. Bohemian Paris of to-day . after listening for an hour to thebell, unlocks the catch from her couch. Then when 24. OUR CONCIERGE OUR STUDIO you close the door and pass her lodge you mustcall out your name. If you are out often or tillvery late, be prepared for a lecture on the crimeof breaking- the rest of hard-working the days work the concierges draw their chairsout into the court and gossip about their nearer the roof the lodger the less the respect hecommands. Would he not live on a lower floor if hewere able ? And then, the top floor gives small tips ! It is
. Bohemian Paris of to-day . after listening for an hour to thebell, unlocks the catch from her couch. Then when 24. OUR CONCIERGE OUR STUDIO you close the door and pass her lodge you mustcall out your name. If you are out often or tillvery late, be prepared for a lecture on the crimeof breaking- the rest of hard-working the days work the concierges draw their chairsout into the court and gossip about their nearer the roof the lodger the less the respect hecommands. Would he not live on a lower floor if hewere able ? And then, the top floor gives small tips ! It is noticeable that the entresol and premiersetages are clean and highly polished, and that thecleanliness and polish diminish steadily toward thetop, where they almost disappear. Ah, les con-cierges ! But what would Paris be without them ? Directly beneath us an elderly couple have apart-ments. Every morning at five the old gentlemanstarts French oaths rattling through the court bybeating his rugs out of his window. At six he rousesthe ire of a widow below him by watering his plantsand incidentally drenching her
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