The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

will raise his hat with the graeefulness
and pohteness that will cause the many
waters who surround you to think that
you are at least an English lord an
American millionaire. In the hotel you
you came from, whittier you are going,
etc, etc. Then secure your room at once
Where you may rest awhile, clean up and
then Inquire for your mail.
Don't try to pronounce your name in
plain English, but give it the "Frenchiest''
accent you know how and they will IN
derstand you all the better. q believe it
helps the accent to talk through your nose
as much as POSSIBILITY If you have any
mail it will be given you at the same time
with a pronunciation of your honest name
IN IN such manner, as to. cause you to
tentot instead of a plain American citi-
zen.
Among other things of which you will
probably be in need, after the Journey,
IS shave, and so you go in search of
shop. Soon you will see a sign "COiffeur,"
with an immense golden globe on each
side of the entrance. Well, that's it! You
enter and express yourself with a short
La barbe, sill vOus plait,'' and the next
moment, if there are not too many ahead
of you you are safely landed in the bar
Der chair, which is similar to our dining
room chairs IN the Etats Unis Omitted
States-) If you want haircut, you say,
'Coupezmoi les cheveux, sill vOus plat"
and If you want your hair trimmed you
say, 'refraichissez, moi les cheveux."
During the performance the barber will
ask you an Infinite number of questions
and warn you to shake your head, for
if you don't, he will annoint your head
with many oils and perfumeries from cod
will charge you from to 5 francs. In
shaving you, he will go over your face
twice with the razor, after which you
must arise from your chair and go to the
basin and wash the remaining lather
from your face. When finished, you step
to the counter where you will meet the
BARRIERS wife. She will greet you with
one of those famous Partisan smiles, and
to her you pay 20 confines a cents) for
Then
box to your right you must drop or
10 confines as a tip. As you do so, all
the BARRIERS and the lady will loudly pro-
claim: 'Merci, Monsieur"
But perhaps you smoke If so, you are
bureau de tobac, and is distinguished
by a "carotte," which is q large red ci-
gar at the entrance, also by a red Ian
tern. A good cigar costs thirty-five cen
times: for cigarettes you pay from so
centimes to three francs for twenty. You
generally buy your stamps here. For a
letter to foreign countries, the price is
twenty-five centimes and is obtained by
saying ''un timbre pour Ietranger, sill
tale costs ten centimes.
You will need matches. You get them
here also if you have not been shrewd
enough to smuggle some with you from
America A box of sixty matches costs
ten confines and if you can coax ten of
/ them to burn you are lucky. 1t is a say
/ ing here. that if a fire should start near
a match factory. it could not be extin-
guished until it reached the factory.
There are two kinds of omnibuses in
/ Paris. Those drawn by two horses and
/ those drawn by three horses All have
/ seats on top "a Iimperiale), but it is only
! on the larger ones that ''our ladies" can
/ enjoy comfortable ride. When all the
/ seats are occupied you will find a sign,
/ "complet' at the entrance. The conduc-
! tor asks for the fare by saying "vOs
| places, sill vous plat" Inside the bus the
! fare is thirty Confines with transfer if
/ you want it, while outside the bus on the
top the fare is fifteen centimes, without
/ transfer or thirty with a transfer. In tax
/ ing an omnibus you must ask for
''numerot' at the little office where all the
buses stop and then await your turn
When your bus stops your number will
be called, but you viii not understand. A
/ better way is to watch the person before
you and follow him or her into the bus
During the stay in Paris, be very care
full of the money you get as change
/ There is a large amount of worthless
money in circulation here ana aTnone
them are a one Ira (Italian) piece OF
| the Pope's own miRting, 3 Greek d|zehE.a