Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

VI EtNCE, GAhlS
But let me tell you something about some
of our professional men who are making
money in Paris. They are numbered by
scores and most Of them charge larger fees
than are common at home. There are many
American doctors who belong to the Anglo
American Medical society and a number
of others outside. Paris has twenty-five
American dentists who are member Of the
American Dental club, in addition to
others who are not. 1t has American law
yers, American electrical engineers and
hundreds of American business men, in
Guiding importers and exporters, principals
and agents. There are perhaps a d-zCn
newspaper correspondents, several An Of
can architects and not a few American
tCrd~rS.
Within the last few weeks an American
commercial directory has been published,
giving an alphabetical list of American
firms and all matter of interest to Ameri-
cans in Paris. 1t is a book of about 300
pages, which shows something of the extent
Of the colony. In running over its pages |
notice the following companies with Ameri-
can names: There is an American bicycle
company, an American cotton company, an
American saddle company, an American
coal and shipping agency and an American
trading union which deals in clocks. Then
there is an American autograph company,
an American estate agency, which may fur
nish titles and estates to our Goldfish mil
lionaires, as well as an American tar paper
company and an American dancing academy.
AS to the American typewriters, they are
all represented, as are our bicycles and
monographs. The American line has a
steamship Office here, and have already
spoken Of our express companies and life
insurance establishments.
There are several American book stores
in Paris, the chief of which is Brentano's.
There is a Boston baker, an American
grocer and several large American jewelry
stores. Among the queerest of the latter
are those which sell paste diamonds and
gold-flled American watches. They adver-
tise the fact that their clocks all speak
English and call their jewels real American
diamonds. The so-called diamonds are to-
day the most brilliant things shown on the
bouleyards. There is one company which
has four or five shops filled with brilliants
and paste set in every possible way. 1t has
the same price for every article in its shop
windows, whether the stone be as big as
the head Of a pin or the size Of a walnut.
The price is s francs, or $3.50. The good
are displayed under electric lights, and a
crowd Of French men and women gathers
about the shops every evening. AS far as
can see the stones look as brilliant as tn,
real diamonds costing thousands and tens
OF thousands Of francs which are shown
In the other jewelry stores near by, and the
jewellers tell me that only experts can tell
the difference.
have received a number Of letters from
Americans asking questions about the cost
of the different methods of living in Paris.
1t is just about the same here as in oth..
parts Of the world. You can live for little
or you can pay as much as you like. The
hotels are rather expensive, but there are
a great number Of pensions or boarding
houses where for a dollar a day and up
ward you can have a furnished room and
all your meals. You should get a good one
for about 10 francs. You can also rent a
room without board for from 30 to so francs
a month, service included, and there are
restaurants everywhere that will furnish
you meals.
Nearly every family in Paris lives in a
fiat. II is uncommon for a man to have a
house to himself, and when so the houe~ IS
called an hotel. Rents are so high that re-.y
the very rich can afford so much style.
Paris is a city of stores and apartment
houses. The stores are on the ground floor
and the apartments above. The latter range
in size from two rooms upward and vary in
price from a few francs up to thousands OF
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