The sun., 1915-06-20
LIFE CHEAPER FOR
TOURISTS IN PARIS
Food Prices Are Higher, but
Lack Of Amusement Places
Makes Outlay Lower.
INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT.
spec,ai Correspondence 10 Tns srx.

With Congressional or other credential.
for getting to the front--have been as
,onished to f1rd life SO relatively cheat
IN Paris Their error has been TO con.
fuse lie with costly amusement and no
10 take into account the present non.
.usteuce Of pleasure places. There ar,
90 few travellers that the hotels have re.
duted the price OF their rooms Thea.
tee. night restaurants, &C. are gen.
trally closed.
The 100 franc a day American sales
man u cash registers has become the
81 franc day contrabander in steel
ca ssons The 80 franc day hat and
rnwn buyer finds his place at the Amer
lean bar In the Rue Donau taken by the
Young fellow from Worcester. Mass
who manages to figure out his concep.
,on Of the Governments boot speclfica-
tons at the rate of 90 francs a day.
The 200 franc a day families at the
RITZ ana Crlllon are getting their so
ffa1c suites f,r ~, :he,r luncheons at
the Cafe de Paris for francs instead o.
H. ard their 30 franc dinners any.
where for 10 or IL NJ Poiret or Nine.
Grou, charge the famiiys feminine
members so or 80 per cent less for the
clothes which the head OF the family
cannot prevent them from buyin. and
jewellers will come round 10 almost any
,-'rs Just to do little business.
Thus life for business travellers 4.
onshly down about 30 per cent. and
fer wealthy persons about 80. IL no.
ro-e Meanwhile :he American residen;
whose vocation Is not pleasure finds life
o. ltas; 80 per cent. dearer than imme-
Ga,ely before the war.
Live on $1,000 n Year.
TIE wife OF an American painter,
Housekeeping IN Paris. furnishes some
Characteristic detailed figures on the
cost of m1ir:liring her household of
husband, young child and woman SER
want This family's income is certainly
more than 5000 francs a year. Its
fixed charges a.e: Rent In Paris. 1900
francs, rent OF country cottage for the
summer, zoe francs: railway fares to go
down to the country and return once a
year loo francs: servant. 80 francs a
month; painting materials 500 francs a
year and small school fees for the young
t1u
ne VIE is an expert buyer and
t'enied judge o: quality Her ,onclu-
s'Ns on prices are exact. beCause she
i'o"s precisely the limits OF the family
Purse
1ele are soTe OF her results. Or
fTary bread ~ the same price as before
he war and fancy breads are abou,
t".er as dear. Lately the ordinary bread
s 3e;'ei M quality. 40 that one now
'fls 70 buy 'oSs OF ,he fancy grades.
''A'gr!o.n. wlita was i5 ceats a Fren, IN
toLNd-abCut 10 Pc cent; more ;hsn
81 Englsh pounds row from, so cen.,
= " n pourd, according TO the supp,v nj
he Halles. Lamb chops. which were 3s
cents pound. are now from so TO 20
e'hs on most days aud sometimes 40
''As All meat is yery scarce in the
.o,a; markets. The hutchers tell h,r
vat the supply depends .bsolutply on
ne amount sent to the front FOR the
armies. there being ro effective arrapp,-
mtn' Tor keeping civil and military sun.
l'es separated. the armies eating nrst
~ Fa.is taking what there is left.
N1iAtN mas not changel much Veal
, m,tt scarce than any other meat.
rs o' .amh Is 30 cents a pound. against
1e usn1l u Cooked York hams ara
u pound against co cents. L'r.nch
.ima -'e IL cents. against SO in time OF
lr.ee, Bacon has gone up very little 3
'."enS or ordinary s.zr COS, from
''.' 10 $50, against from SO cents
-. a"N are 50 scarce that most OF
l'AefS do not carry them at all.
''t'dhrs are somewhat chelpe than
.''r" 'Nc wa. The marked execution
y po'a,oes, which are very high-from
70 cents pound-and very
,q aq IN quality, being water soaked.
a. ron, ., f"'''E anu piehtifnl
gus = cb.,, t,,, pou,'"' Aspha-
10 . cents , -, pau' "' from
lgn au n.i,,. po'pn ''obases We're
and ,erv ,L.,,..,'', ruiz II rathor cheap
c,a,., plentiful. but OF inferior
found q, h'.,i oer' are IL cents
teen higher 'a"e bananas nave
ss A rul. Si '', pu' very good
romaine, a. ,,a III" 81 laIs' lettuce
tel,ir. Gnod - c"eap ana eS-
AZ cen, a L., .",' ITO" pt had
igom ia , ,,.,',. mas "''h generally
r., b.. - -
oq.'.. "'A" III" horribly bad in
mos. p.,f- S!lrr 10 Eat than
tUc a.YlI So v" pouhd. dgalnS;
tlr r.,. hoo, 'r Us pound
t'ug f.b a. - '", se 'salhSt
/ tdgspa.t,t.,r ','e idIWdN
'-a' Yr..,, ,,,., anu uncertain
O. Gu. Ip.r, ot .,,.. "Poi'e" "
J. Certain ro.,,,,,. 80 ""''i j. ~ soi"
tnpla, tie u,,,c,,'',,, re 'oI eN-
rrrss hy sin,,r,. ,o nn,r Hep' IN, oid
The pound n,cl,,,,, w. .ns 'nr quailtS'
cost Il cents. would sell for ,ro m'~
-, ems In lime OF y ace. and the
!, 81, "' t'"ue ~ now worth 16 Or 4
and 50 @ - cents pound. against 3.
An,,ta" D. - cent. agdInSt II. All
,,,l,,il l'""S'ni', canned goods par r
co,, a. very h|gh, ord nary canned
c.,,, ~ '' 'e"'s' ~ compared with 22
,.,,s 'lr war. The same can
y u, nus or three for % cents,
p'.," i''h.
Mn, very htgh and not good
h nd ,I' I" g'' S'nce not weather set
l. {, va hfl al winter. Coal held
b,ac," .l"'IrhW"iEnt Tor English an :
,,s 'p u" the erd OF the winter IT :
.,-...'" "",t and there were many un. /,