The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

great meal OF the day. For Two francs
each and a tip OF so centimes 20 the wait
ress II is easy in almost any part OF Paris
TO buy an excellent midday meat dinner.
mere are .wo ways OF accomplishing this
desirable end. In the fair grounds the
restaurants will perforee charge royalty,
their space being limited and costly, bat
IN OLD Paris there are many restaurant
hitcnens and tiny luncheon parlo:S kept
by thrifty French women.
me kitchens tempt those whose appe-
tites demand large forage. for the purchas-
er is entitled to go directly in where the
ranges are and select what she wishes
from the spits and pots. A ladle full of
soup from the big eauldron Of broth. the
second joint and a drumstick or breast
OF a chicken. a helping OF delicious beans
from another pot and couple of slices OF
bread with butter will all be dished out
by the whte-capped maid Just as the ur
chaser directs and prefers. Add to this a
steaming cup of freshly made coffee ard
the edibles can be carried away or de-
voured at a clean scrubbed table in the
front OF the kitchen. To these hot danes
the dinner can add chocolate eciair or
tarlet. bought for ) cents at the pastry
cooks nearby. piece OF cheese from the
grocery and at these kitchens a Tiny glass
OF good wine or mug of beer -wiIl be
served
ly all these extra items that go to make a
very rounded little dinner while. If the
iarder or the kitchen presents nothing to
the taste Of the traveller. who wishes some
thing more conventional in the serving ut
least, all the famous Duvai restaurants ar.
at her command
There is not a district in new Paris that
does not boast one Of these admirable res
tauran,s. where the most tempting
wholesome food is daintily served by
white capped lily-aproned rosy maids.
and where the prices are as low as is com
patible with wholesome, neatly served
food. No matter where you find yourself
at midday. enquire and gendarme will
point the way to one of the Duvals in
which Paris abounds At a Duval N in
vestment of francs buys a SINAI: steak
butter that is as sweet as flowers. fresh
bread, a cup of not chocolate. a salad and
a spoonful of some appetizing conserve.
Enough fuel. II would seem. for any wo-
man to do a vast amount of sightseeing
work on.
At night Partisan restaurants are net
the place for the woman, or womar. with
out masculine escort; those therefa-a keep
ing house in studio. when wa king or
wheeling home. can market as hey go
along for the last meal of the day and
cook it lazily by candle light over the chat
ing dish.
Sightseeing in Paris is one OF the least
expensive amusements open to an appre-
ciative public of women. The entrance fee
TO the exposition during tie summer is fixed
at one frame or 20 cents and this opens the
greatest features OF the show There are
in all nearly a thousand special features
at prices ranging from > to 20 cents and
for women who wish to see the greatest
amount at the least expenditure of
strength the morning will be their rhoie-
est time.
In the afternoon when the great crowd
surges in at every gate it is the part of
wisdom to turn to Paris herself for
amusement. to the Louvre and Luxembourg
to the Cluny Museum and the
famous prisons and churches, ali of which
are free as air to the public every day in
he week saving Monday. When these at
fractions are exhausted the bicycles come
into play for the short wheeling trips to
Fersailles. Malmaison, St. German, Marty,
st. Cloud, the famous cemetery of Pere la
Jhaise and even as far as Fontainebleau,
which last affords an opportunity for
,harming cheap two-days' trip to women,
Who are fond of fine roads. beautiful seem
Fry, and wish to see palace and forest
hat are reckoned among the Oldest and
most famous in Europe. At t is pre-
supposed that all these little journeys are
made awheel. the c. T. map should be con-
suited
AS the cost of sights IS the least item OF
expense, on somewhat the same basis may
The necessary transportation prices and
gratuities TO servants be reckOned if the
raveler is forearmed by a warning. In
Paris the economy and at the same time
he pleasure of moving by bus or train
bout the city will be found in the seats on