The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-03
By HELEN RICH
Paris, France Dec. a, 1872;


Paris, France, Dec. A, 1928
Dear Felix's:
Aha! Fooledja! You thought was
going to say, so this is Paris.
Maybe at the end of some thirty
or forty letters / can sum it all up
with that famed expression but al
p. esent / am in no position to make
use of it. For the two Innocents
have been here but few days and
we are in much of daze. This time
l can tell you little about Paris-just
give you some of the impressions that
have registered themselves solidly in
my mind through all the confusion.
ought to call my letters to about Paris
land other places where we shall
eventually traveD "Paris-from the
Gallery" For that is where the other
Innocent and myself shall have to see
most of it until our ship comes in,
since we are honest, but poor. At
that we are having the time Of our
lives and have feeling akin to pity
for the rich Americans whose dollars
can bring the mountain to Mohamet,
and who cannot know the joy of in
vestigating the world via the kitchen
door.
Right now we must make picture
working here in our little room at
the pension in the Quarter Latin
where we are staying for the present.
We have our sweaters on-for the
radiators in Paris are for ornament
only-and our cintinually wet shoes
are drying-for Paris is WET, let
me emphasize. By the dim light of
a feeble lamp Helen is writing her
diary and am Gathering away on my
faithful Corona. Our room is just
big enough to turn around in but it
looks out onto the most delightful
courtyard imaginable and across age
cid roofs where myriads of little
bright-colored chimneys arise. l new
er supposed there could be so many
'chimneyS to one house.
We have just cleared away the lit
tie supper we brought home with US
another Latin Quarter trick. Down
here there are dozens of little shops
where we can get cooked food-some
Of it hot, for song. Tonight we had
one of the long loaves of, French bread
which we brought home sans wrap
ping and under our arms in the ap-
proved style-excellently seasoned
pork rcast, roquefort cheese (Ameri-
can't get it like this) pastry, than
which there is no whicher, fruit and
oh, yes-a bottle of irreproachable
Borde lux that we drink with great
gusto after diluting it with consider
able water. Perhaps our sense of
calorie quantities in lacking, but our
stomaches are quite comfortable. And
we a, e very happy as long as we
don't allow ourselves to think too
much On America and those we have
left SO far behind. We can't deny
that we are homesick.
Our room here is just large enough
for two to get around in without
quarreiing. Saturday, however, we
shall move to our palatial apartment
on the outskirts of the quarter-two
rooms and kitchenette. Seven flights
up. No lift. Bath elsewhere in the
house at $50 1.-TWO francs SO cent?
mes We are already looking around
for pc fune. But, just the same, we
shall he living very well indeed for
We ha e large radiators, a fire place
in e.ca room, web furnished, clean
and a magnificent view across the city
through wide French windows. The
rooms are arranged so that we can be
isolated from each other for our
WORK.
Ycu see Paris has it's hold on us
already and we have decided to set
tie down here for few months at |
least. We are extraordinarily fortu-
nate to find place at all. Paris is
crowded and several friends of ours
are frantic because they cannot find |
studios. They are willing to pay al
most any price. Ours viii cost US
only about $50 month in our money.
d
/ wonder if every newcomer to
France makes metal check on the
various things he has heard about the
country? / catch myself talking to
the person inside Of me Ga habit of
mine) something in this fashion:
(At the dock in Havre) "Yessir, it
certainly is true that young street
gamins run along by the boat as it
passes the wharves and beg for
money. Look at them scramble!
Heavens, what if they should fall in! /
CAS- the gangplank is put DOWN |
Here come some relatives of the |
passengers, guess. Ny word, they
kiss on both checks just as heard.
Not for me. No kick in that
CAS- the passengers descend) "On
dry land at last! heard it would feel /
good, but never knew how good"
Cat the train Here is oneof the |
trains / have heard so much about.
Why, it isn't bit like ours is it?
I rather like this compartment idea.
Hope we have good bunch in
here.
CAS- the conductor collects the
tiche,s) THE french certainly are