Evening star., 1922-12-10
By FRANK G. CARPENTER.
PARIS, France.
NARIS has been described as
- gigantic mousetrap. with three
doors labeled respecfjyeIy


gigantic mousetrap. with three
doors, labeled. respectively.
hotel. cafe. restaurant. This
especially fits since the war. The city
has more than 1000 hotels. and there
are restaurants in every block and
cafes at almost every step. At nearly
all the restaurants one is sure of
good cooking. and he can eat we'll
anywhere and at almost any price. In
the high-class establishments the
meals cost as much as in the best
hotels Of New York, and when one
orders a la carte he can easily run
up the bill for his dinner without
wines up to s. Halt q fried chicken
will cost him 50. I had little side
dish of asparagus yesterday At the
Continental Hotel that cost IL francs.
and at the price OF green peas on the
menu they ought to bring the French
farmer $40 a bushel. A small section
of a cantaloupe. one-eiHhth, I should
say, Is priced at 81. and fat. rosy
peach costs so cents. In this and
similar places ore can E"t u table
d'hote meal for 50 or 50. hut most
Americans prefer to lunch and dine G
la carte.
In the cheaper embellishments one
dimes fairly well for 80 or Is cents.
and has also a small bottle Of red or
white wins on the side. At the cafes
which are really saloons without bars,
where coffee. s:ITps. lemonade. beer.
wines ard liGueIrs or. served upon ia
lies. either inside or cut on the side
walk. the prices range from 10 cents
upward per drink and Il one is u gen.
iicnlan he will give . cents or more as
tip To the waiter. II he does not.
;he waiter may ask 1t. The usual tip
Is about 10 per cent of each order.
The cafes are among the features
oe Paris. They are frequented by
men and women, and also by families
They are the clubs where friends
meet day after day at the same hour
and often at the same table. Here
one reads his newspaper. or chats. or
plays chess Or CheQuers. The cafes
are also waiting places where ore
can write letter on paper provided
by the establishment until his sweet
heart or wife meets her appointments.
Many OF them have music at certain
hours. and some songs aud dances
They are to he found In every part of
Paris. and especially on the boule-
wards. near the railway stations. and
in the main thorouRhfares. The first
breakfast. consisting OF coffe or tea
and bread and butter. is served in
many cafes. ani in some one can have
substantial meal They are usually
open as early as O'Clock in the
morning. and many serve drinks un-
ii! t'~o hours after midnight.
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TNIiE French may have starved dur
ing TIE war. but they are Ger
tainly feeding now. There is no city
in Europe that eats more per person.
has better food o. such a variety of
good things on its tables. Thc Pari-
slams consume many million pounds of
meat and poultry and $4,000. 900
pounds of fish every year. They an
nually eat 1000 tons Of oysters and
she!lfsh. $4,000 tons Of vegetables and
about 3o.ooo.ooo pounds or excellent
butter. They consume $4,000. 600
pounds OF fruit. large par: OF which
comes from Spain and Algeria. and
theE eat SO muci, cheese. obtained
from all PARTS Of Europe. that it
would take about $4,000 horses to
.sul IL in wagons over one OF the
rough r"ads-of the states.
In order TO see Just how the French
tond We shall spend this morning in
the fiaIlCs Centrales. w;ic. is per-
haps the largest market house in the
world. Covent Garden in London does
tho markets of Berlin. New York and
Vienna are small in comparison. And
sttll these are not the only markets
Of Paris. There are smaller ones