The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-23
THE PARTISAN PENSION.
wherein 1t Differs From the Boarding
House In America.


In the life of cosmopolitan Paris the pen
sion plays role of prominence II is
marked and characteristic feature of the
city, as local to it as the lodging house of
London is to English life, or the boarding
house to the land of free Americans, but
occupying a totally different position in the
social scale from either of these institu.
.ions.
The Paris pension is distinctly and un.
deniably cosmopolitan it is even more, in
that it is democratic, or, as the French
themselves would say, republican. 1t is no
respecter of persons or localities, for 1t is
equally at home in narrow street off from
the old Faubourg St. Germain or when it
looks out on the beauty of the Champs
Elysees. You will find it away out on the
/ road to Passey, or just around the corner
! from the Boulevard des Italiens, and you
will discover its inhabitants to be as di'
verse in aspect and nationality as its stu
! atous are various, but in spite of all this
the pension will still maintain certain UNI
alterable characteristics that pronounce it
to be, all in all, II true Paris outcome of a
distinctively Partisan need.
In Paris there is not the same social gulf
separating the dweller in hotel from the
resident Of IL pension that is to be found be
tween those who live in hotels and board
ing houses in the States, where the one may
be "in the SWIM but the other never is,
being debarred by the very fact Of his exist
ence within the tabooed walls. Here the
reverse of this is true, rather, for of the two
the pension is the more highly estimated
and the better and more refined social ele
ment, whether of resident foreigners, tour
lists or native Parisians, will always b,
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tells.
The pension differs in grade according Il
the locality in which it is situated, and tn
amount of French gold you will part witt
in return for the shelter of its walls and til
use of its accommodations will huctuat
with the same actuating cause, also littl
with the nationality of the proprietor. II
as an Americana should say, as do til
Parisians, u States Americau"-you selec
a pension presided over by a host of til
same nationality, you may reconcile youi
= self to paying for that privilege at rat
based upon States" calculations. Th
cooking will be French, likewise the servic
" and the servants.
The principle of the household system
will be entirely French in all probability
and very likely not so well executed as
would be under French management, bu
that will have nothing to do with the price
which will be truly American If you de
}. sire to test a combination of English an
- French tastes as illustrated in househol
life-a very risky thing to attempt by tn
way-and you find true son of Briton VIII
+ is condescending to exist on the hate
- French soil, your condition will be nearl
as bad, but possibly not quite, If the hous
is one much frequented by Englishmen, b'
cause the travelling Briton is deeply and il
y curably averse to parting with his none,
and the English standard of prices is Their,
fore lower than the American.
As in any case, everything but the lanC
It. lord or lady is sure to be French, it is ia
- more satisfactory on the whole to dispo'
of yourself at a purely French pension
begin with, where the prices are much LEI
It and the comforts much greater than in I'll
- hybrid establishments.-Bos Herald.