid ccuts al hour to 10 it. No further arGu- |
lnents than these are necessary with Madame. |
With the aid OF dirty little towel for clothes must
he washed away from honle-therc il neither |
room nor water to do it in these papler-Hacho
boxes, our lady will succeed in making bcrsen |
very tidy. have really began to wonder II there
III not such o thing az dr: wash. At u the
colGeur comes. Rnd Aladame's hair Is dressed, a.
my dear, you never think 81 ha;in6 yours
dressed, except it be for ball. II sue chance
to be little gray. the hair is powdered aftor it
has been arranged in its intricate puhs, braids,
and frlzzes. 4 coifeur costs but q fs5 SOUS:
and this drcsuing Of the hair is, l
believe, the stronghold of Frenchwomen.
1 know that it made profound i'm
get the feeling Of lattered vanity and unuttez-
ub!e rlatitudo I experienced when eucn fine
lady invited us to make her house our home. II
We could put up with their simplicity, aud mako
ourselves comfortable IN her room, she would
clsdlr moyc into another apartment. AL TIL.
Sas to Le granted because OF the very favorable
lrnpression NC had made upon her. It would bo |
70 d1sagreeaole for us to move 1uto ordinary
boarding house; this SHOULD be like home to US.
FATAL DELCs1oS
Home indeed! have my doubts it there BE-
many such things in Paris. except whore come
Americans haTs made their nest for fes
years. This matter Of home, an
coming to think. is purely American.
The English cannot make one; they lind such
repose only in house which their ancestors
I,avo occupied. An American will make little
room home in hinsIe day. 4. G. ".
Trupping Nice.
4 corre.ronteut in tle Journal Of Pharmacy
says: '.Haung noticed mice in our seed. bar
rely, bethought me hos I might trnp tho little