Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12

Special Co, respond. nee of The Evening Star
PARIS. October 10 1904
Drinking tea among the roses is proving
a smart diversion TO the fair daughters or
this fairest of all cities. The swagger
Partisan mondaine makes point of being
in evidence at about in the afternoon at
the new tea bower" This stunning tea
room Is a charming indoor garden or real
blooming roses. Choice plants and BIOS
SONS fill the windows and lead the way to
luxuriously appointed bOudoir where the
oolong is served The fragrance and grace
OF this apartment would appeal to even
stole of old. 1t is only natural that when
tea or an ice has been daintily disposed or
the cheered and soothed patron should pur-
chase some of the flowers by which she Is
surrounded 1t takes much of the poetry
out of the function to mention the sordid
fact that these same posies have been
placed in position with commercial intent
as well as from an aesthetic standpoint
but truth is mighty and sometimes pre-
walls. However, the combination of attrac-
lions Is an excellent one and Is only an
other Illustration. Of how art and an eye TO
the main chance go hand in hand In the
Gallo mind. This uniting in the French
character of the truly artistic and almost
prosaically practical make a mighty fetch
ing combination.
Backward. turn backward. time. in
your flight! seems to have found an an
swer In the fashions and customs of today.
French society dandies have revived the
habit of taking snuff. or, rather, are affect
ing the snuffboX. distinction with good
deal of difference. Nowadays every smart
youth IS provided with a silver or gold
snuffbox. Lucky the man who possesses
the real thing handed down from past gen.
erations: but. failing this. he hunts in old
curiosity shops and buys the best imitation
to be found. The women, not to be out
done. are adopting the earrings of their
grandmothers' time, or at least few of
the ultras are to be seen wearing genuine
hobs" of the long-drop style. The jewell
erS' windows are full of the drop earrings
that once graced the shell-like lobes of our
ancestors. but the average woman is per-
fectly satisfied with her black or white
pearl earrings that fit close against her
pretty pink shell and will have none of
these new-old baubles. And in this selec-
ton she has to be most careful. for if a
trihe too large what worlds away from be-
comingness this pearl ornament provost
I'VE. Only Old is New.
1t has been said that there is nothing new
except what is old and the new fur evening
wrap is case in point. This mantle is
luilt along the old-time shawl Iines-point-
en- back and front. draped in careless folds
across the chest and caught on one Shout
Ger by huge jeweled clasp. The sleeve
suggestion Is la Japonaise. wrap of
this design fit 10 grace the shoulders of a
queen is of right royal ermine with fringe
or ermine tails bordering the mantle. which
Is further softened and beautifed by full
founces of mousSeline de sole and lace
down the arm openings.
But If one cannot be arrayed in ermine
there are other garments that tend to give
that feeling of inward tranquility OF which
Emerson speaks eloquently. The new
velvets are certainly restful to the woman