Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-09

there is the damp. warm smell of roses,
anu there is the gay panorama of women
under rainbow hued parasols who Ioll upon
the benches and radiate that full joy of life
which is in warmth and sunshine. French
officers In brilliant uniforms pass and re-
pass; invalids lie back in wheel chairs, and
American girls chatter bad French and
stare frankly at the tall English women
who sit splendidly erect in perfectly ap-
pointed carriages, the petite French women
who whiZ by on "bicyclettes" and the
rCuged habitues of Monte Carlo, who prom
enade by twos and threes with faces young
and old at the same time. With Its i'm
mense hotels and its tumble of fashionable
folk, feeble folk and fast folk, Nice is the
winter Saratoga of France.
Nice Is Saratoga, too. in the brilliance of
its costumery. All France for that matter
Is wallowing in paint pots. The purple and
gold put on to welcome the car last au-
tumn demoralized the dressmakers and
swept away the soft delicate tints and the
delightful half-tone of color that have
given Partisan elegantes their reputation
since the time when the memory of woman
runneth not to the contrary. Like Saratoga
Nice Is a little extre but 1t is true of
Paris as of the Promenade des Anglais, that
never before were such blows of broad
color aimed full at ones eyes. Against the
green of the palms and the white marble
OF the palace hotels. street dresses of sky
blue velvet or rose color or yellow have in
deed, this advantage, that one takes them
like the rest OF the magnificent spectacle,
with easy cTedence as a scene out of fairy
land AZ young American woman said to
ne this afternoon. It's not real; the stage
Is set for an opera and the chorus is COM
Ing On"
The Rule Of Color.
As she spoke ruby seemed for the mo-
inent to dominate the moving pageant with
Its wine-red sparkle and glow. Parasols of
ruby silk. toques and capotes of ruby vel
vet, knots OF ruby ribbon in the hair and at
the waist. and, just where II lent most en-
phasis to the picture. a long ruby satin
cloak brocaded with black made things
look as IL the red calcium light had been
turned on.
Five minutes later the picture was green.
then II was violet and by and BY all parti-
colored with blue and green silks worn to-
gether and combined with ermine girl
Ia a cream-colored gown wore a cape Of
sable FUR mixed with cream-cofored lace
me lace was caught on one shoulder with
knot Of pink roses and on the other with
punch or black ostrich plumes. Her hat
mad black velvet crown and the brim was
smothered in roses. Long black plumes
swept half circle and touched her cheek
A Russian countess wore a turquoise blue
c!Cth dress under a long cloak of dark
green velvet lined with sable broad
Cellar OF white lace covered her shoulders
and was knotted with greenish white rib
Ions. Her hat was Of greenish white vel
Vet with trimming of turquoise blue ribbon
and yellow roses.
girl with a dark. piquant face sat on a
behch with a man in coat wonderfully
frogged and braided. She poked the grass
with a yellow parasol founced with black
lace and all her costume was In black and
yellow Her dress was yellow silk with
black velvet ribbons running about the
sklrt from little below Tire hips to within
q loot and a half OF the hem. The yellow
SIX waist was made with a black velvet
vest and bolero edged and barred with
black velvet. Her hat was of yellow straw
with black ribbons. black lace and yellow
powers. straw hats are almost as common
III Nice as felt or velvet ones.
Like Theatrical Scene.
And through IL all the music throbbed
and the tinkle OF glasses came from the
open windows Of the cafes above the bath
ing houses along the shore. 1t did not seem
as II In real life the riches of furs would
be siashed into little bits to make up with
lace and feathers and ribbons. or az n
eInine would be dotted all over with flow
ers or jewels worn with such reckless pro-
fusion out Of doors. One accepts IL at Nice
With the theatrical setting of mountains
and water and olive groves and orange
trees, but when 1t comes to everyday liv-
ing. French fashions conquer as they
nave IN the past, a good many people are
going to have a good many feelings rough
ly revised
For France Is doing things she would