Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18

bright and coy board among the tea
fighting, piano-thumping. window-seat ant
coy corner girl students Of darling
Nine. Dur.eux's girls pension, at No. 8
They were her friends, and, mind you, II,
drawback of too much Lnglish converse
ton, there being only two American girl
in actual residence, and French is Spoken
the common language.
They call her darling" CHEEKY. blither
ing. warm hearted, impulsive. little land
lady, whose conversational French alone
is worth a liberal education. My hus
band was a cadet de Gascogne," she tolG
me confdentially, "a younger SON.
Which seemed to explain everything. Hel
daughter. white and timid as a lily. has
arstocratc hands and features. Girls
don't try to fiirt at Nine. Durieux's: her
daughter might see them. and madame
wouldn't have such a sight strike her
gaze for worlds. But all the bread and
butter and tea you want, to gAe girl
parties in your room. What, you desire
more cookies? Go ask Louise. In the
Kitchen She refuses? Louise is a
viaine OFF the DARLING bustles for "a
plate of those homemade stables which
simply melt in the mouth.
Ancient mysterious old house-part Of,
or at least a dependence of the Abbatiai
Palace. built i'll 1854, however altered.
Stone stairs, labyrinth of winding, turn
ing passages, and. suddenly. you break
into the gayest little hall flooded with
sunlight from skylight just above the
great divan where Nine. Durieux sits.
embroiders and chats, chats chats in
beautiful humor. all the liveiong after
noon. Some say she sleeps here. every
night, guarding. as 1t were, the thresh
olds of her girl boarders.
The little Boston heroine was having
a tea party i'll her bedroom. The piano
in 1t was humping. French English
gambling; call it mutual
lessons. In one corner a divan-couch
looked a handsome sofa. In another
screen hid the washstand New chintz
hangings. New wall paper. Waxed floor.
slippery. shining. Wood fire in an ancient
permanent mirror The girls at their
favorite windowseat \ nest, almost
like home.
All for 500 per week The Boston
heroine counts her living al 81 per day.
Laundry work. beautifully done. IS dearer
than at home. 1t is well to wear dark
blouses. On the other hand. a morning
tub is slightly extra: and, she says, they
think her mildly crazy.
Cheaper than in Munich, she says,
IF a girl has strength OF character to
resist the beautiful shop windows, the
most attractive in the world, an, Paris.
She had stayed nearly a year In
Munich. perfecting her German. The
cheapest room at the Munich pension
was 81 per day. and anything good came
to $1.JO. The food was heartier than in
Paris. if less tasty 1t was a perfectly
ordered German pension. where every
thing ran like clockwork Here in
Paris, all goes helter-skelter."
Munich is said to be the dearest city
of Europe, she added. I'm Paris,
students can take cabs and taxi-autos;
but in Munich they are out OF the ques-
ton. Wherever you go you pay little,
but it counts up. On the other hand.
YOU get honest value. Most of the Amer
lean students We're men already going
toward middle age. professors from
home. perfecting themselves in hospitals
and laboratories.
And the German Students" l asked
What most struck me was the scarcity
of girl students in Munich. Mostly, they
were Russians OF the usual type. with
their straight-fttng, plain gowns. reg
ularly students of medicine. In my uni
versity classes | was the only girl among
thirty men. A place was always reserved
for me on a front row: overy one wished
me. courteously. 'Guten tag and that
was all. They seemed to be afraid OF
me- of "A superior creature
Different from Paris?" | suggested.
Yes quite different" she answered.
German students have not the French
students carefree, heyday life, but en-
joy themselves more sedateiy drinking
beer. These Paris students treat US just