Evening star., 1909-05-09
Paris Notes.
<< n FTER THE SHOWER" is the
~ name Of new perfume here.
This is as sweet as its April

IS n FTER THE SHOWER" is the
~ name OF a new perfume here.
This is as sweet as its April
name. the square. gold-trimmed bottles.
with their look of chaste simplicity. add
ing to the impression of extreme luxury.
For only the rich can indulge in this re-
freshing odor. The price is enormous
nearly 81 bottle-and very small bot
tie at that.
There is a furore for shoulder scarfs.
These lovely wrappings are worn with
inexpressible art by graceful women; in
deed, grace must be cultivated to wear
them with any adequate expression. Such
wrappings which include embroidered
grapes and painted and stamped tissues
in endless variety. are seen both with
street and evening toilets. Colors ac-
cord with street wear. but the wisp for
gala nights may be a mass of gold or
silver embroideries. A model in these
scarfs for day use is of plain crepe, bor-
dered with a silk fringe half a yard deep.
With the short-waisted gowns, which
they accompany. the coquetry of these is
bewitching, for they are worn SO tightly
that every fold models the form be-
meath.
The Costume Tanagra," as the cling
ing gown itself is called. bids fair to run
for quite a twelvemonth more. Great
makers talk necessarily Of the return of
wide skirts, and one Rue de la Paix
house shows winter model more than
ten yards round the bottom. But there
is everybody, notwithstanding, hurrying
night and day to turn out the wispy, car
ressing rags which are eternally ordered.
Paris loves novelty, but more than any
woman In the world the Parisienne knows
how to choose the beautiful instead OF
the merely new. A little change here
and there may be made but since the
taste Of Frenchwomen governs the world
the return of the wide skirt is still a
matter for future worry.
Flat heels, even for walking, are never
seen except on the ugly boots of English
tourists. The Louis XIV heel, which
gives the curved instep and look of a
small foot, is the only one tolerated by
the native elegante. Bootmakers. too,
declare these add to the grace and light
ness of the step. though such sandals as
are supplied for the Greek-like evening
gowns are. for tall women, sometimes
entirely without heels.
The silk stockings Of the hour are so
splendid that they have encouraged a
new industry Rents or running threads
in these fragile luxuries are no longer
darned. The dropped threads are taken
up by weaving machines, which turn the
fine baS out as good as new.
AS to gloves. the ones with their nat
ural and delicious perfume are much
liked by the extravagant, for these
gloves are costly and while soiling easily
clean with difficulty. But long sleeves
have considerably lessened expenditure
in gloves. For morning wear the leather
tinted gloves, showing only one button,
are popular and celebrate the elegant
breakfast parties given in the Bos.
The brims Of hats descend more than
ever, till even the elaborately dressed
heads are lost in them. "Paniers
depeches' baskets-is the droll
yet fitting name given to this quaint and
becoming headgear. A close bunch of big
fruit, balanced by a skinny bow of
faded ribbon" trims many of these
hats.