Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-26

times been strained over the carrying up II
our coal.
Il see you allow the new family to bring
up its coal in the elevator / observed TO
him sarcaStically.
Its only for this once" he said smiling
grimly. He rubbed his thumb and fore
finger together-a gesture that in all Latin
countries stands for money" l remem-
bered that they must have just bestowed on
him the customary 20 or 30 francs OF a new
family entering the house.
You want to bring your coal mp IN tho
lift" said the jauitor. in his judicial tone.
He is spare old man. as smooth-faced as
judge-and takes SNUFF. Would You like
to have all the other families doing tho
same thing?"
L confessed I would not. Coal and tho
heating of the Partisan apartment consti-
tute great drawback. Because il must lie
brought up in small quantities, the coal il
dear. You save little by laying in a ton or
more of il at once although section OF
the cellar is at your disposal. Who VIII
lug it up? Your one servant. II you live
in a small way? l think not.
THE new family has Stoves" said the
janitor. This detail settles their ut
terly middle-class unpretentiousness. 1t
also shows that they are strong on econ
omy. The dilemma is not that you cannot
buy good stoves in Paris-there are self
feeders that heat all day beautifully. on u
small bucketful OF coal. The hard thing Is
that when one has had experience OF open
fires stove heat seems stuffy, dusty and
utterly unhealthy. This is why madame Is
content to leave the corners Of her salon
almost cold, to walk with little cold feet
In her dainty slippers. to stand with her
back to a wood fire and lift up the hind
breadths of her skirt dozen times a day
or shiver. This is why she drags her easy
chair up to the CRATE and warns her feee
upon a stool Each room In each Partisan
fiat has its fine fireplace built into il: and
when one puts stoves in ii means nothing
but-economyi The open fire burn up
deal of coal and wood!
Worth the Rent.
Well 1 am glad that you are satisfied
with the new family's furniture / said
to the jantor as / started to go. He no.
ticed no sarcasm in my tone.
It's worth money" he answered, SIM
ply 1T will be worth a years rent any
how They have three armoires-a -glace,
one OF them modern style-it must be mad
ames-an immense piece OF furniture In
three parts, with shelves for bric-a-hrac-
They have two Psyche mirrors. too
And piano." l added. witheringly-
That might be rented-it does not count
landlords can't hold rented pianos.
AS we spoke two men passed by MS car
rying one OF the Psyche mirrors, pieces OF
furniture without which no Partisan apart
ment is supposed to be complete Paul de
Kock said in his time that the Parisienne
would marry for Psyche mirror. They
have become cheaper since. The great
looking glass swings supported 10y two
standards that rise from solid base on
the floor. The Parisienne can adjust IL TO
the desired angle so that IT will take in all
her figure or show her the setting of her
hat. For that matter. mirrors are the spe-
cial mark of the Partisan apartment.
The For rent signs, nine times out Of
ten, read, "Orpe de glaceS' decorated with
mirrors the mirrors being fixtures fast
ened to the walls. Every room will have
an immense one directly over the chimney
piece. As like not there will be another,
long and narrow or high and narrow. set
between two windows in the salon. Many
salons have them set in panels. Glass is
cheap in France.
And the armoire-a- glace. that other in
dispense BILE piece OF Parisilan furniture
three men We're painting under its weight in
the great doorway. 1t is that tall ward
robe with a mirror front door, which in
the Partisan economy makes up for lack
of closet room. Each bed room has its
armoire and its door must always be one
great looking glass.
Those armoires must be worth 400 francs
each" $50, unused my janitor He took
another pinch of snuff. j left him almost
indignantly. Last week a poor French
lady. struggling to keep up n fashionable
boarding house, was sold out by her land
lord on three days notice. though il is
true she was three months behndhand
with her rent and owed other money. In
the house next to ours the third floor left
had to move out without their furniture.
At this time of the year there is lamenta-
ton over all Paris. for the term" is three
months and landlords viii always let IL
run six. Then IL is pay or be sold out.
Moving day is often sad day in Paris.
STERLING HELLO.