The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-05

others share many of its privileges. 1t is
the nucleus of student life in the quarter,
and from the very existence of this center
of American life in a strange land the lone
ly newcomer feels a sense of comfort and
protection.
The restaurant does much to remove the
difficulties of student life for girls in Paris.
The charge of most of the pensions are too
high for many, and in the French pensions
the newly arrived American misses home
comforts and suffers from neglect of the
proper sanitary conditions. while con-
tinued course of small restaurants IS sure
to end in dyspepsia, mental and physical.
Some rent apartments and Try houseke ep-
ing, but, ignorant of the customs and the
puzZling intricacies of French law, this
frequently invoices them in difficulty and
expense. There is the conflict, also, be-
tween health and ones work, in which too
often the health suffers.
With these drawbacks to economical liv-
ing, it is no wonder that the club was well
coined gladly by American students. The
house has been full most Of the time since
it opened. Already the rooms are engaged
for the coming winter, and the well-filled
restaurant last year showed that it was
fully appreciated by the students. The
charges are rather less than in the cheap
restaurants of the quarter, while the quail
ity is much superior. One of the menus
will give an idea of the prices, which, how
ever, fiuotuate with the season and the
conditions of the markets. Vegetable soup,
cents; boiled fish, white sauce, cents.
filet, Madeira sauce, with vegeta bles, ID
c ents; mutton braise, cents; salad, 4
cents; baked caulifiower, cents; cream
cheese, cents; rice cake, 5 cents: pre-
served cherries, 3 cents; coffee,4 cents; tea,
a cents. 1axfe
On the second floor is the dIawing-room,
or .'blue room,'' SO called from the prevail
ing tone of the furnishings.
The club is ''at home on Thursday even
ings, though visitors are not confined to
that day. Some choice photographs, gifts
from girls who have returned to America.
are on the walls here and in the red
ROOM across the hall, where, afternoon tea
is served. In winter, coming from the dus.
ty streets. this room looks delightfully."- cozy.
There is the tea table with its embroidered
blue and white cover, and pretty cups and
saucers; and the plates of Thin brown bread
and butter are temptings the shining sa-
moval is Sendlng up cloud OF steam,
there is a fragrance of tea and lemon, a
tinkle of teaspoons, and the hum of many
voices. This is the students hour of relax
alton. If you want to know what is going
on in the student world this is the place and
hour to hear it, From the different groups,
one hears talk of the next Salon pictures,
exhibitions, and entertainment studio COS.
sin, and plans for summer III The low
Frenchh wine ows open on vi }, yerands
overlooking the court; here in L lsasaLt SUM :
,ner weather the tea table is placed.
The reading-room adjoins the red srooT q.
The long center table is covered with mas a.
zines and papers. The writing table by 4 lie
window is occupied by students with hSme
letters. Bookcases at the farther end of
the room hold the library, which rows
steadily, if slowly, by contributions from
different sources. Some girls are loaking
over the bulletin board, which contains no
tees of church services. and SUI amer
sketching classes, addresses of doc tors,
dentists, French teachers, observation-disclosures,
and announcements of the sale Of students.
furniture.
Last December the second annual exhibit