Year: 1875

ings OF year" That ia the right principle Here, in
this country, who is poor and proud has 10 live
beyond his for the sake Of his neighbors. In
Paris it is live and let live


Miss GUsHNGroS-Dear Parisl Only think, Eu
phemia OF having your shoemaker dressmaker or any
other maker you may happen TO want bringing his
right up into your room. The Parisians have
the best Of in every luxury except water / know
that the maids in the hotel stopped thought ii
the height Of extravaganza to bathe in a whole
tubtu of water, and it was a first class hotel too
French people do not hurt themselves washing They
change their linen constantly so that they always look
clean, but they afraid Of water


The DocToR-Begging your pardon, you know what
the Frenchwoman said with such naIuet6p "Isnt it
funny, we are always washing our hands, but
wash our feet?n


Miss GUsHNGToN-Oh, Doctorl


AUGUSTUS CuARLEs-We-that is, New York-are be-
coming more like Paris every day People beginning
TO realize the superiority and independence of living In
apartments over living in boarding houses There are
many who would not have dreamed, ten years ago. Of
living in the same house with other people; now they
think nothing of it, Restaurants are and better
than they have before for this very
When you get good dinner for eighty-hve cents
and good breakfast for fifty cents why should you
live in boarding houses where you have TO come to
meals at certain times, where everybody knows you,
wonders where you were last night and why you were
not down to dinner yesterday Mr. Rhodes describes
Partisan epicures to a charm The serious way they
read the bill of fare how their fingers nger lovingly
the of certain Dishes how they only talk OF wine
and song during meal time, being afraid of in
fusing their digestion with heavy conversation A
couple of hours spent this meal Then comes
a walk ON the Boulevard They lounge to the Rue de
la PaiX the Madeleine and hack the Caf6 Nanoli-
TAIN renowned for its coffee, of which they sip dei
asse to fragrant cigar and last the cognac
have been able to discover when a Frenchman
works He is always enjoying himself as nearly
find out Life is short; why not make it sweet9


The DocToR-And they do make it sweet That sort
of life wouldn't suit me, but l suppose it does you
Gus. liked the Bohemian life of New York some
fifteen twenty years ago. when Pfa0s was its head
quarters French Bohemia is like French wine-too
light prefer the German own some years
back 1t is funny what things interest Frenchmen.
Think of Hugo and Dumas being such good cooks.


AUGUSTUS CHARLEs-one of the most interesting
chapters to me is the day with the painters
the description Of the models their posing and
ner during the rests. The thing is looked upon as
business and entirely with professional eyes How
curious it must have been to the various applicants
showing off their good points Poor things; theirs is
precarious way Of earning livelihood An American
takes naturally to French life He fall into the
Partisan way of living much reader than English
man. To be sure. does meet with Americans in
Paris who like cats in strange garrett but take
the average New York about town and you will
find that he has little to learn


The LAwYER-Mr. Rhodes little volume is quite pro-
fusey illustrated and it strikes that have the
most of those before old number of Harper's
MouLlu