The evening world., 1911-01-14

income OF ~ least $50 . month II
h wishes TO study In Paris. DE-
hcisncy In any one OF these rsquis-
ties means inevitable d%ificuity,
probable danger. possible death"
That Is the announcement of a wo-
man who should know. Mrs. Ada Leigh
Lewis. founder and for more than thirty
years director OF a chain OF homes for
English and American working girls In
Paris. Mrs. Lewis II in America to OBJ
tain a fund for the rebuilding and en-
largement OF two of her homes. In the
philsnthroplc work she has come In
contact with thousands OF the young
American girls who pour into the French
capital every year. and I asked the
plump, b~rown-eyed. motherly little Eng
lishwoman to tell what life there re-
quired OF these girls. besides a love OF
art.
mo girl should come to Paris to study
without a de1nite financial income on
which she can absolutely depend" was
Mrs. Lewis's first decision. "Of course
the tuition In the studios and concert
rooms differs widely. But n girl should
set aside at least $50 n month for the
demands OF her training; she cannot get
on with less.
Cost OF Living.
Nor can she possibly live for less
than $50 a month. s. n week. In our
homes she can manage for about that
sum. We aS1rge five francs. or 81 a
week. Z ~"r:sing and breakfast. and. II
l NkA -l.y ia
US. the cosr Is from sixty to seventy
Ave cents n day extra. Then there Is
laundry. which is dcarer than In New
York. Nor Is It possible for the girls
to economize by washing their "
clothes, because water IL SO expensive
In Paris. We even ave to charge ten
cents for each bath n girl takes. And.
according TO custom. they furnish their
" lights. as We only have lights in
the halls.
I'VE also have a number OF respect
able and cheap pensions. boarding
houses to which We send girls. But
there It Is impossible to get on for less
than a dollar a day. Also the girls have
to buy their own candles. and there are
seldom any baths connected with the
I "''' ~ '"oSu "' u" P""
, 'or ou's'. .
me" Wv" month is none TWO n.',e
$ W IeoNon % o'o'"eS' '"ousn ! .hihh
perhaps girls nay dress more quietly
, and inexpensively in Paris than here.
The street clothes are invariably quiet
ana severe oVer there. But TAXING
, everything together. no girl. let her be
, as economical as she likes. should
orea'" oi Studying III raris unless s"e
mas u hNeo income OF al east y" u
month
( Cou'uht she get N more e"eaply
II she TOOK LOCKING ana prepared her
a own rooo' l ASKED
g hut Mrs' lewis shook her mead very
decideuis' Ihat would never 40 IN
faris Tor girls hving alone she said
hrm'y. ASIDE from the great d'ihcuity
OF hho'hs safe ana suitaoie lodgings IN
the mrs, p'ace' the s'ris ~ouid Dc uhdef
constant surVeiiiahce by the ponce, as
uhaeoompanieo single women ~ Is a
horr,oiy disasreeaole sruation. Then
there are no good' cheap restaurants II
far's where womeh may 20 without an
x escort me only pracucao'e thins tof
unmarried women ~ the pension
3 More Costly Than New York.
x But one hears that living IA so in.
o expensive over there" remarked.
"It costs more TO live we'll. TO
n live, that n. a. most English ANA
American uirl, ar. a ..or,.n
IT q. ,,,,,. q, p.r,. w. a. -
d " :" "'"
- aof
me girls there are very different
physically snd temperamentally. non
ours. They are content with dry breac
and coffee and a bit of meat from whiol
all the strength has been boiled NJ
served in n litt,e dar. u,v.,,i,,c
dlning.room. Such living Is ~inexpen
l. sive-but 10 Il would be here. Our Wig