Evening star., 1907-08-24
~ Early Autumn in the Paris Fashion World

pretty women, and where one hears much
of pretty women it is safe to decide that
there were pretty and becoming costumes
Marguerite of Navarro. Catherine and
| Marie de Medici, La Touchet, La Belle Ca
brielle. Diana of Potiers. Queen Marie
Stuart and women of their ilk were not
| likely to tolerate anything that did not en-
hance their loveliness.
Has Come to Stay.
The loose coat seems to have come to stay
| whether we like 1t or not My fair hostess
| of the chateau. who represents the van
! guard when anything that concerns fashions
| Is mentioned. told that she had the
most positive assurances OF this fact from
| the firm that supplies her with wraps.
There are to be some modfca tionS in the
| shapes. TO be sure. The shoulders will be
! narrower and the sleeves set higher, SO
| that the woman who Is not we'll proper
! TONED and graceful may expect to look like
very caricature of human being. The
| coats OF the fall and winter will not all be
OF the kimono order, however. long. plain.
! tight-ftting affairs having their place in the
schemes OF those houses which make a spe-
| clalty or the tailor made fashions. Cuta-
way coats recalling the directorate STYLES
| will be worn by those who love something
touch more elaborate and do not care for
| the long wrap. Waistcoats of superb bro
| caded or embroidered fabrics will be added
/ 10 them and a great deal OF braid or en-
broidery In the matter of trimming No
| seams on the hips is one of the rules in re-
! gard to the cutting out of the new short
! jacket, and, while 1t may be very rich and
! very expensive. there is no question of its
| being unbecOming.
Within Light Of tho Capital.
When | returned to town 1 found that
mos: Of the fashionables were deciding to
! make the best OF the weather In the prov
| inces. and were departing for the country
| or else retiring TO the suburbs, where SO
| many or the exclusives are acquiring semi
| country residences. Naturally this means
prolonging OF the summer social season.
| ana Tor that we who are unable to get away
| from the city are thankful Garden parties
are becoming popular as form of enter
| tainlng. although Frenchwomen are too
| particular In regard to their complexions
| ever to sacrifice them as inconsiderately
! as do the English. Versailles St German
and Fontainebleau are the favorite loca-
tions for the suburban villa. Nine. Maurice
| Bernhardt. the charming daughter-in-law of
| Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, Is located at Ver-
sailles. and 1t Is one of the prettiest sights
/ in the world to see the divine Sarah stroll
! ing through the gardens with her two young
| granddaughters. Mile. Simone aged eight
cen. and Mile. Lysiane. aged eleven. Nine
| Sarah is a most devoted grandmother ap-
pearing at the villa twice week with
her arms full of flowers for the ladies' Mile
| Simone Is said to have a great taste for
painting and to give promise of future
| greatness in that line. She has all her
| grandmother's taste in dress, and simple
! as are her frocks. they are notable for
! the chic and grace that characterize the
costumes OF their ever-youthful grandmera
! At recent function Mile. Simone looked
! immensely taking in one of those clinging
{ gowns OF plain pink satin with a cluster
| OF flowers on the bodice which young girls
are wearing so much this season.
! l am told that stripes will be with us
, well into the winter. If not entirely through
| the season. We have suffered so much
, from the unadvised use of this form OF
decoration that many of US hoped that this
| style OF dress material was passing. 1t
| seems that this Is not to be. for many of
| the new cloths showing lines not un-
like those that have appeared upon the
seasons voies and tussoreS and the cash
| mere tweeds. Thin women invariably find
this style unattractve that II seems
I that 1t would be almost humane for the
fashion leaders to Danish IL indefinitely.