Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01
special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, May 49, 1907.
l have had shock. i was told the other
day that Catherine Talbot wrote too much
for the benefit of the girl with an allow
ance, or, to be quite correct for the girl
deprived of an adequate one 1t seems so
complains the critic, that she is too much
given over TO hints of how to make a silk
purse out of a sows EARN other words.
that she is too familiar terms with the
puissant Dodge" a deity. by the way, as
siduously worshipcd by the great hest of
impecunious femininity. Now this same
fashion chronicler has no dstaste whatever
for describing modes for the fortunate
rch-ndeed her meter seems to lie In that
direCtion-but in a spirit of pure phlan-
thropy she has turned from the alluring
road of riches TO give a lift to the sister on
tother side. Such is gratitude. The truth
is to write fashion stunts for people who
spend eXtrayagant sums of money on their
clothes is waste of good time and space.
Such women go to the highest authorities,
the great couturieres, for information and
do not come to their pet fashion writer for
advice or scamper through pages of d
fashion magazine.
They know none of the joys of making
a dollar do the work of five. Oh yes. the
sorrows of the rich are many! They can
go out and buy any mortal thing they want
They also go out and buy things they do
not want, which is one OF the SORROWS they
are called upon to endure, and that is how
the law of compensation works at times
Another source of grief is to be found in
the fact that if the rich woman really be-
comes attached to d froCk and dares to
wear it half dozen times the society
papers say. Mrs. S. looked as charming
as ever in her customary black velvet and
diamonds And the great public which
revels in the doings OF the great says.
How can she be 50 mean And nobody
is pleased except the scribe who recognizes
an old friend in the black velvet gown. But
to come back to the fashion writer's point
OF view. what on earth Is the use of telling
people what they already know. especially
when one knows that they know it? 1t is,
of course. the misfortune of the fashion
chroniCler TO impart stale news to some
b -Iy, though some of my colleagues seem
to imagine that their readers have no other
sources of information and come to them
in virgin state OF mind induced by total
ignorance. But to do 1t in cold blood-well
none of it for me, sill vous plat.
As to Mans Attire.
To talk minute more of the philosophy
of dress, woman know whose knowledge
of the subject of clothes would have caused
the author of .'Sartor Resartus,' were he
still alive to make immediate provision for
the safety of his laurels, said among other
things this fascinating topic: Surely
women who are constantly studying the
| lines and the fashions of their own clothes
necessarily observe the cut and the lines
and the fashions of mems nabiliments.
| am quite sure that the date of love at first
| sight could be attributed more than once to
| a fur coat with becoming collar a
| smart neCktie a wonderfully cut frock
| coat"
| Apropos of mems fashions. what the Pa
| risian exquisite wears in the way of sleeve
| links. waistcoat buttons and studs would
| only grace the feminine toilet in America
| fuses TO wear in his tie a horseshoe leaped
| through in the manner of a circus horse
| and jockey. Yet this design is considered
/ eminently good form from the viewpoint of
| the sporty" Frenchman of the better class.
| And | am quite sure the most reckless man
| about town in your country would not
| venture out with a flight of wild Cucks
| decorating his scarf the golfer be
| tempted into appearing on the links with
| diamond clubs terminating in hunting crop
handles as an ornament Still the severe
simplicity OF the really well dressed man
| is not after all. such simple matter as
| meets the eye. 1t suggests the famous re
| ply TO the question, What is a gentleman
| Il know one when I see him, but l can't
| describe the beggar.
| The Travelling Gown.
1 will get into more trouble with my
critic II I keep on exploiting the styles OF
| the sterner when most women in this