Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
PARIS, September 81.

PARIS, September 81.
TT you are ambitious of being up in the
front rank of fashion, you will beg.
borrow OF steal Carran D'Ache dog
from some of your friends who have brought
one OF these oddities over from our gay city
and take him with you as a mascot to the
next bridge party you attend. These
wooden toy dogs are the Partisan craze just
now and were invented by the clever carica-
tgrist, Carran nAohe, who, on account of
III health. was obliged TO give up making
pen and ink sketches and in their place has
substituted the carving of grotesque ami
mails in wood, Colnrad in fat tints Each
dog is mad to stand up In some funny pos
turs and bears on its body the signature of
the artist the most valuable part by the
way. of the possession The toys when first
made were Intended for children. but all
grOwnup Paris has gone daffy over them
and II is now M unusual sight to see
seemingly sane Partisan woman walking or
driving about the streets with one of these
cousins OF your Am aTican Teddy bear under
her What abSurdity next viii be com
miJtsd In the name OF a fad? All Paris
too. is making merry over an amusing
scene that took place between a French
landscape paintar-as famous for his talent
for his sense Of humor-and an Amer
team collector OF pictures. The painter who
has rented cottage near Paris for himself
and his family. was sketching a slope on
tae American who had been looking at the
sketch for a few minutes seated himself
next to the artist. and the following con-
verSatiun took place: Good painting
that Glad you like it" "Expensive?"
Not very" What's yer igure?" Two
hundred dollars per sheep and $40 per
lamb Golly' You call that cheap. Very.
considering / cont charge for the SLOPE"
That's So but'-ths American here made
mental calculation and then resumed-''it
comes to deuc"d lot Of money. but as l
Ike the picture can't YOU manage to make
reduction? Il can replied the artist, and,
swinging his rag, he promptly wiped out
three sheep and ten little lambs heads in
the background.
Old-Fashioned Jewelry for Hatpins.
Now is the time to make scraps OF old
fashioned or odd jewelry into hatpins. for
IL Is going to take heap OF these pins to
skewer the winter hats into shape. The
odds and ends In the jewel case best worth
using are the balls OF jet and agate our
grandmOthers thought so lovely, and the
great big brooches sometimes of fligree
sometimes of wrought gold make capital
pins. So do the balls and bumps OF pearl
or turquoise pavement work The old
sets OF large shirt studs, useless for that
purpose now, adapt themselves to charming
sets or hatpins. and the imperfect numbers
score. Tor the sole remaining stud will make
single hatpin when one is at loss to do
anything else with It. Broken bits of old
Der. coral crystal. all sorts OF Jade lapis
lazuli and malacslite can all he pressed or
namentally into service. and indeed II is
quite easy, II you are extravagant to have
a couple OF pins to match or harmonize in
color with every gown. | was talking the
other day with one OF the finest designers
In Rue de la Palx gem shop. and he told
me the very latest thing IN his line of work
was "jewelry costuming" which, In other
words. means bringing into perfect harmony
woman's Jewels with her gownsi Gone
are the days when diamonds and other pre-
clous stones are appreciated for their gem
value. 1t matters not II a string OF dew
drops" are worth a kings ransom or a
tiara gorgeous enough for duchess or an
American millionairess to wear II neither
hts into the pictures sartorially. The man
date of those who are to be obeyed" says
that stones must harmonic In color as well
In form OF setting. II the costume be
empire in STYLE the Jewels must be of this
historically Interesting period. AS one can
imagine. 'Jeweiry costuming'' has brought
into vogue all the colored stones aqua
marine topaz. jade-anything even paving
stones-to get the tone effect for a special
costume. Lovely and becoming as coral is
made UP In different forms. my lady will
have none of II. Her reason Is that IT too
cheap and easily initiated. But pearls. al
though subject to both OF these annoying