Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-19

back at madame. When she throws
naughty French over you, hand her a
little respectable American. 1.-THE stan
Spangled Banner" Is n most effective
selection. Say it over rapidly; hiss. and
snap it out. Don't worry IL you have
| forgotten tho second verse, madame
| Will begin to cringe after the dawn's
early light"
Another little habit OF hers that
may annoy YOU is her early retire
ment to bed. One of the rules govern
| ing all apartments III Paris states that
no tenant shall possess n key to the
| front door entrance. When this gate
| Is locked for the night no one can get
| In or out without ringing up the
| concierge. After her literary pursuits
| of the day, reading your correspon-
| dence among other things-the con-
| cierSc Invariably succumbs to her in
| clinntion to engage In sleep. She climbs
clumsily up and into her high bed at
an early hour: by half PAST nine she
is snoring dclightcdly in her dreams.
Now In Paris it is not unusual for an
American to stay out until dark. If you
do dispense with few hours beauty
sleep you return Mt your peril. For
the first ten minutes you ring the bell
timldly: then YOU ring furiouSly, 1t be-
gins to pour: they do have rain in
Paris. (Sce the rain belt map of the
while ringing n pathetic little rhythm.
and after you have been thoroughly
soaked, the concierge decides to wake
up. She releases the catch on the door
and then yaWns: Gu! est az" As you
pass her door which Is to all purposes
n sentinel box. you call out ITS no.
madame" a curtain Is pushed aside ut
the glass In her room, and pair of
suspicious eyes make sure who me
Furthermore, in order to get out
| after the concierge has wrigglcd under
| her feather bed, YOU have to cry
Congo"
Thus night and day the s2.6On con-
! cicrges of Paris fulfil the duties OF
| wntchmen, detectives. ianitors. rental
| agents and suh-postofflce clerks.
WHAT Is SOUGHT.
Recently n labor union has been
| formed by them, quite Independent of
| the "Boursr dc Travail Central
| Labor union,) Monsieur aud Madame
| SagOt are the presidents, I'VE want"
| said Madame Sagot in an interview.
I'VE want proprctors to pay us
salary in Keeping with the dignity of
| our occulrtion.--at least to give us
| living wage. And in the majority of
| cases the rooms assigned to us are
| almost without exception dark, and
unhealthy: we ask for hygicnic i'm
prOvcments.
There Is a law, you know protect
| ing the employee who Is injured while
performing his duties In the service OF
| the employer. Why does not that law
apply to us? Every once in n while
| one hears of the horrible assassination
| of concierge after he has just collect
| cd rents. The family OF the concierge Is
| left without redress. This we also want
| rcctincd
"Our final petition is in regard to
| security of tenure. We can be dis
| charged at eight days notice like
| household servant We demand tho
usual months notice that is given to
| clerks"
Madame Sagot says she finds 1t
! humiliatiilg to depend on tips from
| the tenants for a livelihood. But then
| she forgcts the tenants can't all be
| Americans.
HORRIBLE OUTLOOK.
on these complaints hinges prob
| able strike. If tho concierEcs strike
| thcy Will be successful undoubtedly,
| for the union has 81 full treasury. and
| thon what would happen If all Paris
| were locked out of It's home one wot
! night! ,,,ua,,
| paper, "The Conclerges' Journal In
| n iow weeks 1t will contain black
list of landlords who don't pay wages
| and Of tenants who don't tip and NO
| bctldo the Partisan or American whose
name appears in the latter list ana
| who decides to change his apartment
| Letters will so mysteriously astraS.
| water pipes will burst at announcement
| times tho elevator will always be out
| of order and the now concierge VIII ne
| n sound sleeper--at least when the
black listed tenant is out at night.
| $3.50 ELLIS MOREL.