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twenty francs-more than So. The

from six francs and half pair up.
Underwear has advanced even more
sharply in price, particularly in the
heavier weights for winter wear.
Garments which would sell in New
York at dollar fetch five and six
dollars here
Boots and shoes have set the record
in hill climbing, however. One hun
dred and seventy-five francs for a
sidered too high price. And high
shoes run twenty-five to fifty francs
higher. Military boots reaching to be-
low the knee cost from 300 to $50
francs. Ordinary leather laces for
these boots cost two dollars pair. 1t
costs five dollars to have pair of
shoes resoled and heeled, and the
leather used is very intcrior quality.
There is little need m quoting the
advance in prices for cigars, cigar
cites and tobacco, because of the fact
that they arc unavailable at this time
have been Tor more than a month
and there is no prospect of their be-
ing on sale as usual Tor some little
time to come. No tobacco of any kind
is on sale in the ordinary tobacconist
shops, and one can find cigarettes
only in the "American bars" and in
the better restaurants and hotels.
Smokes ror Soldiers
A box of ten Egyptian cigarettes
VIII cost live to seven Irancs-a dollar
to dollar and forty cents for ten.
Cigars are six to ten francs apiece
French tobacco from all over the
country has been gathered up by the
government and sent UP to the army
zone that the soldiers may not be
forced to go without. so that the ci-
1lhf
The poilus continue to get tncir Mary
land and Levant cigarettes, and those
IN tho roar who can't afford the OK.
cessivc prices OF the importcG cigar
cites must do without.
The above mentioned prices, it must
be remembered, do not represent the
cost of living for pampcrcd million
aires who have no need to worry about
money. They are the prices which
Americans in France must paw in
order to live with any degree Of COM
fort.
Officers and men in the United
States army may obtain lower rates
when on leave in Paris by living and
eating in the Y. M. C. A, hotels here
or other similar organizations. But
many OF them prefer to live in the no.
tells and dine in the restaurants, as
hi Icl ScNcIdl lllOnLnS at 'Ino camp
they have saved up a goodly sum of
pay and are "fcd up" and anxious for
a little change and excitement.
Prices Go Again in April
On April 1 prices will be boosted
all around again by the new tax on
luxures, and "luxurcs" will cover
practically everything that an Amer
lean will purchase over here. All no.
tells which even the most economical
American would stop at will be class
ed as Luxurious hotels" and all res
taurants where even the simplest
tasted American would eat are classed
as luxurious restaurants"
All French people of mediocre
be termed Luxurious clothing" The
government has decided to tack IS
per cent tax on all hotels, restaurants,
clothing and other articles which are
labelled Luxurious"
All French people of mcdiacrc
means will be enabled to dodge this
luxury" tax without trouble, but
Americans will find it difficult to cs-
sapc paying the additional Is per
cent on every hand. Fortunately for
them, however, nearly all civilian
Americans now in Paris are indepcnd-
entity rich, or, if employed here, have
liberal expense accounts to carry them
along