New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Three
Paris Maids
Continued from page eig6,

with large, innocent cOTnfiOWer 49,.
framed in long black lashes; a ausy -
Of golden curls. a small, red-lipped bn1 y
a mouth and softly rounded chin en-
il something Of a goose pretty ia.
goose. She has, however, enough i,,,n
genee 10 adopt a pose that, combiped ~,
pulchritude, has won the hear, =,
purses Of the colony Of wealthy An.-..-
artists and Of a whole American -
which spent last spring and ssnn.,
Paris. This pose consists IN plag,, =.
kid. She claims 10 be only a child -
ing nothing Of the vices Of life-not .,..
powdering her nose. "Je suis qossew 4.
says, and she opens wide her large iDno
cent blue eyes. She carries about With
her all the time childs magazine ,aIlsd
"FIlette." ! asked her one day whv
she carried it and she answered 80 ,k,,
people will know that / am only q ebiH
"a baby"
Mimi, like Marceline, Is homeless sr5
parentless, and like her, too she hs,
decided aversion for making a iyelibo1
in that age-old profession for women
Unlike her, however, she goes even a ass
further, and disikes also the idea q an
ami In short, Mimi has dreams Of mar.
rying some day-posibly an American
millionaire. These ambitions are "a
doubt due 10 the fact that she is dains
and pretty and well hammered, not at ali
like Marceline. uncouth, plain and peas
antlike. Then, too, Is she not fayorite
Of her wealthy American artists, who pay
her the fabulous sum Of 25 francs Tor
three hours Of posing-'for the head
only"? And does she not receive the
prettiest clothes from her American
family? And do they not intend taking
her back to America with them and
start her in a shop, making hats-or
trying them Ont doesn't matter which,
since she can do both equally well!
Aside from the 81 awdness that makes
Mimi adopt the protective pose Of he
gosse, she is not overly bright. She is
ne child in intelligence. although far
uore sophisticated than she can ever Be
brought to admit. | do not say this mali
ciously. She is not hypocrite-thas is,
she is really good in our sense Of the
word. But | know Of no French girl who
does not know the why's and whereforgs
Of life. She is no exception, although she
pretends otherwise. At every worldly re-
mark that may be made within her hear
ing she Fuckers up her eyebrows seV
prettily in a mock effort 70 understand,
and then shrugs her shoulders and says
"Mais, je ne e0mprends pas Js 0as
oosse" Il.
Among the many other French girls
met in Paris Jeanne is worthy Of q
mention. Jeanne was Of good family
She was young, pretty and dowered-ih
short, she vas eligible. She was carefully
chaperoned by bourgeois mother, who
anxiOusly arranged her frock and her
trinkets every few. seconds.
Jeanne, though quite decorous when
mammals eyes were upon her, was rather
wicked little firt at other times. In
fact, to tell the truth, Jeanne was Just
as anxious to marry as her mother was
anxious to have her married. Think Of
what an achievement it would be to have
some man marry her dowry, so that she
could go to parties without mammal The i
Frenchwoman Of the upper middle class
leads a restricted and severe life before
marriage. and therefore Jeanne could not
help but look forward TO the freedom she
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