The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-03
EXPOSITION LETTER.
Written for the Citizen.)
33 Rue Caumartin, Paris,

good time to see Europe on $500
or to attempt any acrobaticS of
the pocket book in Paris. Those
who paid $40 to sleep on billiard
tables in Chicago during the
fair did not stay long enough to
see how many placards "FOr
Rent" were hanging up about
jackson Park the following year.
SO in this city the lineal descen-
dants of the chickens for which
one must pay 10 francs, $4,000
Will next year be sold for 3
francs. Prices are now abnor.
NAL.
The transient visitor to Paris
has the option of residing in a
hotel or pension or of renting fur
nished apartments. Coming to
this city to remain for some
months | made a thorough can
vaSs of different quarters for fur.
nished rooms and apartments.
One may always be sure of find
ing furnished rooms in London
in the neighborhoOd of the Brit
iSh Museum and in Berlin any
middle class residence district
will abound with them. In Paris
they are difficult to find outside
of the Latin Quarter. That part
of Paris is famous in America
because of the tales of it's Bohe.
milan life. But as a 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 is
the east of London, and Vim
cennes is their park; the west is the
district of good and fine houses
and the Bots de Bologne is its
park. The most popular district
for American families is in the
west i'll the neighborhood of the
great Arch of Triumph which
stands at The opposite end of the
Champs Elysee from the Place de
la Concorde.
Ii we enter Il typical house of
the better class i'll this neighbOr.
hood, we shall find ourselves in
a covered carriageway leading to
a rear court or garden. At one
one side of this entrance way are
the apartments of the concierge
or porter. This important func-
tlonary, some times a man, more
often woman, can answer any
question regarding the occupants
OF the house as she is usually 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. The separate
habltations. if the houses be
double, are the suits of apart
ments, two on each floor to the
right and left of the stailw
landings. 1t is often said in
that France does not
have word for home. The homee
Of a Partisan family is usually an
apartment. Those who live above
and below them and to the right
and left are unknown. In the
house i'll which | live it is 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 Gus
tom to use these balconies, how
ever, nor even to be seen at the
of ones apartments.
This brings us to the old world
conception of the street. In
America if man has a lawn it
lies between his house and the
street and both the house and
yard are made open as possible to
the street with the obvious idea
of displaying all that is beautiful,
to the public. The European
considers the street to stand for
the world he does not know. He
does not care to have anything
about his family life open to this
outside world. Therefore in
building if there is patch of
ground, though very small, in the
rear of structure, the surround.
ing walls are so artistically COW
cred with vines and trees and I
flowers so deXterOusly arranged |
that 1t is a bower of beauty-a
real touch Of nature. With more
means PariSians builds himself .
a villa in a little yard which he
transforms into a floral park and
orchard at once. But all this he .
hides from the public by massive
stone walls, 10 to Is feet high or
by iron fences of equal height
backed by dense hedges. Behind .
such a screen the members of the /.
family are free to enjoy their
grounds unmoleSted and into the
charmed enclosure they welcome /.
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