Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15


PARIS, October 1, 1904.
sensational bank story has reached
Paris from Dieppe which has scandalized
polite society at the gay capital. 1t
seems that two mondaines of the haut mode
have played pretty heavily on the little
horses" at this fascinating resort and lost
in one bank a large sum of money. This
unfortunate experience has been the talk
of the smart set, whose attitude among the
feminine members just now is that of the
devotee, but the pose is taken with a large
veneer of worldineSs. This religious move
ment in the social world was brought about
by the Duchesse Dues, who is very de-
vout. To be sure, society has not become
sanity en- masse. and quiet little game of
cards Is appreciated by the best of them
Wherever a quartet or so of sympathetic
souls are to be found indoors on a wet day
there Will be the bridge table, but the inter-
change OF coin Is carried on entire nous. as
1t were. Apropos of the scandal at Dieppe,
some unsophiSticated people are wondering
how the story leaked out. The ma jority
OF us know that. although madame may
not actually have confided in her femme de
chambre, nevertheless there is little that
this quick-witted creature does not find out
and make public property
III our spiritual ideas are to be conserva-
i've THIS season. we may content Ourselv IS
with the democratic tendencies of things
sartorial. Indeed. in the riot of modes the
revolutionary cry of 'Liberte. egalite fra
ternite! is the watchword and in most of
the smart costumes a touch of different
epochs makes the whole scheme kin With
a gay disregard of the fitness of things
the same gown may combine a cavalier
cum, Puritan Surnliced waist effect and the
hotant skirt of the sixties woven together
with smart touches of up-to-date fam
Doyaht color somewhere in the ensemble.
Something newer than the newest" we
must have. even at the expense of being
out historic drawing. These novelties,
sensational as they SEEM are not startling,
LOT they are only another vdria ton of pic
turesque modes adopted by the present-day
couturieres from a past epoch.
In Advance of Fashion.
After several visits to the principal tenn
pies of fashion l am in a position to give a
few hints to those who wish to be in the
advance flight of fashion. First and fore
most. there is in all the styles of today a
sentiment of youthfuiness in the lines and
cut of the dresses and wraps.
| noticed distinct evidence of a return
to plain skirts guiltless of the volapt
skirts that fall in natural lines about the
figure. The hip line on account of this ar
rangement appears considerably broaden
ed and the cerclette, the forerunner OF the
crinoltne, which has called forth so many
fears. will be called upon TO fulfill it's duty
IN giving the wide skirt the necessary
hold-out at the feet AS to the length OF
skirts, those for promenading will lust
touch the ground or have a slight train
while the walking costume will clear the
floor all round. .r
Panels will be much used as a means of
celebrating comparatively simple gowns
1t is curious how perpendicular lines of
trimming seldom complicate the ensemble
of a weil-made frock while ruffies or any
horizontal trimming gives an impression of
excess. This was explained to me not long
since by celebrated Partisan couturiere.
who said: The lines of nature should be
followed In general where real beauty is
the object to be arrived at. Any deviation
from this principle may produce a certain
artificial result, designated chic which
may partake of the character of quaintness