The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-05-05

for the services of the maid who takes
care OF the room. 1t is always adyisabfe
to nave a definite understanding on these
points Matches cannot be had for the
| trouble Of pocketing them, as in America.
Their manufacture is a government mon--
opoly, and they are both poor and expen--
| sive. One must buy them as a rule, ana
| many pensions even charge for them. TO
the smoker tobacco in some form Is a
necessity, and that also Is a governments
monopoly, with the result that French
cigars and cigarettes are either poor or
expensive.
| The tramways and omnibuses present
! another difficulty. Their charge is 6
I'cents inside and 8 cents on top, but IL
the passenger takes a transfer (''corre-
| spondance'o it COSTS cents in either
place. Visitors who seek cheap rooms
will have to go some distance from sha
| exposition grounds, and in many cases
1t Will mean a transfer The Transports
| ton system is never-ceasing vexatEoza
! to Americans, and during the exposition
1t will be one OF the most trying problems
| facing the strangers who cannot afford to.
| use cabs. Even now, on Sunday, ORE
| may wait an hour or two before besDa.
able to get a place on a passing omnibus.
| The omnibus and tramway lines have.
| stations scattered through the city re-
| is a wise stranger who chooses Iods,frss-
| place near one of the stations On going
to one OF these stopping points he should
| get number check and then possess lrEss
: soul In patience until his turn coIaesI
There are just SO many places on ars
omnibus, and the conductor dare ,sys
make room for one more" Except xs-
l Siy
mitted to stand on the rear platform!
every passenger is provided with a seus!
| and there is no move up little for
| ward" Neither can the "street car hog
crowd in ahead of ladies or others wfz.
arrive before him.. The French system In
provoking to the Yankee in a hurry but
| 1t Is boon to women and to the feeble.
tor the number checks hold their turn
| and protect them from later corners WIZ,
| may be needless about the rights of their
| neighbors.
The French system also has some cor,s-
rensation for able bodied men, for there
| is never any call for them to give ND
tRe1r seats unless there should happen to-
be a lady standing among those on chs
PLATFORM. The stations are transfer
FONTS, and consequently there are moro
| CHANCES OF getting a seat One may az
course, board an omnibus between sta
Lons. II there Is a vacant place. but ga
busy hours during the exposition That
IS likely to be hopeless except near TIRE,
starting points There IS still another diff
| ficrlty. If one is SO located as to be re-
| qulred to make a transfer he will ssr.
forced to take number at the transfer
station and go through a second process
| Of waiting. 1t is advisable, therefor 20
| find a lodging place that will not forca-
| one to use twollines, and if one can. Ifvxs
near the starting point of an omnibus or
tram line SO much the better. If the river
| beats run late at night, a lodging Place
near the Seine will be desirable, for tFsss
liie on the river is refreshing in summer
| and the passenger may land at any oras
OIL several points near exposition gate<
At present the boats stop before g
o'clock in the evening, but the serytea,
will doubtless be kept up to later hour
! when the patronage warrants it.
| The tipping system Of Europe is irritas-
ing to the transatlantic visitor, but I'm.
Paris it is more comfortable to fan i'm
with the custom of the country than "a,
kick against the pricks. If the YANKEES
! will do his tipping on the European piars
| 1t need not be serious burden. There
convenient for small tips. One is the ter
confines or two-sou piece, about as bss:
| as en- English penny and equivalent tn
two cents. The other is five centimes or
tone-sou piece, equivalent to cent. For
a cafe ord IT of ten cents or less one may
i tip the waiter with sou with the con-
seriousness of knowing he has done his
! duty as a poor Frenchman would see it,
! It will even keep the garcon from grun52
Ing II he gets only cent on a fr&BE
order, but it will be more in keeping with
the ordinary routine to make It two SOUS
on an order of ten to twenty-five cents
On a purchase of twenty-five to fifty cents
| the garcon will pocket four or hVr-
cent tip with an earnest "merci. mon
| sieur.' or gracious "merci bfen Mad
| anne" A five cent tip may serve as -
| ssveetener to dollar order and still keep
| the ways of French politeness well oiled
the visitor who is sailing close to t1sa
| wind need seldo n give a larger tip Izs
can go through Paris swimmingly on ana
! allowance of ten cents a day for pour
boire" and may get off for less This
Yankee who dimes at hotels or at bouses
ward restaurants will probably tip on tina
American plan. and needs no ADVICE In
America one expects extra attention. Tor
! a tip, but in Paris the rule works tho
other way. The tip secures no fayc<8
!; but its absence may bring forth caiIstIC;
remarks and incivility. Better submit ana5
\ live in comfort.
The cab driver is another character who
must be tipped If one would have pearr
! Of mind. One can pity the French
I"cocher," for he has a hard time of II,
and his service is one of the few cheap
/ things to be found in Paris. Most Of the
! cabs are owned by companies. The driver
/ has to pay 60 cents day for horse ard
carriage and an additional 10 cents 10
/ insure them against damage by accidents
i Fhe fare until 1880 o'clock at night fs
only 40 cents an hour, or 80 Cents for n
drive. Two persons will be carried aS
4 cheap1y as one, and the drive may be-
seven miles long. Custom has established
the practice of giving the cabman 81
cent tip in addition to the fare, and h8
has come to regard 1t as his right II
1 may also be said in his favor that her
/ will carry trunk OF reasonable sf1ss
| without extra charge. An additional 10
4 cents will secure a cab carrying ten per-
sons. The charges from midnighx 10
morning are Increased by 5 to Is cents
4 1t IS well to be posted on the fares, ft,r-
i the Hcocher," like Cables elsewhere, VILE:
take advantage of strangers If he can. se
/ Cabs and wines are the only chexk
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