New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-16

stead OF alcoholic liquors. The better qualities of
MIlo nave however. undergone reduction
thongh they naturally cost less in France the
country OF their production, than elsewhere
Butter costs in Paris anything from ~ n "a,
cents pound. Milk. about cents quart Sugar
Is most expensive. costing 20 cents a pound This
arises from the tax and export premium upon
ned the be about s. in lieu of Sc anu
the consumer would about 49, instead of 20
Gons;sgoenee of the high price of sugar is that
Jam is elther very dear about 80 cents half mound
pot or else aduterated with gelatine or glucose in
1000 IN Paris Is the existence Of octroi.
Pays about s. on BOO on its entry ntS Paris
Exists = kno Another reason S is the custom which
every franc go cents which servant spenIs
on her employers account she expects the trades
consumer who suffers - - ''''
a serviceabe drink one must pay about 81 20 AT
Least e pound The price of coffee ranges from
Isrior guaty cost from 20 to q cents pound
oil is IS cents pound. and that Of Vinegar from
10 Coz 10 ~ cents quart
- 0aS IS formidable item in the Partisan menage's
T non account. The unique company in Paris
mas monopoly and Is consequently able to ex-
mere. winch Is equal to rather than
several years TO run and all attempts on the part
Vated by ndRtica ToGnGi to lower the price
aud bed S ABOUT q cents Matches dear
nn9red ne vefS ana cheapest sort costs cents
Sixty, and wax matches cents for thirty To-
Dacco IS about - pound. American or English
imported tobaccos cost about 20 cents an ounce
CnsInokable cigars be procured for or 6
cents. 10 obtain a reasonably good smoke one
must give about 20 ~
II viii be seen from the foregoing summary thar
me yearly, expenditures on the house amoiInt 10
ABOUT $I2OJ. To this must be added the cost Of
clothes. which, in the of a man Is In % ris
much as elsewhere. woman might spend a small
fortune on dress I'm Paris but. on the Other banJ
If not afflicted with extravagant ideas she viii
pIoDdDSly una that Tor a given sum she can dress
herSet more elegantly here than elsewhere
Inere are. OF course many little items Of our
rent expenditure which. added together ..r,als.
muckle. Paris Is backward in its means Of corr
munlcation; though Parisians boast that tho NV,
metropolitan Electric Railway Will when CON,
pleted, give to their city the name of - VII
Nterse.' Al present. however, they must nus M
with numbering omnibuses, for the greater nart
dating from thirty years back There g.
hXed fare OF cents inside and 3 cents outside II
certain parts of the town. however swift and es
gantly built tramcars. which the French cali trsm
tram companies are. or less in dnannIoI
difficulties Along the Champs Eiysees RIM $500 ia
trans, emitting huge clouds of smOke-sp e,9es '
and offence To the nostris Of which Paris sSboptcc
be ashamed Public carriages which are generaI
~ as decrept as the animals which draw thep1
realizes why 'roue' Is familiar 81 torn, =,
abuse in Frsnch-cost 30 cents or N hired ~, 81
hour 40 cents. After midnight these fares are i1
creased by 10 cents. The driver expects a smell
additional tip OF about 10 cents. A Carriage biraS
from jobber by the afternoon costs 81
IL viii be seen from the above that our married
couple. living on 5000 year. have still an oc-