Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS April d 10

PARIS, April %, 1907.
Whenever I dine or lunch in a Paris res
taurant with American friends they always
appear unable to distinguish the native ele-
ment from the strangers, and, as the ques-
ton seems to interest visitors from across
the sea- 1 hereby point out to you the ois-
tlnctive marks. The Parisienne can be rec
ognized at a glance by the tasteful and es-
pecially unobtrusive character of her tot
let; but as everybody is not an expert in
fashion, you have but to watch the drinks
served with the meals to come to a right
conclusion. II you see a lady drink mys-
terious mixture of claret and cherry brandy.
in which slices of banana are swimming.
you will invariably find she Is American.
Champagne in large quantities denotes the
Russian. while served in smaller doses 1t
Is the characteristic of the German. Vim
ordinaire. followed by bottle of good Bur-
gundy, is the course pursued by the Eng
lshman. unless he takes lemonade or
whisky and water. But when you see ia
BILE whose occupants only partake of min
eral water pure and simple and who do not
even look at the bottles of Hqueur brought
with the coffee you can be certain they re
Parisians The latter. who we're never
great drinkers, have now altogether dis
carded wine. / am. of course. only allud
ing to the Partisan of the higher classes,
for among the lower strata the Juice sup
posed to come from the grape, but very
frequently only decoction OF queer ingre-
dents, Is still in favor. A movement has
been set on foot to prevent the sale of that
fearful stuff called absinth- The consump-
ton of that poison is a national evil, but 1t
will take a long time before 1t Is rooted
out.
The Probationary Hopes.
OF all the demands made by fentnists in
frage has of course, aroused the greatest
excitement. Some opponents of the claim
would have us believe that the electoral
vote can only be safely exercised by James
d'elite" The same argument was employ
ed when II was first proposed to give the
workingman a vote. French feminists do
not regard the electoral vote as an apoth-
costs; they see in II a means-the only
means-to insure equal and liberal IegisIa-
ton. To pretend to see In II a menace 10
the position of man in the state Is. they
say, absurd. To remove a handicap from
the one sex Is not 20 impose II on the other.
And when the argument is put forward that
the vote is but the thin end Of the we ge
and that II is but a step from the elector
to the elected feminfsts reply. And them
Naturally they contemplate such a vista
with equanimity. remembering Queen Eliz-
abeth in England. the Empress Catherine N
Russia. the Empress of China and the late
Queen Victoria as examples of women and
SlAIeCEatt. II Is certain Ifl4I with the SUI
frage feminists aspire to a readtustment of
remuneration in the labor market. a very
far-rea ching reform. Equal work. equal
pay" is the motto of the party and Is car
Tied into effect IN some countries The
Swiss post Office pays all its employees on a
scale which Is identical for the two sexes.
The United States of America pays its en-
ployes in the same way. In France. FEM
fniSts work for these two objects and look
forward with a great deal OF confidence and
hope to their early realization.
As Madame Reasons.
French feminisn Is very clear and definite
In Its reasoning. The Latin mind whether
masculine or feminine, does not admit OF
any OF that cloudy complexity which SC
often mars the mental outlook of the Amer
lean woman. The wrongs of woman begin
even in the nursery. says the French femI-
mist Should little girl show signs of ex-
ira intelligence, What a pity she is not
boy" say her parents. Her aptItudes are
consistently ignored. and all the efforts oil
parents and teachers are directed toward
bringing her into exact harmony VIVA the
one unvarying model OF what the ''jeunt
file should be-namely. a docie. submis
sive thing in the l1nds of her father unit
such time as she can be handed over to the
safe keeping OF n husband. The woman,
said Napoleon to the trainers of the code
is as much the chat:el of her father frs
and her husband afterward as the appli
tree Is OF the gardener. and II Is in thi!
sense that the civil status of woman II
France was laid down. The married woman
OF today cannot dispose of her own earn
ings; she cannot sign contract with th'
firm of publishers who are bringing out he
own novel Her child II born outside mar
riage, can be taken from her by its father
though she cannot claim from him any hell
Tor Its support. Such are but few of tn,
disabilities against which French feminist!
are in revolt.
The Charm Of Contrast
As | am very devoted to the charm O
contrasted textures l liked so much A,
evening frock I saw recently of chiffon an
chenille appliques. The trimming l shout,
think was made for the froek as haven
axen ANYTHING Like Il In the shnns The col