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Show HOUSEKEEPING IN PAKIS. The Burdens Are Lighter at the French Capital Than Over Here. The burdens of tho housekeeper in Paris, writes Lucy II. Hooper, are a good deal lessened by the fact that so much work is done off the premises. There is no washing nor baking uor stair and hall sweeping exacted of your own servants. For the first named of the services two washerwoman are required, one for the best and table linen and the other for tho family garments. gar-ments. Among the first named articles figures a largo lot dishcloths, for no French cook no matter how moderate her pretensions may be, will consent to wash out even one of those necessary adjuncts to her work. From four to six dozen "torchons" as the French dishcloth, or rather housecloth, is termed figure among the first necessary., neces-sary., purchases of a family going to housekeeping. Those when- soiled are thrown into a' large box, with a close-fitting close-fitting lid, supplied for tho purpose, to await the weekly arrival of the washerwoman. washer-woman. The prejudico . of Fronch servant against even the most delicate forms of laundry work is inviucible. I once knew a housoriiaid who left the employ of a family with which she hail lived for six years because her mistress gave her Bome silk stockings to wash. $ho performed per-formed her task: and immediately gave warning. "I was not hired to 'soap'''" was her indigaul remark. Jn Hie, stinie way, no wok, however skilled, will consent to make bread or pastry. That is the baker's business, sho argues, and it is none of hers. Yet. she will turn you out any amount of dainty deserts, puddings and creams and jellies, Charlotte Eusso or paucakes or fritters, but never a loaf of bread or a good American pie. One of the trials of the American housekeeper in Paris is the extent to which her power is subservient to that of the cook. That functionary must aud will do the marketing. She gets her percentage oa even- article thafshe purchases, and if called upon to relinquish relin-quish these perquisites she will incontinently incon-tinently take her departure. If she is honest, the extra expense wjil be hut trilling, a sou on every l'raue that she expends beiug tho recognized amount, but if she lias mado up her mind to rob her employers the prices of marketing will be found to increase wilh extraordinary extra-ordinary rapidity. One thing thai, tends to make living in Paris very delightful is the fact that ".Mrs. (irundy" has never taken up her residence there. That is to saw yon can live as you like, dress as yiiu like and do as you like without usk'iu" what this or that personage will saw You are not compriled to keep up anv particular style of liviug lo satisfy her exactions. Nobody questions 'your righl to inhabit a garret, to go to p'av a visit iu a cab. or to keep a single st r- i vaut. In fai l, itoboby troubles hU oilier oi-lier head about the matter. j |