The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
WOMEN VISITORS IN PARIS.
SuyE AMERICANS 60 TO PLACES
ALWdFS SHUNNED HERE.

Aue,ican women In Paris are likely to see
uh,,eycr they want to. 10 their presence in
,ome placcs is a source OF undying astonish-
rnsnt to foreigners and an occasional shock to
,hoir own countrymen. As Paris traditianally
hods more than any other city that which is
rot commonly considered proper to be seen by
,ecept women. the temptation to explore is
.,woys strongest there. So is tho yielding to
I, There is little more in Berlin, Vienna or
london TO be witnessed in public than there
"a in New York. The music balls here
srs visited almost as freely as the thea
,rcs arc Women who know the New
York concert halls would find little difference
In the Alhambra. Palace or Empire, In London.
Unlike similar resorts. these London places
contain regions ipto which even the fearless
Mrs Ormiston Chant could not enter without
,rrrenenson Luckily the Americans abroad
leave them unvisited. II they were In Paris,
the result might be different. A foreign lam
oraCe and the Paris idea make great deal OF
difference Ronacher's. in Vienna, and the
Winter Garden in Berlin are as harmless for
well .hehavcd and escorted women as our own
music halls so. for that matter. Is the Folies
BetgtrcS in Paris.
There are other places. however. unfortu-
na,ey popular with American womanhood
abroad that are not so little open to objection.
The cafes chantants OF the Champs Elysees are
admissible tn the curious traveller properly
guarded Tho gardens in which dancing is
permitted are not. Yet every one OF these con-
,ains Nightly the little group OF sightseeing
American women venturing confidently into
raros visited bv the reputable women OF no
Other courtry. They are not alone. and there
fore suffer no harm. Their men. who are hus-
hands Jr brothers. protect them from spoken
Pr ba
superri,ious. patronizng stare Of the many
Frenchmon who wonder why a mere question
OF nationality should make a woman anxious
m seek ont abroad the merits OF class among
their own sex which they never mention or
know of at home. The men who think in that
way do not know what Paris represents to the
average American traveller especially il he or
she /, making the first European trip
Women rarely ca TO do these things after
first sight of the hidden pleasures. New York
ers arr less likely than women from any other
part ot the country to see them at any time.
Yet they cannot he entirely excepted from the
LIST Americans, resident in Paris never go to
these places The protest against the habit
comes IN the strongest tones from them. A
man who has lived in Paris for many years re-
marked on the newest roof garden the other
night that the audience seemed as little to be
found fault with as any gathering in a theatre.
Occurring business duties Frequently brought
some institutions Of New York life which were
superior to those found in Paris--a rare course
in he American who has become hyphenated
through voluntary exratriation. Roof gardens
brought HIM to the subject OF their Paris
ut is astonishing to observe the freedom
with which American women visit places they
have no right to go near. he said, and it is
one Of tn. things hardest to explain to for
eign"r II it were not the practice with we'll
bred, refined women It might be easier to dis
pose Of But the, sight OF the women in these
,pl.. nj All h.AS
mat ought to come there. | have seen gray
haired women Al the most refined dress and
Of men at III" Jardn de Paris until they got
10 he front row and could miss no detail of the
higher kirkers' movements. which were lust as
4tscrgefui as the dancers could make them, l
have seen them hurry across the floor Of the
odd Butler to get a good view of the manHu-
had attracted the crowd. They take their
places boldly in the little .pavilonS reserved
for the danse d. se"tre in the most unre,
the men crowded into the little booths, WHICH.
II Is fortunate. they are, not often able to
such places cannot explain it to Parsians
NJ more ran the other Americans living abroad.
We simply give 1t up and leave the natives to
wonder
Another COMPLICATION has been added y the
servant question The voice of the serpent has
been heard from another quarter, .3nd house
keepers have taken alarm. Luckily. they are
2s That when thu
functions Of the domestic helper, like those OF
The tesnotc ruler, are centred IN one person
markets in Sew York send their men daily to
%6s svs;sm H' IS sT also eextcndsd b s' some Of
these establishments to Brooklyn and smaller
residential towns near the city. The
T rSaen aE"F} haSH "oaseS IN tenants
who hwy from the same place They have an
In this work long enough to know every SER
want in, their district, They are acquainted.
Ishinent, The agent is, favored caller, be-
cause cause he brings news Of interest. When the
van,ed a, thu house 'e eppos I he knows it. II
Mrs Brown pays $40 TO her waitress and the
one neSt door gets Sls for the same services
hs knows il and tells it to the persons the news
Is most likely TO disturb. If the furnaceman
tso carrie up the coal in one house and par
mas to help with the ironing on one block while
the girl below has no such addition to her
duties, all these vital facts Of domestic employ
Careful distribution Of this knowledge among
me servants OF BIS clients can accomplish
end their mislJcsses have never known why.
servants apparently satisfied have eSown
ttuky. suggested higher. wages and gotten
oyerwork. some have inexplicably resigned
t ana ,n"n made their appearances ~ heigh9or
la; called daily on his reunds. spoken with
,"'"rencc 10 the mistress and remained be-
hlnd 10 gossip with the maids. In the towns
near the city. which he Wis is one day for
orders and tn" next day for deliveries. he is Il
more important factor u domestic life than
apy reaSonah ."ness be asked to sit down and
IHS' cup Of tea at 10 O'Clock in the morning.
us i'S" sures may not be made under the
hahl" comfortable circumstances that arc pos
sLhIe with the addition of this social element.
Uut they accomplish their purpose Just as well.
These ar" the new influences that naSe come
pHlsiurh the peace OF the household and set
mlstTesSes to wondering how the invader Is
BEST 70 he dealt with He is nearly a necessity
our ~ town and q convenience in the city. 10
thoSe who do not live in New York he Is likely
torom" even when his presence as solicitor ls
nov necessary He comes to deliver as well as
!" take III" orders In one case his visits nave
hern wholly dispensed with and he iS sup
planted by tho United States mail and the eX-
Press COMPANIES. kilograms and telephones
SSie sometimes necessary in an emergency
meg od name of the house-to- house man has
Ieen questioned and complaints have gone
IRON! many source to the storekeepers. ~
II amos, the only survivor who might carry
news from house to house, ana by MN N
formation is Gitiused through the tashionaole
residence parts OF the city and in similar guar
t"FS nutsJd" New York. yet near enough to be
wlthu N" pas Of the large butcher or groce
IL til" city Whether he will go permanently
orr.maiu as "A menace to the peace of NE De.
MW -thr~ depends on the NUMBER OF luture
Disturbances that can be traced TO ms klhc
q a naNt Ia NaNU