Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16

closing. Certainly the ladies' gowns hung
badly in the times OF jousts and Journeys:
In the Preparation for the Tournament
there stand four noble danes, the highest
in the land, developed in thick silken stu1s
and furtriInmed brocades that must have
cost dear in those days, when their manu-
facture oriental monopoly. me
crusaders fetched them back with the rest
of the holy loot. but their good ladies sadly
mishandled the fine stuffs. The skirts seem
to have settled down until they dragged at
the knees. Waists were unknown. Cor
sages hung Imply from the shoulders. The
four noble DANES in their monumental mis-
fits beam with satisfaction. There was no
one to tell them that they looked ike
flights. Becoming female costume seems
to have come in again slowly with the re-
naissance, some of whose fancies obviously
reappear in the present-day creations OF
the Rue de la Paix. 1t is only with the mar
velousiy good taste of the age of Louis XIV.
however. that the fair sex began first TO
equal and then to excel their lords and
masters in the matter of gay dressing. AT
the same time it is impossible not to note
how much the ladies of the present day
owe to the Louis XIV period and its mme-
diate successors. The modern designers OF
new fashions ranSack them for coiffures,
sleeves. waists. shoulders and corsages. not
TO speak of general outlines, chiffons. deco
ratve motifs and conceits. The skirt only
Is modern. 1t really began TO hang less
than thirty years ago.
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she actually Wore. something 'hat causes
disappointment. She is seen once under
spreading cream-straw sundowner tied I'M
Ger the chill seaIei III poal on one ol
'le iohcs oI me iriahoh, d iii'Iu Oh honor
gathering water AI.es' "hlie what ioohs
IKE an american continental army Heu-
tenant is catching crab with the oars.
Marie Ahtolnette stares az the mu ttude
lInpasslVely. Inc Pollsn VIE OF Louis ~
Is more gorgeous IN white SILK orocade
sewn with pearls and diamonds that EFFORTS
many little Explanations OF delight from the
fair visitors The three daughters OF Louis
NlN-fne. big women In ample draperleS
and wonderful caps-caught in the act
of trying to smoke pipes of tobacco bring
back to the mind with start how near to
us these remote times are. after all.
scene in the opera box of the young
King Louis XIV diScloses how the ba let
girls of those old times already were will
ing to make the acquaintance of the Eilded
youth. How many generations of sylphs
would be necessary 10 reach back to the os-
trich- plumed, pink-satin- founced long-cor
seted damsel who advances gayly to re-
ceiNe tne c'iiii' iiieii's Vi inc iu'hS prince.
We look on the eff1gy OF this Louis XIV
with veneration. Here is the one man of
all the world to whom, from every point of
view, life showed the best time and the
longest sixty years and more packed full
OF the highest kind of high rolling, until his
rather unfortunate taking off with the
smallpox.
Here is Napoleon the Great. 'le Corse
aux cheveuX platS, before whom every
Frenchman stands spellbound. Josephine
is trying on her coronation robe, a long
purple mantle. sewn with golden bees and
edged with ernne. A noble dame of blood
and manners. willing to submit to the new
order. puts the new empress through her
steps before a six-foot mirror, while two of
Napoleon sisters pose in imperial admira-
tion OF themselves, the dread genius who
has made them all leaning negligent1y on
the niantelpiece. In the photograph of this
as of the other Scenes the immense pains
that have been taken with stage setting
architectural accessories furniture and
decoration are apparent TIE artist has
given to Josephine and Napoleon's sisters
all their native. stiffness lack of breeding
and awkwardness and the severe empire