The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-04
PARTISAN PENSION.
-,,,,, awaits Patrons of a French
w." boarding House.
SOME CURIOUS FEATURES.
,,,,,. F., Novice Has to Guard Against.
W." T1s Veil is Drawn at the Dissection
:, .bs chicken-servile Slaves of
Existing Conditions.

GOOD many American ladies' expect 10
paris next summer. and as they
are likely to stay some time, and as the
ra,s,. are sure to be crowded. they will
,,,5oub,edly seek accommodations in a
rlr,,. boarding house. What they
I AMI there is pretty well described
Wa adv correspondent, writing from
p,,I. under date Of the 9Th instant:
w. W.. had read of the lurld pensions of
lain Quarter and its environs. of
Wv wla-eycd artists and the struggling
,1 o, NJ the dirt and the microbes in
slcb,s, state OF development and activ-
"S and trembled. We thought we
y" exist without the first, and had
sTrious scruples against the second.
ya,c +, the shape OF an inhabItant of
,oor standing. directed US to our pres
~, Quarters. Our pension is small
-, ,ra the star boarders. thanked by a
,ornr French girl, finishing her edu-
alton and a small boy who comes for
5,uy lessons and leavens the lump of
gsmiBIrlty at deieuuer. The house is
yeo, bv two maiden ladies' under forty.
Srstvhlle governesses in titled English
families.
HOW the table manners Of the elder
,sc,p,d contamination during pro-
Ionrad stay in one of England's most
al. c,,tptry houses has always puz.
led Ms but they remain interrupted
and indebted. To see her pursue the
elusive gravy on her plate with a mop
n bread is revelation in dexterity
and thoroughness and to hear her take,
sogo mighty surprise. To spear a
niece Of bread with a fork from dish
balt way across the table is mere bag
a,ellc for this accomplished performer
hut IN the dissection OF a chicken she is
n, her best. Here l draw the veil.
Some Curious Features,
One BY one some OF the curious fea-
tpras Of the daily routine impressed
themselves upon US. They begin with
4 light breakfast at . o'clock. say
eight advlsedly. for each person is
sppplIed with tea or coffee, one roll and
butter to match. In our early days we
entertained wild ideas OF ringing for
another roll or more butter; now that
we are the seIvile slaves of existing
conditions. we tremble when we think
NJ the possible results. For it is the
custom Of the country" and beyond
this no man has ever penetrated.
At Z o'clock dejauner you are gen.
orally treated to two meals in success
sion-one cooked over and the other
one fresh. The first course may be
eggs, but tina; depends on what was
lel, from dinner the night before. Any
way. you start fair with a clean plate,
knife, fork-eyerything. in short. that is
considered essentia; for simple meal.
You eat your eggs cooked in a dozen
appetzing ways. or. croquettes, thu like
OF which were never found outside Of
France. or meat disguised in many
manners. accompanied by bread and
red vine, OF course. When you have
sard!nss or radlshes. or anchovics. you
are given butter, it is handed to you
with an air, and If your first course
happens to be infant radishes and but
ter, you must look just as repleted as
though you had finished a flaky ham,
or tomato omelettV, or croquette.
When the First Slip Is Made.
Here If you are novice, you will
make your first slip. When your plate
is taken away you viii not have re-
tanned your fork. 1t will be returned
to you. II there are several novices
present. and some uncertainty about the
Identity OF each fork, it will make no
diherence-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 a new idea
OF the possibilities OF that dish. The
butter is always removed before this
course, Once, one Of our party refused
the meat. and then the butter was
brought back to tempt her appetite.
Again your plate is snatched away, and
again you must capture your FORK and
knife. Then, with an air only second
in Importance 70 that which accom-
panes the butter, potatoes are brought
on-bakaI potatoes-and here the but
ter must Be hustled forth agaIn-frIed
potatoes with cheese. all forms Of po-
taioes-5pt seldom anything else.
Now YOU may breathe again, and let
your knife and fork depart in peace, for
next come cheese and nuts or honey
and nuts and you start in clean all
around Then you may bow to every
Individual present, say Good morning"
and withdraw.
Seven o'clock sees you once moro
gathered around the festive board. or
namented by high fruit dish filled
with artificial moss, decked by property
'p2les and oranges, and topped with
some sprays OF green from the garden,
and paper covers. The room is dlmly
lighted by hanging lamp. with huge
green globe, much brass festoonlng and
aaozen candies as outrlders. The can
dies are never lighted. You start In
with soup, either OF cabbage, split peas
aHed beans or lentIls, in which case it
j. poridse. or a bouilllon OF startling
e'aness, with small pieces or bread
heating In 1t. It really tastes better
man 1t looks. After the soup you eat
your always delicious chicken, your
only fair roast, or your frankly poor
U1,'ed meat change your plate, keep