The sun., 1895-01-20
MISS TAYLORS ROAMINGS.
a WOMAN ARTISTS EXPEDITIONS TO
THE FAR NORTH
Her seif-confesscd Fear OF sheep rnd Cows
-DissdvnntaRss OF n Diet OF Dried Rei.-
deer Meat-Her CharmiHx Paris Studio.


PARIS, Jan. 4-seversl months ago one Of the
New York magazines contained an account of n
club for American girls studying in Paris. II
was rsvlshng description. Every one who
read the article at once concluded that a small
corner of paradise had developed itself in Paris.
| The American girls In Paris whe had not seen
the club were thrown into a fever. II they hap
| pened 10 begin the article in the daytime they
rushed out at once. took the first omnibus
for the Rue de Chevreuse, and finished the ar
tlcle on the way. They wero 80 afraid all tho
beautiful rooms would be taken and that the
dear, old-fsshioned garden would be full OF
candidates standing in line.
II they read the article in the evening they
passed a restless and dream haunted night, and
were up and out at such early hour that the
concierge, alwaye n trife suspicious OF Amerl-
can girls. felt his worst fears confirmed.
Nor was this all. Fathers, mothers relatives,
friends, and even remote acquaintance read
the same article and were fired by the same i'm
pulse. They hastened to write TO those dear
girls over in Paris and toll them about the club.
Their letters reached the dear girls just they
were recovering frem the shock OF falling from
the seventh heaven Of their anticipatons to the
dull reality of the bare little rooms and the gar
den abandoned TO the mould of autumn.
All this is written a warning to other girls
who are dwelling on that rose-coored descrip-
tlon, and also as a preamble to the assurance
that, later. these same disappointed young per-
sons found the club not paradise to be sure, but
a cosey. hospitable, and interesting place. II is
interesting because of the girls and women one
meets there. One could make a collection of
character studies which would supply an enter
prsing novelist for a long time. When the
house is full there thirty eight boarders, not
to mention the various French servants who
give variety. And the rooms interesting
as their occupants The vacant ones which
shown to would-be boarders are dismal enough,
with their bare floors, bare walls and meagre
furniture. But there are rooms under the
rambling old roof of No. which Justify
thusiasm. They filled with quaint curios
picked up in the second hand shops, at the rag
fair. the ham fair, or the Temple. And there
the picturesque jugs, plates, and brasses, the
fruits of excursions into Brittany and Holland.
But the most fascinating of all these rooms is
literally under the roof, which spans it in an
arch. with here and there a great rafter showing
through the brown plaster. At the sides the roof
almost meets the floor, but there is space under
It for low divan, on which one can sit and
all manner of fantastic things peering out of the
shadows under the opposite caves. At one side
long. narrow wing Of the room runs back under
the low-hanging roof. This is lighted by
square window above. through which one sees
cited against the sky. Back in this nook there
are dusky hangings OF the fine sardine nets of
Brittany, Drowned by long And there is q
little jog in tho thick wall where small win
dow. high up opens for some unknown reason
into the dark hall outside, and this is the place
of all others for putting the tea things when
they not in use for afternoon tea.
But 1t is placing things in their inverse ratio
to describe this room. charming as it is, before
sneaking of its OCCuDaDt OF all the gentle little
Taylor is the geptiest OF all feminine in, voices
than hers. And yet this frail little creature has
incredible when one looks at her.
1t is hard to explain just why she should al
show that M in int travelling, at least, Miss Tayiors
tastes are arctic. Alaska. the Mackenzie delta,
told the story Of her trip down the Mackenzie.
but she is distinctly different from most travel
piishmenss 5 @ 'nf for % Instance, % entirely % Without
comment, she states the fact that for about two
months she was the sole woman in the party.
(notably those OF Massachusetts, where the
odds are the other way, as most enyiable; but
of indians
favoring of boat hands and pinch of Catholic
priests; one is not likely to shed tears OF envy;
And were you never afraid ~ the writer de-
We'll, once, admit / did not feel quite COM
Portable" she said mildly You see, the Bishop
always had my tent pitched near his. and felt
the rapids he forgot. and my tent was put up at
some some distance from from the others II was there there
goods past the rapids. When looked at their
horrid faces. all the more repulsive and savage
In the light OF the camp fire, and as | reflected
that we would be there in camp about week,
l confess to being decidedly uneasy. But said
w Would come on % this see e.pediion. Nobody asked I
you to come. You did it yourself, and YOU might
Ts %aas net
then" she added, you know 1t was very much |
the rapids n made such noise You had to shout % in
order To be heard"
" What did you have to eat"
There wasn't much variety. We had bread. |
tea, and dried RENDERS meat. You never ate |
dried reindeer's meat, did your, Nor Well"
members Of Gladstone's family were brought |
up TO give thiriy-twO distinct chews to II piece
actual count. repeatedly Verified that seventy
FIVE chews were needed to reduce piece Of
swallow il. This occasioned me a good deal OF |
trouble in various ways. For instance, we al
Ways n mad two two blessings for IN meal one one when
often when was engaged in giving the seventy
five chews to only my second or third piece OF
meat the Others, less conscientious or more
rapid Than l. would have finished, and the
Bishop not perceiying that was still at work;
be the end Of that meal"
" How did the meat taste?"
tallow candles. Not much of a deicacy, you see,
but It, was the chief of our diet for about three
months. Oh, how | used to dream of the feast
! would have Just as soon as / could get back to
civilization! But my dreams were not realized,
for II was only very gradually that was able TO
resume an ordinary diet. The reindeer
meat, in spite of the seventy-ivo chows so con-
scentious given, had really serious effect"
regimen"
"Oh, yes" rather obviously. "Iwas unusual
ly well when | started. | had attained the
weight OF 100 pounds. something had never
done before in my life." and the little woman
laughed. The continual daylight was more
trying 10 the nerves than any one who has not
seen the midnight sun could imagine, And the
were great pest. A good deal OF
the time we were obliged to wear head nets.
And we had some excessive heat, too. for. after
we had passed beyond the Arctic Circle, it was
S3o in the shade"
The trip which this plucky little woman made
In Norway last summer was, In some respects,
even more noteworthy than the one in British
Columbia. She crossed high, barren plateau,
known as the Nidda, accompanied only by
native guide. Miss Taylor always speaks of the
l,ntt "A, fpI