Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22
How They Keep Clean In France.

ifpn'l,e MHitUrd'S P,liS Letter to Sa Fra SEQ
kulletin. 7
Every rose has is horn. They may be orna-
m' ntal AT a distance. hut they prick Coufuuna-
edy when you SIT down on them. Especially
IN locking for and getting lodging sui able for
: matrln Oh i'll pair in Paris who can speak no
FreEch. Because my French has en- ireiy gwen
ut. | did knew little French on coming
here, but 1t VAS French suitable only for the
requirements OF a bachelor. L. has broken
down entirely under the double strain and
? es>ure put upon it. Before an American or
Engll>h bred woman can accuStOm herself TO
Fr. Hch lie, >he must pass through period of
rcpNoaCh Al the customs of the country. When
this Is over, things may run along more
SnCotl ~. The iilputian water pitchers i'm
the cham ers first i ret her at;en i'm. h IRE
are few wafer pitchers ia France holding over
quart. The landlord is sent for. ami a re
quest made Tor a more c"mmodIauS water
pitcher. An English or American ia niiy can't
be was he'd in quart of water. Tne landlord
OF lodgings by month answers wi n a grin and
a shrug. That's all the increased wafer privi-
lege you get out of him. The ch Im0 er-hoor
nee DIS sc. uhiimg. The French die ion airy is
consulted Tor words suitable for "pIi, sop.
ard SCI ubbng trush.' The interpre a
ton is conveyed to The landlord. But they
~ yer scrub chamber floors in France
They'll scrub a courtyard. a bridge,
or dog. On the quays one may continually
ZEE mt n whose business IL is to cluO dogs in
ire river but never chamber floors. They'll
wax your floor. They'll wax over the old dirt,
aid when the next deposit accumulates they
wax that. Every time we ende lvored 10 in-
terpret ">cIuh, pail" SOAP and brush
to our Landlord, he went through a strange
panIunine of kicking backward and for
ward With the right leg. That's all We could
get ont OF lin. But when scrdbbing time, As
we SUI poreu il would be, came, the in,erp e j.
ZION became plain. He meant the waxing
nroct IS. This required The Use of the LAND
| ia : leg ana balr at. les. II. kicked Oh
ole shoe and stocking, stepped on his hunk of
wax, sr bled il with his toes and heel, and
"aXeG The roor thus as easily as if his right
leg Lad been his light ann. Tlat's all The
ScTuhtlng We could gel out of him. Fha last
i'tEance had b. Ell our washing 1t is neceS
SarN Tor business eXactneSS TO make Ouj two
lists he ia + ench and one in English. Wen.
We made tedltui work of il. We put SHIRTS
down Tor drawers, aud vice versa We sought
III vain the French name of some articles.
And wheb III" fl st washing came back minus
mole on iess a 1ic'eS, and The cOncOmtant fuss
was lalsed W had first the landlord. and then
his Wife, ara fnaly his S,sl, all talking at once
IN our room. They burst in one after another,
Without ceremony. They talked, and we
talkeo, With the usual unsatisfactory results
Wien two p<irS converse in a language
Whl'h neither understands. Finally We sat
down and allowed the French nation to do all
the talking. Ii seemed as il they would never
stop. i had rather 20 with garments I'M
washed Than endure he ordeal Of an average
friedman explaining away an iuformaity in
wash list. Because, at such time, one en-
cures forever and ever