The sun., 1910-07-08
PAYING CALLS IN ERANcE


Lns lnet month OF tSo OF my nus he al |.
farioash was spent In Park. We u.,.
there IRON eWitssEiand. whsEe we hAd zee,
spending our honsymoon. and should ~.
shorOuShly enjoyed the say m~uopee, =.
only all our sishtsselns had not hesn .1'.,
sperssd with duty Gala For my hu,b,n.
ostng . PArisiAn. had many frisnds ths,,
besides q number OF near and distAnt rel.
tions. 20 all Of whom had 70 be -pres.n,Ie I.
This could not BE- done informally ".
had 70 IND out the Jour" OF each madam.
and call on that and no other day. b-,-s.,
20 and p. NJ. myself zen robe de yfli. I.
my husband -en froc.. Occasionally =.
found that madame ne reeoit auApar,,
de heures.- and a. ahs was p@rhap, :,
home only one OF two days . month Ne hss
To be careful DOT 20 mLs our precious opt,o,
tunityi The nrst question on rett.nF a,
In the morning was -ouelio visits ragt-g
fare Aujourd'huip' Then the addre...-
were hunted up and . closs inspec,,ou a,
the map followed. How mnch tine uo,L
be left for the husAe ouimet or Notrs Dam,
Fortunately my husband approved OF N,
-eobe de yillc' and all lie belonRinEs o,ce
as hat. gloves. boots. &c.. 90 I had nc n.~
purchases to make for these functions I,
is true thst he bad occasionally insisted On
helping my mother with my uousssav'
This rather astonished her. but very 500.
particular Frenchman can be. vas thanl.
ful that she had taken his advice
-Vous aveB bien frotts VOC souher,,.
was my husband's regular question 90 y.
made our way to -troisleme Eaucha.
or "a rentresoi. according to the direct,o.
Of Madame Ia Concierge. Lee Anglal.,.
ne savent JamaIs relever une robe ell..
ont touJours leurs souliers oouverts A.
boue Then. just as was ringing N.
bell. he would take on his has with ma ra,.
est droiteg- quite all right. MATS vo1.
ne resardez meme pas. Js crois que 81
j'avais mes pantalons fenvers vous
ne remaraueriez rien d'extraordinAire
After such a remark had only jusf tina
TO resume my calling expression before
the door opened and We were announced
by the servant. There was never anv
doubt as to the hostess; she could not have
been mistaken even N che had had a ha,
like her guests. She was always sea,ad
go that she could see and hear all her Wal.
tors a. the same time. The chairs uer.
generally placed in q circle around N.
room or In two lines coming straight ou,
into the room from the fireplace. IN.
hostess tried always to place her most
honored guest to her right and the other,
sat in armchairs. ordinary cushioned
chairs or settees according. in her opinion.
to their hierarchy. I was generally waved
toward some small stool. Friends meet.
ing could never step aside TO talk apart. nor
even did q visitor. think OF getting up and
helping himself or herself to a cake Tbs
hostess came rushing toward me with pro-
fuse apologies when one day in my iRno-
rance I got up to put my cup down II
there Fas no maid or valet to hand the tea
she da IL herself. seldom letting any on.
help bee. so that In accepting one felt t
Rty n nl
The frst question ] was alwayt asked.
= W vous etea bien Installer" And when
they were satisfied as so how we found our
nat and had instinctively guessed how much
We were paving a month they tried 10 pump
me about my domestic arrangements Had
I found q "bonne-p 20 les bonnes d'au.
jourd'hui,- &c.. and then. Les femmes De
menAge dams ce quarter. celia dot Atre
Cherp- After a quarter OF an hour Or
twenty minutes we got up TO 90; on shaking
hands madame would say. -Vous aver prs
un jour. mAdAme?" And then. after bow
Ing to the assembled company. We were
lIshered out Occasionally. u there were q
great many callers. We we're taken into the
dining room before leaving and were pre-
-ented with a sheet Of paper and blum,
pencil and asked to write down name and
address and Jour de reception.
when my husbands leave was over re
and from -joyeux Paris We settled doun
n this dismal port. Before we had 90,
really settled down our friends began 70
Ask US -Vous aver commence vos yistess'
md We were reminded that all we had dons
m Paris must be repeated here. In fact IL
as more important. for my husband he.
ng attached to q regiment. all the offcers
= ives who received were expecting orr call
They must also he done according TO hier.
,rchy. for u would not do for the Colonel's
= ife to hear that We called on the Majors
wife before herself. How l wished that
newcomers had TO be called on fifst, a. IN
England
My husband had to pay -ses visne.a
n uniform. and a. I was not used to bin
n military RaTb ! had TO examine all the
aces for fear Of mistakinR him for some
body else. which would be rather awkward
n . crowded drawing room. Then TOO
always forgot his sword. and Just a. ws
we're -olemnly entering tho salon de 10
ienerale' I would go tripping over II and
quite upset the ceremOniousne~s OF ,hs
occasion. Ny husband had always too
many encumbTances to accept tea and had
quite enough To do TO hold his kept and
leep his sword AZ the same angie as him
ELF without having a cup OF tea and q
biscuit in his white Eloved hands. He even
Ound II difficult 20 keep up q conver-atloa
md answer questions, because he was a.
Says listening TO my doubtful French and
= ordering whetEsr | should cay -OgL
'apitsine- to the general or even -Od
monsieur lie taught me a. soon a.
arrived TO distinguish a lieutenant from
'olonel and a corporal from an ofrcer hu.
\ hen he began To point out the distinctive
nark- of the doctors. the .commis-arisi
,rficers and veterinary surgeons ! sot
mixed up In BrcSt one meets nobody
IW soldiers and sailors and Officers. %
when we went out together my instruc-
ions lasted from the moment We left the
.ouse Till We arrived back again