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

only give discreet advice as to the best
inns to patrouize but also supplies accu-
rate schedules Of proper prices to pay for
food lodgings, tips, repairs to machinery.
etc. With this guide at hand no party
need fear going astray and one fine after
noon they viii pass Les Barrecres, as the
confines OF Paris are called. to find them
selves in the gayest, most brilliant city on
earth
While in Paris during the Exposition
months when the facilities for transporta-
ton will be taxed to the utmost limit The
woman who has her bicycle along will be
Independent to a degree.
delightful surprise awaits the incom-
ing tourist when she discovers that there
are no custom duties and her baggage goes
through the most perfunctOry examination.
The less baggage the better is a motto TO
lay TO heart in continental Europe where
anything over and above sixty pounds per
| individual. must be paid for extra and
where porters' tips. like little drops Of
water, quickly swell into a stream OF ex-
travagauce For four women two steam
er trunks should hold all their possessions
over and above those carried in the satchel
and strapsful of shawls allotted TO each
! one With regard TO clothing one best
dress one wrapper. underwear, and tot
let articles should make up the sum Of
| utt7 SedlE bt-bAHlNk- - bbtA ShAAA WIN
| Jacket 10 match. shirt waist Of flannel, felt
| Alpine heavy gloves. and brown shoes is
| the proper costume for every day ailoat
and ashore.
Arrived in Paris neither pension tas the
| common or garden boarding house is call
ed in Franco nor hotel can be the desti-
nation of the cooperative feminine tour
! lists. Hers is a more direct. comfortable.
| safe not to mention economical, way OF
| lodging she goes at once to Housekeeping.
Out of the 355 variations of domestic
| economy II is at once the least dear and
| the most amusing. In either the Latin
\ quarter or the lovely suburbs of Paris
| there are rooms or studios to rent Down
| in the region Of the boulevard Mon,par-
nasse a single large studio big enough for
| all the temporary L5re5 and Penates OF
| four women can be had for SIS a month.
\ and out in such suburbs as Autenil, Neuii-
| ". and St. Denis a huge roof lighted stu
| do or couple Of less expensive rooms
| can be secured al the same rate. These
| are barren enough at first sight but Paris
| is blessed with that modern convenience.
| the dealer who leases sets Of furniture by
| the month. and where the studios are
! there the least exo-bitant furnisher Of
| house hold necessities is found. Another
! outlay OF SIS brings in a couple OF broad
divans where weary women can secure
| welcome rest. a chest of drawers, a mirror.
a wash stand and appliances. four chairs.
| a big centre table. redeeming strip OF
carpet for the floor and a curtain to draw
| across that corner OF the room occupied
| by the bath equipage
| A studio in the Latin Quarter, its win
| dows looking out on the ever picturesque
! Paris roofs and aflording fresh air as we'll,
| NAV be bare, but it is clean, and the GA
| INQUIRE Of such life as Du Maurier drew in
| Trilbv hangs over il all. This is not 10
! be experineced when an apartment Is taken
| in some green and fowery suburb, yet IL
| is only fair TO say that food and rent are
| both cheaper outside than inside the city
| limits Living in the suburbs 1t is easier
| 10 run into the city by wheel than on aTy
| of the overcrOwded accommodation line S
/ and for the sum Of one my bye e
| can be stabbed safely and convenient y IN
| the Exposition environs.
So much for lodging; now for board.
| Living in Paris is not dear if feminine
wiles are practiced. To spend dollar a
| day on food is an ample allowance for a
/ hearty. healthy woman if she goes cat rlng
| in the right directions. Long ago the
| American art student in the Latin Quarter
| learned that while coal, wood, oil and gas
| are all costly in this city OF pleasure. alco-
/ hol IS one Of the cheapest commodities.
| Hence these Yankee chatting d she's
| throughout the studio district as well nu-
merous little lamps designed for heating
coffee. water. etc. over an alcohol fame.
Let the prospective tourist then take adj
vantage Of this discovery in domes ic
| economies and in the steamer trunk a
/ good American coffee pot and an up O.
date chatting dish will be the means Of pre-
pairing as good d studio breakfast and sup
per as any hungry traye,er needs. Through
previous thrifty arrangement with a