The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-11-02
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Girls who ale Models for Modes-somo of
the Seasons ssyles=-star Theatri-
cal Attractions, Etc.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 80. 1907.

1t would interest you to watch thu
amodelsH in Canal street store dis
| playing to possible purchasers tht
beantiful gowns for sale in the es
tablishment.- These models are really
very charming looking girls with
| figures stunning enough to set off ever
the simplest and most unpretentious
| garment to excellent advantage. The
manager of the ready-to-wear de-
partment stands by while the model,
| apparelled in the latest creation oi
Partisan art, parades back and forth
with a sibilant swish of silk and a
possible yard and half Of fluffy
ruff1es" trailing behind her; he points
out to the reviewing customer the
] beauty and effective elegance of the
particular costume that graces the
figure of the young woman employed
for that purpose, and he adjusts yari-
Gus and stunning hats on her fluffy
hair till the Imagination of the home
! lest on-looker is fred with the con-
Viction that, given that dress and that
/ hat, the problem of being beautiful
would resolve itself into a simple
matter. The patient young woman
whose business it is to show off these
rapturously lovely gowns moves back
and forth like an automaton, her face
| perfectly xpressionless, and glancing
but rarely and with the most dispas-
sionate interest into the full length
mirrors before which she parades.
The question that is uppermost ii
the minds OF the majority of women at
this season of the year-or any other
old season, if the truth were told-is
the question of seasonable and modish
apparel. Never were the styles more
rich, more beautiful and more varied
than they are this year. Very little of
the bizarre or ornate mark even the
most extreme models; indeed, perfect
and elegant simplicity seems to be the
keynote OF the seasons display. Not
all the millinery models achieve the
beautiful, however, and foremost
among the unlovely ones are the pre-
posterously large shapes embellished
with conglomerate mass of baby
ostrich feathers which I mentioned in
previous letter. Referring to this
particular offense in head-gear, a
bright girl writing me from the coun-
try remarks: 81 have to go to town
early next week to get a lid for my
top-knot, and ! suppose I'll buy one
of those fearful hash bowls trimmed
with feather duster. If just had the
knack and could charm our chickens
into keeping still, I could annex one
of our barnyard ornaments to q
kitchen implement and be fixed for the
winter, but I'm afraid the chicken
would fly the coop at the wrong time
and leave me shorn of my glory.
The ''tunicn skirt is quoted as one
of the extreme novelties of.the season,
and white gloves that were out for two
seasons are once more finding favor
among modish dressers. Glace kid
leads in popularity. and black, brown
and tan are the faYorite shades.
New Orleans theatre-goers are en-
joying q tremendous treat this week in
the appearance at the Shubert of Min
ME Maddern Fiske in "Tess OF the
D'Urbervilles, an adaptation OF the
almost classic novel of that name by
Thomas Hardy. Mrs. .Fiske is a ma
tive of this city-a distinction that
New Orleans is proud to claim. Her
Tess" is q marvellous piece of act.
ing, and her supporting caste is with
out flaw. Guy Bates Post, who
plays the part of 'sAngel Glare, y and
George Arliss as Alec D UrberviIle, =
both actors of rare merit and ability
and well-known in the theatrical world,
are the bright particular stars of Mrs.
Fiske's support. With ''Tess of the
D'Urbervillesn Mrs. Fiske opens up
two weeks engagement at the shubert.
Her Offering next week will be Leah
Kleschna," one of her earliest tri-
umphs.
Rose stahl in s'The Chorus Lady,
at the Tulane is a winner. She is
positively the most refreshing and
natural thing that ever looked over
footlighb, and the new and spicy slang
that she gets off IN her thoroughly
lovable character of the chorus girl Of
seeond-class origin and frst-class
morals makes a hit with the parquet
as well as the gallery. A pretty nice
bill is on at the 0rpheum with Anna
Eva Fagke held over as head-liner.
The long-looked-f for cold wave ar
rived at last, and after Sunday built
along midsummer lines, Monday blew
into town right off the ice. Tuesday
was a bit warmer, however, and as
these few lines are brought to close
signs of rain are much in evidence.
Z. B.