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Miss Matilda Paul ha3 reached ( “gay Paree”, enroute home to j America, Iowa, and Iowa City, from the FhUUprae islands, where she lia^ been teaching for several years-Writing from Paris, to her mother, Mrs. F. W. Paul, she says: “1 don’t see much gaiety, save a lot of drinking shops.’*Miss Paul has been visiting Louvre gallery, and viewing the Eiffel Tower and other sights and scenes.In shopping, she found that her American money represented ahout one dollar to 16 francs, as against five, in the old days, the franc new being worth about 6 1-4 cents o£ Uncle Sam’s coin of the realm.French shoes sold for 29 to 69 francs, (from §2.40 up) but they were all too high-hcelcd for an Amercan girl to desire. Tricotine waists range from 29 francs to 59 and 69—the parisian merchants seeming to feature bargain prices, ending in 9—as American mer. chants advertise 98 cent offerings.Miss Paul expresses surprise that “the people support so many shops, and such a variety—running from little holes in the wall to great department stores.”Paris is warmer than Geneva, where the young educator's cheeks turn blue, then glowing, with the cold Geneva weather gave her an inkling as to why the Switzerland people have rosy cheeks, she avers.Home Before LongMiss Paul ought to be at home in Iowa City before long. She sailed from Southampton, England, October 3rd—if the prophecy of her leter (dated Sept. 27th) were fulfilled—and predicted that she would reach Quebec, Canada, on October lt3h, nert Saturday.
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Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Wed, Oct 10, 1923
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