The New York herald., 1921-09-11
LIVE IN HISTORIC SPOTS
u. s. Girl Shows Studies
She Made in a Trip
Through Holland.
OLD HOSTEL DEMOLISHED
Place Which Had Been Utilized
Mostly by Americans Makes
Way for Foyer.
Special Correspondence to THp NEW Yolx
HERALD.
New York Herald Duresu.

Special Correspondence to THD NEW YoRK
HE1ALp.
New Ysrk Herald Bureau.l
London, Sept. Is
Writing on Student Life in Paris"
]. Darcy Morell says In the Daily
Telegraph that at one time in the Mid
die Ages 10000 ardent and noisy "esch-
oilers filled the streets daily Of tho
greatest university city In the world.
They came from all parts Of Europe.
as Erasmus so graphically described in
his story Of their life under the shadow
OF the old Sorbonne. Some Of the mar
row streets with medieval aspect still
remain as records OF those days, such
as the Rue Mouffatard, the Rue Va
lette, silent In the repose Of centuries,
the Rue de la Montague st. Genevieve
and the Rue Cujas, where cleaned at
night the row Of little lamps Of tho
cabaret lie Grillon," the familiar re-
sort Of students and popular chan
sonniers' long ago. Here these poet
singers warbled their own compost
tions. They did not nince their
words; all came in for their satirical
gibes, even the highest in the land.
In these timese. during the day the
Quarter looks deserted by the student
class of both sexes. These are attend
ing the lectures of professors in the
different amphitheatres Of the schools or
at the Faculty Of Medicine, the Ecole
des Beaux-Arts and the numerous acad-
emies devoted to every description Of
study which have sprung up since the
war like mushrooms at dawn in nossy
glen. Many of the most famous Lycees.
such as Louis de Grand and the Col
lege de Sainte Barbe, are almost be-
neath the great dome Of the Pantheon.
Yet now and again 1 see true Bo-
hemian student in the forenoon. with
hfs unkempt hair falling in shaggy curls
beneath his students cap, and carrying
q portfolio tucked under his arm. His
shoes are rather down at heel. A
woman passes wheeling handcart piled
up with red cherries. The young fellow
fills the pockets Of his threadbare Jacket
for few pence. and then takes q seat
in the dark little wincshop opposite the
Port Royal Station. next the historic
restaurant of the Closerie des Lilas,
where, with measure of wine, he
lunches frugally, absorbed in reading.
Students at Frugal Lunchesns.
others take their midday meal beneath
the foliage Of the Luxembourg gardens.
or on the benches of the Boulevard. on q
hunk Of bread. some Strawberries. and
a cream cheese bought Of the ambulant
"cremiere," dn win apron and straw
hat, who pu-hes her cart through the
quarter every morning crying shrilly. "A
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with empty pockets gaze lonEingly At
the donkey carts driven by vociferous
costers and piled up with fruit and vege-
tables.
| Newcomers to Paris often ask how do
the students live nowadays. Well. except
those with well-lined purses. they for tho
most part do not frequent the Taverne
du Pantheon, nor sup on the terrace Of
Le d'Harcourt. screened from the public
gaze by q wall OF evergreons In wooden
tubs; but II there are few students at
this famous restaurant, you may. per-
chance. see one Of the queens Of tho
demimonde with her gallant. this time
an "amant de coeur," who have fled
the roar and turmoil of the other Paris
ito seek a quiet tete-a-tete near the seat
of learning but far from the lady's usual
pressing admirers.
But the simple student. coma to study
in earnest. generally lives In furnished
room at one of the numerous little out
of-the-way hotels. or boarding houses. At
students prices. Such q room may cost
anything from f3 to IS a month. Oeca-
sionally foreign scholars. and even
French. rent lodgings together. and
sometimes families live In the Latin
Quarter during the course OF study Of
their boys and girls.
studio and Home AIss.
Art students often take studio. which
also serves the purpose OF q dwelling.
An American girl student at one of the
many "atcliers" near the Luxembourg
showed me her seasons work out OF
doors from studies made in Holland.
These were quite clever pictures OF
Dutch children in quaint Friesland cos
tunes. This young artist lived with two