Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-12

concerns" said madame, II was struck
dumb by the sight of a fine autumn
coat of most stylish idea and cut and
made of magnificent English material.
We of the meter, monsieur, cannot be
deceived. That coat had cost, to make,
every bit of S5O-and there 1t was
marked retail their $15 model"
And you made It a presents"
II did, / did" chirped madame.
That very evening I said to this nice
girl. who Is a governess and not rich,
Go to that establishment and buy that
coatr She understood monsieur
Here is SIS for that coat she said
to the salesman.
Certainly mademoiselle, will take
your measure. The coat will be ready
for the try-on next Tuesday
h But no. she said, L want that coat
'1tselfv
"Of course, they would not let her
have it. It was a model disoolored by
the sun; It would not fit her; she ought
not to want it. When she insisted they
grew angry-and finally refused to take
her order.
"'All right she said at last. I'll
now give you five minutes, just, to
hand me down that coat I'm return for
my SIS. Otherwise I VIII return with a
policeman and charge you with expos
ing goods with marked prices and re-
fusing to sell them
THAT was the end of the contro-
versy," said Madame Klein. They
gave her the coat for $15--French law
being very strict upon the subject.
They saw that they were fairly caught
for once"
Some Autumn Tips
Madame" 1 said, "what are to be
the new autumn styles?"
AS she seemed perfectly unhesitating
and frank in her answer, l believe she
gave me the real tip. If you, in turn,
can make anything out of it. here it is:
1--WE are coming back to the short
waist" she said But it must be a
particular short waist. difficult to ex-
plain. Tenez' The gown must be so
formed that you will see a long wasted
woman underneath it. OF course, it is
done by the cut. Arriving at a certain
point, it quits the waist"
"Next?" l said.
"Basques," said madame. "Basques
and ballooned skirts trimmed (garnie)
almost to the top"
Trimmed how?"
Tor example. with velvet cut in
tresses. Also we are taking up the
Medicis collar"
"Sleeves?"
ITO go with the silhouette of this
new mode, we must give short sleeves.
But can we get them accepted? Can
we impose them on customers? 9th
erwise we must find a silhouette of a
sleeve that will give the effect of being
short yet is not short. For example,
superposed volants.'' Here, I confess,
1 lost track for a moment.
Basque, madame" l found myself
saying when I recovered consciousness,
but have they not had basque galore
very recently?"
Apart from the grande jaquette,
which is always current and of which
it is useless to speak, l will put the
baque first in imoprtance-but it will
be a short basque. A long basque, in
truth, takes all the chic out of a fancy
tailor gown. A woman who wants a
serious costume, strictly tailor made,
may have long basque-because it
makes costume by itself 1t is the
same with the grande jaquette which
is economical and dresses many women
well. A woman who has grande
jaquette costume for the winter has
manteau in it. But for all that is fancy
tailor-the vast majority, today-wc
must give the basque short"
with long basque you cannot trim
the skirt much," l said intelligently.
The Woman Will Be Round
Exactly" replied madame, pleased
with my quick conception. "And, as /
have said, skirts are to be trimmed ac
cordingly. AS to ampleur, they will
have almost as much front and behind
as at the sides, and vice versa. The
woman will be round. You may, really,
call it a crinoline disguise"
"Hoops?" 1 inquired.
"Oh no! Nothing of the kind. The
ballooning effect will be obtained only
by the quantity of material. Also-I
may mention-we will try to lengthen
these little paletots, giving them new
cut, to make the same silhouette that
women had in them this summer, only
more comfortable. And-garnir beau
coup! Trimmed lots!-that is the
watchword. monsieur! 1t will not be
a mode entirely natural to the Par
isienne of the day, but will please by
novelty. You can call it reminis-
cence of 1S60-corrected by modern
taste"
'Of course you know what you are
going to give madame" l said, COM
ing back TO the old subject. But sup