The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
THE LIVING IN PARIS
Young American Art Student Makes Both Ends Meet at
 a Low Figure,
NlNETY-F0UR CENTS A DAY
It Is an Art to Do Without Quite as Difficult as Mastering the
 Paints.

Living in Paris can be made very cheap, indeed, according 10 Mary Mor' L timer Maxwell, if one learns the art of . doing without"
 Most American girls" she says "who have aspirations in the direction ! of painting or music look longngly | toward Paris, l have met number of them who have conhded to me that they could live most comfortably there on S5 a week TT one is prepared to pay from $LfO to $40 a day at a French pension one can live in a comfortable room and be served with delicious food, For $hlO- | or about $l0 Q week-one will have a small room up many flights of stairs For the larger sum tho room will be larger, better furnished, and on one of the lower floors. This amount provided for no laun- dry work and no heat and light. The Paris laundrles are more expensive than those in New York. The simplest little cotton blouse will cost 20 cents for proper laundering Laced and rut- fed and palted ones come still higher.
 Must be Own Laundrcss.
 If an American girl wishes to study in Paris on $6 a week she must do all her own washing and ironing Sho should practice doing without bacon and eggs for long time before coming to Paris Bacon is a luxury for the rich only here. Fruits, fortunately, are cheap.
 When the American girl contem- plates cheap living in Paris she thinks of cheap clothing as we'll as of cheap food and cheap rooms, She fances herself wearing dainty handmade lin- gere and smart French gowns at a lower price than that she is paying in New York for machine-made garments and ready-made suits. Tn this respect another disappointment awaits her. I find no articles of apparel in the Paris shops which could possibly appear cheap from the point of view of q Ss or even a $lO week income. Therefore let the American girl provide herself with such clothing as she will require before she leaves New York With her limited amount of money she can do better there than here
 less Comfort Than in New York.
 Paris on a very small income means very much less in the way of comfort and convenience than London or New York. It has many compensations for it's disoomforts, but 1t is well that the two should be weighed most carefully.
 tt,,n I al paF n Paris, full of hope, full of ambition, full of a large aspiration after art and in the innocent belief that I could live comfortably and daintlly on S750 n week A kindly disposed young English Journalist over hero wrote me out what he called Daily Guide to Cheap Living in Paris Here it ls
 Room. one day ..,....,....,....,,." 20 Breakfast ...............,........" 70 Luncheon ...,..,,,.,...,....r... ,2i Dinner ........................ .2l
 Total, a day ............,........ .Hi A week u.,,,..,,,,,,.....,..u .S6 5S
 For four days lived on this gum in Paris. climbing seven flights of stairs to my room, after the most unsatlsfac- tory and badly served meals I have ever. Then I paid out BIO to a doctor for the information that l had nervous indigestion; that I required wholesome regular meals, and that seven flights o stairs several times a day were things to be avoided by the most healthy young woman who ever came to Pari' to study art.
 Now I contend that the only possible way for girl to live In passahe com fort on such sum in Paris is to shar small flat with two other girls, eacl doing her share of the work and tn cooking"