Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-08-09
Saint yarg's Beacon.
EXPOSITION LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
PARIS. FRANCE, July 81, 1900.

to attempt any acrobaties of the
pocket book in Paris. Those who
paid $1,000 to sleep on billiard ia
bles in Chicago during the Fair did
not stay long enough to see how
many plackards "For Rent were
hanging up about Jackson Park the
the following year. So in this city
the lineal descendants Of the chick
ems for which one must now pay 10
francs ($2 COY will next year be sold
for francs. Prices are now alb
normal.
The transient visitor to Paris has
the option of residing in hotel or
pension or of renting furnished
apartments. Coming to this city
in February to remain for some
months / made a thorough canvass
of different quarters for furnished
rooms and apartments. One may
be always sure Of finding furnished
rooms in London in the neighbor-
hood of the British Museum and in
Berlin the middle class residence
district will abound with them. In
Paris they are difficult to find out
side of the Latin Quarter. That
part of Paris is famous in America
because of tales OF its bohemian
life. But as q residence district it
is old and in many parts very dirty.
The eastern part of Paris is the
residence of the middle and lower
classes as ia the east Of London,
and Vincennes is their park. The
west is the district OF good and fine
homes and the Bots de Bologne is
it's park. The most popular dis
trict for American families is in the
west in the aoighborhood OF the
great Arch of Triumph which
stands at the opposite end Of the
Champs Elyseo from the Place de
la Ooncorde.
II we enter typical house Of the
better class in this neighborhood,
We shall find ourselves in a covered
carriagewsy leading to rear court
or garden. AT one side OF this On
trance way are the apartments Of
the concierge or porter. This i'm
portant functionarY, sometimes s
man, more often a woman, can ans
wer any questions regarding the oo-
cupants of the house as she is ugn-
ally the authorized agent Of the
landlord and is always the chief
repository of the condolences Of the
servants.
The stairways from floor to floor
are the common passageway for all
residents. Tho separate habita-
tions, il the houses be double, are
the suits of apartments, two on
each floor to the right and left Of
the stairway landings. 1t is often
said in America that France does
not have a word for homo. The
home Of Persian family is usually
an apartment. Those who live
above and below them and to the
right and left are unknown. In
the house in which / live it ia only
through the gossip Of the servants
that any one knows the names OF
other families under the same roof.
Almost all houses are provided
with balconies above the second
story. 1t is not a Partisan custom
to use their Balconies, however, nor
even to be seen at the windows OF
ones apartments. This brings US
to tho old world conception Of the
street. In America If a man has b
lawn it lies between his house and
the street and both the house and
yard are made as open as possible
to tho street with the obvious idea
of displaying all that is beautiful,
to the public. The European con-
siders the street to stand for the
world he does not know. lie does
not care to have anything about his
family lifo open to this outside
world. Therefore in building If
there is a patch Of ground, though
very small, in the rear of a struct-
IRE, the surrounding walls are go
artistically covered with vines and
the trees and flowers are so dexter
ouslY arranged that it is a bower Of
beauty-a real touch of nature.
With more means Partisan builds