The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-05
TO the amount shown on the me
Two Hours for Lunch.

! TO the amount shown on the meter.
Two Hours for Lunch.
Ihe hours FOR meals are different
I from those of America. In France
business starts later and the people
rise later. The average Partisan
/ shop Is not open before or 10
o'clock. and most shops are closed
from IL until 1880 or 2. This Is
Tor luncheon. very important
meal because the first breakfast OF
coffee and rolls is so little. Almost
every French business man Of af-
fairs goes home 10 his lunch. This
Is so even II he works in q bank or
commercial establishment. He ex-
poets two hours off at that time.
but when he comes back to his desk
at 2:30 he works there until well
after 6. This makes the dining
hour late, and in even modest
homes the family seldom eats DIN
ner until 1880 o'clock. Our help
would consider this a hard custom.
but the French servants do not ex-
pect 10 be through with their work
until around 10 o'clock The people
say the long lunch hour gives them
a chance to have a visit with their
families, but the American residents
here miss the long evenings and the
time we have for exercise in the
late afternoon.
1t IS quite common in stepping
into one OF the small shops OF Paris
not closed at noon TO see the entire
family lunching in room at the
side, The business of such stores
is often run by the whole family.
The wife does not think herself too
good 10 keep the books or wait on
the customers, or in fact, 10 manage
the shop when her husband is out,
and the children OF over school age
help, too. In fact, the whole life of
the family is bound UP in IL as a CO.
operative enterprise, and in 1t they
live the greater part OF their home
life. The French women are capa-
BILE, and many a war widow is rum
ming the shop formerly kept by her
husband. l would say also she does
II well.
Tho Cook Docs the Marketing.
The servant problem hardly ex-
lists for an American housekeeper
living in France. Wages are not
high from her point OF view. and
the servants expect 10 work for
what they get. The general servant
Is n live institution. She often does
ing for a family OF three or four
persons. She blacks the shoes, |
mends the linen, and presses the |
suits OF her master and mistress
She thinks she is well treated IL she |
has a halliday off every other Sun |
day. and she expects no time for |
herself during the week.
The chambermaid does all the |
mending and sometimes makes |
dresses for the ladies Of the family. |
She gets commission on the |
clothes bought by her madam. One |
of these cha mbermaids may do up |
a whole house, serve the tables and |
take care OF the children. Not un-
monty she will dress her mis-
tress' hair, making ip line yumpii-
Gated toilet so much desired by the
French.
The French cook does the mar
keting, and she counts upon this be-
cause OF the commission she gets
from the dealer. Before the World
war she received sou per franc, or
l cent out OF every 20 cents paid for
the foodstuffs she bought. After
the war the dealers were rather
tardy In giving this rate, but II still
exists moro or less.
Here are some notes made last
morning while watching the
servants going TO market: The
streets are full OF women and girls,