The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
TIE FEMININE WORM MAY TURN AT LAST Paris May Lose Control of the
 Worlds Fashions AMERICAN WOMEN LEAD New Remedy Is Recommended for Lu- naey-French Police Are Said
 To Be the Most Polite in
 the World.
AMERICAN WOMEN LEAD
BY LA voYAGEusE.

BY LA VOYAGEUSE.
 Paris, December 25.-(Special.)- the feminine worm about to turn, at last? Can it be possible that woman has de- cided that there are other dressmakers of France?
 It seems incredible that American wom- en, of all others, should even hint that they will no longer submit to the dic- tates of Paris fashion, but such is the case
 A number of them residents of New York, Chicago. New Orleans, Denver and elsewhere, while at farewell tea at the Hotel Ritz previous to sailing with fami- lies for home for the Christmas holidays discussed the subject of the yoke which French fashion has placed on their necks.
 Why" they asked, should progress sive. liberty loving Americans look to Paris, city in France, to be told what to wear and how to wear 1t? Why not declare our independence by selecting some representative American city to ere ate and set the styles for what is taste full, right and proper for American wom- en to wear?
 Surely there must be inventive genius, good taste and commercial ability in our own land to accomplish this. The fad for the French fashions (for it is nothing else) is not only expensive. but most injurious to generations yet unborn"
 If the women of the United States would only look at this subject in sensible and matter-of-fact way, they would emancipate themselves from more trials than the dictates of French fash ions."
 Of course this was all very brave talk, and sounded" of the American independ- ence: but what did it amount to, as de- cided action by American woman, in the direction suggested, Is concerned?
 Nothing whatever; as was proved when each of the women was asked in turn if she would agree not to buy dollars worth of wearing appaeef when she came to Paris in the future, but to patronize solely dressmakers and mfiiiners at home.
 They all either lodged the question or came out point blank and observed that ."Of course the time Is not quite ripe for such a demonstration of independence"
 And there you are! The result is what might have been expected, for when you seek to deprive the average Amer ican woman visiting Paris of the op- portunity to buy clothes for personal adornment you are taking from her the
  to the French capital. Ask any Amer ican woman who has been to Paris for pleasure if this is not trne.
 The latest suggested remedy for luna tics, which came to Paris from Lon don must surely have been born of lunatic's brain. It is nothing less than the use of colored lights for the treatment of diseases. Blue is pre- had of nin0S red for persons who are depressed, anaemic langlid and debilitated; golden yellow is supposed to give tone to the brain: green Is restfu] while violet, 1t is declared, claims moral trouble and nervous tension.
 Lunatics it is asserted, should be con- fined in blue-lighted rooms, when their excitement rapidly decreases.
 The color best suited to the case of the individual who is responsible for this suggested remedy is net given, but probably blue would be most in har- mony with his mental condition.
 Foreign women visitors to Paris de- clare that policemen of the French cap ital are not only more polite, but more efficient than those of London, while there Is no comparison to be drawn be- tween them and the police of Ameri- can cities, who, while efficient enough, do not show the polteness to either men or women which is to be found in the case of both French and English guard ians of the peace
 French policemen assert that American policemen are too independent and, like the rest of their countrymen, are always in too great hurry about everything to show the public the civil treatment to which it is entitled by right.
 
 Furs continue to grow in favor. Muffs are perfectly huge. For those who can not afford the fabulous prices asked for all fur sets. exquisite stoles and muffs to match are shown made of satin and trimmed with bands of fur.
 As I said some time ago. furs are con- stantly becoming 8 greater luxury.
 They almost vie with diamonds in price.
 As the cold weather advances one sees the most gorgeous creations in furs at the hour of the fur parade" as it is termed, on the fashionable Rue de la Paix.
 At a we'll known furrier's day or two ago I saw ''mannequin," or rather model after model wearing coats that must have cost, in fairy tale terms. a kings ran son. Prospective purchasers were be- wildered, even mortified at the prices asked for garments of sable, and many of them fell back on furs less costly.
 Some of the more expensive garments were bordered, for lining, with broad bands of gold or silver gallon, which made a charming effect by reason of the gold bullion whom the lining was turned back.
 The cold weather so prevalent on the continent has had tho effect of driving homeward hundreds of struggling Amer jeans, who had stayed on in Paris after the greater number of their countrymen and women had left for the United States. Hundreds there are of fashionable wom- en. however, who have gone to enjoy the fashionable winter sports at Cauxs, Les | Ayant. Chamonix. St. Moritz and other equally well known resorts, where "coast- ing or tobogganing is sport in which women are among the most enthusiastic participants.
 It Is indeed golden harvest that the Swiss hotel keepers gather from Ameri- can visitors, for while their numbers of the latter into the thousands in summer there are hundreds of them still who sc there in winter The season at Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo and elsewhere on the Riviera comes later.
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