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American Grafters in Paris Find Their Fellow Countrymen Easy Marks
Beggarr, Panhandlers and AU
Sorts of ? toi rowers" Al?
ways Ready with Tales of
Woe for Yankee Ears.
H.v Meghea Alles Hex said?.
A* - boulevards between the
Madeleine and the Place de is
p ibllque, along ths Chumps
??'"*?i ? to the Obelisk,
' ? Seine.
I "Amerl? at, bars" of the
.
the R I St. Honor'-, at the
I ? Boul' Ml h
i fact. In almosl
twenty aroiidlssomenis within
ihe French i
American
I to : iher thi. Ami
' ? of j our derby or your
unerringly
out :.s a fellow countryman
' ' refore flsh for
i le n . \., . i . .ft-,.
touch." the
.- words, he
r ? ??'?:? a ?mall sum ..f
r ' ' ? tin fmnl ..r
h.ay nil you a hard luck i
]***** mi the ropos what do you sayvl
will we start nowT
\\ ho could refus., ?uch an Invitation? Xot
ine average American tourist upon hla tir: t
visit. True, with the aid of a guidebook
he might find his way to the Louvre. Ills
?oardlng achool French might even serve
" iet him to Versatile? and back again
without serloua mishap or extraordinary
' expenditure. Bul nearly all Am? ri n
itors, both male and female, deslrs for
?once in th.-ir live? to witness the far famed
! near-naughtiness of Paris at first hand, and
' that is where the guide come? in.
? Versailles, the Bo ne, the
| Louvre, a dinner at th? I Paria fol?
lowed by a night at the Foil? I ??
? 1 Wit a small minority ol the Aid? rl?
can visitors, and a few of th?- women f"'.k.
i after -a cheap glove hunting trip, a day In
| the dressmaking establlshnu nta in th? R ??
de '. ? Psla an i g t:-, nadln? at ons of the
marble topped table? along the Boulevard
? ill? a. feel en all
of Paris.
Not mi. however, with the ??-??-.it major*
Ity. Mali and female alike clamor'for the
Moulin Roug -, the Bal Tabarln, the \
! aye, Maxli the Ta?.f th? Red A .
? Rat Mori and other resori of I
Thej s. ? k t..i the nal row
Latin i ' that (
i w Ith their ow n pye? They !
ai ? anxious to buy win? al the i. foi
model? s ho ? i pose; they do
intll thi y ha led th? Bai Bulller,
I
here having o > tlm-e. I've only I
licen over h? re two mont ha but some of th
push n.-i \ ? r? ( ?r years."
He bel - If to my cigarettes and
contii
'Taris is .1 . heap place to live in. A per?
fect ?linn- i ? . ? v little. Th.- ri nt of S
nice room out half what you ha
pay in N< v. Vork, less than that on
can ?peak French and know how to make
1 'lothing of th? best - ?? 1 i .?n be
had for a song, and a two-horae cartisge
. an be hi'- .? twice th.- pri. ?? of a
ire in th.. s* ?
"Picking? are good during the t ?
season, and I ?? only kl< k that th.? boys
'? have is on the : irettes. .
Several "f th? bunch import their own
?mokoa Of course, tin? favorite graft la
th? Amerlcsn tourist He ahva>s has
? money, snd is rs to ad It and
1 have a ?.i time. If we si a g.l yarn
to make a
"touch" ' ? and 'most sn?
Yorker \*. .1 fall foi i flve-franc plect
"I US"i 10 to' ? !? a I? t of books In ' "? '
l.-u.d." another Am? ric in grafter t<
over a tli-s of Algerian "Bordeaux" In ..
little In the Rue \ ignon. "1 ?'
? of money and felt too strong to
push a pen any longer, so I came ov< :
to take in th.- sights. I w? n? broke I
tliiul ti iy after my arrival, and as I found
.,, many people willing to help me I've
,ta; ? d h< re evei ?.? Parto la ail right j
Most Prosperous of All Is the
" Guide " Who Shares Liber
ally in the Exploitation of
His Companion.
sfter you've lived her?' awhile and knoi*
the ropes I'm here g"ing' on leven yt**r*
nnvv. and I expt Ct to live I t of
my life.
?\\'h. n I first went I : k? I irdly knew
to 'io until I mi I a wise America?
v ho had lit. d in Parla i rar "4n< th? fair.
i nu- v. i at to do, and I followed his
First I w? nt to tii- Am.'.i' an
Relief Society in the Rut du Faubourg St.
Honor?. Tin y put my nsn* I ' ra>
roll and gave me - ? *?'?*- k ior
?is month?; then they nit' n d me a
to work i ? '
? m .-.n American * '
i, of co irse, and that ? ut dm off
?
?In the meantime I got hold of s U-?-t of
' . ?'- fho were
g n.! foi in '??' 0n* "l V,n
ta Fren? h bank?.
..... ry fortnight as
lockwork. Aaother grouchy oM
can who live? here moat of the time
UBed to ? everj time I called
"THIS FELLOW IS ON THE LEVEL WITH HI5 CHARGES."
on five continents Hence th?
1er matt? r for a
? ? in ft by Ht Peter than
foi an "un i-pered" stranger to And ?om?
of these est ab I m< nts.
When an obliging young man offen to
v you around town aithout
? ?????? ? ?? ? ?rhat li more n itural than
for *vou to accept ?nil a kind offer, par?
when i . guide is a countryman
from your own town? it l- the old story
of lookti ? ? nethlng in return for
! tu.' hing tl rin<ipic of every gn en
gi'.iiis and gel rich-quick game ever de
j vi.-- I threw as the ?'"re of
?
Ha\ i* . ., .. , t. .1 the gratuitoui "ff- r of
the Ai ? you map out a t" lr
fui t ? ternoon and evening, vve will say.
? -....- | .: 1-, h BO)
? er who crack? hi?
our pat i .?? in- !.? i d
: ?? ?? i ? lin and pick out a > i
lain driv?
"Tins f.-M??r's on the level With
: ulde explain? as you drive
I off. "I know him for a square
i Pome ?'ft would i * likely drive
, off Into i Ide t-'r et wl ers t1 e
hea would hold you up and split with
Having arrived it your ?; l by a
. -..!:? route you p?
?ems che?
? -.i. ith a ?it Ive of the midi i. ngth
? .| >. t tt i. twice
?
v, ou n-' ?? th.it th?- guide ?eei
the dtivei
?
I- iie< ?!. thl?
.... ? t ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?'. ?!r:':k or
..? the propri? toi ? :??? i sh ik?<
hands wir 't the
? t \oa t ik< I? a re. 1
It seems quite unn- ? ?-. t.. add tlat
ful .jut la kepi of your expendltur .
?i d al the moment ol your leavetaklng a
??Immission varying from 30 pot cen? I i 50
per ?cent pass? from ?
It is i,. ually M per - nl In th? r?
which appeal to the Inner man, as well as
at the show places and cabarets of Mont?
niante.
Even should you venture it,?
w hi re \ our guide i persoi i iw ti to
1he in inag? ment he sUIl obi ilm
Ion, for when j ou ? nter hli I I i
la to ? h lap? r to the proprl? tor oi m u
. four magia words: "Je suis l'lntei
; ? '? 'I :.mmlsslon Is Rdd? -I to th?
prl? ?, ami 'are, ind? ? d. ftre th?
resort i srhl? h do not make M ' worth while"
for the man who i ni? s you
Ind? ? d, some of lh< e : ? If-atj l.-.l "Jnt? r
pi ? ti r ? lid? s" have been r? Ulents ol i u
for such sh :t .-: i that their French
v... abulai y i practical!) limited to I
four ?m da It se? thai
In ord? r to obts th?
shopkeepers and n I of Pari
are clet er enough to realise thai
u ;. i ? ? ? ? i.
warded whether or not he hai
nguagi
in the early hours ol I
the las?
In front ol your hotel, you I
? ?
.? abl.? Von
, even tak? ; ?' ? on him on
husln? ? ? irrepi
? : i ? -
. ........ i .
, . . . ? |
. ? .- i wen 1 Vouai
i ved
....
fa t ef th? matter
been drlvi n all i the city at your < x- :
: * ? he has I?,n. h. i and dln-sd with you. ;
nothing of the midnight I ie at the |
?I if you have -.p-nt the |
sum ?'f 200 fian, s dur'rig the afternoon and
evening vmi may real as ur< i that gold,
'ivi'i- amounting ; i some M or 100
ira 1? safe In one of the
la ?!' the gui : ly cut '?
If a ?? |i ge of th.- writer to .
listen to l ? I con fid?
of a numl er ?<( Am? rl< an "guldi " and
panhandli - \ -....? man wearing a
i d ????II iin'.i d ; ilk topper ap- i
proa?ihed th? ? ? ? ind bt gg? d for the '
ge of s f. vv word? with me, Ills
lin? n w.i ; : ? . med flaw
lie had, ? > he ?aid, been r?\.<?A ?n
while s? ?:?;.- the town a few
before, 11" had ? abl??d for f i
ties? landlord had lock? d up hi?
(??ti cults of clothing and turn?ed him into
Would I kindly i ome to h
lief vv im, g ?mall loan for a few day? until
. ,n ? n.- exhibited a
lien rab?? me? age w hlch look? d
ira ' ame to my -
as i thought "f hi? predicament and over?
p. ['p. !?.
"I'm I can'l l.- Ip you out," I told
? ? ens to be mi third
? to Paris, ? ? .-id all about
? 1 draft ?
i ? . " on? of your?
?
?hould >'?u
? ?
n me
Over a ?Inthe-au?
ted lentl ind to.d me
. i
I he, ss h? irveyed
There
if Ai in graft? rs over
THE BAL BULLIER.
PROGRESS IN SUFFRAGE
NEARLY ALL AMERICANS DESIRE FOR ONCE IN THEIR LIVES TO WIT?
NESS THE FAR-FAMED NEA R-N AUGHTI NESS OF PARIS.
av' ' -i draft ard a?
. ov? r. or be ma
Offer 1 and about Par
h an hour or a day.
Grafters working the "touch" plan a?
?kiu-ily got I ? . of ??!
gad a decided refusal to give more w|
' ? to ??nri them on their wa
?ugh your n'c temporary a?
v ? ? amund sooner or lat?
to the amour
you j ? ng countryman.
The pleaa of I a "loan" are i
? (?ases both heartrending and plaui
A ften display*
- ? ay read: "8oi*l ? ' rift fr.
? ?: fll * n ill." 'Who could refuse
? young f? m Mllwauke
? Id you ol the clothing locke
t his hotel, of two sleepless 'night
d In walking the streets of Paris
t?ars in his eyes he assures you tha
. morsel of 1 is he swallowed :
? . ind forty hours; then he exhibits th
?with 50 or M
never to see It again Should yo
n the man from Mllwauke?
. will see. him at a table 1
? Weber. I ? drink
g Vl?le
?
? on Algeria and ordl
- ? - from the i H p?l d?.- Taba?
?.at you feu
. ' ave tin
< m from Mil
t . v. hj**p? r iii his eai
reei iv< d th?
nre and I imlse ?<
? thai he wll
In ail pr?
. t., goo<
*d\ ?
for tl g, and th?
? i them out
i g? t "do|
of date,
th? ! orrow?
I : ' i .'
? i he great Frencl ity are most
lot in that
\\ ith Amerl? ai Itors, while
orward, ;, i
.1 ram's horn, ?iraft, under
- fferent ck ? -. ra Into
? ?na. They ton not, nor do
t few 1 ? etter food.
? ??? r wine or wear more fashlona
than do t: of the
upon you as you leave your
? hey scan ?lie
I the new ? the name?
?. ? ? ? rived Amerl*
int thi ? .- ig? of the Grand
:i you as you leave the
' :' ? nali after cashing a draft; but
?i., ir favorite stamp?
! is along the northern side of
,.,:... ? . ? Mere, upon
parti '?..' ly during the late
- ? ??, ?
drily swinging his
looking for tii<;
an d. rhy.
? visit to parto,
Parla I oUl before and
a" ? dar!, ne will help you. You hail
ng of the Interpm ter?
foi are
/ rand mysteries ol Pans as
?? , io him?
. only a louis a day and ex?
I ? . . ? ? .m < an be shad? d
|| -y tO attord
be :. - !?? to afford a
or ev< n a m? asly flva-frano
! ? re than likely that th?
v gate up and flown the boula
lantlally
i ., are pr? ity ?!"?
Bui look
?. i? you whal I'll do: I've noth
? seeing ?hat
. ..i- ? ?id Sew Mora my borne
. r.-i f'i nothing
awa
. . lunch, ?he sup.
, ev< rvthini: tl
i.- ind k? ,
It'll ? oat you iesrt '
if J ? han 1? would if you
anl iak.- it from
. th!? i ii :
iti ni-1 to pike
a/ouwi Mimtinarue without a galas w..?.
DROOPING YOUNG WOMAN?OH! WHAT SHALL I DO? I AM ALMOST CRAZY WITH MY WORRIES.
THOROUGHGOING FEMINIST?TAKE IT ALL TO THE LORD. DEAR. SHELL HELP YOU.
tel, but T didn't mind
II f..r after calling m down g-iod and
? ail d up by tossing me a
gold coin.
"Between the addresses and the American
money to 11-. ?? :
but as I w ding mor..
I guidt 01 i .- -
days ' ? know th.- Louvre from th?*?.
I ie, aid I found out l didn't hsve to
to make good. I wsa v?ry slow at picking
up the lai ? t. it al! I noedi i w aa
,, f. tabMea and the
French words: ' .'? ??.is linter
g ilde n- ?sis to know to
After that h?* ?an pick up
ce sa he goes along. Any man
* goes iTi-ik? over h. re can learn tho
?i ? ' at Is, all the pi u es
that th? Ameri .n to;r'-*' want to see."
"It gets a little slow here In the summer
' a third "guide" confessed to me
over a g-- ? .-. in front of the
Pals
"Bui We f? OW tie rrnwd to Trouvtlle.
Aix-les-Bsins, and so forth, and 'touch' the
rl? !i Ann r: ana at; i English people for our
i If of the boys stay
vv,,rk the summsr visitors.
They don't have as much money to spend
as the people who coma h??re during th->
n have, but there's always enough
doing to pa 1 hat e a bit left
over to blow in."
"Supi ose an Aroeric m went to the con?
sul generar.*" I ventur? "A bona fide
csse ' ?' llstresa What would he do?"
'l\c\\ most lik.lv lav.? hl:n tb.rown out
of his "*!i ?." laughed the man from Los
Angelea. "I've heard that he eaM that if
1... ?< nt every i ' oms that asked
him he'd have to chatter the Mai: retan la
or the 'Lucy.' He wouldn't listen to a
man for a minute, il.? wouldn't pay a
Vassar graduates 'bus fare. In the first
piare, the United Slates has no r-Wef
fund for distressed citizens stranded
abroad Y/OU've got to bt? a shipwrecked
[sailor in Order to interest any ?consul. In
the se -il pin*.?, tin? consuls all along th?
lino from St. Petersburg to Liverpool have
been worked to a .-?* m ' till by all kinds of
bums and sharks.
"In the third place, the consul genera! St
Paris is particularly sore on American
grafters on account of a trl<?k played on
th>? old consul general Just beforo tho fair.
A 'guy' came over here with a forged tet?
ter of introduction to him from a United
States Senator. Ho was taken right Into
the general'! ?.un?.?.? and treated like a mem?
ber Of the family. The second day he bor?
rowed 2,000 francs from th?; general, got
drunk and Insulted the women of the fami?
ly. Bines that time there's nothing doing
at the building on the Avenus de l Op?ra,
and I don't blame the new consul general
at all. The 'guy* was too fresli, and
through bis coerse work a UM Of decent
people who've gone 'broke' over here have
suffer? d '
Som.? of the ' K tides" present a ?mart
appearance and occupy luxurious quartera,
Even at that they are spending l.-s.s than
they "earn" and an- saving tor the rainy
da\s to com-? Others .?re satisfied with a
cot in some cheap garret They ara not
so bold as the first-described, or, possibly
absinthe or Amer Picon is responstl Is for
their mode of living. Lias SO-Ctety, th.s
Ain't han guldea and panhandler? of Par?a
luve their cliques and castas, and ? great
gulf separatee tas dressy man artth ths
rattan stick from th.- shivering vsgaboad
who tuns at your coat slosve and whispers
that h?> knows where absinths can u? ob
taint '! f<?r thrt'i' sous.
But as t i the guldea generally speaking,
they know nothing <>f French history, yet
th?y know the route to Versailles; they
know nothing of art. yet the) will conduct
you to the Louvre and advise you to pur
. has.- a catalogue; they pose as Interpret"
' most of them know lesa than forty
Fren? h winds. But they do know the shop
is., int.-' who pay the largest commission,
th.- near-naughty resorte of Montmartre,
and more or lesa about the musty garrete
an?! narish dance halls of th.? Quartier
Latin?and there we will leave thent. .
WRONG KIND OF FORGETTING.
She?Don't Mr. Briggs and hi? wife ever
forget tnelr difference??
He?Why. yes, in a way. He forget? that
he is a gentleman and ?he forgeta that
ahe is a lady.- Boston Transcript

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