Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-04
LIKE LIVE SHOP MODELS
PARIsIANs BLOCK TRAFFIC TO
HAVE A GOOD LOOK.
So Police Interfere and the Models,
Who Didn't Mind, Were Re-
moved at Once, -
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegrsm to The Star.
PARIS, November Live shop fig.
ures have been the brilliant mention
of a nilliner and dressmaker on the
boulevards. Unfortunately. the idea,
while it succeeded immensely with the
public. did not appeal TO the police. and
lasted only a day. That was Il great
day for the shop and the oniookers.
and perhaps the figures themselves
may not have minded the experience.
Every one knows that dressmakers
keep a staff of 'nannequins" with per-
feet figures, who show on their own
persons models of dresses from which
madame may choose. The dress. which
looks charming on the "mannequin."
madame naturally concludes will look
still better on herself. and she orders
IT. The result may not always come
up to expectation, but the living lay
figure" has done her duty and served
her purpose. All this happens in the
secret workshops of couturierS, into
which the public eye cannot pry Why
not give the 'mannequins a wider
field, and the man in the street
chance?
The milliner and dressmaker on the
boulevards accordingly put his living
lay fgures in his shop window. with
instant success Three girls in his lat
est creations. stood in fashionable atti-
tudes, and 1000 or 1900 people soon
stood outside looking at them. Tho
shopman was delighted, for a percent
age of onlookers would certainly bring
not much displeased by being looked
at. The crowd was Enthusiastically
pleased, and said so. The shopman
saw a prospect of making a. fortune
within the week but the boulevards in
an hour became impossible. BY next
morning the police had compelled the
withdrawal Of the "mannequinS" from
the window.
Flying Costumes.
Paris costumiers do not yet advertise
their latest creations in flying cos
| tunes" but the model has already been
designed by Comte Henry de Ia Vaulx,
who is only waiting for the invention
of workable flying auto" The new
costume consists of immense puff ed-up
arms and legs. padded with light cot
ton Each leg and arm has thus the
| appearance of being developed in a
pillow, and the waist to protect the ribs
Is surrounded by a good-sized mat
tress. The hat, of course, where ladies
are concerned. instead of being trim
med. will be stuffed with feathers. and
its size will be about ten times that of
a voluminous picture hat. The esthetic
side of the new creation Comte de Ia
VauIX thinks will develop later.
It's practical utility, he adds cannot be
questioned. Anything may be expected
on flying machine, including an unex-
pected breakdown in the motor with a
general spiling of the passengers. But
with the new costume they need not ap-
prehend danger. Landing on ones head
after fall Of fifty feet will be delicious
when the shock is warded off by a feather
pillow. a fall on the side might only
cause a slight tickling, but no breaking
of the ribs, and the arms and legs will
be amply protected by the cotton pad
ding. He is having aeroplane con-
structed which he will try simultaneously
with the costume. and to do so enectually
he rather invites than breads fall.
Became His Uncle.
An impecunious student. Jacques Lefer.
rier found life rather hard in the Latin
quarter without any money in his pocket.
the more so as he had a rich uncle who.
from time to time had supplied him with
funds, but thinking he was too extrava-
CANT had decided to cut of the supply.
known his distress proposed way out
of the difficulty. He had any amount
of papers with his uncle's signature. and
all they needed was to initiate it and
| order anything from the banks. But there
was one obstacle in the way. The uncle
usually drew his deposits through an at
| torney in Paris, and they had to cir
cumvent the attorney as well as tho
| banks.
The plan they hit upon finally was to
initiate the uncle, as well as his sigma
ture. One of them took a room in a
hotel and, with the aid of false beard
and gray wig, initiated the uncle to per-
| lection The attorney was called, and.
not suspecting anything. was glad. of
course, to be Of service to the pseudo sick
uncle. who was lying in bed, and the
| greved nephew. On the following day
the three youngsters, who had SO cleverly
played the trick. were in possession OF
quite fortune, but the whole game was
spoiled by the real uncle happening to
| come to Paris and visiting his astonished
| attorney Both drove off in hot haste
to the tricky nephew. just in time to re-
cover all the securities. which the latter
| had hidden under his mattress. and was
| about to negotiate. The chances now arc
| that the nephew will be more impecuni-
| Gus than ever.