PARIS IN THE LOOKINGGLASS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 15

PARIS IN THE LOOKINGGLASS

FACTS AND.-'FANCIES.

(Written for ' 'The .Post"- l?y Germaine.)

PAK,ISy,I6th-April. ." , ;Spring, Easter holiday,.: all ; sorts of nico. things are here to make the wgrld seem a- little more: lik.e. one dreams 'it will be some day. Paris is busy', visitors are. flocking to see'it.decked in green leaves and pretty things!'jto buy". Easter eggs, in different:.^forms, -fill :the shop windows. Have you -.ever' -.considered what an Easter egg-.can-bfe? Mt can be' just a plain' boiled, egg dyed .red.-.'lt can be made in chocolate-and filled With all sorts of pretty little sweets. It can be a bag, a box, and inside it may rest anything from a priceless jewel to a pair of.gloves, some-handkerchiefs, or a bunch of violets. To give an' Easter present-is a really happy thing to do. It is? a pleasure to buy it and to receive it. ' A pleasure tof receive it and use it. The whole business is surrounded with happy thoughts. It may be a' little difficult to pay. for,' but there■; are 'times when; money must be treated with a certain contempt. : . .

AN EASTEE FASHION SHOW.

Some of. the dressmakers are sending out-Easter cards. Yesterday there was a smart tea party at a well-known coiiturleres salon in the Rue de la Paix. The .invited few went to look at her new.est summer c.lothes. Among her latest : models are some really good dresses that any husband might offer to. his wife' or father to his daughters. Little simple summer frocks in silk,; in crepe, in poplin, and in foulard, the models are'at once youthful and . dignified. As the mannequins appear,1 drawing back the curtains at' the back of the little stage, and stand for a moment against the brilliant jade inner ;curtain, the gowns seem.. like the printoesses .in ' the fairy tales: '-'each more.do'vely' than the last." This effect of richness" and variety comes for-an unusual.gift for design and great attention to' detail.; A girdle of twisted Paisley cloth, finished With, long tassels of vari-coloured silk, gives the effect-in one.' Aiibther tiny lace frills peeping from the sleeve-ends achieve the sanie end. A brilliant scarlet facing in -a sleeve enlivens another gown, and makes it "sing," .as the painters say of a happy colour combination.. • ( ' The general tendencies of this collection show some' new features. The 'appearance bf several' cloaks which use the popular circular idea, but go rather further and, like Archimedes, square" thi circle, are qujte l distinctive. These "are completed with.; the; niarocain ;embroicleries which;;:are:,one> of;;the .features ..of the''new : season." ,r .^ .. „•."■%' , .." ■ HATS, DRESSES, AND GLOVES.'

Who of'all ,people'ywho come to Paris this Easter ...will go away without buying .■y "little dress, :a" hatpV cloak,! gloves'? . One, two, . three, or all ofVthese things may be taken/away at present from Paris. There is an embarras de chbix. -fbr;.th'emP: ''---~-^;ES:;: r;:;^*-:'.-.?---:." ■- ] There is a dressmaker who excels in making out-of-the-ordinary ■ dresses and little coats. One of her successes this season is a little summer coat made in narrow, fine % lace. Row upon row is frilled on to a, thin 'silk lining. The colour may be anything you like:" green, brown, black,,,and thing looks like very soft-fur, .yet.is as light and cool:as you 'cahJwish.-'.'Another charming, idea of hers is ■to"ina'ke plaid skirt plissee skirts, and with ' fichu bodices in soft creamy tlawrii1 arid embroidery. . The vogue- for;the ttablier 'is exemplified- in the most ..attractive little frocks in soft crepesj clnftqiis., .and summer silks. ; These- v'aprqns,-'.: pointed, double-pleated, and. "split <tp • show a gay note of colour,..are shown as'thbugh the vogue::, for .the tablier .last' season.'had never existed. ' Apart from apron "fronts, there, are , many flying.:' ;panels

and clevefly,.-.cut and .'fitted,tunics,- cling-, ing so close:"tb.tlie figUre''t)Vat-they seem .toi.he wrapped about at, and/by an allur-' ing.'trimm.ing-antiib^o'n petal/effect that 'is most attratc'ive. '■'"■ r--..^. "'•-'■.• . SPRING MILIiINERY. So lirath for. dresses; now for hats and gloves; and ■ little'things like that: The-.best hat.in; the world comes fromj Paris. One thinksvif some'-of.the charm[ing things-being, made,, by certain mil- | liners in this city who couhf. as masters of the art.: : The shop windows ar,e full of attractive things, the. right sort of hats, the hats that sit oil ones.Head, and do not ! get untidy as they are worn. The "Mar- | quis'.'. is. the hat of- the ■ moment. It has onst»cl'the "cloche," and a very Rood tiling' too, for -we are all ■getting just a little bit tired- of . tliis mpodel I which, continued to be. seen season after season. The marquis shape is pracl.ticalljr, untrinuaed, .fiow«ni, ribbon*.

feathers, are never seen on a marquis; a stiff cockade of the same fabric as the hat, or. a big pearl pin, thrust through the brim, is all that is necessary. Later on, the big hat will be worn. It should be light and the crown should fit the head. These are, two things to remember when buyine A heavy hat which slips about, or one winch clips the brow, is a misery to v.-ear, and never looks right.

FASHION IN GLOVES. Gloves are fanciful.' Little decorative gauntlets ar6 the fashion. ' White gloves lined with black at the wrist. Black gloves lined with white, with colour, or stitched with colour or white borne have no buttons, others have one iiutton. Washing gloves are to be found m.suede as. well as in chamois, and they are really, economical. Whenever washing gloves are bought1 they should be at least oiyj'size larger than those which are not washed, as they shrink a little in the ; water. ) COUNTRY CLOTHES. There., are some : new knitted coats which have cross-stitch embroideries on them which, are very chic. They show a mixture of silk and wool, and several colours. /.Yet they; are quite simple. The coat may be handknittod in silk, with, woollen embroideries, and a woollen out-' me to the neck.' It sounds fantastic, but it is not. . ■ ■ , All country clothes need to be chosen carefully , or they fall into something very, ordinary. It i a not enough to JW- a "white frock and a bright woollen coat. The-white-, dress must be something -more than just that. Ksnember the scathing comment of the poet about the man to whom "a primrose by-the h7m r- S bw^,' V3^ *vim F s° ™*° faSfc. a I ' \ 1S ilke thafc with whi*«

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