Show PARISIAN BOARDING HOUSE one landlady who lias made a fortune off of americans few american women can afford to pay hotel prices foi long stays in eu i ope but are forced to ine in boarding kiouses when they are abroad a thing at which they turn up their noses when they are at home the pension ances in paris range from beven to fifteen francs a day it is w ell to give up the idea of getting into a swell private family swell private families in paris do not keep boarders there is a swell pension however in paris which has many well known americans under its roof all the time among others duchess do la rochefoucauld when ahe w as miss mattie mitchell of oregon lived there with her mother this boarding house is near the arc de and the landlady has mae a fortune out of her american he sa s her daughters dot is francs the food is not any too good one gets rather too much veal there but the cooking is excellent there is another large pension in the champs el sees quarter where rooms the size f a packing case are se en fi ancs a day more comfortable ones 12 light fuel 1 ow els etc are extra all the sen ant i have to be tipped all the time as etc landlady pays them starvation wages you will see at this pension at the table chote decayed spanish grandeas grandees gran dees portuguese marquises ibes greek diplomats barons queer french counts and queerer french countesses count esses american heiresses persian generalao generala gene rala and any number of american maimai and daughters at this place the food is good and w ell cooked |