SOJOURNING SHOPPING f STUDYING IN PARIS Note THIS little book is intended for the use of women and girls going to Paris, whether for a long or a short stay. My aim has been to give the addresses of suitable hotels, boarding-houses, shops, schools of art, teachers, and places of amusement, particularly those places to which women may safely go without es cort to indicate enjoyable excursions by steamboat, railway, or tramway to mention the usual charges for board, fees to servants, and prices generally in short, to provide the visitor with such information as will save her most of the annoyance that commonly falls to the lot of women who go alone to a strange city. While the book is small enough to be easily carried in a handbag, the information it contains will be found quite full, as well as accurate. The addresses I have given are all known, either to myself or friends, to be desirable, and may be relied on. I shall be grateful to readers who will notify the publishers of any errors they may discover in the book. E. O. W. BALTIMORE, February 15, 1907. Key to Map THE figures in parentheses following many of the addresses in this volume indicate the map square, or squares, in which a particular street lies, and will be found of service in locating addresses. Contents JfAGE PASSPORTS i TROUBLE ARISING FROM IGNORANCE OF THE LAWS . i CARRYING AND REMITTING MONEY 2 SENDING HOME EXTRA LUGGAGE 3 DUTIES AT THE UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE ON GOODS BOUGHT ABROAD . . 4 FRENCH MONEY 7 TIPS 8 FRENCH MEASURES 9 THERMOMETERS 9 CABS, TRAMS, METRO, ETC 9 STEAMBOATS 12 HOTELS 12 GOOD RAILWAY HOTELS 17 EXTRAS AT HOTELS AND PENSIONS 17 FURNISHED APARTMENTS 18 PENSIONS 19 STUDENTS HOSTEL IN THE LATINQUARTER … 22 AMERICAN STUDENTS CLUB 23 RESTAURANTS 24 RESTAURANTS WHERE WOMEN MAY DINE ALONE . . 25 RESTAURANTS WHERE WOMEN GO WITH AN ESCORT . 25 TEA ROOMS . 32 A SCHOOL OF COOKING 33 DANCING 34 WATER 34 MILK 35 HELP IN SHOPPING, ETC 35 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS 36 CHIROPODY, SHAMPOOING, MANICURING …. 36 WASHING AND CLEANING 37 viii CONTENTS PAGE WASHING LISTS 38 JEWELLERS ., 38 SHOES 39 SUNSHADES AND UMBRELLAS 39 ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND OBJETS DART 39 CORSETS 40 LINGERIE 40 DRESSMAKERS . . I 41 MILLINERS 43 BUYING POSTAGE STAMPS … . 44 POSTAL EXCHANGE 44 PACKING, STORING, AND DESPATCHING GOODS … 44 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 45 CIRCULATING LIBRARIES 48 READING-ROOMS …, . 49 AMUSEMENTS 50 AUTOMOBILES 52 EXCURSIONS BY AUTOMOBILE AND OTHERWISE … 53 HOSPITALS AND TRAINED NURSES 66 ENGLISH-SPEAKING CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS SO CIETIES 67 EDUCATION 71 STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONS AND COMITES DE PATRONAGE 80 LIBRARIES 83 MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS 86 STUDIOS 89 ARTISTS 93 ART EXHIBITIONS OF MODERN PAINTINGS …. 94 TEACHERS Y OF Music 96 TEACHERS OF FRENCH 97 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PARIS 101 VOCABULARIES 106 REFERENCE LIST AND INDEX … 137 STREETS, A, , , f 174 SOJOURNING SHOPPING AND STUDYING IN PARIS THERE are a few details, in matters of business, that are as important for people who are living abroad in one place as for those who travel in many cases such details are learned only by experience. Passports. A passport costs very little, and it can be obtained without much trouble. It is absolutely necessary to all travellers in Turkey, or in Russia, or in any Oriental country but in France or England it is very seldom required. However, it is much wiser to be armed with one, for the traveller mightneed to be identified at a post-office and in case of accident, or mistaken arrest, or any legal complica tion, it might save endless annoyance. Any person intending to study in Paris should be provided with a passport and a certificate of the date and place of his birth, for he will find these necessary when he applies for admission into some of the higher schools and courses of study, or for permission to use the various technical libraries and museums. They must be presented also when he wins a diploma. Trouble Arising from Ignorance of tlie Laws…