The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-02-29

NAVY to give up some of the sight
Wv seeing which other tourists
consider essential to proper
culture and, instead stay a month in
Paris Besides. Georgina said she
thought we could do It on dollar a
lay. Georgina was always optimistic.
but some days we almost came within
her limit
We had a letter OF introduction to
| the American Girls club and when
we landed in Paris we gave the cabby
directions to take us to No. Rue de
Chevreuse. over in the Latin Quar-
ter. near the Care de Montparnasse
There we found a friendly welcome
and list OF inexpensive but clean
rooming houses where American stu
dents usually find lodgings.
We had bought a map of Paris at
] one of the agencies. and with that
and the list of addresses we started
out TO battle with colloquial French
in the heart of Paris We were over
( ioyed to find that the Partisan women
, who wish to rent rooms understand
Z the American attempts at the Ian
/ guage better than do the policemen
/ on the street corners.
| We found two sunny rooms facing
east, up three flights of stairs, for
seventy francs (S1D a month, includ-
/ ing the service of a femme de menage.
| We we're near the American Girls
club, where the dining room is open
to any American woman. The break
fasts of coffee, rolls and butter were
only so centimes Q0c); the luncheons
/ we're % cents and the dinner of five
courses only 30 cents, making only 65
cents for three good meals much bet
ter cooked and served than those at
some OF our American high-prlced ho-
tells. So our board and room came to
about SS cents a day and the other IL
cents was easily spent for car fare.
But on looking over my account book
I find there are many extras, such as
laundry. tips, stamps, post cards.
books, excursion tickets, etc. How
ever. these can be regulated and kept
| down II one is careful
In the beginning we bought an alco-
hol stove. teapot and saucepan. The
concierge supplied US with some
dishes and table silver This we found
very interesting experiment. We
went to the patisserie near by and
ordered hot rolls every morning at
our door for 10 centimes, and bot
tie of milk from the cremerie. Our
greatest fun was in buying at the
grocery store, elbowing the French
bourgeoisie while we bargained for a
small cents worth of butter or a half
loaf OF bread II was a continual
amazement to see the small amounts
the women bought of staple groceries.
We heard they sometimes buy the
yolk of an egg separated from the
white.
With our alcohol stove we led an
Independent life. II we were out in
the evening and inclined to sleep the
next morning. we staid in our rooms
and made a hot cup OF tea. boiled an
egg and with fresh fruit and hot rolls
were quite satisfied. Or when we
came in tired from a days tramp and
did not wish to dress for dinner. some
cold meat. fruit and tea made a good
|
table in our klmonos and relaxed.
On Sundays we were always glad tc
get as far away from the Americans
as possible and mingle with the
French crowd in their holiday.making
One day we went up to st. Cloud or
a river boat. The Seine was lively
stream with its boats passing and re
| dnA 10 ho ODD xtfff IA k,,
py. laughing people. The rivel
sparkled. the sun shone and farther
from the city the boat slipped b,
green banks shaded with chestnut
trees and beautiful villas whose lawns
sloped down to the waters edge
Paris has many parks and lnexpenslv,
pleasure resorts where the working
man and his family can go for a days
picnic. The round-trip ticket to st
Cloud costs so centimes or about 1,
cents. The fare to Versailles anC
back Il think we went second-class
was SO cents The account bool
shows that Fontainebleu was the mos
expensive trip and came to S5 cents
We took our lunch to Fontainebleal
anu dlS uhueI INC tSOs vi lhe idi
famed forest. Our disappointment
was very great, for the trees coul'
not compare with the dense. cathedra
groves of Japan or our own giganti
redwoods.
Wandering back to the place W
stood looking over the balustrade a
the lake. when l noticed two oriental
looking men and a small boy. the lai
ter very uncomfortable in his Euro
pean clothes.
said to Georgina: u wonder