The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-07
Student Hos
In the American girl live and
board) five dollars week

thawed out that stranger in strange land" at
mosphere. But it all different when Mrs.
Reid, whose husband was then American ambassa-
dor to France became interested in it almost
twenty years ago.
The Original Idea
THE original idea was simply that tea-room,
place where the girls of the Quarter could
go in the afternoon in that sometimes lonesome hour
after the days work is done, where they could read
the American magazines, and talk it over.
And She this pioneer sister of ours, could have
the incest cup of tea and as many bread and but
ter sandwiches she cared to eat. 1t was sub
tie and loving touch, that substituting the sand
wch for the inevitable French cake And it is
quite certain that more than one girl went there
for than sympathy and cOmpanlonShip and
magazine reading.
1t place to 60; the beginning of all
these later day organizations
And because the problem of living was such
serious for the American girl OF those days,
the club grew from tearoom to place to live,
and there twenty-seven girls living there,
living cheapy and wholesomely and charmingy.
The club-Amercan Art Students Club is its
official name-forms the social center of the life
of the American girl in the Quarter There is an
indefnabe charm i'll it's atmosphere 1t has none
of the rasping qualities of .institution'; it is
rich in that gracious combination of freedom and
conventionality. One goes there for musical lat
homes" for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner,
for dancing parties and all those other things
which constitute indispensable part of the life
of the normally constituted American girl.
And they still have their tea. Any afternoon amy
you do not pay for it; you entertained, and
asked to come again-every day, if you will.
There is something more vital than appears on
the surface in the fact that the social side of life
is made much of at the club. For it is those very
things trivial and unnecessary though they may
seem, which keep the American girl living in Paris
the distinctively American girl
Baths Rare Luxury
A ND you may go there for your baths-and IN
Paris bath tubs are more precious than rubies;
you have the of the excellent library of over
four thousand volumes, and you may take your
meals there if you wish, enjoying beautifully
served dinner at astoundingly small cost.
Mrs Reid did not withdraw her sympathes when
she herself left Paris; and though resident
of London, she continues to meet all deficits
She should be very proud of her handwork All
America should be proud of it. For the American
Art Students Club OF Paris has than use
fulness. 1t has distinction.
And in more recent years has the Student
Hostel department of the Young Moments
Christian Association. 1t, too, is place to live
place where girls may go for their meals, where
they may enjoy the tea room, reading room, bath
Thirty girls live in the house, and an
average of hundred are there each day for
luncheon l there yesterday. l had de-
lcious Dreaded veal chop l ever ate. splen
did roast potatoes with that Incompatible kind OF
gravy mother Makes" salad, cheese. a nice pud
ding dessert, cup of cotfee-and lots of every
thing-nicely served, nice cordial girls to talk tC
while l ate, and all for franc-twenty cents
Then | sat in the reading room for awhile reaC