PARIS ENJOYS LIFE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 December 1932, Page 6

PARIS ENJOYS LIFE

very cosmopolitan YOUNG N.Z. DANCER TELLS OF COSMOPOLITAN NIGHTS. CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT "Young people in Paris do enjoy life, and they get their pleasure at considerably less cost than in New Zealand," said Miss Patricia Nelson, a iNew Zealand actress and dancer, who arrived at Wellington by the Makura. Everything in the way of entertainment was exceedingly cheap in Paris, she said. For instance, supposing a young Parisian and his girl- friend wanted to go somewh'ere after a show, and it was about 12.30 — early for Paris — they could go to isuch a place as the "Chez Graff," a kind of cafe, situated next to the Moulin Rouge, and the only price of admission was the cost of a glass of beer. It was difficult to imagime a more cosmopolitan gathering of people than one found in such a place. There were people from all countries, and of every class from the : highest to the lowest. People in Paris were exceedingly | friqndly, Miss Nelson said. They did not possess the reserve of the Englishman, but were more spontaneous and natural. Although they were easy to approach, and easy people with whom to make acquaintance, nevertheless they still had a certain amount of reserve when it came to a question of forming a deeper friendship. Most French . people had only two meals a day, and hardly over drank tea, she said. Coffee was the customary beverage, and they only drank tea when they were with particularly smart society, or on special occasions. Even the washerwoman in New Zealand had her cup of tea^ but it was not iso in France. "Yes, France is a very different country from England," Miss Nelson added.