Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

where after ALL the prices are extremely moderate
pared with of the "fourhush' places abroad. He
wanted to spend money anyone could that but he
didn't know how The wine got to his head little, and
he devoted most of his conversation to roasting every
thing about the service and pickering with the waiter
suffered quite lot while waiting for him to pay his
bill; but stuck it out hoping to something to
vince that the pedestal not being rudely shaken
from my faith in the socaled American spendthr1ft.
The Austrian paid his bill. There three
hundred-franc notes turned the waiter. know,
because the man took his pocketbook out under the
edge of the servette while close and curious,
that | could the denominations There
not enough change left to the tips so he took some
smaller change from his pocket couldn't tell what the
tips amounted to- but they seemed eminently satsfac-
tory. That party got up and left unostentatiousy.
When the American paid, he dragged his money out
so that everyone could know he had it, fourished it
around, went the bill in good, businesske way,
and for the party of four two notes
SuffiCed and the waiter gladdened with liberal
tip from the change.
One party attracted no attention whatever, and the
other got credit for being pendhrt by being bolster
Gus and demonStratve. | felt that my studies were
complete; but when paid my own reckoning was SO
badly punctured according to my rating of capt.
tall that felt couldn't return Maxms many nights
to continue it. Yet it didn't prevent me from making
inquiries whenever could after that, and was forced
the conclusion that what had been told IN the first
instance true 1t to be part of national
habit of advertising; but unfortunately it doesn't i'm
press the foreigner with belief us beyond the tact
that we have very large number OF gullble TOOLS
Unfortunately again. the really well Bred plain simple
American travels all Europe without attracting
any undue attention, and therefore is not discovered
American; thereby saving much to his pocketbook
TT is like the fond belief so many of cherish that
Paris would fail absolutely if it not for the mon
ey squandered there by Americans. member OF the
Board of Trade corresponding to the Chamber OF Com
any of big cities explained this to me one
evening without rancor for he had lived in America
years. and connected with one OF the biggest
mercantile houses in Chicago, and likes Americans He
knows New York also.
"That idea of what proportion of money is avished
idea l don't believe the Partisan devotes much time
really to thinking about it. Of course the dealer wants
it, but he refers to it flood of American dol
lars. If he to lose the Russian trade, he would go
mad the trade of almost any country besides Eng
land and America. Little Rumania in profitable year.
does nearly much for as far as individuals go, as
does America"
He leaned back and laughed softly and then referred
to article he had read in New York daily, to the
effect that if Americans were to boycott Paris, Paris
@Tha he said ais exactly parallel with newspaper
in Pittsburgh making the declaration that Pittsburgh
mionaires stopped making excursions to New York,
New York would GO out of business and become des-
ert island. Only, in the parallel New York would
actually suffer than would Paris. There are
houses in Paris you know, that do not in the least seek
American trade
named one of the great department stores there
which believed struggled for it very hard
"And for all others equally" he said. THAT house
clever When the American tourist season IS on 1T
displays little American flags. When the Russian sea-
son is on it is the same When the German crop comes
which usually the off for all others, 1t some
times condescends display that hated flag. 1t
bestows attention the American tourist
than it does any other. 1t goes after all, and con-
vnces each nation of shoppers that it is the partcu
larly favored one"
4But people spend more money insisted.
3Spend more money! Again he laughed tolerantly
"Pardon me, that can scarcely be proved. America
merely makes more fuss spending what it does
spend 1t is part of your national arrogance but is
always balanced by national business instinct. There
very few Americans who buy without first asking
the price, and making mental computations The very
hardest bargain drivers of your greatest nan
ciers. have one in mind who come to