Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
WHAT IT WILL COST
Some Facts About the Trip to the
Big Paris Exposition.
Is SURE TO Be WORTH The MONEY
Many Marvellous Attractions to De-
light the Visitors.
AMERICAS FINE DISPLAY

Copyrighted by the s s. Mcclure Co. 1s99l
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. July 49, 1899.
1t is almost easy to calculate the number
of people VINO will visit Paris from Ameri-
ca during the first three months of the
coming exposition Of 1900. The capacity of
steamships is fixed. and even this year,
when there is no such attraction as the
Paris exposition. the steamships are carry
ing as many passengers as they will hold.
During the latter part of May, all of June,
and thus far this month. almost every
steamship coming 10 Europe from America
had every berth full. The actual carrying
capacity Of the regular lines sailing from
New York, Philadelphia and Boston for
three months would be about -, 100 first
cabin The same boats will carry about
2I,yuO second cabin passengers. This will
make a grand total of To-, 400 persons. 1t is
probable that by the charter Of beats which
during the ordinary season do not ply regu-
larly these lines, an additional carrying
capacity OF about 1O,UJU viii De secured.
These figures are not tar from accurate.
II Is Improbable that there will be any
large increase IN the rates Of passage. The
steamship lines, vi course, would be eX-
treLAUlE glad II II were possible for them to
charge more than USUAL, but they will
probably be held down t. the ordinary rates
b. the competition of the specially char
tered ships All the companies are looking
forward 10 a particularly large second cab
IN patronage. There VIII be thousands of
people coming across the ocean FOR the ex-
position VINO ordinarily cannot afford the
money for travel These people art. likely
To De economical in their expenditure tor
passage, saving their money to spend at
the exposition.
II Is fair TO estimate that the average
pTlCe paid for a nrSt cabin passage will b.,
$ilt Rates Will range from 500 Tor inside
state rooms on the slow ships To SO for
LF TO-
On the bis liners there Will be no rate
under $'J for first cabin, and very few
bt1ths VIII be for sale at that price From
II the passage prices will run uD 10 500 for
ID single =, TsOn in the best state rooms. and
Is high as $40 for those few luxurious
passengers who are willing to pay for the
privilege u being alone in the finest cabins
Second cabin passage Will run about as il
does now, from $40 10 $40.
Living EApenses
Now TO the matter of expense after
reaching Paris:
There will be- as there always is. a choice
of three modes of living in the French
capital One will be in hotels. of course
One Will be zen pension or in boarding
houses. The third will be in "chanhres
Iut ubIees. or furnished rooms taking
meals outside. The Partisan hotel varies as
widely IN its price as does the New York
hotels In the grand new Palace Hotel,
which has recently been erected on the
champs Elysees, and is the most beautiful
hosiery in the world. rates now range
from $50 to SO per room per dav This
OF course, doas not include meals The cost
OF meals at the Palace is about 81 for
breakfast Sl.jO for luncheon and 81 for
dinner ON the other hand. there are. score.
OF pleasant little hotels scattered through
out Paris where one can secure comfortable
rCtmS Tor from 50 cents To $1j a day
The first Partisan breakfast consists of COT
Tee and rolls only, and by the economical
person can be secured for thirty cents