Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

whenever that bald, fat Window
Dresser comes this way, he hits my
hat l can tell when it is tilted over
one eye by the way that corner police
man is grinning. Can the impertinent
creature imagine that any self-respecting
Window Lady would dream of flirting
with him? My dear, in that bright pink
dimity, you should not stand so near
to that tall, brown-haired girl In the
polka dotted green foulard trimmed with
linen. Just because her throat is swan
like and her nose short, she thinks she's
the double of the young Duchess of Marl-
borough. Well, perhaps she does look
trihe like ConsueIo when the Window
Dresser puts her into something light
and fluffy like that white embroidered
chiffon-those skirts with two deep
founces are smart, and the embroidered
border simply makes the surplice waist
that she wore yesterday after the natl
nee.
For town the tailored suit is the
thing, and they're going to reign su-
preme by next autumn. And the new
dinner coats Of lace and silks You
haven't heard OF the dinner coat, my
dear? Well, you're very young, though
fully grown, Gust up from the wax
figure makers last week. but standing
in Fifth Avenue shop window Is
liberal education, for there's no petter
place to observe human nature. In this
line an attractive looking girl does nave
temptations - the same as though she
were on the stage-and It's a great ART
always to look pleasant even when you're
conscious that the Hair-dressers been
practicing upon you. By the way, watcn
out for that new woman VINO makes
I'm our faces! She dabs the pink ON so
thickly that even an infant would know
we're made up and it looks so vulgarl
"Haye YOU been introduced to that blue
eyed brunette over in the corner opposite
to us whom they've just put into
white Valenciennes lace coat trimmed
with bebe Irish? Her arms are so thin
that they can't use her for any short
sleeyed garment, but when they COM
nlained to the wax figure maker he said
that didn't matter as the next sleeves
will be en.eights-that's half over the
wrist And he's right too, for / over
heard the Paris representative say so
this morning.
"yioet's tremendously becoming to me,
and it's going to be one Of the leading
colors during the autumn and winter.
Lots of the swagger women are already
wearing It, Mrs. orme Wilson-shes
Mrs. Astors youngest daughter-has an
entire costume of Parma violet in some
light weight material like lansdowne or
silk yelling. She drove past here so rap
idlv | couldn't decide whether her hat
was straw or chip but 1t was trimmed
with violets, and the same day Miss
Therese Icelin-she's sweet looking
girl-was in an embroidered heliotrope
crepe de chine princesse. Mrs. A. Cass
Garfield is tightening her mourning with
violet and wears gray and white striped
wool walking suit trimmed with violet
silk applications that is simply stunning,
and rather small hat covered with vio-
let roses.
"That girl behind me In the embroidered
blue linen coat and skirt and the big
sailor hat is sweet looking little thing,
but her hair Is altogether too blonde for
good taste. None of the smart set have
hair of the baby hue nowadays. They're
going in for light or dark browns and for
gray. Mrs. John Jacob Astor is letting
her hair turn naturally and she certainly
does look stunning. She's little like
that forty inch model in the brown chif-
fon cloth princess over white-yes, the
Window Dressers just fastened her col
lar. DO those long brown velvet ribbons
go over the shoulders and almost to the
hem of the skirt2 can see that they're
fastened at the waist line with little gilt
buckles that give just the right touch of
brightness to the gown. And isn't that
hat with the shaded brown plumeB at the
side and the big pink roses in front lovely
with her gray hairH And those bronze
shoes with big gilt bucklesl They might