Evening star., 1922-06-25

A Las! we VINO llVcQ IN Paris De1Ore
the war knew a sweet girl vocal
student who worked hard, who was
anything but commonplace. and yet
who did not break through by the
reckless methods now so popular.
The great ladies' who received
Miss A. at their afternoon teas
were genuinely shocked when they
learned that she had not starved to
death at the Hotel Continental-not
starved. but just died from anemia
because she had been too long with
out regular. nourishing meals
Miss A. had attempted to live
on tho afternoon teas to which she
was invited. To the end, she kept
her room at the big hotel The room.
the hotel. the address. tho front!
Kind ladies who saw her slip straw
berry tarts into her handbag merci-
fully looked the other way.
Paris is so polite!
Miss H, already a painter of
reputation. paints her pictures In
sixth-story room-not a studio
in which the wretched light comes
from one small WINDOW.
If Miss H (who is somebody
does SO, how can any welfare center
prevail against girl students OF
painting who believe that the cafes
Of the "Rotonde" and the Dome" are
true art centers Of Paris?
Some carry a cane, and some smoke
a pipe.
Others are Just nice girls who find
that they can sell their work at the
''Rotonde" and practically nowhere
else. Now, how can you frequent a
smoky town and not get some few
smoke fakes on your otherwise sweet
white face?
1t Is the cranky American Latin
quarter, sort Of Greenwich Village in
the midst of the big, busy Latin quar-
ter that has, every year, less time for
fooling. But you can sell pictures at
the "Rotonde." The proprietor Of the
cafe, to whom all these Americans
are heroes. gives a big room for a
sort of permanent salon for them.
Any American can hang there-and
a few Turks, Bessarabians, Scythians
and Japs. And, as any old price goes.
hundreds, simply. OF the paintings are
grabbed up by tourists-who would
fear the prices Of a proper salon.
Parents at home. how can you. At
5000 miles. beat an ideal?
For, sure, this Latin quarter stun
is an ideal-and. alas, ideal Of men!
It is girls plotting on = masculine
map, for all but vocal music. And
the vocal music traditions are Of
well, you know.
Forewarned is nothing. Miss c.,
before she struck her attic. knew all
any one could tell her. So Miss c..
Miss D. Miss E. And Miss
r, who is dancing at the Aca-
cias-as dancing partner Of young
American dentist who Is killing time
to pass his French examinations. He
draws her pay. The male member Of
team Is bound. by contract, to fur
nish his own dancing partner. So.
you see. she has become an artist
swiftly.
MISS c.. brave girl. now in her
attic, was not permitted to risk
Paris by her parents ct will be re-
membered) until she had engaged
board definitely in a French family.
"At homo heard Of an order OF
English nuns" she says. who run .
homo for girls arriving in Paris
There was nothing to be said against
this. 20 they let me make the plunge.
The little English convent was my
frst Paris stopping place. It was 80
sweet and quiet and cool and gentle.
But a. everybody in tho house spoke
English. might as well have been in
Trenton. N. j.. for all the language l
was picking up
Squirm No. /.
Completely legitimate.
Squirm No. 1 (continued).
'aThe dear sisters realized my point
Of view," continued the American giri
student in Paris. who claims that an
American girl student in Paris ought
to learn French to continue her
studies. $50 they gave mo an intro
duction to the French sisters Of st.
Vincent de Paul. who keep large
housekeeping school in the Rue Furs-
tsmbourg. In the heart Of the Latin
Quarter
All to the good. the Latin Quarter.