Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05

ice have an interest in what is called the
Boucicault Provident Firm, consisting of a
certain amount of the profits Of the house
prOpOrtionate to the salary received. Four
per cent interest is paid on the accumula-
lions of this kind and this is added to the
capital. After a woman has been employed
for fifteen years. or a man for twenty, he or
she can withdraw this capital, or the same
right is given upon reaching fifty years Of
age. II a girl marries, however, she is
given the entire amount of her capital,
irrespective Of the term Of service. Since
the foundation of the firm more than $780,
900 has been paid cut to employees and the
capital of the fund at present is about
500, 900.
In addition to this there is another fund
which provides pensions for such employees
as have worked in the establishment for
twenty years or have reached the age Of
so. The capital of this fund is 81, OOO, OOC
and it gives life pensions of from 1920 to
5000 per year. The wages paid are, l under
stand, about the same as those of other es-
tablisnments, but the employees receipts
largely depend on the amount of their sales,
regular commissions on such sales being
gwen.
Among the curious American goods for
SAFE IN the bon MdTCue are Ice cream ITeeZ-
crs and refrigerators, as we'll as churns and
washing machines. The English clerk who
acted as my interpreter told me that the
ice cream freezers are very popular. The
French do not know ice cream as we make
il. Indeed, l have not had a good dish of
ice cream since l left the United States.
Ices are served at the hotels and restau-
rants, but in many cases the amount given
is not more than a tablespoonful, and 1t is
served in a little glass with a bowl like the
hole in the bottom of a wine bottle. The
amount OF ice cream given with the usual
glass OF soda water in our drug stores is
about four times as much as you receive
here in a dish, and the usual restaurant
portion at home would make twenty por-
lions served in Paris.
You can get the chief makes OF american
hats in Paris, but they cost fully as much
as they do in the United States. was asked
25 francs, or IS for a derby today.
This year many Panama hats are being
worn, and / do not see why an importation
OF such goods from the Philippine islands
would not pay. The Filipinos make as coed
hats as South America and they sell them at
a much less cost. l bought a hat in Manila
for IS which would cost $25 here in Paris,
and the ordinary $3.50 hat sold there would
be worth three times as much here. Mems
Panama hats trimmed with eagle feathers
are now especially popular with fashionable
women OF Paris. A good hat Of this kind
is worth SIC.
The American lamp is beginning to make
its way into Europe, as are also our gas
stoves and ranges. There are plenty OF
America shoes, both real and imitation
in Paris. Those made by the French are
nothing like so good as the imported arti-
Gle. nor will they sell as we'll. One man
tells me that he handles about 1000 pairs
OF American shoes every year and that
his sales are steadily increasing. He
says they are excellent shoes when the
makers are conscientious.
/ met a curious American on the top OF
the Ethel tower yesterday afternoon. He
came from Portland, Ore, but Of late years
has been representing enc of our companies
which manufacture burlap wall coverings
He tells me that this is one OF the live ar