Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04

9 ieoSl ttdit aq acre. IL mas elSnty WIN
aows and is six hundred feet long. noticed
tnat each, man had a quart bottle Of wine
at ms place, and was told that even the
VINE Is free, S9d that every one has coffee
ana grass of brandy, rum or other liquor
at the close of the meal. Indeed,I saw the
brandy ssrved,2
From the dining rooms 1 was taken into
the kltcaens, fwhere at least a score OF
COOKS scgllionS and butchers were at work.
MOST OF ,thef cooking is done in enormous
gas ranges and steam boilers There are
nine poners. each as big a hogshead.
USED to make the soups and stews. Three
OF THESE contain 500 quarts and two others
nave each a capacity Of more than 100
gallons. When the whole store takes NUT
Ton cnops for ,ldinner the meat is cooked
IN griiis which open and shut just like a
wame IRON. II, you would take two IRON
barred garden gates and hinge them to-
setner so that they could be laid on the
coais you might have something like one
o, these grills. Each will hold hundred
cnops. and the arrangements are such that
0o steaks or chops can be broiled in twelve
Hlhures. Seventeen hundred pounds of pO-
tatoes are fried at the same time and 1.40O
eggs can be boiled at once.
Every Clerk Partner.
Connected with the Bon Marche are lodg-
ing houses for the women employees, who are
given house, linen, fire and food free Of
charge. All employees after five years SER
boueicault Provident Firm. consisting of a
certain amount of the profits of the house
proportlonate to the salary received. Four per
cent interest is paid on the accommodations
OF TINS Kind. and this Is added to the CAPT.
TAI. After woman has been employed for
niteen years a man for twenty. he or
sne can withdraw this capital or the same
rlght Is given upon reaching fifty years Of
age. II girl marries. however, she is
gwen the entire amount of her capital IRE
SpectlVe of the term of service. Since the
foundation Of the firm more than $s50O00
mas been paid out to employees, and the
capital of the fund at present is about
$1,000
In addition to this there is another fund
which provides pensions for such employees
as have worked in the establishment for
twenty wears o. have reached the age OF
NIFTY The capital of this fund is 81 .0Ooe0a
ana II gives ife pensions of from $l20 to
$500 per year. The wages paid are. 1 I'M
derstand. about the same as those of other
establishments. but the employees receipts
largely depend on the amount of their sales.
regular commissions on such sales being
given.
Ice Cream Freezers and Refrigerators.
Among the curious American goods for
sale in the Bon Marche are ice cream freez-
ers and refrigerators. as well as churns
and washing machines The English clerk
who acted as my interpreter told me that
Iiic iIt cream 1EeeZeTS are very popular
The French do not know ice cream as we
make it. Indeed. I have not had good
dish of ice cream since I left the United
States. Ices are served at the hotels and
restaurants. but in many cases the amount
given is not more than a tablespoonful.
and it is served in little glass with
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 dish. and The
usual restaurant portion at home would
make twenty portions as served in Paris.
Yankee Shoes and Hats.
You can get the chief makes of Ameri-
can hats in Paris, but they cost fully as
much as they do in the United States.
was asked ~ francs or s. for 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 good
hats as South America and they sell them
al much less cost. 7 bought hat in
Manila for s. which would cost s25 here in
Paris and the ordinary 81. 30 hat sold there
would be worth three times as much here
Mems Panama, hats trimmed with eagle
feathers are now especially popular with
fashionable ladies of Paris A good hat
of this kind is worth SIG.
The American lamp is beginning to make
us way INTO f@urope. as are also our gas
stoves and ranges. There are plenty of
American shoes. both real and imitation
in Paris. Those made by the French are
nothing like so good as the imported article
nor VIII they sell as well. 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
I met curious American on the top Of
the Eifel tower yesterday afternoon He
came from Portland, Ore, but of late years
has been representing one Of our companies
which manufacture burlap wall coverings.
He tells me that this Is one. of the live ar
tlcieS of the American inVa sion, and that
it is steadily pushing Its way into the pal
aces of the rich on this side of the water
HIS firm sold over 100000 yards In Europe
last year. The most of this went to Eng
land. and a part of 1t is now on the walls
of the Prince Of Waes' bed room Another
roll 50 was used In the decoration of
Balmoral Castle Queen Victoria's favorite
palace in Scotland, and other rolls decorate
the mansions of lords and dukes galore
| The young Oregonian has already estab-
lished agencies in Norway and Sweden
Denmark. Germany and Italy, and he is
now making arrangements to paper the
French republic
American Paper Needed.
1t would seem to me that We might sell
| more writing paper and pulp paper to
| Il dHcc IMAM W. arc NJ" uUlHS. Inc paper
! used here is Of two kinds-very good and
| very poor For business letters the French
| use a cheaper grade than that used In the
| United States, but for social correspondence
| they have the best.
The newspapers are printed on the cbeap-
| est of wood pulp, with the exception of the
| expensive journals. such as the Figaro
| There are twenty-six hundred journals
| and periodicals published In Paris
| alone. and of these a large number
| are dailies. The newspapers are much
| smaller than ours but some of them
| such as the Petit Journal and Lee
| Matin, have enormous calculations The
| Petit Journal claims the largest circula ton
! in the world. The papers sell from 1 to 4
! cents, or from ) centimes to 20 centimes
| each. They are cried on the streets. and
| also sold in little galvanized iron news
| stands on the outer edges of the street in
| all parts of the city. The kiosks belong to
| the government. and the newsdealers pay
| rent for them. They make their money by
| the commissions they receive on the sales
| of the papers. The usual rate Is two-ffths
| of a cent per copy for a one-cent paper.
| and three-fifths of a cent for papers that
| sell from to cents each. Such news
| dealers on the boulevards sell the different
| American magazines. They not infre-
| auently have American newspapers
| France Wants American Coal.
| had a talk last night with Mr. I,azare