Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-28

who is not nearer to tevenson's light
heartedness than is the average young
American student of today.
Peace of Mind.
One such, whom 1 will call Johnson. quit
the position of manager of well-known
concern in Philadelphia to live in Paris on
$40 per week annuity into which he has
sunk all his capital. The other day he
came out of friendly penny-ante poker
game at the Grand Cafe Sc winner Holding
up a French silver dollar refie ctively, he
not have had cent to buy my dinner and
nothing to go on with for three DAYS to
come, when l touch my annuity
Rlsky?,l said in a strange land?"
"DeNghtfuli' his whole-souled an
swer. "Oh, the peace of mind to have no
office grind, no competition, no notes to
meet no bills to collect, no business sharks
to get ahead Of! With this So I've won I'm
going to hire a bicycle for a month and
start due south into the heart of France
With my guide book and my monthly an
nuity in my pocket, my pajamas and
toothbrush strapped behind. I'm off for a
month with MEG and L.
McG- and L are two other old boys
one from London one from St. Louis
who are evidently delighted to have cut
free from ambition and struggle. though
sunny Bohemia.
Moo is probably the gayest philosopher
I have ever met. Having begun his Bo-
hemia five or six years earlier than his
present pals, he Is a precious guide as well
as friend He processes to know more
about French, Swiss and Italian boarding
houses under a dollar a day" than any
EngliSh-Speaking man in Europe.
Il know a boarding farm in Holland with
use of piano, horse and boat. table beer
and coffee after meals included, at 81 per
week. | once heard linn affirm. And |
take you to a green-boweyed white-as-
he Of he J.ia
where delicious pink wine, il different fish
every day of the week; fruits and vcge-
tables galore, goats'-mili cheese bread like
cake and all the honey you want comes for
10 cents per day.
But it must cost something to reach
these oases?" | suggested.
Truly, answered the self-made old b.
hemian with quizzical smile But 1
rather think that Johnson and L here
owe the railroad ticket to me as guide and
Interpreter
Actually l know that McG- never has
$40 to live on In any given month and he
is a true remittance-B bohemian. having his
income. not from investments. but from the
faithful bounty of a in Manchester
Once, when the remittance was overdue
nearly three weeks. this gay-hearted old
philosopher actually worked off a Swiss
board bin by taking the place of cham
bermaid.
Look on the cafe terraces around the
Place of the Odeon. Go Strolling beside the
book stalls of the Quais Loaf up and
down the students Boulevard ST Michel
Everywhere you will see middle-aged and
elderly men OF the unmistakable Anglo
Saxon cut who are obviously not tourists
On their smiling faces you will read a
peace that passeth understanding. They are
not dressed in new, glad clothes. They may
look frayed; but they also have the look of
conscious leisure and Independence that
tells everything
Who are these shameless Old evaders of
wealth and striving? Who are these white
moustac hed Americans with their bad
French, who nevertheless seem so subtly
un-American? Their faces show repOse,
contentment, utter ease of mind. They are
the new-the only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Bohemians of Paris!
STERLING HELLO.