Trouville: A Jewel by the Sea

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 256, 13 October 1923, Page 12

Trouville: A Jewel by the Sea

Playground of the Fairest Women in France The Merriest City in Europe Al i i.Hiville every year She lakes her bathing dips T«» se.‘ her splashing there, Th v run excursion trips. . , . * . * * *. * . * V * ♦ * * » , ♦ * ¥ * . * *: ♦ *

'l'lit* Trouville-Deauville sea. Min is thi.-,-; jear. as every other year, the excitement ot tin* summer. These delight! ul twin towns, within only a few hour*' ot Paris, 'are the smartest summer places of nearly all the Continental seaside icsorls, and everybody must spend at least a week-end at Trouville i.etore the summer is over. At Trouville, writes a correspondent ?if “The Xew York Evening Post,” you will find fopcjgneis from all the world mingling with the smartest of the French people. You will find the beach crowded every morning with the most pictiuesqiu* < rowd in the world, every nationality. every rank of life, enjoying the sea air. The most prominent peopl» of Europe pass quite dose to you, with only a little flutter of respect Io point them out as they go by. Tl»e King of Spain -the very popular Alfonso XIH. spent August in Trouville. Last year his presence there caused a gr at thrill, a great personal

touch ot ultra-fashion. For wherever . ...allies go, people still seem to flock, pci baps to share in the celebrity that aiiounds them. In the little Rue de l aris at Trouville, this street which is only a few thousands of metres long, you will find a great crowd of fashionable people ev. ry morning between 11 and 12 o’clock. It is here that the smart shops are found, shops with high prices and the most fashionable things. At the races you will see everything that is most wonderful in the latest fashion, for everybody in Trouville is sure to he dressed in the last cry of the style. At the Casino you will find beautiful musical programmes which do not interfere with the dancing, which goes on and on. Nor with the gambling, which is one of the predominantly attractive features of these fashionable resorts. You will find, too. the best Norman architecture, for M- Cornuche, the director and proprietor of nearly all the places at Trouville, has got all the rooms of the Normandy. Hotel entirely furnished in the Norman style. The hotel is built in pure Norman architecture, and is, I think, one of the prettiest hotels in the world. In spite of the cosmopolitan society which seeks enjoyment there, you will find these towns typically French, and the impression will be confirmed when you visit the villas at Deauville and the other places all around.

.-..inc (.tiring e <-i*ni < iiiucs were seen at the Deauville rates tin* other day. lew nolivrs did duty tor huts on s uiuc heads, and <.ne or two girls with pr.it> han were bare-headed. Some iK)(k> w .(> so thin that they were almost transparent. out it must be said that very b-autilui toilettes were displayed. A new colour was launched, a vivid pink with a bluish Huge. Dressmakers sent some original models in figured materials with very large designs. Yellow and mauve were first favourites. Deauville has evoked an amusing frock among many other novelties, designed for the sperm! needs of women living in this clear, bright atmosphere, where the lirsl essential in the toilette is freshness. This frock is composed of a wisp of cretonne in furniture patterns. large and small, clearer blurred printed in one or in many colours. A dress that looks like a snapshot of a rose garden in full bloom docs not

r require any trimming, so this cretonne , frock is cut in an artless straight chei niisp style that, you slip your head through without ceremony. ’ The evening dresses to be seen on any evening in the Casino are works ‘ of art, m line and in detail, whether ' the materials he sober or striking. By ' a coincidence, one model in silver tissue was seen on two women one evening, ’ but the variety to be admired in the L course of a week is nothing less than L astonishing. One silver satin dress was ■ covered with small diamonds, each sewn ’ separately and not close together, hut j the entire gown was covered. A bright cherry mousseline, draped 5 over while satin, with a Louis XVI. wreath of flowers in white china beads, _ was striking, and so was a cream lace, > draped tightly over a tall figuie from ears io to.s, with a bunch of scarlet ! peonies on the hip and two in the hair ? tor colour relief. 1 Apple-green glace "kid is tsitich afi fected fo’r evening shoes with coloured . heels, but cherry and purple are also adopted, with jewelled ornaments somei times of great beauty. i Trouville is beyond words the most frivolous place in the world. It keeps f well into the present its old renown! ] For people go there to rest and enjoy ] themselves and not. to be worried or q busy in any way. Everything must { he joy. joy. joy!