The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
REVELATIONS AT
 THEATRE DIES ARTS
Scenery Is Remodeled to Suit
 Tone of Plays
AMERICANS CROWD IN
ion Appears on the Streets of Gay and Frivolous
 Paris

Paris, December 17.-(Special. )-Ameri- cans are crowding the delicious perform ances which have just begun at the Theatre des Arts, and fashionable lady visitors from New York, Washington, Boston and Chicago, not to forget Pitts burg, are to be seen evening after even ing watching the most interesting the atrical experiment seen in Paris for years.
 band of youg painters-young in the sense that their work is young-have colloborated with the management, and the two are producing plays which have startled the town by their originality and 1 freshness.
 1 This is due to the Russian ballet. Paris was electrified by the extraordinary real ism of the dancing which was seen at the opera during the recent season Such a gamut of colors, such vividness of eff feet, such intoxication of movement and such bewildering kaleidoscopis varieties of tone and warmth of passion had never been seen in Paris before. It inspired some ardent colorists to revolutionize the scenic art. They said the theatre of today needs rejuvenating; the old seen cry Is stiff and inadequate to realize the modern drama It is as If they sought to attune nature to human moods, to trim and turn the milieu to the varying needs of men.
 This is a novel conception. As a re- suit of it, the best known decorative painters in Paris have painted scenery for the stage, in the midst of which will be set works by the greatest writers of | today-works by foremost foreigners. The series has begun, however. with an aesthetic play written by g. Frenchman | and entitled "Carnaval des Enfants.' | The follies of fashion are 1imitless. I know this is not a very bright or novel | remark, but really La Mode seems more foolish than ever this year.
 To begin with there is the hobble skirt, which is positively dangerous to life and limb, especially In this city, where traffic is driven at breakneck pace. A strange development of this same hobble skirt is the robe fendue.' The other day at Longchamp three young women, well | known in the monde ou Ton s'amuse" wore the tightiest of tight skirts, with l the lower part slashed to a point above the knee. One of these dresses was par ticularly remarked. In color 1t was a neutral brown, but when the lady moved | one saw visions of flashing red. The opening of the cleft exhibited the lining of red satin, and also the red stockings, shining like challenge above the velvet | topped boots, with large buttons and red heels The costume was surmounted by a hat of particularly large dimensions. One can imagine the effect of 1t.
 Paris quickly gets used to revolutions. No one demurred. as in the days when the unfortunate models who first wore sheath gowns were chased by an angry mob from the paddock. The latest inno- vators betook themselves after the races to the comparative shelter of restau- rant situated in the Bois, where they were the center of curious groups.
 Another sartling fashion has brought in the facial makeup again. Until quite recently 1t was considered bad form for society women to initiate actresses on the stage and paint their faces. But today it has become the rage. Every woman who has any pertension to be considered fashionable "makes-up'' with a liberal use of a rouge pot, the black pencil, not to speak of thick layers of face cream. An English woman, we'll known in English society, has just re- marked to me: "One feels almost inde- cent at being seen in public with ones natural face"
 At society wedding at the Madel- oine, two days ago. l saw curious sight. Within the dim church was gath cred an elegant company of men id women. Amongst them were many per- sons of title. As the custom is, the men sat on one side and the women on the other, ready to form pairs-like the fig ure in Sir Roger de Coverly''-in the rear of the bride. Within the church the ladies looked sublime. Their faces re- fected a healthy glow and their eyes sparkled as if with luster of good health. But of sudden the great doors of the church-which was originally in-