| Show P IV r A LETTER ir r FROM THE FRENCH CAPITAL the french do everything just the opposite from americans the following letter li Is from a young american who li Is one of the advance mard guard at the tb paris exposition it ti to ef veo odless alta to say ay that the writer li is a cloy and critical observer obi erver ills ob serrations are keen cough enough to be of interest In to others best lei its the friend ti to whom tho the rals sive wac was addressed my IT acar briend l without preamble pre amblo I 1 forward you ton the results of my scout ing 1 expedition in behalf of our party of exposition visitors vl altor I 1 am orry sorry now to have accepted the job I 1 haf have not seen very much me 0 o far and ue tle akin left on my anatomy amount amounts to very little tell our ovir friend friends to bring brin alone along a barrel or two too of well money their main maln graft if it I 1 ran can uie tine tests bouse no matter how tick sick her hui bus lund band li Is in the poorer cime classes the busbani liui band work works at hit his trade and the wife at her own uhlers there are too many children to take core care of uy by th ih wa the parisian woman seldom her own chit iren abe ih sends and them to the country to be raised by peasant women until they are two or three year years old A Parl stan woman li Is seldom if it ever een teen in the parks nur ours ing her offspring any one seeing a bonan wo nan carrying leavy bundle bundles in the streets offer assistance and it will be accepted the parisian woman will met ie dom m refuse to be escorted with an urn um I lira ia a when it rains umbrella umbrellas are freely offered in thi this way on top ot at kiil OF AT PARIA PAVILIONS OF THE FOREIGN POWERS t I 1 r 0 on rim AI A I r PAA dalu 4 U is i 4 fr P a Z moo r r r all pt 1 L LM PAVILION OP or THE statts TURKIC TURKEY UNITED 01 itala CITY of slang word in I 1 to on n evo everything grything wrong fide ride out probable ably to 0 o mislead strang en ers at As a consequence it Is very cafe safe rule to reverse all the home aulos rulos rul chib you live in paris I 1 hare have lom piled a whole book of example examples to this statement and will call your attention to the most ins ing uben hen as e take to the right in the streets erect they take to the left and tic vice versa hence the danger of all kinds 0 of collision collisions I 1 roc received elved a half a dozen bump bumps before I 1 learned that thal As a matter of etiquette the frenchmen ealure the ladica ladles ail ale we aalt their good plea airn in thia this respect in ilk their book books the table of content contents I 1 Is at the end instead of belg bel g at the be b ginning the in the newspapers Lews paper papers are always to be found in it the last pages and the editorial editorials in the first column of the first page their newspapers are no nes newspaper papers at all they are journal journals their magazines are reviews and vice verea versa the bet best places in the theater theaters art are in the balcony not in the parquet tre tte matinee takes place at 11 0 clock a in not in the afternoon in thi this ther the ate e probably right as a I 1 matinee mean means morning yet they never say may good 1 morning but good day I 1 by the way all the clock clocks in the rei res near the theater theaters are half out boar hour in advance of the ats standard itan U dard time thi this in I 1 intended to force y you 0 U to leave halt of your dinner untouched thui thus abing saving money to the crafty rea res taura beur in america you never pay for thea programs soap soar light and towel towels in to the hotel hotels thi this la Is called servi erv lct cl and napkin napkins in the restaurant restaurants in parl parts you will have to pay tor for all 11 abil the thing things and roan man other others among them bath robe robes soap and towel toels you call for in the bathhouses it you have the misfortune ct cf being pinched ty by a sargent Serge ct de villa he be will not arrest you but will imply simply take your name and addre 43 the sub boens poena will cost you four cent cents by ball rali but you will live to that you are not guilty on the other hand hana your lawyer will ill have the privilege vilere of c closing tap case fine and iro tru be ordered by the court time will be riven given to ettle settle the fine tin and to constitute lourick a ariso prisoner As a matter of course this applies only to in cal baoe of drunkenness the saloon keeper ho he sold the lajti drink li is prosecuted mi the main offender I 1 ai at furnished this information by a kroml nent jurist having hal bat no personal exper experience lence the american girl girt to I 1 tree free losing thie this fre freeborn edorn is soon ai as she get gets married the I rench girl neer ss a brau alone but does si at she the pleases after her marriage an elopement in k trance rance Is I 1 useless Ut eles even wen it I 1 the girl Is of age I 1 amose no one can perform the marriage ceremony aith lili out the content consent of the th parents or guardians pu ardlan A girl atis ha Is I 1 of age cai obtain consent h 1 proem of lav by summoning alee her lur or guardians at an of 1 egx I months before the court which decides the th ca girl hovi however ever occasionally elope so es to compromise their reau tation aad and this th vs compel their family to give thor consent an elopement nut by marriage 1 ic Is callea b th the parisians a manlas marriage man las at the citi CIO hall unit ot at the tent ar there being only awen ty arr arrn or in paris some 00 or COO 60 childr n are weekly born in paris from them unions contracted iab the left hand Pre presentation la 1 not necessary teary in th tho french capital in fact ou enter into conversation in public with any one you meet nut but if ou a present some ore you are absolutely cespon bible sible for bin A lady has ha no right to refuse recognition to a gentleman who bs b s 9 been presented to her presenta pr eventa eions hosmer must have ben been pre pro vlot ialy assented to by her the bus hu band Is for a breach ot at ell etiquette jette committed by his wife ohp american who la Is married supports lup port his wife the frenchman makes her work it be he h la in tra anesi she h keeps bis his boo boci 11 an annl I 1 acts as cashier the ral firyth l woman noman even keep keeps the and tramway tramways when the inn stin if Is too hot or when it rains to america uch such offer would appear tm ira pertinent when a vehicle Is t stranded tr andert in the streets ot at uncle sam dominion dominina the custers by generally let the driver get out of it as a beet best he h can i the part parisian lans of all classes 1 do the re I 1 ociee else TIN rich and poor and old push at the wheel heel it two men tight everybody evry boily take takes a part in the fray een jumping on the sergeant de d villa who attempts attempt a to restore peace pence the fun fan of it Is that moat most of the time tha the fighters ns titer do not know what the business li Is about and many a poor devil gets a thrashing amply became because he happen happens to be there part parts has ha twenty mayora mayors who are no rumors at all the prefect of the I 1 seine appointed by the government Is the real chief of the lelin i paris pay pays a police force amounting to idt ilarae men including the municipal gurd and the regiment of firemen j but the government a one I 1 by tie tte prefect command commands thi this lorce force I 1 the name same rule applies to all the mull MULI elbal institutions of the french capi tal tat the city pay pays the government ru es there are a thousand thou annd other dEss dessling lint larit les between the french aud the americana americans it would require a dozen lettera to make mention of them what Is I 1 the end for us seems ta to be the for them to quote only an example our school corn ater cement Is called by them tipa tl end oj 0 tho school year our working week enda ends saturday lar afternoon they work until dunlay sun lay night late and it they reit rest at all take their vacation on monday fonday the or kingmen ire paid on monday which they rill st SL lundi holy monday because they her seldom filom work on pay day |
