New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
COST OF LIVING IN PARIS.
TIoN IN HOTELS AND PENSIONS.

Inc great question OF lne moment IOT
ing visitors to the Paris Exhibition is that of |
the prices to be paid for board and lodging. 1t |
is an incontestable fact that the hotels and |
pensions which are in sufficient number to sat |
sfy the ordinary seasons requirements, Will be |
totally inadequate to boarding and lodging the |
immense floating population of Exhibition Wis |
itors and workers It is almost comically anus |
ing to find with what avdity the Partisan |
householder has seized upon this opportunity
to reap golden harvest. Persons of almost
every social grade, from the small shopkeeper
who has two three bedrooms to spare to the
lady of society who is "at home" for teas
ceptions or musicals" are turning their apart
nlents and houses into speculative undertakings
for money making. Their time Will be short
their prices must be high to permit them to gain
all they hope for.
The choice Of a pension hotel is usually
determined by the length Of the travellers
purse; in ordinary times may pay from
three francs to forty francs day for lodging
only, according to the quarter of the city the
floor of the hotel and the position, back or front,
of the room. In some quarters a fairly large
and comfortable the second floor look
ing the street may be had for four or five
francs day, While the same price in the Fau-
bourg St Honor6, Tuileries, bouleVards and
that neighborhood would barely pay for box
like room in the attics looking out on the court
yard. The normal cost of rooms in second and
third class hotels, without distinction of quar-
ter, may be reckoned at three or four francs a
day for a modest but clean room five or six
francs for large room with small dressing
closet and from % to 40 francs a day for bed
and sitting in a frst-cass hotel. If taken
by the month, these prices may be reduced to
from 20 to $50 francs the month. This, how
ever need not be taken into consideration
because, generally speaking, single rooms
will be let by the month during the Exhibition
season.
With regard to the choice of a quarter to live
in, the demand for accommodation in the city
will be so great that it will be extremely difficult
to pick and choose, except in the where
money is no object. AS general guide, it may
be said that those who here for pleasure
and amusement should try to procure rooms
the boulevards, between the Madeleine
and the Boulevard Poissonniere. the Rue de
Rivoli, the Avenue de POpera and the Champs
Elysees; business men will choose the quarter
between the Haes Centrales and the bouIe-
wards east of the Rue Montmartre; literary
and bookworms will go to the Latin quarter.
from the Seine to the Luxembourg.
At first sight it might seem difficult matter
to make any trustworthy estimate of expenses
of living before the Exhibition opens. Such,
however, is not the case. because private pen
sion and hotel keepers. amateur spectators
and room letters have already established their
scales of charges, and the following lines may
be relied upon implicitly containing true and
precise information to the cost of living be-
tween April and October This information has
been gathered for the readers of The Tribune
by personal inquiry and from most varied
The high class hotels in the Rue de la Paix,
the Place Vend0me and the Champs Elysees
charge from % francs day for board and
lodging for . small room, high up, two meals a
day and no wine. OF these small rooms there
few, the majority being slightly larger in
size but immensely larger in price. After April
Is the price for the will be from
40 francs upward Hotels the boulevards,
Avenue de lOp6ra, Avenue Fredland and SINH
lar positions ask for the accommodation
from 20 francs upward now and from 80 francs
upward after May |. In other quarters further
away from the Exhibition amusement and fash
ionable centres where present prices range from
s to 20 francs daily for full pension, terms will be
increased to from Is francs upward after April
Is. At large hotel the Exhibition the
lowest tariff for board and room has long been
fixed at 40 francs a week. without wine and
nearly every room in the house has been booked
for some time in advance. SO much for the
hotels
A much wider choice exists in family pensions
boarding houses on account OF the private en-
terprise already alluded to; nevertheless, prices