The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

| only give discreet advice as to the best
| inns to patronize. but also supplies accu-
| rate schedules of proper prices to pay for
food. lodgings, tips, repairs to machinery.
| etc With this guide at hand no party
need fear going astray and one fine after
noon they will pass Les Barrecres. as the
| confines OF Paris are called. to find them
| selves in the gayest, most brilliant city on
| earth.
While in Paris during the Exposition
| months. when the facilities for transporta-
| ton will be taxed to the utmost limit. the
| woman who has her bicycle along will be
| Independent to a degree.
delightful surprise awaits the incom-
ing tourist when she discovers that there
are no custom duties and her baggage goes
through the most perfunctory examination.
Inc less baggage the better is motto to
lay TO heart in continental Europe where
anything over and above sixty pounds per
| Individual. must be paid for extra and
where porters' tips, like little drops of
| water, quickly swell into a stream of ex-
trayagance For four women two steam-
er trunks should hold all their possessions
over and above those carried in the satchel
and strapsful of shawls allotted TO each
one. With regard to clothing one best
dress. one wrapper, underwear, and tot
let articles should make up the sum of
necessary belonging. a golf skirt with
jacket TO match. shirt waist of flannel felt
Alpine heavy gloves and brown shoes is
the proper costume for every day afioat
and ashore.
Arrived in Paris neither pension Gas the
common or garden boarding house is cali
ed in France) nor hotel can be the desti-
nation of the cooperative feminine tour
lists. Hers is a more direct, comfortable.
safe. not to mention economical way of
lodging. She goes at once to housekeeping.
Out of the 365 variations of domestic
economy it is at once the least dear and
the most amusing. In either the Latin
quarter or the lovely suburbs of Paris
there are rooms or studios to rent Down
in the region of the boulevard Montpar
nasse single large studio big enough for
all the temporary L3res and Penates OF
four women can be had for SIS month.
and out in such suburbs as Autenil, Neuil-
ly, and st. Denis huge roof lighted stu
do or couple of less expensive rooms
can be secured al the same rate. These
are barren enough at first sight. but Paris
is blessed with that modern convenience
the dealer who leases sets of furniture by
the month. and where the studios are.
there the least eXo-bitant furnisher of
household necessities is found. Another
outlay OF S15 brings in couple OF broad
divans where weary women can secure a
welcome rest a chest of drawers, a mirror
a wash stand and appliances, four chairs.
a big centre table. a redeeming strip of
carpet for the floor and a curtain to draw
across that corner of the room occupied
by the bath equipage.
A studio in the Latin Quarter, its win
dows looking out on the ever picturesque
Paris roofs and affording fresh air as we'll,
may be bare, but it is clean, and the GA
INQUIRE of such life as Du Maurier drew in
Trilby hangs over it all. This is not 10
be experienced when an apartment Is taken
in some green and fiowery suburb, yet it /
is only fair to say that food and rent are !
both cheaper outside than inside the city 4
limits. Living in the suburbs it is easier I
TO run into the city by wheel than on any
of the overcrowded accommodation lines
and for the sum of one p-nny a bycyce
can be stabbed safely and conveniently in
the Exposition environss
So much for lodging; now for board.
Living in Paris is not dear if feminine
wiles are practiced. To spend a dollar
day on food is an ample allowance for a
hearty, healthy woman if she goes catering
in the right directions. Long ago the
art student in the Latin Quarter
learned that while coal wood, oil and gas
are all costly in this city of pleasure. alco-
hol IS one of the cheapest commodities
Hence these Yankee chatting dshes
throughout the studio district as we'll nu-
merous little lamps designed for hea ing
coffee, water, etc, over an alcohol flame.
Let the prospective tourist then take ad-
vantage of this discovery in domes ic
economies, and in the steamer trunk a
good American coffee pot and az 10
date chatting dish will be the means of pre-
pairing as good studio breakfast and sup
per as any hungry traye,er needs. Through
previous thrifty arrangement with a