Show COST OF FEEDING FRENCH METROPOLIS WASHINGTON Nov No 1 What What Paris I spends annually for its nourishment and the quantities of its chief articles of of diet have bave been calculated by statisticians statisticians clans of the French capital arid and the fi figures figures fig fig- i ures have excited attention because of anxiety felt in Paris over the tho increased i cost of living living- according to a consular i i report received here bere Not including enormous sums paid out for bread and wine it may bo be affirmed without exaggeration tb that t Paris Pitis co con consumed con ix in a year foodstuffs representing a total cost of In spite of ol the longevity arguments of tho the vegetarians vegetarians vegetarians rians meats lead the list of articles consumed wit with a total of pounds costing The consumption of vegetables is pounds or The Parisians are formidable fish eaters as asis asis asis is shown by the total of pounds eaten annually at a cost of Butter costs cots them and ani eggs The consumption of cheese e which is never excluded from froma a regular meal in France Francc reached a total to tal for the year ear of pounds tho the cast being being- |