Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
bought Also cs-t!ns It around cities is

bought: Also cs-t!ns It around cities is
expensive.
I almost dread to AK that lady and
their Sc hotel Of the Rue du Helder-there
are half dozen hotels. ell good, in that
block Just or the Boulevard. They insist
ed in being settled in the cosmopolitan
center. near the theate-s: cafes. tourist
agencies Cooks ONCE and the rest: but.
after all. how shall ladies spend pleasant
evenings on the Paris Broadway without
men to take them louasing on the ter
races:
Ladies'. beware OF downtown Paris ho-
tells, II you have not lots OF money and
male escorts. can zee that trio when
their hotel dining eoone empties by magic
have no time fo- tourist ladies': they're
downtown to be downtown. The hotel
has a small. unused rarlor. Twilight
creeos On. GIRLS. lets take e. walk" The
Boulevard Is gay ard bright and noisy:
The side streets are deserted. Girls. let's
90 to he'd! After all. they might do
worse. To be fresh N the daytime is the
trre Parjsien tip
fashi- nable enough boarding hotel of the
Ave- d'Ant,n three minutes from the
Charm E.ysees. where she sits with a
book IL the shade and watches the gay
with the society o. well dressed tourists
planning daily trips. o. evenings the
really majestic rsrors ard bright hall
ways throng with aEreeab'e Americans.
invading smoking end Billiard rooms.
There mothe- ard two grown daughters
could have had one double ed ono single
room on the fourth floor. With elevator.
all meals included. light ard service, with
out wine, for % per day apiece.
We'll advised woman tourists sock these
pensions. really boarding houses. There
Is one hidden in a courtyard on the north
side of St. Sulpice Church as cheap as
$50 per day. have seen nice-looking
parties sally from it; only. there are
three flights of stairs to climb. Another
famous one. beside the Pantheon. has the
same low prices, great garden and
makes an ideal center for Latin Quarter
worshipers.
Men like the boulevard hotels. I know
two young fellows. quite happy, in mere
sleeping rooms of a stuffy hotel Of the
Rue Daunou. close to the famous corner
of the Boulevard aid Rue Scribe. for
seventy cents per day apiece. They eat
in the Duval restaurants, scattered over
all Paris. where on entering you receive
a score card. and the waiter-girl tabs
your tablecloth one cent as she says
Good morning.
Napkin also? One cent. Bread one
cent. Butter. three cents. True. 1t Is de-
licious. Fresh grilled mackerel. twelve
cents: fried potatoes. four cents extra.
Note. the potatoes are a proper dish and
not a messy garniture.
Duval restaurants are tourists safe
guards. because they can count the bill
as IT mounts UP. because each article Is
cheap; yet in the narrow gamut OF their
dishes they give dainty. almost perfect
cookery. But the portions are small and
the menu is artfully constructed. We
Re, in
T1lei- principle is to give the careful
cooking of the rich at moderate prices.
Some Duvals are daintier than others.
One on the Boulevard below the Credit
Lyorneis is typically refined.
] say the menu is artful. A small
steak costs twelve cents. and little dish
of new peas the same A perfect tomato
omelette costs fourteen cents, SO does a
Eunch of grapes in full grape season.
One OF these boys. describing gorge"
went on with lettuce salad with egg-the
dressing made for him by the waiter
| Eirl-eight cents; Camembert cheese. five