The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19

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shall | begin? Paris the most beau
| tiful city in the world" Paris, with
her 100000 people, her wealth. her
, pride, her sayeties and her eNtrava-
| gances; her antiquities and her TRACE
! dies. Much has been written by able
writer's, and yet how little do we
! realize or understand of people I'M
| til we are brought in contact with
them and have the opportunity to see
and study their habits in their daily
| life. The French strike me as being
| the most nervous and eXcitable people
! ] have ever seen. They seem to lay
I so much stress upon little things.
| Their manners. and especially their
dress and their eating and their drink
| ing. It is said and they themselves
| say that Paris sets the fashions for
the world. When YOU walk into one
of their shops You are in reality not
supposed to have an idea of your own.
| OF course they listen with all due re-
| spect, and it is Yes. yes. yes. madam:
but please to leave it all with us You
see, madam. this is our special bust
| ness; we Will please YOU and YOU VIII
be perfectly satisfied and we do as
sure YOU that it shall not cost YOU
| one more cent than is absolutely
necessary" And they will show you
, how absolutely necessary this and
that and the other thing is to make
everything harmonic. And YOU may
be sure that YOU will come out with
an empty purse. Both men and wo-
men must dress in Paris to have any
standing of respectabilitN. And they
| are expected to patroniHc the resorts
and keep up with the customs. The
hotel whore YOU stop bespeaks your
position. Then every eye is upon
your dress. Gentlemen and ladies are
| expected to appear in evening dress
| for dinner. and now when the dinner
! is under, way. about $40. is the time
| for the picture display. All eyes will
be keeping a lookout toward the
door for those lovely PNrsian
sowned" ladies to make their appear
ance. and when they walk up the
aisles of those gorgeous dining halls
| all eyes are gazing upon them for
they arc indeed moving pictures. and
! many of them are dressed not only
| elegantly, but so thiny that their
beautiful forms are seen almost as
| ~
uudressed statues in the great picture
| galleries. The service for luncheon
| and dinner is table d'hotc which con-
sists of from six to nine courses. In
other words. YOU are literllN stuffed
You are expected to take wine, which
is always extra. They Will, of course,
serve ice water. but it is against their
, religion. Coffee ~ tea is rrVer served
at tables except for brea kfast. After
| dinner everybody files Qua into the
great reception hall or the reading
and writing rooms, which are beauti-
fully furnished and provided with
| touches and chairs to suit every taste,
. As soon as YOU are seated n dainty
little table will be set before you. on
which will be we'll filled match safe
and a silver tray for the reception of
cigar and cigarette ashes and stImps.
! And YOU will he asked in the most po-
lite terms. What will You have"
In some of these great reception
rooms we find an oriental ''niggcr," as
black and shining as newly polished
! stove. He comes up bowling and
smiling. showing his white teeth. If
! YOU nod assent he will bring his little
table. tray and dainty silver service
! He lights a spirit lamp that sends out
/ a fame at least four inches wide;
| over this he holds his little long
handled coffee pot, and in less time
! than it takes to tell it he is ready to
I'll four or six tiny little soblots
which hold about two tablospoonfuls
! with a black. sNrupy mixture called
oriental coffee For this wonderful
/ in, ia.
goblet as sediment-you pay one
| franc coco for each person, and the
tip. Then he lifts your hand and i'm
! prints kiss upon the back Of it. and
with a profound bow he leaves YOU to
! sip and sip while he looks for an
other customer.
| Everything seems to hinge upon the
gaNeties of this great city. Dress
| stylish dress-takes the lead. If YOU
| have anything nice YOU are expected
to wear it, that 1t may be seen. 1t is
! not i'll manners to sit or stand or turn
| around and look long at a Well dress
| cd woman. 1t is expected, and she
| dresses for that purpose, SO it is said
| After 10 p. m. the gayeties begin. and
! in many places continue till daylight
| Everybody is expected to ride. Taxi
| cabs, double and single. standing and
going and coming everywhere. The
Irefreshmeut places are damned and
| Crammed and rows of people are sit
! ting out in front from three to five
rows deep. everybody eating and
drinking. and YOU can cut the to-
bacco smoke with a knife, and this
goes on and on. To illustrate: The
| other morning | was at an early
breakfast The only other persons
we're three young Americans and a
! Young French woman who sat near
me at the next table. She could spea k
English very we'll. She was evidently
| employed by these young fellows as a
| chaperone. and they were getting
ready for an early start. They were
ordering a typical L. :. breakfast.
one ordered strawberries: then he
must have cream. He evidently had
aot caught on" for they use wine
over berries, it is much cheaper The
| head waiter was called and after q
time Jug of whipped cream was
brought out and ne was served with
one spoonful. He demanded more
and he got it, His plate was heaped
up with berries and cream. which he
proceeded to deVour with table
spoon. This convulsed the French