The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08
PRICES WILL BE DOUBLED.
Preparations Made in Paris to Re-
ceive Visitors.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


From the Philadelphia Ledger.
New York, March 5.-Readers of the
Ledger who are rich will go to the Paris
Exposition this year without giving a
thought TO the question of expense. They
can lease a house on one of the great
bouleV ards and transfer their entire do
nestle establishments. so as to live in
Paris as they live at home, or they can
engage suites at the big hotels and live
in luxury approaching If not equalling,
that to which they are accustomed at say
one of MIR. Boldts hotels. But to the peo-
ple of moderate incomes who intend to
visit Paris this year-and their name is
legion-the expense of the trip is a weigh
ty problem Where and how they are to
live when they get to Paris is the ques-
ton and on the answer depends, in large
measure, the length of their stay. Fort
innate are such of these who have some
friend residing in Paris and who can guide
them to a good place of moderate cost.
A friend of mine has such a friend in
Paris, an American woman, artist-jour-
nalst, who has been living there for sew
eral years, and to whom every quarter
of the great city is as an open book. My
friend received a letter from her bear
ing date of Feb. g. which contains a
good deal of Information of the kind that
people of moderate incomes like to know.
/ have been permitted, emitting names,
to copy the following extracts from this
letter, which shows that Paris expects
to reap a rich harvest of American dol
lars this year:
Il have delayed answering your letter
because l wanted to send you some infor-
nation for your friends coming to Paris,
and 1T has not been easy to get anything
precise as yet The fact is, nobody knows
IN che
though everybody's prices are to aug
ment. All depends on how great the de-
mand is IL the crush is as great as they
expect then prices will be very nigh. The
big hotels are talking about 70 francs
night. with nothing to eat
| have been to inquire az some of the
modest hotels, those that ordinarily charge
from 10 franos night. and find they
are going TO double these prices / can
recon mend the hotel-close to the gardens
of the uxembourg. Their ordinary prices
are 3 francs a day for small rooms or
or for large ones. They tell me that these
rates will be at least doubled during the
exhibition. enclose the address of a lodg-
ing house, patronzed principally by stu
dents where a room for two persons can
be obtained for 3 francs. The breakfast
is IS confines Us cents each. think this
price can be depended upon more than
ANYBODY elses, but all prices will rise or
viii be nothing cheaper than this place
proba bly, About the pension boarding
house, of which / spoke to ycu in former
letter. the prices then quoted are not those
for the exhibition. She now quotes to me
for two persons-6 francs day FOR the
3-franc rooms, and to 10 francs for the
4 and 5-franc rooms.
There is no pretension there; II is not in
the least like an American boarding house.
There is no drawing ROOM no maid in
apron and cap-none Of the usual refine
ments, in short / stayed there a year,
and 81 amuses me, ii was so unlike any
ching American. The table is usually ex-
celent She charges in ordinary times 50
confines for the first breakfast. and Q
francs for each of the other two meals.
One eats here or not. as he likes. 1t is
not going 10 be possible 10 retain rooms
much In advance. But everybody is GO
ing to let their rooms, and ! have even
caught the fever myself. ! think / shall
let two Of my rooms. They will be quite