The Atlanta constitution., 1896-09-07

liar. | am glad to be away from it all. but
If you feel like j DO it must never make
you forget the Champs Elgsees. the
Louvre. the gallery and the gardens of the
Luxembourg Versailles. FOntainebeau. the
tomb of Napoleon, the AIusee de Ciuny, the
cooking and tine clothes of Paris.
If ! had my life to live over here, I'd 20
TO Paris for two weeks every spring for
my clothes. ia spend The season in Lon
don. 20 iEtO the English country for me
rest OF the summer and autumn and live my
winters in Italy and Spain.
. Fashions Collective and Individual.
While it is true that Paris. in a general
way. sets the fashion for the whole world
ii is interesting To find that each country
has individual styles of its own. more in
teresting, indeed, here in London than
beautiful, since the fashions which the
London woman creates out OF her own In
ner consciousness are pretty apt to he
ugly. Witness for instance the English
bun and the big hat that generally
crowns it, My idea before / came abroad
was that American women. belonging 10
the Anslo-SaNOn race as thcy DO. would
resemble English women in their dreseif..-
more than Parisians. but that notion is
very much a mistake. The American vo-
man seems 10 me the more ! think or her
to be the best dressed woman II this dav
ian more than any other, but she even I'M
proves on that IEuch-vaunted model. in thar
ner toilets are never trimmed 10 q degree
OF frivolous fussiness. She has adopted
the best and most desirable modes from
both London and Paris. She wears. Tor
instance, the smartest tailor gowns Of anv
woman. and the shirt waists which form
4 necessary part of her SUM
mer wardrobe, and which she buys
has made at home, are very much pr.t-
tier than those worn o. shown in iae Lon
don shoDs. She has all tac d.lnt5-. fa=eiu.st-
ing little accessories Of the Pari-i1u. cz-
quiSite lingerie. perfume. lae,s. pretty
things for tine neck. fine hose and uaHdi.er-
chiefs, and she gets her SHOES lusle 10
order in New York and her cors Is iu
Paris. The average English woman pa7rou-
lzeS home manufactures almost exclusive
~ She is IS incuTioUs about forei1n cIOrnes
as she is about foreign people. and therc-
Iore she never pronts by the taste Oh others.
/ have often thought that tnc reason
why we people travel 50 much aud 41t.ler
in these Journeys according TO our various
tastes the fashions and customs Of 0tnc-
races, i because we ourselves are such 4
mixed race. Nearly every \ mericdn has Il
strain of Latin as well as Saxon bioo0 iu
MS VEINS aud therefore many countries
and peoples besides his own and tbc mother
country where most Of his ancestors came
from appeal 10 him.
ThiS is sn explanation os his CcSmop0li-
taniSm, ms prosressiyencss and his Drooi-
minded insight into life. The carly pIrl-
tdinSnl hdS ielt It's impress upon American
people but while they as a nation believe
in Tine wrath and Tecompense Of & 3craonai
Coo. they are not nation Of bi@1ts bound
doWn TO one creed I used to laugh al pirf-
t2nlsm and prudery at home. bUl ii ttee-li-t
seem 10 mo now such a bad thing after al
IL doesn't, at least. seem so after gust com
ing from Paris But it does seem TO me II
both our country and England would hold
On TO the1r puritanism against tho opcn
recognition and discussion of vice and ~
the same time give up their stupid re-
strictions about harmless pleasures for the
people on Sunday. they would i0lr~ore
and brighten tho existence of thousands
Germany and France are the two coun-
tries where the world Of working, people
have many simple pleasures 10 choose from
on their one holiday
MAUDE ANDREWS.