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KATE CAREW CREEPS INTO THE CENTRE OF PARISIAN GAYETY
"GOOD EVENING, MADEMOISELLE. ARENT YOU AFRAID OF CATCH?
ING COLD?"
H?, ksi i i UIBW.
l'ai is, Januarj s>
1\ ? itdlla overy, dear oni
and qull I I tracked
uU,v|l . ' : eve bein on tl
reed to ;l- but I do hope they haven
quite get I ! >i arn to 1 a I pom .
laaon I
Weil. ? ? ?? ".? d ? ?...ery.
!' ? l; . . : islvi m
Paris th two fact i For eisl
raeetha ? ?? ;* i"''w
fur tii? ????
? a it,.- i. \ ".ils b>
:iue . ? ire In her cot
tprll to Decei ?? Pal
English sn
Ain'ii-. rket i
i,.i - " i ? ?
? ? tu* noei
?
?
WHEN CITY REAPS ITS CROF
-
!i iheli numbers, so wh? n h? r ?.? i
An?] hi ii D
- ? - Aiii.lo-S.ixo
- h i own reall
. >n, w ah ;. er art
i
ha\e sa 'C chan
months In I
-, her Intim?t? ly. hav
toi-.,.; . ind
? ?
? m ... i i,; tx
?. . a od hoi
?he i . . hildishlj elmpk
having throe p " ??? "i the i??
the ] ? :,.'? of beim
m of wicked
MS? I ? ... mat pa;
1 : to welt
: la <.f tin- family
,. ? . . : loi. .
? ?i in studios, or oi
the boulet M ; Ol in tl.. ? .- Uidn'
Just r.? ,??? yo ,:? .-rint'. ? - i, si in !
French family, a real, old-fashioned hour
nols family,^wltb ao Bngllah in in vo
cabijiai-- and'prehistoric ideai as to as
vcnti' itoma
t s bal h i - happened
: :: .: imlnatlng sxpe
Id can
,:> try It a . i hav,
i.- ???. boa ehi
?? ? ote Mstl ?!?!?? Tot.
don't kno . anj ;r,'r out r: j ou onll
knon- !.. r tin ,,;i, ., .; caf?s, hi r shop?
and boulevard? and It t us show
fou ;... come, i beg oi
>oj. ?
Of cours. ? on understand, she wrote all
"?at ,: i,, end when written that
?ay ; a - re you It b< cow? ?> mu )-. mo:.
? prei
A QUESTION OF TONGUES.
-, : lie, because-well, i don't
?tund rig it to yon spue king
f 1er severa! days on
? "d hsi : me effect oa me that nearby
(iOtKni.n hammering on metai haw. It
> ??? nu- i dull, dreary headache.
. ; led.
tl at I v .ail.I spend a week
?" in the bosom of the French family.
Ms i would hie m'- t.. a little bot?'.
*here i rould tali: in my own tongue and
?'???ha', own way.
di ;?:.<! h? Spi l( ?? J OUng husban?!
inc at the Gare du Nord, an?l 1 gol
''?to the French atmosphere at one?-. Cor
nsthiidi i..-:-? ,i m?- on both cheeks and
?urque? kissed me on both cheeks, and 1
?shited euch ..; them in similar fsshksh.
because i believe that when you're in
'ran..- you must do as the Krench do.
Tin deai >oung things had arranged a
Sartect round of gayeties lor me. In
v?in did i asBur? them that 1 couldn't
Wvol all the time, that I simply had to
?eep tl, wolf from the door.
-N>' i - exclaimed Mathilde, ptrou?
???tii'K In front of lb?' mirror. "Nobody
*ork? in Kin? cow. This Is tin- :-, asoli
?f Ren ??.on-, of Noel, of st. Sylvestre, "'
'?-?Jans, and h bridge And, anyhow, you
MOW periectly well, mignonne, that ail
Jou Americana aro enormously r< ch, oh,
nit aliann :h!"
"/Mars," sai,| J,,, -, ?.
A;??'? ? want to t il you here and now that
99uv lltiji ? >,, in-lit ov.i '..,ii. .1
*??'.' m . v i;.(?; i,-; ... if , au agree with
*?> one, jou say "alors. ' l? you caui'i
I think what v?, , w,?ltlt to siy n? \t.
Pat S? toajan "alors." When
1 sriah to ? : ios! lm| rnasti i. j on b?
: with an "alors." and when ;?'. an? I
s ? nd?erous ' aloi - "
fact, a good rnlS is:
When In ?ioi.it tmy 'alois."
Bo, of course, I bad to froll? ??? Mf
' tbe true Paris ??f the Psrisl u -
It to tb< ssasen of ?Family Punctt?
i of duty dinners given to all r< Lstlves, s
twice r< moi ? d, and
?.?i. ase hou gr?ai s favor It wb I rj
der i?, i?? admltti ?i Into ti.? ?
i reiati d pr< i im ta
i ?i" appn ? late tbe Privileg?
wish i mlgnt have eujoyed those dins
b it. ;?'.?' i . ouldn't .? all) hsi
gay time In i'ism ?? bu ? a ? ?
o n??t man led, Tb< refon ?>? IS
: all? in-rath? past ths He perl
I a., i rd with some mes it.i ?
mingled ?srltl pit) sod curiosity.
girl.- boa i long? d i.. be ?. a Id
lath i than an old Inaid ?'int.? in fa
To hat ?? ?. ? r. ,. ai -.? ?i i?. .-...n. thing
my oi n and to have bun? ?i him daci
\\ bai a prestige ?' would bavi given ?
a it ??.. . i cam : ? \. i i? ?. thai i
] much '?? ? in Pai latan fan circles,
?csuse i coul? , i -?" round :?> nil and ?
dry ami tell them ?bat i might have m
. 11. .1 if r<i choax n to <i" -" tho ig h i ?i?
mind admitting to you thai l had hind
a yearning ?". J ist la Jusllf) mj .-? ?:
liv? end single.
l It \. ouldn i i ? allv havi done .' n; go
no on?' would have
i m?- in France then a only ?
.reason for not having been married, ??
that . .?m? couldn l
I
THE COLD, CURIOUS EYE.
if anj ont tell ou thai leu i s.? a
1 h,..! . a no i a. feminist nu \ > mi nt a
?given ?'?omen a different position, ?t
i you j tst throw a contemptuous "?sJon '
M .i ni, foi ) "?il ami., .i- ; ? ? you til
j ?he hS? had th.- ?oai. ? UrloUS ? ?> ?? ol t
. mi . ?.? a woms n upon b? i, and s
? i\ h i. ..i si., sp? ska
So mademoiselle doera'l hsvs a vs
; good time m Paris, and that is ail th*
M it.
I In the li:st piace, she has to live up
?a stilted and awful lonocenc? lbs mu
i..ai Bothlng*. sss nothing and know not
, |ng Of the a. b, c oi Ufa
Sti? i,. -; i ?v?-r talk to the man besi?
her at dinner except at the top <?f h
? lungs, so ail the married ones <-an he;
?he saya Should be or sbs murnv
..,ai, i i ??? ? -? nothing about tb? w ath?
i ng else :it snytblng lower Um
, m., m : It? i., the ? ntln dinner lab!?
api '.' stop talking and tasten, lesl Ma.)
m< is?die should be kMaring somethlni I
should not, or the bohl, bad man basil
her be trying t<? essay "to Mit" witi? bs
;.? ? own siat?' was parlous snougjh s/tall
In that family, but mj warm haari use
?., ain?.? i??r the really Jeunes ni!? s m ti.
?group. ?All 1 'an hop? is that lb?.? sic a
I oil and have a ?!OBVSI sat ion o!" tin. ii OB
I sometlii.? s.
TRAILED MEEKLY ALONG.
i in?-.i to behave my vary beat and bes
the IgnomlB) of my singlo state In i
chastened fashion, ' always trailed I
behind Mathildi- ? vei> win it?, IhOUgh sh
is a y?satr young?sr than l am and hall :
: h.ao shorter, and I in vcr Bpok? with an
i thortty.
? w i... t do? si entonte' mean?"
naked when I saw m) iirst dlnnor lavlta
tioll.
??<?b. thai means you must Bot no h
full drees; your hostess partlcutorly re
quests thai you shouldn't."
"Ah, just s small affair."
"Oh. no?about thirty."
"An?l no one? la full dress-not ? v n th?
in? n'.'"
"No, of course not."
And. say atoara, al long and forau? din
neis rg sat il'iwn in the < I.,tiles we had
: worn nil day.
This may no! SI ? m -Hang? t?> >?ui, bul
Iransesn-bsr I've lust ooms from Engfland,
where people pnt on evening dross i"
?dins sll alons for the mere pleasure of
j < banning
\\ ?il. once I rebeltod before one ?if
these "sans cenmoni." affairs I sniil
briuly:
"Ifathllde, me ?tor the seduetlvf km
uni, this evening. I'm borsd with myself
in skirl and blocs?, Bff bouse drsSS with
a < t:.?l in? ? ollar."
I Tros bien." replied Mathilda. "By an
I means, if you like."
"Alois."murmur? d Jacqu? and shnigsjsd
hto shoulders.
.-'.. In?.i th.? ..-?loii 1 vailed that evening,
In thS Brake Of Ifathllde, of cours.?, and I
didn't bave uny tak? oft ?our collar and
As a Guest in a French Family She Breathes the Atmosphere of the Gala Season of the
Domesticated Parisian?The Celebration Proves To Be Childish, Playful,
but Eminently Decorous, and the American Peels That She Has
Discovered the Real Paris, a "Quaint Little Village
Where Family Traditions Are Preserved."
put on s ruche effect 1 lad a real bon
, lide New Vori; low cut gown on me uu
!i felt something like a diner-out
I I was alone in my glory, but being a
I Am?lean covers a multitude of sins a i
Madame my ImetOSS beamed upon me.
i Then up came lient I and Victor an
Charles to greet Mademoteelle, the guci
of Mathilde and Jacques.
"Good evening. Mademoiselle," nai
; Henri. ' Aren t you afraid of c.itcliln
cold?"
"Good ?veiling. Mademoiselle." said W
tor. ?Aren't you afraid ot catching cold'.'
"Good evening, Mademoiselle." sal
Charles. "Aren't Sou afraid of catchln
cold ?"
1 ?jiggle?! nn idiotic BOhOOtglrl glggli
. and nobody looked astonished becaua
not being niariei; I can nivele all tin: MS
of my 'ife. It's one of my prerogative-.
I'\e come to the conclusion that thcr
| arc tWO gOOd, Substantial reason? for th
rp r,ch?\ oman not caring to appear h
1 n low-neched gown, one i?; that ol": real
ly ha* riot a pretty noch Though she l
usually well-rounded, lust between oui
sehe*, my sister.??, her neck is apt to 1?
thin.
The other is that she la afraid Of catch
tag cold.
THAT DEADLY FRESH AIR.
Plie who dreads a ??cm rent d'alr.
Iwhich means a little freah air, as ?r
Idreed rettleenabee, and beeps In r win?
Idowi hermetically sealed mo ; of ti"
I time, coiiM not poosIM) rish exposing bei
nech without eren a bit of gauze beitwe?
it and a cold world.
In Uli winter Paris >f 'he Parisian -
"le bridge" is played nt high pressure.
\\ hen I ?ent "to make i bridge" lor
the first time Id thought Id made ..
mlstahe and ?ironpod in at ri converse?
alone. Talk about "giggle, gabble, go
? and git" Well, ili.u practically ib scribe
the Krench Idea of a bridge party.
[maglts Httie Katie, fresh from Eng
Itsb bridge, that a dm played
almost like a rellglOUS rite; phivi .J Iti a
loom where "Silence" fa ,s ?? aternl)
from the Mall; or Where One J ?' l
talk whether forewarned or not:
Engttsfa bridge where svery card M
?.considered, every play thought ever and
[studied, and ?here I ?cry body a
Ievery ras si I for careless playing, ami
j wh?!c courtes) veatsbes In ti.' espedl
: (SBCy S? Hi'- gam' 1
i Than rreacb bridge t" dan? -.
,ui" Bmld a BWtshlnS "f si,, v. r.ittlniK "?
tea? spa ?* clamor of toi,-. , ends can?
! tin ,i .1 ? omlns end coing!
Ma>. inn li ' al ' ens " ? d
hi d ihe ?et? oui son* labli i 'le
hi '.;^>," A sr guest they chai
1 a lib her foi a fea
; hi ir plat is n' the tablea ?
I Thal la, if tic j p?a i ? i sx :? t)?ey
, ,j,,i, ? a'hj sft? i ib? i il? ?? i, ltd the
compliments erf tbe season to Madam?
they c?itne and chai with the Hiidgets.
Y"U can't ImSgltMl What painlemoiuun
it is: but m'u must remember one siltoBl
fact, which ?S that . > .?i y one talks at th?
toll of his lilil??? in Iran'?-.
"Two di.imoii'is. No. 1 haven't seer
?I.'habit ?Vert.' Tes, every one says it If
charming*. How.1o.miu.io, Ma.iemoy.iie'
Heautiful weather: Quite like spring. Me,
to call'.' ?VVi II, tiir. .; diamonds. Double,
did yOU say? Kb. alors, I re.louble. Twc
diamonds, rodouM?ed. Oh, no, 1 nevei
said throe Two only. oh. did 1? ThTOSl
Reallyl But WS ?an never do It. S'iry
partner."
And the partner merely bows his imad.
It wouldn't h? food taste tor him to sug?
gest thai MnataSBS has ?lone anything In
tin least reproBensible; besides, any mo?
ment be may do the same thing himself.
In Kng.aiid, ot course, g burst of rage
on such an occsslon would be expected of
a p;?rtn??r. It WOUM simply be supposed
he knew nothing ol lbs game if he kept
QUi? t
u ? i. iiiiagin?? a bridge table, with all
four players babbling on ?ike this or,
rather, only three, wlul.? I was there BS?
causs i jmt couldn't. To attend to my
??an?s and to Otter airy nothings to th??
people about tue at the BBHM time is
out of my range "i sccompllsbmente
SHE WAS "ALL IN."
i held inv ii-... i tti my baads niter ths
Orsl rubber, and after the secorM i mur?
mured thai i was very in and couldn't
play any u M S
Immediately the room bummed with ex*
citement MsdemoiselM was in. Would
she have some aster, some tea, a little
brandy T Oh, bm how distressing snd bow
unfortunate, and the table brok?m up, tool
But Mademoiselle didn't recover enough
to play a_?a:n Bbe Just slunk Into a c??r
ner and listened to the clatter and esang
Of 'Is btl'i-'e" as la? la plav.-d In l'ail?.
"I ?I?, rsally think, if you must play the
?.un? as If it Were g shouting match, you
BSdn'l ha?.-? chain'?.I the counting. Bay*
" I protested to MsttlltdS as WS ni.ol
our wsy bosse Bftei thai serve racking
eft? i noon
**Cbangs the ? > Why, nhstever
do you ni'.in, chert? I B/e havcB'l "
"Ti ?y i insistid. "Voi call a grand
lam a hundred and little yam fifty, ?With
us oeM la forty, ths otbei twenty*"
"nh. w.ll. but ours I? lb? right COBS'*
mg id MstblMe, ? ompteo ntly.
An.I tb?r. it I? That Is th?- deltgfatful
attitude i m toward
? bl Paris is
U"! t. r< i i -.?id ni I'm I
I'.? .'.?i ? ' ? r un t?. Montmartre?** I
;? k?.l tfiv I 0*1 ami BOSteSB ?SSM ?day
(?f course, th? ? did sot Math ?.. I, ,.|
? ? \. r been But Js?rquea, m hlfe hs
i ired if i 11 ?i si 11 ? '??? ?'? 'i-'" '?
hsdi t snd s little twtnkk is h -
6 htm. snybow,
After SMIM discussion both deciiled tin!
1 must be taken some time, for, M Ma?
thilde said, I was a "journaliste" and a
"f?ministe," nn?l as such I was entitled
to s.e some slices of life. The awful
Shame of my sinnlc blessedness was ig
noi? ?i for tii?. moment
"Anyhow," Jacguea assured me, "you
will sec very little there now which could
oil. ml jou. In lh?i spring lad summer
Ml atmaitre IS as naughty as possible, be
caues you Americans' expect it. but In the
winter it is very harmless. Oh, by all
: in. ans will irs go sonic night!"
And we tbea and there appointed New
, fear's Eve for Montmartre.
When Paris pr?paies for Christmas she
| do. s it thoroughly.
She has her streets blocked up with
booths, sue de,-orates lavishly iin.l she
brings thoudanda of Christmas trees to
, put out. everywhere and sell to her chil?
dren.
i A>id ?on Know how she behaves at the
' R?veillon of No? l Weil, if you don't, you
' have missed : omi thing.
If you haw .my good red blood in your
? veins you sit up all Bight and you cat
all the things you ibOUldn't and drink all
?the things you shouldn't in fact, >ou
i let yourself to the celebration.
fes of course, i .?at up all night. What
do you think?
Pul I gUOM my blood Is more blue than
I'd. for 1 got fearfUll) tired by daylight
and I ran in d -
Not once snd a?aln.
Bui again ami sgeln
And again ami again and ai?ain.
TO A THEATRE FIRST.
We went first to a theatre to commence
oir R?veillon, and as plays novcr end
' here till about U o'docb we came
.out In time for the f.str. iti?s. and drove
off at ?mee to the house of the third
'cousin of tii. statt i -in-i.iw of -facquoe,
i who is naturally regarded as a near rela?
tion
i: ?," o many people bed arrived before
..i svei one was feeling awfully
: i und youthful SXCCpt >nur auntie.
, think we Americans are prematurely
aged anyhow, w. 're the youngest na?
tion and the oldest peopls
v., ,i f.. i thai rerj atroi gly if yoo
i;. v, niom d ? i'." ? !.. ? o one ever
, r. is to be more than twenty-one if ??pirit!
lust ?re supped, snd we aupped well,
I except Uiat I had to taste iioudin. the
notional dainty of the feaet or Noft.
'Madame our hoottss. explained that ehe
1 h.ol ?t ?m of 1:edition, tid that
'ti.- American miss, might entapie it. but
, u.it ?. on- . las le " i pai take of lt_
' .\n?i \.r> few did as it li rather es
;.,i tl , delicate palet? a ol to day
j Its a .-??! I ol Mach pud.lili? i oui' i
ition of ^.. i: MSge lie it.
*,?!.' w. ?tipped wi din.'"?i Ri
"THE FAMILY ALL STOP EATING TO SEE IF THE BOLD GAD M IN 18
TRYING 'LE FLIRT.'"
and -fare dames, ail v. rv diK
uiii'd aad decoroue. Mo "turv. y trots"
or 'bunny hugs Bourgeois Paris would
be ashamed to tak> part in such perform?
ances.
Then when we wearied of the mazy
da me Ws phtyed games.
Oh. UMS enfants, those gaines! 1
! thought 1 had finished with them when
I let my skirts down. Bur. not at all.
Here was I playing ring around a rosy
Shout the Christmas tree, and |. MM In
tii.mer, and Mlndman's ouir and going
: to Jeruaah m.
And how pre enjoyed ourselves! How
we roared with laughter: Fee, verily, the
older we were the younger we seemed.
and the i/oungest SSSOttg us tairly rudi
ated youth.
Childish, playful Pari??!
[ I thought you had grown old. but. be
I Id, you assume and cast oft the trap
! pltlgS Of agi as ? < (?arment: How do you
do t '
\- 1 ley, I was ? i ; ilt** th>? oldest person
at the gathering, anyhow, and by the
?? JaCQUM and Mathilde fell th f
i t, ..?- themselves away the feeble
wuit.r sun a is peeping In at the windows
ami I had aged about on,; century.
"Oh, la, lal" Chirped Ja q ICI as we
drove up the Boulevard, "It's s flue day
Let's go out for a drive in the Botel"
"Ol?, la, la:" twittered Mathilde. "A
iiave Ideal By all meena ' '
"Idiotic young things," I said, "hold
your peace. We sie all going home to
!.. ,i We'vi Revetlloned all night; Ibr
? i - sl.ep all day."
Well, we didn't go to the Bols, but we j
didn't rest ?ll day.
We snateta? >i a i. m i,ii,-f boors oi rap?se;
then we were up and doing aad sseiagl
s bat oth? - ????? i doing.
CHRISTMAS AN ANTICLIMAX.
1 l must sa> < 'hi let ma fi i '.?\ In Psi la as
a eery "morning sfter" appesranoe
Ever) one has sat up all night and vital
ltj i^ rather tow.
There's no particular celebration, fo
pts are given only to children, an?
' ti.Ida children are gathering them
-??Ives together to ?i?> Ihanasrlrss credit li
the evening, when there are dlnaers an?.
Prom Christmsa Bvs t" New War?
: Day svery one plays, Tbero's bo s?ricas
, business at all. The Shops ?re all open
; but th? u that means nothing, lor th?
Pari shopkeeper never ctosss if he car
! help it. Ik? ?hi.-n't expect to do any?
thlBg II? hlSl --lands behind the countet
i to greet his friends,
: l'vcn the I'osti'tla IS QUitS dlSOrg
you're la great Itscb If ?roa gst ?tottsts
from friends S mils <>r so away three
lays after they srs mailed, sad svery one
accepts this as part of the holiday con*
j lingciicits ami no MM griimbl. s
Th?.? second Kev? Ilion talos p?a? e on
New Year's Bvs, and that we liad decided
; to soc in Montmartre.
I was quits willing to abaiiib'ii tbe . x
. peditlon because i knew thai Jscqooo
and Mathilde. a> the yOBIIgBSl m?ini???rs
of a rory old ami namarous family, had
, don ns of cernnoinal calls to msks SB
I New fear's Day ami needed ail their
energies, bul thsy wouitin't hear of it.
So again STS prepar??! for an all night
sitting, and w. ilimhe?! up to the heights
?U' Montmartr?1 ami I ?gun by BXptortttg
'11.11," "H mvsn" ami "Annihilation "
lleietofor?. wlnn I've bsen to these?
ptaces th?? ??ni\ audiences bass basa Bog*
Uah nid American tourists, wb.? u??re
mildly thrilled by the red lights and
flsines Snd snakes of II'II anil th.? skulls
and ?i.tlins and ?ill the other merry little
adjuncts of Annihilation
This time, th?OUgh, SVery one was French,
?the rSSd Montmartre element ap.nli.s
and their b? st girls, bon sat tobeeers snd
tlnir swe.th.arts. ami SVSry MM giggled
and s?iu??al? I an?! revelled in the futile
sensations pe ?vtded.
CHILDISH TRICKS AT SHOWS.
Of conns ns wsnl in to stow th.? sntar?
t.liiim. nts in the tin.?. th??atres attacll.il t?)
these cabal?is, and It was there 1 drew
i,i\ first deduction, for l usure yss
the little tricks Ida;. ???1 on th?1 audience,
tin? mirror devices, etc., w r? all ?is sim?
ple, even prifdlsh, us possible; yet I've
been there and fOU'VB been tin re when
you've blushed a bit at the vulgarity of
what bappened,
Of course we shouteii with laughter
WbSB a victim from the audience offered
his servie s and stood on the plait.?rm re?
veal? ?I to us as a skeleton, and we s'nud
?lcreil and s:?iueaked when the Mephis?
tophelean attendants warned us our hour
ha.l cnBBS, and there was thunder and
lightning, the snak?-s waggled to und fro |
and the ?I ?mes sprrted out. j
At last It was ull over and we went to]
a BsBtnrs tlieatic. the largest In Paris.
It was packed from top to bottom with
palpitating, eager, childish humanity wan
in? to be thrilled.
And they were
And what do yo<: think thrilled them?
Not scenes of crime or adventure or
rlohy, vulgar scenes,
There weren't any of these.
Just ssntfanent
Mothers united to their little children.
brothers ami Maten aacrttb -, string
MM a i ?'stored to favor, etc.
The more absurdly sentimental S scene
was the more it was appreciated,
Things which would have made thesam?
class of people in London smile coldly ami
murmur "Hush!" snd cynical Asserisnns
.mutter "Nonsense t" delighted simple
Paris to her very SOUL
There were constant ahs: and ohs! of
appre? latloa and even surreptitious t
1 "\V, I!, 1 .1 i la:| you are the most amaz?
ing lot!" I announced when we emerged.
"Alora," murmured Jacques, "and dM I
not t?ll you that Pans is the femme arlth
two l.ices'.' You have sen her assumed
one. Now you \rlew her real features, '
Thee ?.une the midnight supper in the
cal?.
The new year was ushered in not by
horns and belli and shouting.
A SIGNAL FOR OSCULATION.
No the c'.o. k just BtrUCfc, and every on??
I wished every one els.: bonne atinge and
then commenced S ver? montai kissing b-e.
An old man, very fat and much bearded.
v bO w..s seat'.i next to me. saluted me on
both che.ks warmly.
I've never seen him before and I never
expect t" again; nt Past, 1 hope 1 won't.
It is just the custom, and I was the
nearest female to him. That's an.
Stiearns of men and women came Into
the cat! after IS, ami tlieie was much
i ast.i i4 m.?i menyma!
The walten wore paper caps on theh
li.. o Is an I served us thus decorated, and
ail th.- men, Including Jacqw a nearly
twisted themselves Inside out trying to
touch a frisky rabbit thai was aM loose
ami ran through the restaurant, Car Is
touch even S hair of him means luck for
the >? ii
w.u. after we had supped we walked
along the itrect, exchanging greetings
w Itb ''H nul sundry.
You muh) see with a corner of your ey?
that Jacques and Mathilde felt them?
selves perfect devils hOCOUM they wer#?
"doing" Montmartre, and I overheard
them agreeing that only a favored few of
thl Family WOTS to learn of this llttl?
spree.
NOW Y'.u's nay nnds Paris very grav
snd o&dal and burden>d with Pendil
i dgnlty.
p.? pauvre incqaes put on his dres?j
?-nit at IS m tin? morning, for he h.'nl
ceremonious calls to make on MtnletOH
and Deputies, etc., and he kept it on all
day.
Alter luncheon he came for Mathilde,
and together tin > whisked off la a ta?j
'and left cards M Sil thefa relativo, then
i they bun nil home to receive their own
callera
i couldn't take part in this, for, of
i course, I wasn't Family, and f could onlv
! li-dt-n to all that happened alter it was
over.
My dears. Imagine! All those calls get
no edible or drinkable reword. No one
! 8erv.'S 411?. thing. Ifl ?II just good wishes
and respectful salutations!
' Thin, the day after New Year's Day
on? 's friends begin t?> cell, and during
the winter months there's an entdemic of
visits Everybody goes to see everyeody
else.
IT MUST BE OBSERVED.
It sema the true Parisian i- s stickler
; for form and ceremony, snd these can't
' be neglected Willi illlptltlity.
it was immensely sdlfytng, :>ii this.
aepOCtally the feudal family effect,
"Ma tanto," .? bearded okl lady, was
the Head of tin Penally, ami she came
into her own in January, all right.
liven I ha 1 to be taken to ?'all on her,
and an ordeal it eras, for sho told me
what she thought of Americans, and Ma?
thilde congratulated me on only under
'? standing part "I It.
"My ?bar. you are prehistoric In your
i family." i sold, kindly, but Iraaiy.
?uh. la. la!" laughed Mathilde. Whrt
will you? We ire quite up to tlie date
We have two divorces In our cercle, and
we play tile bl'IdK? !"
I'm so glad I've discovered tho Paris
of the Parisiuna.
It's a quaint little village, when? family
traditions arc preserved. It's the play?
ground of a charming, simple folk, and
it Is a place apart from the commercial,
gay, boh?mien, artistic Parla of the stu?
dent, tin? tourist and the casual visitor.
tCopyrigbt. lUia, MeW-XeiU Tr?bua?.?