New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19

"Vaches aux Paturage" she murrnured. a. she
turned away with puzzled face; i wonder wha'
that means. The picture looks like waterfall
very much IN earnest American art student
tells Of her experience In the capaciy VI
guide II tried faithfully to see everything IN the
Louvre my first winter by spending every Sunday
morning there" she says. "At the end or three
months I was discouraged and gave up regular
attendance In favor Of going to church ""t '"'
that at least learned enough to help young
through with 1t this summer lie hidn o cure re
a rap for it himself-put IT OF until his last gay IN
Paris-6ut his sister had given MN sn ay them
ALL that u.s. he took my WORD Tor IL, anu ., We e''
out In torering condition before lunch tm a,oon
leo and : o'clock in the afternoon. time when
at any other OF the year they wouln De
II, but the tourist often mistakes .ne Thai
cup OF coffee for that meal, and iinaglnes t,'tt
Characteristic Of Paris living suited TO the ell,
mate. Little wonder that he goes nome WI" ,bn
Frenchman For the Americans nondescript ar
ternoon repast the Duval and BouiIlon place. place.
They have become widely known largely through
the efforts Of certain writers who nave Prouuo t
They reasonably good restaurants. ana t.o
neat whecanped Mattresses nave looks Hungry
and they can't understand what ne wishes, , pue
the eompsSy Of Their aadG hem W o Insanity
AS a matter Of fact. one could live heaithiy
% either @ee R but the or prices sr on the Whole the
most reasonable OF any capital city IN the north
and an excellent dinner may be had Tor say Two
francs or two francs and half, that u.s. from iory
to fifty This question OF the cost OF nvihg
Itself; but this much may be said that in Paris
live on any plan one chooses from nv, nve
in this respect But one thing IS not remembered
half enough by the writers who paint the city 10y
NAV live luxuriously on a dollar day. The most
experienced inhabitant Of the Quarter Latin AN w
rub along on the Ave francs per day plan and I'VE
better than for the same money IN HfW F even
the student residing here all the year round would
better have ten francs day ana '1 s tme the
dirt cheap theory about Partisan lie was ex-
If the voice of the tourist is loud over certain
quarters OF the city, it grows nervously louder
IN are 'ne rsG and difficulties Of language
insurmountable to the tired shoppers. EspecialIy
I'm the small ware department. where the sales are
too minute to warrant the providing OF a sum
Client number of Interpreters cont,sion 9l'e ~,
French? ordinary buttons for mans shirt ex-
citedy demands one nervous woman, asking tne
shoestrings strings pour les shoes, you know,
another Perhaps finally an Interpreter Ills Is
crowd talking TO- him The Interpreter unless he
is making Very large sales is always naughty
and has very bad manners The french , clerk
person from the who cannot, and the dlffer-
ence is not at all in his favor ....ou ~.s,o,s,.
'out for dejeuner" and is represented by
clerk who says nice" ''one dollar" in an In
gratiating way. trying to sell bottle OF perfumery
to the customer in search of cake OF soap, II
the interpreter happens not to be a MYTH ana Is
in he insists upon speaking bad English TO YOU
no matter how serviceable your own French may
be. He wants his patron 10 observe his value
lie Is quite big a nuisance to one class OF tray
eller as his absence is to another The same Is
true in the restaurants. An American who has
lived much in France said recently that he posi-
lively avoided the Boulevard cafes and restau-
rants during this season Of the year. IL may
sound as an affectation 10 say II, especially az
converse two-thirds of the time in English but
the. English names for things at the table do not
come easily to now. and am tired OF being
forced instructor for the waiter who wishes TO
learn English at my expense. and then expects an
extra Zip for the privilege
This IL only side Of the picture OF course
but IL is certain that Paris does not show herself
at her best the summer. All of the theatres are
closed except for occasional performances at the
opera or Theatre Francois. not often given with
the best casts. The open-air music balls and cafes
chantants running at double pressure, to be
all of the spring events are over, ana the
smart Parisienne OF any class Is rarely visible.
Everything in the beaten path is Americanized out
Of recognition. and ii is quite possible that the
tourist would enjoy his visit better II his sup
posed wants and customs not treated so
gingerly by the avarciOus shopkeepers.