Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07
DANGERS AMERICAN MNuh1ZED
Great Yankee Bluff of "0ur
Girls Can Take Care of .
Themselves" Fails
to Work.

ward its, close. If not earlier. will present
this extraordinary situation: There will
be place for all the American girl stu
dents in the gay French capital to live in
luxurious heaithfulness as students and
not as rich tourist girls. prey to all kinds
Of fortune hunters and dishonorable idlers.
Benefits of the Clubs.
In these girls clubs girls pay their
board. an average of s. a week. on which
there is not a cent of profit. The man.
agement enters into relations. by letter
with their parents and friends in America
When girls fail sick they are attended
to, even If their money runs short.
In these girls Clubs girl cannot get
much intoxicated by the poisoned air of
Paris. When they feel asphyxia COM
ing on they have a place to run home to-
I know two such who were glad to
run lately. Because each had smart
new tailor gown to wear for the first
time they felt particularly skittish, SO
they started out to do the terrible
Boulevard Itself one sunny afternoon.
Two girls alone. they sat to rest and
look at the delightful throng go by at one
of the small terrace tables of the
Grand Cafe itself.
Beside them two swell young Paris
ians admired them openly. but net in
vulgar manner. On the other side, how
ever. two f1irts of the baser sort began
negotiations with abominable directness
Like good Americans, the swell Pa
risians protected beauty in distress; but
there the likeness ended; they emanded
to accompany the girls home with such
seductive insistence that who knows how
the innocent young creatures would have
disentanglad themselves. had not Miss
Alice found an inspiration: Lets run
for a cab!'' she whispered.
1.-the and swift, they slipped out to
thu curb. Quick. they ju:rped mo the
hospitable vehicle; but if you think those
young Parisians were not just quick
you do not know their kind. This was
an adventure after their own hearts,
Their cab chased the girls cab. 1t was
an exciting race through the pink-hazy.
blue streets of the Paris twilight, until
the girls drew up in front of the Blank
Girls Club. thrust 2 francs into the old
cabbie's hand and rang the bell, while the
Parisians, elated to have. at least, found
the address of the beautiful. ignorant
inquisitive and unprotected young Amer
lean girls. stopped suddenly as they took
in the look and character of the estab
Ifshment.
1t was enough to dampen their ardor.
The girls clubs are already known. AS
the girls slipped inside the great door
the Parisians politely lifted their hats,
and walked slowly up the street. no
longer interested.
It was all right for once. but to see
how quite well-dsposed young creatures
land, where the attitude of men is diff
ferent, behold what happened to Miss
Alice and Miss Lulu two days later.
Their Second Adventure.
Bright and early they went to the great
Museum Of the Louvre. Guide book in
hand, they studied through miles of old
portraits of kings, queens and princesses,
landscapes and battle pieces. saints and
holy families, until their necks grew
stiff
No one paid attention to them-so long
as they stayed lnsiu. the musvai 49,
side, however, In the Tuileries Garden
Alice sat to rest upon a bench. while
Lulu strolled on, looking at the stat
uary.
1T is poor copy Of good original
and of an interesting epoch, mademoi-
se1le,' she heard a respectful voice ad-
dress her. Turning, she saw stylish.
weii-breu Frenchman, we'll groomed,
smart, attractive, of some fifty winters.
IF mademoiselle will do me the honor =
he continued. Il can show her better
marbles in this garden"
Too scared to reply, Miss Lulu looked
for Alice, while the flirting Frenchman
fifty years old calmly appropriated her.
but his talk about the garden was SO
interesting that by the time Alice found
her she had lost her fear and whispered.
Really, he is interesting; we can always
run for a cab when he gets too per-
sonal"
1t was an instructive hour among the
statuary, but when the old fellows eye
began to light up, the girls made signs to
each other it was time to run.
They were near to the Concorde gate.
Cabs in quantity were passing. "Now!
said Lulu, and fair Alice was just gath
ering her skirts to make a dash when
their pursuer looked at his watch, took
a card from his case, and said:
You owe me three francs, or 60 cents,
young ladies. for one hour hope you
have been pleased? Here is my card.
Be kind enough to recommend me to your
friends. / am not only licensed guide
of the Louvre, but also graduate of all
the museum courses-archaeology, art,
history"
The girls cut him short with laughing
thanks and silly bushes, and all kinds
Of promises, and 90 cents! And as they
stroIled on, when they finished laughing
Lulu murmured:
Thirty cents apiece!"
Yes. 30 cents! said Alice:
Then they laughed some more.
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