nelle 15 and Boulevard St. Germain, first-class; Café de I'Arc-en-
Ciel, Boulevard de l'Hôpital 2. opposite the station (à la carte and
à prix fixe ; D. 3 fr.).

4. Cafés. Brasseries. Pastry Cooks.

Cafés form one of the great features of Parisian life. An hour
or two may he pleasantly spent in sitting at one of the small tables
with which the pavements in front of the cafés on the Boulevards
are covered on fine evenings, and watching the passing throng. Most
of the Parisian men spend their evenings at the cafés, where they
partake of coffee, liqueurs, and beer, meet their friends, read the
newspapers, or play at billiards (50 c.-1 fr. 20 c. per hr.) or cards.
The cafés on the Grands Boulevards, however, with the exception
of the Grand Café in the Boni, des Capucines, generally have no
billiard-tables. Letters may also be conveniently written at a café,
the waiter furnishing writing-materials on application ('de quoi
écrire, s'il vous plait' ; fee). Most of the cafés are well furnished
with French newspapers, but foreign journals are scarce. As a rule
the cafés are open until 1 a.m., some even longer.

The best cafés may with propriety be visited by ladies, though
Parisiennes of the upper class rarely patronize them. Some of those
on the N. side of the Boulevard Montmartre should, however, be
avoided, as the society there is far from select. — Cafés-Concerts.

When coffee is ordered at a café in the early forenoon the waiter
usually brings a large cup, which, with roll and butter, costs 3/4-1 1/2 fr.
(waiter's fee 10c). In the afternoon same order produces a small cup
or glass (un mazagran) of café noir, which costs 40-75 c (waiter 10 c). Milk
(crème) is generally offered at the same time. A bottle of cognac is frequently
brought with the coffee unordered, and a charge made according to the
quantity drunk. At the more fashionable cafés a petit verre of cognac,
kirsch, rhum, curaçao, or chartreuse costs 30-60 c, fine champagne 60 c.-l fr.
— The prices of the 'consommations' are generally marked on the saucers
on which they are served.

Tea costs 3/4-l fr.. more with roll and butter (thé complet). Déjeuner may
be obtained at nearly all the cafés for 2 1/2-3 fr., and cold meat for supper.

Beer may also be procured at most of the cafés, 'un bock'' costing
30-40 c. ; the measure, however, is smaller than at the 'brasseries'. English
beer costs 1-1 1/2 fr. a bottle.

Liqueurs (40-75 c), diluted with water, are largely consume as 'apéritifs'
or 'appetizers' before meals. Among these are absinthe, vermouth, menthe
(white or green), bitters or amers, anisette, and quinquina. — Sirops, or
fruit-syrups, diluted with water, are to be had in various flavours, e.g.
sirop de groseille, de framboise, de grenadine, orgeat (prepared from al-
monds), etc. Lemon squash ('un citron pressé"), sorbet (water-ice), and
ices (half 75 c, whole l 1/4- l 1/2 fr.) are also frequently ordered

We here mention a very small selection of the thousand cafés
that Paris contains.

Grands Boulevards (see also Brasseries). — Place de la Made-
leine 2, corner of the Rue Royale, Café Durand, also a restaurant,
like many others of those mentioned below. — Boulevard des Capu-
cines. N. side: No. 14, Grand Café; No. 12, Café de la Paix