The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-28
PEOPLE Who GO TO PARIS
How to Visit the Exposition With
out Great Expense.
TO Well Supplied with American
Drugs and shoe.-Msny Things are
costly aud of Poor Variety mt the
French Cnpitni-BsrEains Arc Real
iy to BE Relied on, However.

in her steamer trunk some essentials Of
life that the French capital does not AFFORD
at American prices. While delicate soaps,
perfumes, and toilet waters are cheap and
good in Paris, drugs are dificp,t 10 And
and expensive. and not nearly so tom-
pactly put up as at our home apothecaries
The artful American traveller who knows
this should not fail in loading a capaeous
medicine case TO the muzzle before sailing
away; adding to the usual voyager's list
good many things that may not seem
Immediately essential. for in that gay
French city II is not possible as in our
own least town or village. to shop for pow
ders and potions all night long il neces-
sary.
In France. and with few exceptions in
Paris. the exception being Franco
American depot. the drug stores close at
shutdown, and 1t is only in a case OF life
or death and by the aid Of a policeman
that clerk can be reused and the purchase
OF precious commodity made after 8
O'Clock in the evening.
When the exposition visitor has given
the most particular attention to her medi
cine case her next care must be to equip
her feet properly for the unusual task be-
fore them. The pavements in Paris are
not ulduly hard, but because OF the poor
facilities for transportation visitor is
obliged to walk them with greater industry
than she is ever forced to In an American
town. Then, too, clear summer days
they grow so hot that any shoe trimmed
| with patent leather is scarcely less tor
turing than the boot Of medieval
| memory.
Paris itself is not. moreover, the place
! in which TO purchase regular pedestrians
/ gear, while here at home one can lay In
i Of reE ST rar~ -.
/ SURPASSED for comfort. The stock should
include at least one pair Of laced dongoIa
| walking shoes with medium sole, low
heels. fitted with rubber caps and toes
rounded like those Of golfers boots Add
to this pair of Oxford ties of the same
shape, with pair of fat old ladys Slip
\ pers. and the exposition tripper won't
! sigh for the good Offices of a chiropodiss
! or the ease of a cab at command These
cool, sole shoes will not rub a corn, pro-
vided the same pair is never worn many
days in succession; also provided the Slip
pers are adopted for the resting hours ar
home. and the travellers stockings don't
require many darns
After long day Of tramping through
exhibit halls and the fascinating French
streets il is a good plan and preventive
OF foot WEAKNESS to sit a half hour porting
over home letters and papers with the
tired extremities In nankle-deep bath OF
cold salt and water. IT, after this they are
dried gently and propped in clean hose
and cool slippers, chair, they will
be ready for any calls made upon their
strength day by day.
Should the exposition be visited after
June. when Paris can produce from her
asphalted streets as finely penetrating a
dust and intense heat as we know in any
city Of our own, II is better part OF wis
dom for the busy feminine visitor to take
every preeaution against overstraining her
eyes. The sun on the white stone OF the
Partisan buildings results in a glare like
that on water and II shady chiffon veil.
with a wide brimmed hat. Is not adopted,
then smoked glasses will go a long way
toward mitigating the intense Hight, and
or many days can be worn with the great
est comfort. Another invaluable adjunct
to happiness is an eyegiass and bottle Of
solution of boric acid that can be put I'D
by the home druggist and used to sooth
overtired eyes or to wash out an irritating
particle of dust or coal.
Paris is the haunt of the laundress,
who washes clothes to snowy wilderness
and at small expense. but the hard water
supplied 10 the city and the number OF
soda-filed compounds used by the clever
blanchchisseuse will in the long run play
the mischief with handsome underwear.
1t is, in consequence. good place and OPP
portunity for finishing the use Of old gar
ments in which rents and the crumbling Of
trimming Will bring no heartbreak. It is
also the place where water for drinking
purposes must be abandoned Wine that
the French substitute and light beer are
not. as a rule. satisfactory to the Amer
lean woman. who should make up her mind
to invest a certain small amount Of her
allowance every week in bottled water
that is slightly efferveseent and quite i'm
peratiye for the good health Of the for
eigner.
II does not come easily to every foreign
woman to shop in Paris. Too many Amer
leans who have a little money to spend in
clothes complain that Paris is as costly
and twice as inconvenient as any American
city. Now. as matter OF fact. Paris is
not the place TO buy cheap. elaborate I'M
derwear, stout, handsome, inexpensive
shoes. and the dozen-and-one species OF
ready male suits. silk waists,
coats. etc. that the merchants in the
United States provides so eleverly.
IL an exposition tripper has made up
her mind TO lay out to the limit set by
the customs rules, then let her devote
her energies to the small things of the
toiiet that do cost very little in France,
md which are admirably made. that is to
say. handkerchiefs. gloves. hats necktiss.
etc. These are to be got easily, and at
he smallest prices by finding at the super
ntendents office of one OF the big de-
,artment stores what days are devoted TO
occasions. An occasion is nothing less
han bargain, and bargain is really and
bargain in one Of the great
Partisan shops The daintiest little mu-
,hoirs are TO be bought for 10 and 20
,enes apiece gloves that a duchess would
not hesitate to wear go for 40 and 80
.ents ner pair and bewitching theatre
bonnet for 81 is no uncommon thing.
Bargain days are as regular as fete days
n the big magazines, and the woman who
peaks English only. stands as good
nance of getting the desirable thing as any
aughter of France. Apropos Of bargains
nd Partisan shopping, ii does net come
miss to let the American woman into the
ecret OF the faultiess system Of transfers
hat obtains in the big department stores
yer the water and that expedites purchas
lg immensely. A. the door OF one OF the
reat dry goods houses the shopper asks
II transfer card that is punched by the
ileswoman with the amount of her pur-
base at every counter, and at the same
Dor by which she entered the sun. total
her expenditures Is quickly calculated
nd the transaction completed in much less
me than our own system of transfers re-
nires.
Now on the other hand. il a shopper
'oposes to go in rather extensively for
OWNS, hats. underwear, etc. and both her
me and strength are limited. II is per-
city possible for her TO shop luxuriousiy
the morning in bed or late In the
Iternoon on the sofa. The Partisan
odistes and milliners are thoroughly ac-
,stcmed TO the wa! D. ease-loying wo-
EN-. and do not mes tate TO send to
,tel or pension bedroom big baskets full
purple and f,ne iinen. az under the care