The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20
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10 be independent. Some explain that
they only rent their rooms In suites:
Others that the best rooms are taken and
they show one such poor lodgings as to
remind one forcibly about the comforts
OF home. The rooms are not exorbitan,
IN price; room and bath are to be had
Tor 50 day, but table d'hote is francs,
about SLIGO in our money, with francs
| more for breakfast and luncheon Let
an American complain about prices being
nigh, he is told he must pay twice as
much for similar room In New York
| ana he cannot get as fine a cuisine Mt
any price. In the more fashionable ho-
| tels one has more servants at ones com.
| mand than one can possibly use, and
they must all be feed. The room Is
cared for by valet de chambre and a
Femme de chambre. Though monsieur
ana madame are usually husband and
wife, they must be payed. These people
are harmless compared to the head waiter
and walters, who are great source of
aggrayation. Walters working In large
hotels have served long apprenticeship,
and they expect to be paid for their
skill. The stranger often wonders why
these men are SO eager for their tins
until he is told that In many places they
do not get wages, but have to pay SO
much day for their places. Any feel
Ing one may have at first against the
businesslike spirit shown by these wait.
ers Is forgotten In the pleasure of a
French restaurant. The cooking is fine
art in most OF the best hotels and the
food is served with the same care as 1t
Is prepared.
tn have
sderation for the conclergerie; he usually
speaks English. finds ones cabs ana is n
bureau of Information In nutshell. He
knows the addresses of tallors. haber.
dashers and jewelers., as we'll as how !,
many stamps letter will take sent To
any part Of the globe.
These difficulties are few comnared
with those encountered outside, There
Is noise and confusion EVERYWHERE.
Within there are plenty of people to
serve one, but on the street 1t is a case
OF God helping those who help them.
selves. The great open squares, such as
the Place de rEtoile, Place de la Con.
corde and Place Vendome are SO large
they are quite appalling. The frightened
stranger stands close to the Archie do
Triumphe and wonders how he dare cross
the street. There are speeding machines,
electric buses and carriages flying In
every direction. The chaurfeurs are out
to make records, not to look after pedes.
trlans. One must wait patiently-oh!
SO patiently-and just as one Is ready nm
automobile bus blocks the way. After
one lives In Paris while one learns to
cross part OF the street at u time. The
Partisan is SO adroit he stands in the
roadway lodging cabs and automobiles
There are plenty of public conveyances
the underground steam trans
buses and electric buses, hut 1t Ia hard
to know which one to take, as they go
N different directions. Information is
hard to get, for the stranger IL expected
to know these things when he comes to
Paris. After waiting long and patiently
ne selects yellow bus. The conductor
says that he cannot get In without
ticket; SO no has to cross over to sta.
tlon few yards away, He gets mum.
Der, after consulting the ticket agent.