The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

20 be independent Some explain that
they only rent their rooms Ia suites.
others that tile best rooms are taken aud
they show one such poor lodgings as 70
remind one forc-liy about the comforts
OF home. The rooms are not cxor1ltanr
30 price; @ room and bath are 10 be had
for 50 q day. but table dAote is 5 francs.
about Sl-6O in our money, with G francs
more for breakfast and luncheon Leg
an American complain about prices being
nigh. he Is told be must pay twice as
much for similar room Ga New York,
aud be cannot get as hne q cuisine at
any price In the more fashionable no
tells one has more servants at ones com
manc than one can possibly use, and
they must all be feed. The room is
cared FOR by q valet de chambre aud
femme d. chambre. Though monsieur
aud madame are usually husband and
wife, they must be paved. These people
are harmless compared 10 the head waiter
and walters. who are a great source or
aggraYauou. Walters working 10 large
hotels have served long apprenticeship
and they expect 70 be paid for their
skill The stranger often wonders why
these men are So eager for their tips
unt be IS told that "a many places they
do not get wages, but have TO pay SO
much a day Tor their places. Any feel
Ing one may have Mt nrst against the
bus!lessiike spirit shown by these wait
ers Is forgotten in the pleasure OF
French restaurant. The cooking is q fine
art In most OF the best hotels and the
food is served with the same care as il
is prepared
The tourist IS taught TO have most CON
sideratiOn for the cOnciergerie he usually
speaks English. finds ones cabs and is
bureau Of Information in a nutshell. He
knows the addresses OF taiors. haber-
dashers and jewellers. as we'll as how
many stamps a letter viii take sent TO
any part OF the globe.
These difficulties are few compared
with those encountered outside There
IS noise and confusion everywhere.
Within there are plenty OF people to
serve one. but on the street It IS a case
Of God helping those who help them
selves. The great open squares. such as
the Place de IEtoile. Place de Ia Con
corde and Place Nendome are so large
they are quite appalling. The frightened
stranger stands close TO the Arche de
Tnumphe and wonders how he dare cross
the street There are speeding machines.
electric buses and carriages flying In
every direction. The chauneurs are out
to make records. not 20 look after pedes-
trians. One must watt patiently oh!
so patiently and just as one IS ready an
automobile bus blocks the way. After
one lives ia Paris a while one learns to
cross part OF the street at O tlme The
Partisan IS so adroit he stands in the
roadway dolslug cabs and automobiles.
There are plenty OF public conveyances.
including the underground steam trans.
bases and electric buses but 1t Us hard
TO know which one TO take. as they go
In different directions. Information IS
hard 90 get. for the stranger Is expected
TO know these things when be comes 20
Paris. After waiting long and patiently.
he selects n yellow bus. The conductor
says that he cannot get in without
ticket; SO he has to cross over to sta
ton few yards away. He gets a num-
Der. after consulting the ticket agent.