Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-20

accord. You step out. shut the door and
touch the button marked ''descendre" The
lift goes down. AT night the electric light
Is turned on, also. as the lift goes up. AZ
for the bath rooms. the Parisians are revelr
ing In bath rooms. Each apartment OF each
new house has a bath room. and the inhab.
itants have begun TO brag diligently OF
their morning dip as any Englishman. We
are accustomed to these condolences Of his
toilet from the BritOn. but the Frenchman
making social capital of his cleanliness Is
altogether fn-de- steele.
With the coming Of the lift the ascens
seur, or elevator the Paris proprietor has
found excuse TO raise his rents. The third
and fourth floors are now almost OF equal
value with the second. or the bel otarye
while even the fourth and fifth have .he.r
own advantages. Sunlight sought by every
one In Paris, is found best high IN Tho
air Ia purer, you have a prettier view from
your balcony and the roar OF cabs upon the
wooden pavements comes more gently TO
the ear. Rents have risen greatly A FUR
nished apartment with four bed rnon,a on,
the Rue Narbeuf that rented for 500 a
month In 1894 is held now nj $3.50 An ill.,
furnished apartment at the first corner II
the Champs Elysees above the Rond Point,
with three bed rooms only. has just been
rented for 500
Specializing I'm Rents.
A few years ago I would not have offered
SEQ for It. OF course, this is in the naigh-
borhood Of the exposition grounds. In tho
heart of smart, clean Paris: hut the indi-
cations are high prices for the exposition
all around. The building and remodel!ng
Of hotels is remarkable and there are not
lacking philosophers to predict a bIidinC.
Smash such as Rome underwent a dozen
years ago. and. In a smaller way. affected
Chicago after the fair For the present
however. every one IS hopeful. Every ma
is to get rich subletting rooms and trar-
ticking in furnished flats. Tho Comtessa
he Bari-wife Of the son Of the ona-tirne
Is "a az Na Mo NH, Z
rent. Is furnishing a large apart rent on
the fifth floor for her son" That Is TO
say the young man will occupy Il for a
few months until he gets tired Of t-any-
body would get tired OF it-and then n will
be rented furnished This Is a con,,-down
for house of great pretensions. that never
has let any thing en- meUblee. Two other
lccataires. the concierge says. have oh
tanned permission to suhlet. Subletting is
to - the popular speculation Of the coming
year.
one of the most consoIing things to the
impecunious person is the facility which
the fiat system affords OF obtaining a good
address. Mime. Carnot paid 1900 francs,
about 5000 a year. without taxes, for her
STRAIGHTFORWARD apartment on the Avenue
d'Alma. next door to the American church:
yet there are half dozen single men or
economizinC couples who live in that
splendid house somewhere close to the
roof. at rent OF 81 a week each. The
sixth floor is often cut up into tiny two or
three-roomed suites: and even in the ser
Nant-lnfcSted manSards the rooms upon
the street are let to people OF small means
and fastidious tastes.
In an Aristocratic House.
| have just been helping to install an
American in a siXth-hoor mausard hiding
place in my own street. the Rue du Colisee.
He pays $40 year rent. plus taxes. lie
has a kitchen. "A dark cabinet de toilette a
little anteroom lit by a skylight, a good
sized parlor and a small-sized bed room,
both upon the street. The furniture H. his
own. His ceilings are low. He is pretty
cold in winter. pretty hot in summer, and
oftentmes the gas burns blue because OF
water in the pipes, ii being old. aristo-
cratic house. On the other hand. he has a
balcony. from which he views the charm
ing avenue of the Champs Elysees itself,
just at his feet. True. he will not enter
tain in his apartment: but Is he bound to
tell the world that IT Is small and mean?
1t is not small and mean upon his balcony.
No one in the world could have a better
situated balcony When he went to get
new cards engraved it was with real pride,
I assure you. that he wrote his new adj
dress. Counts and barons live I'm that
when he makes purchases, they do not
send the goods home c. O. D. The bill
follows. a month later. He says. "Hur-
rah for the Partisan apartment house. Its
facade is beautiful. 1t embellishes the Paris
street. And 1t gives me a chBncer'
STERLING HELLO.