Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-26

Paris, Sept. 1J.-People are already
pouring back TO Paris from the great
watering places i'll swarms f, eTy day,
and Paris is becoming herself once
more, With the new modes out fresh
and chic, and the shoppers thick in the
hue de La PaiX. Eyerybouy looks
flesh and happy, and people smile and
smile in the caresSing splenuors of
the Paris sunshine, with their cheeks
tanned warm brown by the " ind of
the sea and mountains
L net so many, many Americans
yesterday shopping, and when l took
my drive along the Champs Elysees
to the Bots, l was nodding like a
puppet al the way, as one american
lace after another flashed past from
the carriages, and it seemed as ii fully
2OU OF our blessed four hundred were
on parade in Paris.
There were all the interesting Amer
leans who have made foreigu mar
rlages from the Duchess de hvchefou-
cauld down to little Anna Gould
CaStellane. Of course, the duchess is
the most beautiful representative THAT
we have on this side, and She really
has married the best, moreover. l re-
member her so well the last winter
she spent in Washington. She was as
beautiful as a houri, and She hasn't
fallen OFF in the least, for l met her
in cafe yesterday and had a long
talk with her, and she is the same
Mabtie Mitchell who was the pride
of Senator Mitcheu's heart tuose gay
seasons in Washington. She dresses
in the most superb taste, and her fig
ure is absolutely perfect with it's
rounded lines and regal curve. OF Shout
der. Yesterday she wore gown of
heavy dark green mohair OF alpaca,
scattered over with blurred Oh chine
flowers i'll dim heliotr3pe, which ma
terial, by the way, will be the thing
for the winter season along with
striped and checked mohairs. The
gown was made with an enormously
full skirt, and sleeves of huge pro-
portions; they are bound to stay, these
sleeves and skirts, throughout the
winter, at least. Both skirt and
sleeves set out smartly, as if held out
by reeds, as we'll as stitfening, and
the latter were interlined with fibre
chamois, for 1 could hear the rich
rustic of it as the duchess moved
about. The body of the waist was
fitted smoothly to the figure, with a
loose body over it of jetted gauze. The
q T.i1 l-n oil q
chic hats here, and was of black vel
vet, trimmed with two rosettes as big
as tea plates, one on each side, set
in the center with rhine stone orna-
ment, and a lot of nodding black os-
trich tips.
Princess Hatzfeldt dashed past in
her carriage by the Arc de Triomphe
in superb coat of dark blue velvet,
! with huge hat a-quiver with plumes.
! The Countess Castellane is very
much in evidence everywhere with her
pretty painted little husband. She
wears beautiful hats and gowns. with
a brave showing of superb jewels in
the evening, but she never looks well.
She does not know how to wear her
clothes with the individual chic that
most of our American girls have.
Great preparations are being made for
the superb new home in Paris, but the
little American countess has not yet
been taken into the exclusive set of the
fauberg st. German, she only drifts
about in the American colony waiting
for what the future has in store for
her.
! And now for some of the gowns of
which 1 am sending you some illus
trations to show the latest modes.