The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-31

all the different nations which took
part in 1t. Bach nation Is represent
ed in separate panel. The French
call 1t La Pantheon De la Guerre.
There are 5000 figures painted into 1t
and took ten artists four years to
paint. 1t Is the most marvellous
thing / ever saw. One figure which
especially stands out In my reeel1ee-
ton is that of young telegraph girl
dressed in mourning. She was sta
toned at some point where she inter-
cepted German kilograms and turned
them over to the French, At last
when the Germans approached two
ran to take the telegraph office where
she was and she picked up rifle
and shot them as they came up. She
then hid in the cellar and when two
more entered the building she shot
them also. In some way she manag-
ed to escape and make her way
back into Paris"
Because an American dollar will
now buy more francs than it used to
many people are led to believe that
things can be bought cheaply. This
is not the case for 1t takes many
more to buy the same thing. Francs
used to be worth about twenty
American cents, they are now worth
only about seven or eight, but on
the other hand a hotel room which 1
used to pay twenty-five francs for now
costs from sixty-five to seventy-five
francs. Food is the same and SO are
goods. Buyers did not buy as much
as In former years as the price was
so high that when the duty was add
ed it would be cheaper to produce the
articles here. This was especially
true of ladies cloth coats, dresses and
gowns"
1.-The French are not as productive
they were before the war as
prolific in ideas. NO one wants to
work and production drags. Friends
of mine just from Germany say con-
ditions there are just the reverse that
every one is working early and late
and production is being speeded up"
General business in Paris is slow
1y picking up but it is held back by
the currency conditions There IS no
metal money in circulation in France.
There is a strict law against taking
bit of gold or silver out of the coun-
try. All trade and business is carried
by means of scrip. This is very an
noying especially in trying to make
change or use any of the smaller de-
nominations. All sorts of devices are
used to overcome the difficulty. Even
postage stamps pass for currency. l
went into a BARRIERS shop and after
he was finished 1 gave him a twenty
franc piece. In return he gave me in
place of change some leather checks
which were good for future barber
work in his shop and wanted
should trade out the balance of the
twenty francs. 1t was with difficulty
that he found enough small scrip to
make my change. A cabman who
had no change wanted to keep the
whole of the amount L had given him
and in the small shops if you do not
have the exact change they will not
sell you the goods"
when L went to leave the hotel
was confronted by the customary long
row of employees waiting to be tip
ped. L had nothing smaller than
hundred franc note and I appealed to
the cashier of the hotel for help. He
gave me a quantity of pieces of tin
about two by three inches square.
These L gave to the help and they
could turn them into the hotel and
be given credit for them.
"A buyer going to PARIS ovcs nov
deal directly with either the designers
or manufacturers. His first move is
to secure a commissioner with whom
he makes credit arrangements The
commissioner takes the buyer to the
Madam who has a millinery estab-
lishment introduces him and vouches
not large, never over two or three
rooms, and always up stairs. After
the introductions and preliminaries
are over the stock of samples are
brought out, selections made, and we
go on to another place. In a few
days the hats will be made up and
sent to the commissioner. 1t is the
same way with buying ornaments and
trimmings. The commissioner sends
n-6 he 70 otr to
come to his office with samples. About
nine the next morning he appears
with a porter who is carrying on his
back a lot of sample boxes strapped
to a stick. These boxes are opened
and selections made. The manufa c.
turer goes away and others follow
him and from their samples more Sc
lections are made. After a short time
these things also will be made up and
sent to the commissioner. When all
the orders have been RaD delivered to
him the commissioner r Aes them all
up into one shipment on one invoice.
This saves much work and confusion
for each shipment has to have four
duplicate invoices. The commissioner
also pays each one from whom pur-
chases have been made and the
American buyer only has to make
the one lump payment to the COM
missioner. For his services the COM
| missioner receives a percentage on the
amount of the bill. In the old days it
was five per cent but now The rates
have advanced"
Mr.. Dillon also spoke of the in
creased red tape required in order TO
travel. A passport from the United
States and one from the French Con-
sui in New York each one costing ten
dollars apiece besides the trouble and
time The necacSitv of in
line a long while at the custom house
to get a pass to the boat and if you
are, in France longer than fifteen
days you must go to the Project OF
Police and have your passports vised