Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
RUSSIAN STUDENTS IN PARIS.
Some Of the Privstions to Which They
are Subject-Oatmeal and Lard.

From the New York sun
The Paris papers are giving q minute de-
scription of the Russian students life in that
city. The picture is rather gloomy, but
the details are worked out well enough for q
study
At the present time the Russian colony in
Paris includes about one hundred and fifty
students, male and female, and about thirty
refugees They live with the most rigid
economy, for their resources are very limited
Twelve to twenty dollars a month may be con-
sidered as the average Of their income, out OF
which they have to pay for their terms, and
moreover there is an onerous discount on the
paper money they receive from Russia. From
this IT Is easy TO see that they are obliged 70
endure considerable priyatons and conse-
quently they are forced TO make their head
quarters in la Glaciere. Saint Victor and Crou-
lebarbe. where the facilities OF cheap living arc
abundant
When q student or q refugee arrives he noti-
mes his countrymen. There is a society among
them to which the newcomer applies. With it's
help he is enabled to find q lodging. which
costs from els 10 s25 year. He brings along
with him his furniture which consists OF
skins and bed clothing. IL he is rich,
comparatively, he buys a trunk. some straw
and a bed. III he has not sufficient means
to procure these Injuries, he does without
them, and sleeps on the floor like Mile. Ero-
quine and many others, patiently waiting until
be can save up, cent after cent enough 20 buy
bed. IL he is completely destitute he is
placed with another comrade equally embar-
rassed, whose home and misery he shares 10
is not a rare thing to find among them ROOM
mates, men or women, who pay from IS TO $40
a year for their apartments.
In food the Russian student is also extremely
economical. He eats black bread and cabbage.
Meat Is a luxury which he enjoys only once q
week. The quality of his food troubles him
little; quantity with him il the main object.
Therefore he fills himself with cheap, stale
bread. including the refuse crusts of the res
taurants. When ne is able 70 have a more sub
stantial meal he goes to one of the Rue
sian boarding houses, where he gets the
national dishes at cheap enough rate.
The most important of these establishments is
the Students restaurant kept by NJ. Koch in
the Rue de la Glaciere. 1t is in the rear of the
building. is clean and spacious, but there is, OF
course, no evidence of luxury in it. The
gardens OF q religious community can be seen
from il and the sight refreshes the
poor students, sometimes almost worn out
by hard study in their garrets, with little
light and less air. This restaurant has
about eighty customers. There is only one
meal a day, the dinner, which for some begins
at noon and for others at in the afternoon.
The price Of each dish never exceeds twenty
centimes and the entire menu costs about
fourteen cents Those who come to dine In
| carte and have no cash write down in q book
the amount of their debts at the end of each
| meal and pay when their money arrives.
Another restaurant Of this kind in the Rue
Flatters. In this, as in the other one, the dish
which forms the main portion of the daily
menu is kacha Oatmeal and lard). For q
Partisan palaso this seems rather tough; but ID
is very filling slut, and for four cents a stu
dent can have enough Of it to last him for
twenty-four hours.
When the Russian student finishes his course
Of studies and becomes q doctor he will 20
anywhere under the sun to seek his fortune.