The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
THINK OF PARIS, Mr..
APARTMENT SEEKER
Your Troubles Here Are Mild
Compared With Those Of
Your French Brother.

Whenever your angry passions rise or
you get plumb discouraged, Mr.. Apart-
mont Seeker OF New York, give n
thought to your brother man in gay
Paree," that dear" Paris which for
prices makes New York look like the
City Hall compared with the woolworth
Building. Renting a furnished fat In
Manhattan may not be Joy forever. but
It has nothing on the adventure OF its
kind in the city on the Seine.
Your New York apartment agent has
developed a certain amount OF clever
ness in arranging legitimate bargains,
but his Partisan counterpart has forgot
ten more than his Gotham partner ever
knew. He knows all the wiles practised
since the age Of the cave man. and has
invented some that would have done
credit to the days Of the Inqulsltion.
"A Paris house lease" says Guy C
Hickok. sis a sort Of self signed death
warrant in which you give all your
worldly goods to the executioner, let
him set a date for your demise, give him
mortgage on your family In perpetuity
and during the remainder of your ten
ancy you become his slave"
ess in which the unsuspectlng American
with his meagre knowledge OF French
gets track OF furnished apartment to
rent through a kind" real estate agent.
The concierge shows you through grudg-
ingly, telling you you are wasting your
time as flve other gentlemen have looked
at II In the last hour and one promised
20 be back in an hour 10 sign the ZEN
gagement," whsch by the way is pre-
limlnary contract
Thing of Beauty.
But Joy What a bower the place is
Never sub-let before. owner In the coun-
try and going to stay there The rooms
are full OF copper and brass. Such an
example OF continental taste you have
not seen for the price in all France
The little kitchen has row on row of
polished copper cooking utensils and
the furnishings make you shudder at
the thought OF Grand Rapids. What
care you for the moment that there Is
no steam or furnace heat or running
hot water Isn't there a public bath
around the corner: You must have me
,, fiat and you reward the concierge hand
somely to hold It for you, whereupon
she will tell the gentleman who is to
call in an hour for II that II has been
let without her knowledge by a real es-
tate man. Then you sign the "en-
gagement," after which you almost run
TO your best friend to tell him OF your
great fortune.
What's wrong? Why are your friends
30 lacking In enthusiasm. so cynical, in
fact?
Your wife will spend all her time in
line buying food says one.
you must trust then to n servant
to make all the purchases" says an
other.
you will pay double the price for
everything II you live in that fashion"
cheerfully observes third
You instinctively recall that bed
sheets, for instance. are 81 per- In
the common shops You swallow hard
and blink but still hope for the best.
To make long story short the pro-
prietor comes to town and prepares the
apartment for your occupancy. He
seems to be packing up some things, but
You run In and out eXcltedly and do not
realize what 1t means until the next
day. Then you are told that you can't
have the place longer than three months.
You expostulate, but he keeps right on
packing. Then you notice the change.
hut Not n JOY for Ever.
"The floor covering" says Mr.. Hickok.
does not look the same. The hanginEs
at the windows are thinner and less CAV