Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-12

the goods. but who is going to wade
through it?
Perhaps this is why there is so little
left for taxi-auto fares in Paris.
Or perhaps the taxi-autos leave so little
for amusements.
Or it may be that amusements leave so
little for clothes.
Or it is possible that clothes leave so
little for investment in American securi-
ties.
Every one claims 10 be spending more
money in Paris every year. w men VINO
paid SO for their hats seven years ago
are now paying from SIG to $24 without
apology Women's tailors. who used to
make for $50, now ask $40 for the same
made-to-measure article. On the other
hand, there is a bewiidering mass OF new
democratic luxury, dangerous because OF
it's very cheapneSs.
a new type of department store tempts
women. 1t has no normal line OF stock,
but rather tends to deal in sens III nal
arrivals not renewed, constantly
changing, OF all kinds of novelties me
women are continually piungi on TINS
fimsy finery. ceaseless y buying new
things phenomenaly cheap, from hollow
silver-handled umbrellas to paper-lined
turkey leather vanity bags. and fir m ma
chine-lace dickeys to artificial feathers
that would scare any bird into collie
Nothing of it lasts. The chs ap novelties
fall to pieces: the bargain lingerie dis-
integrates in the wash. the fancy wraps
shrink and streak in the rain, the dem
ocratic-luxury belts, buckles, gold and
color gallons. rat-skin furs and trmn1nrs
glass-brass hat pins and half-price SILK
blouses disappear and are replaced oS
others.
tailors make sac suits to order from
SIS up. The average British tailor of
Paris makes better ones at from 81. to
$40, while the Pooles and kaNanagns
who have Paris branches charge SOD
Mems ready-made shirts cost 81 40. Eng
lish haberdashers of Paris make them to
order for $3.50. Ready-made American
shoes cost 81 per pair. French d.
derby hats cost from s1.40 to $50.
Natives COMPLAIN of increasing expense
in Paris. Reserved orchestra seats in
the best theaters cost from - to s2.60-
Taxi-autos have replaced the 40 cent per
hour cabs; and while there is beautiful
economy In time. they run rapidly INTO
money. Every one must count on some
employment of them. on rainy days and
for numerous erTands.
Yet with these expenses staring us in
the face we hear American tourists re-
joicing in Partisan 'cheapness." Paris
was once supposed to be the dearest
city, corrected a New York lady ioftily
the other day. We read of sensational
advances in America. Everything has
gone up. The consumers suffer And
Americans in arts talk of cheapness.
The restaurants have something to do
with it. At the cafe you are free to eat
the dish of ,..e day" with glass of
beer, dessert an. cup Of coffee at the
cost of about 81. 1t is very high-class
cookery. The great Flemish Taverns
are even a shade cheaper. You can
even lunch at Maxim's for $3.50. I do
not say that you will be treated as a
favorite.
Our tourists find the taxi autos cheap.
Perhaps they are-=for tourists. They will
take you from the opera to the edge of
the Bois-across all west sParis-for SO
cents.
We OF Paris find it all expensive.
There must be something in the atmos-
phere that makes for careful spending.
Paris has many free pleasures. You can
see the races for nothing-at a slight
distance 1t costs but half an hours rail-
way ride to see aeroplanes in the sky.
One often gets an invitation to go up in
a spherical balloon. Tourists crowding
the museums and monuments give them