The St. Louis Republic., 1902-10-05

was not enjoyable II was rot at all a
suitable place and after the first day i
found one much better. But the landlady
insisted that she have = weeks pay for he
days occupancy Our talk vas through an
Interpreter. a disiutcrested boarler- i
learned that she would call in the police.
ihaJ she would not be imposed on and lot
more. u was very exciting while 81 lasted
thorEh the upshot was that she obtained
an enormously h. gh figure FOR the one day
\ third WAY 20 live In the students quar-
ters Is To take small apartment These.
consisting 81 three rooms and kitchen. are
20 b. had for 81 month. but the cost Ok
heating and lighting Is additional.
The best eConumiZer and heat producer Il
a queer kiad of stove which i generally
called q Little Devil" Its body j. very
round very hubby and very small. II does
not appear capable Of heating anything. yet
II serves. The pipe usually r. run directly
up from the top of the round body all the
way TO the ceiling. the theory Of more
pipe. more. heat The stove lights easily
heats quickly and goes out promptly. All
this has point. For instance. you never
leave FIRE btrning when sou go out. COR
sequentiy when YOU leave you close the
Little Devils drafts and the blaze AZ
once subsidies. On returning. you again
Hight Up. The American who can Be care
les in expenses and should staG in with
decent-sized stove and maintain a fire az
all times In winter would be regarded as
Croessus IN the students quarter. TIE
French would fau utterly 10 understand
such extravaganza. and the amount expect
cd in tips would be colossal.
\ plenty Of nice restaurants exist inter
estinE % appearance and in which fairly
edible food may be had at small figure
For instance. the Josephine" The desig-
nation has nothing whatever 20 do with the
unfortunate Empress. Il Is simply the given
-nE2e OF the pToprietress She is a busy
N.s,sTa ahn sHmf- mH eTTaff 18th
the victuaiS and evades what might be
termed fakery by Wit. To illustrate. she
Advertlses In bold letters in front OF her
small shop English spoken here" Luckily
] had mastered my French by the time
became customer, and. never having heard
JOssehine speak wordin my NATIVE tongue.
I asked her one day Il she could on oc-
casion.
''oh no" said she sweetiy Il don't speak
English. its the people who come here
that Do
Her trade is composed almost entirely OF
Americans. and effort Is made 20 have the
cookery American Good meats are so ter
ribly expensive-eo cents q pound for beef
s;eak-that Il IS not upon these that the
modest abider IN Paris must thrive.
Miss Aciy. who Is the manager OF the
American Girls Club. has put Il down that
a young lady had better not venture on a
Partisan experience unless prepared to
spend 500 a year II can be done safely
cheapsr-on. say s5o0 This would include
clothes The latter are much cheaper in
Paris. and pretentlous dressing Is not ex-
pected among the students. Also. inciden-
tails for enjoyment could be made 10 fit in
20 the total-trips 70 the opera, n the taste
can he limited to a 81 instead of 50 seat.
or. still better. II pride permits roOsting
way Up near the roof for 90 or - cents
where the atmosphere Il more rarihed.
though the music sounds just as well as
down below
Christmas IS a frlEhtful drain on your
resources. The concsIrge. every maid
in the place n you are boarding. the
postman and servitors who do you no con-
ceivabie service. must have a fee In this
case the sum Is again a dollar or two for
each person At least that Is the amount
women pay. and I suppose the men are
mulcted still more heavily.
on the whole when the American girI be-
comes acciimated. she enjoys herself hugely
in Paris. She meets many interesting
people. finds field for her best endeavors
and discovers broader planes In which 70
work and think. Failure 10 get in sympathy
with the life Is generally due 10 a bad
beginning in the selection Of place 20 live
To be iEnOrant OF the language and TO bs
pitched I'm among inharmOnious surround
ings without friends OF without companions
In misery. produces true misery. homesick-
ness and sometimes worse kinds OF sick
ness
For this reason think that the club Is
the best place in which 10 start: YOU have
fellow-sufereTs- A taste Of the homesick-
ness is inevitable But. as a rule Il passes
away. Your troubles. such as the difficulty
Devil" only amuse. Other considerations
couuterbalance. and fun and keen enjoy
meut Of two or three or an indefinite num-
Der Of years Is possible.