Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
PARIS. December II. 1901
Paris has been called 1.-THE paradise of
woman and the city of flowers" This sea-
son the gay capital is certainly upholding
her reputation for both these charming
productions. The popular florists shops
are bright with ivy, mistletoe and season.
able flowers to greet the happy new year,
and the boulevards are transformed INTO
beautiful winter gardens gay with buds
and half and full blown roses" of the
lovely feminine variety.
A custom peculiar to the French is that
of giving presents not only at Christmas
tide, but on the first day of tie new year.
Another even more commendable practice
is that Of actually in their lives and rot
alone in their hearts freely acknowledging
the faults and little differences which dur
ing the old year have been making the lift
within the Lutte of friendship. Family quar-
rels are adjusted. and the new years bells
ring in a real good will toward men"
But to come back to the more material
present-giving part of the celebration
These offerings usually take the form of
some dainty tri1e, preferably in the sweet
meat line. All manner of topical SUCCESS
tons are constructed and act as recepta-
cles for the marrons glaces and choco-
lateS which the shops are so alluringly dis
playing. The airships of last year are put
out of favor by the miniature carriages of
the popular metro" type which have
been copied in exact detail and open to
disclose rows o. bonbons.
1t is a pleasing custom to place a more
valuable souvenir in these bonbonnieres
Bracelets rings and pendants are often
found by the lucky recipient on opening
an ingenious lid or miniature door
The Paris toy merchants are also about
and from the Madeleine to the Place de
iopefa these vendors are stationed, max
ing merry with the crowd and setting their
toys spinning for the amusement of pass
ersby.
In the Smart Set.
In more exclusive precincts and among
the smart SET children's costume parties
are the amusement par excellence The
great couturiere's skill is called into play
to costume many of the small tots, for
everything down to the rosette on the Slip
per has to be absolutely correct according
to the period represented.
We have become a little weary of fairies,
Red Riding Hoods and the like, and the
periods beginning with the reign of Louis
XIV and ending with the advent of the
second empire are the ones selected to be
represented at the smart New Years party
One of the costumes designed for a tot of
high estate shows all the luxury of the
Louis XIV era and might stand for Nine
Pompadour herself. The gown is of pale
pink satin, with raised embroidery of pink
ioScS anu ieeiNeS- ne niue Louis jacket
opens over a vest of old-fashioned striped
pea-green silk. The jaunty chapeau set on
the little lady's powdered curls is a tiny
tricorne of white felt trimmed with white
feathers fan of the period, a high stick
jeweled at the top and a few coquettish
beauty spots on the rouged cheeks will
transform this modern French maiden into
a replica of one of her ancestors.
The son and heir of the house will, as a
Louis XIV beau, match the dainty deity
of powder" his sister, in point of dress A
coat of pale green silk embroidered in an
elaborate design of pink roses will be worn
over knee breeches of pale pink satin. His
padded calves will be incased in white silk
stockings and his feet in buckled shoes A
powdered wig tied with a large black bow
lace ruffies. gold eyeglasses worn on a
piece of black MORE ribbon and an enam-
eIed snuffboX complete this fourteenth CEN
fury Beau Rrummel
TWO empire toilets which are being de-