The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-13
AMERICAN GIRL IN PARIS.
,cS TO DO AND NOT TO DO IN
THE AVERAGE PENSION.
osv Form a Large Item-Woes
- the Unattended Wheelwoman
Her Way Through the Bots.
.uJOOmer Lady"

r,,e ..BIOomer Lady
l,,~resDondence New York Times.
ne March 9.-The American who scars
+bis heaven of all delights on the
# an ample income loses some of
,st characteristic points of its life.
1.,rne TO a more or less imposing no.
-,.bare h. is taken in charge, he and
U1 ,,,gage. pretty much as he would be
lame The clerks speak English, as
.bs maids. the walters the elevator
In fact. you find all about you not
-. If. of the city, but the life of the ho-
,be same in Cairo as in New YORK
Rome as in Chicago, in Paris as in
San Francisco
Il vour stay is to be long and your in
.,n,s 20 match, you install yourself in an
.,rtment where you pay for your native
~. as YOU do for the fresGoes, the
"a-inos the Sevres ornaments. The
po"l7gist al the corner speaks English, and
'.S7gas YOU accordingly; there is an Eng
S and American grocer next door; the
s,risr shows you an American beauty
rY.a and replies TO your labored French
| ~ rrolish as good as your own. You VIII
rsr find out the manners and customs
~ tto country in these localities-all the
r5s about YOU devote their best ener-
. 90 learning yours-but should you
5.if- in on an allowance that admits only
,ss sfy-francs-a-d day limit you will learn
osnt things besides the price of a fire in
roIr room all winter.
Pension at Six Francs.
We had read of the lurid pensions of the
| latin Quarter and it's environS, of the
| T1l.eved artist and the struggling poes,
| NJ .h4 dirt and the microbes in highest
.raI, of development and activity, and
rqmbled We thought we could exist
vibou the first. and had religious scru-
,,ss against the second. Fate, in the shape
II an iuha btant of long standing, directed
is 10 our present quarters. Our pension
K small: We are the star boarders, flank
ID by a young French girl finishing her
elucatlon. and a small boy who comes for
hilv lessons and leavens the lump of fem
riDity at dejeuner. The house is kept by
Vo maiden ladies' under 40, erstwhile gov
eresses in titled English families
How the table manners of the elder es-
clped cOntamina ton during a prolonged
stsy in one of Englands most stately
country houses has always puzzled us,
but they remain interrupted, undehled.
To see her pursue the elusive gravy on
her plate with a mop of bread is a reve-
htion in dexterity and thoroughness, to
hear her take soup a nightly surprise.
To spear a piece of bread with a fork
from dish half way across the table is
mere bagatelle for this accomplished
performer. but in the dissection of a
chicken she is at her best. Here l draw
the veil
One by one some of the curious fea-
lures of the daily routine impressed them
i i,
light breakfast at 9. l say light adj
vsedy, for each person is supplied with
tea or coffee, one roll and butter to
match In our early days we entertain
cd wild ideas of ringing for another roll
or more butter; now that we are the
serve slaves of existing conditions we
tremble when we think Of the possible re-
suits For it is 1.-The custom of the coun-
Try and beyond this no man has ever
penetrated.
Al Y o'clock dejeuner you are generally
treated to two meals in succession-one
cooked over, the other fresh. The first
course may be eggs, but that depends on
what is left from dinner the night be-
fore. Anyway, you start fair with a clean
plate knife fork-everything in short,
that is considered essential for a simple
meal You eat your eggs, cooked in a
dozen appetizing ways, or croquettes the
Ike Of which are never found outside of
France or meat disguised in many man
hers accompanied by bread and red wine.
Of course. When you have sardnes, or
radishes or anchovies, you are given but
ter, it is handed to you with an air, and
II your first course happens to be in
FAINT radishes and butter, you must look
Just as repleted as though you had fin
isled a faky ham. cheese, or tomato ONE
iette or a crOuuette.
Forks Apparently Scarce.
Here if YOU are a novice, you will make
your first slip. When your plate is taken
away you will not have retained your
fork 1t will be returned to you. If
There are several noVices present, and
some uncertainty about the identity of
each fork, it viii make no difference-so
much the worse for you, that's all. Now
comes the piece de resistance" which
Is always meat, or liver that gives you
quite new idea of the possibilities of
'lal dish. The butter is always remov-
ed before this course Once, one of our
party refused the meat, and then the but
7r was brought back to tempt her APP
peNlc Again your plate is sndtched
away, and again you must capture your
ofN and knife. Then, with an air only
second in Importance to that which ac-
omanes the butter, potatoes are
r"leht on-baked potatoes-and here the
''l'r must be hustled forth again-fried
oatoes potatoes with cheese, all forms
Hoatoes-but seldom anything else.
Now fou may tr athe again and let
your knif- aud fork depart in peace for
Aj come cheese and nuts or honey and
VS. and you start in clean all around.
Uh you may bow to every individual
resent say Good morning" and with
IaW
even O'Clock sees you once more gath
nv around the festive board, ornament
ny high fruit dish filed with arti-
al moss, decked by property apples
as0 %. nSes, and topped with some sprays
green from the garden, and paper
9Nrs' The room is dimly lighted by a
tIhs amp with a huge green globe
." BRASS festocning, and a dozen can
as o-tridei s. The candles are never
+"'e4' 3 u start in with soup, either of
''Se snlit peas, dried beans or len
W. winch case it is porridge, or a
81" "N OF startling clearness with small
" of bread floating in it. 1t really
y* ne'tlr Than it looks. After the soup
'lI Your always delicious chicken,
, oH'E tair roast or your frankly poor
or meat change your plate keep your
'uH hnife, and eat a vegetable. Then
dessert and coffee, Il don't even
MANI, butter in this connection; 1t
'N "e too Vulgar-and eXtravaganD