Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14
Paris Gossip and Fashion Notes Up to Date II

larity is simply due to the fact that she
does not consider it worth her while to
obtain the good will of her own sex, and
that she cannot resist the temptation of
parading her trimnphs over her less sue
cessful sisters. The really popular woman
is always considerate toward other wom-
en-. and In a thousand little ways pro-
notes that feeling of satisfaction with
themselves without which they will feel
jealous of her. She never misses an OPP
portunity of telling them how nice they
look. and whispers in their ears some
f1attering remark she has heard about
them. Just as long as woman of this
type keeps the members of her own sex
in good humor with themselves SO long
will she keep their good will toward her.
and in SO doing prove her superiority not
only over the mans woman" but the
''womans woman"
Bernhard in a New Role.
Mime. Bernhard in her latest venture,
La Belle au Bots Dormant" at her
theater on the Place du Chatelet, is
charming the world of Paris. both male
and female. This delightful play has
been called a pantomime by certain
critics. but as a pantomime signifies
dumb show. it is rather ridiculous SO to
designate a representation of Jean Richie
pin and NJ. Henri Gains collaborated
verses by this name. The lines are half
sung, half recited. somewhat like those
of Rostand in "Cyrano de Bergerac" in
the famous love scene. The divine Sarah
as the poet Prince Landry is bewitching,
and her wonderful voice. with its witchery
Of expression and intonation. is at its
best in this role. The scenery is charm
ing, the dialogue light and witty. while
the costumes CLINT and glitter as only
FARMLAND habiliments are wont to do.
The story is a modernzed poetic version
of the sleeNing beauty. A lovely princess
t.
for a whole century by a wicked old
fairy One OF the most exquisite scenes
is where the prince-Sarah-awaken the
sleeping princess. hackneyed enough
theme. you say. l grant you 1t Is, but
you have perhaps reckoned without the
cate visions portrayed by the scenery, the
poetry Of the lines and the musical &C
commitment. But l am devoting too
much space to gossip that has nothing
whatever to do with the case-fashion
and her vagaries. So now to business.
Attention to Dress.
This morning l attended a lecture on
dress given to fashionable folk, and
wave of approval went over the audience
when the lecturer said: 1.-THE girl or
woman who INDUCES in contempt or
neglect of dress is making a serious
mistake There are two phases Of this
vi dtteHlOn dress WHICH are
to be deplored. The first is that the
way of fashion is more potent than that
of reason. and the other is the growing
propensity to estimate people and things
by their glittering outsides. Womankind
ought to value health before style and
proportion before prodigality. To know
what YOU prefer instead Of humbly say
ing Amen to what the dressmakers or
the world tells you you ought to prefer
is to keep your soul alive. And apropos of
the worlds judgment, do you remember
that caustic delineation of George Mere
dith's: What primitive world 1t is
world of giittering beast and OF passions
clothed in silk! Surely desire to belong
to 1t writes us Door creatures
With all due respect to Mr.. Meredith,
am mighty glad I belong to world
that can clothe itself as the woman por-
ton of it win this spring. Still it takes
an artist these days to plan gown, for.
though there are many cOlors. they must
be well chosen. and the slightest error In
color will result in disappointment for
the gown. A great many of the street
dresses are in three colors or in three de-
cided tints of the same color. A material
that is going to have great vogue hero