The Washington herald., 1911-01-22
But Parisians Have Utmest
Disdain for Americans.
FOUNDER, SPENDS HIS MONEY
Respectful Contempt Can BE Seen
on Faces in Exclusive HOtels-Re-
yiyal 1910 Produced Mt Folies Ber-
Eere-Art of Color Blending Has No
Secrets to French in Their Dress.
BY Ia RACONTEUSE.

Paris, Jan. 2l.-Delightfully polite though
| they are to all tourists and especially
| so to Americans-the geese that lay the
/ golden eggs-;lll Parisians at the bottom
of their hearts have the utmost disdain
of all foreigners. whom, among them
selves they term ''Rastas'' for short.
The RaStaquouere, or Bounoer,
spends his money, but never gets his
| moneys worth. He never becomes true
Bouevardicr. Like the feminine coquette
| that she is, the city eludes him-she is
! never quite within his grasp.
In the fashionable restaurants those
who know the language of signs can
| read the respectful contempt on the face
of the naitre d'hotel when the foreign
ers order their repasts. Swarthy Argen-
tines, clean-shaven. bilious Americans.
as yellow as their gold: pink and white
stalwart, and well-groomed Britons, one
and all, from the french point of view,
commit astronomical crimes.
Ills no savent pas manager" traSical-
~ exclaimed the head man al the ''Sil-
yer Tower" Here it is that boys arc
sent flying across the city to fetch the
live ducks which are included in the
menu as du sang IL nave
worked in a kitchen of this restaurant
is patent of nobility. To dine here Is
to feed with the gods.
Those who want to see a revival OF
1910 should go to the Revue at the Folies
Bergere. The Revue itself is not much,
but the dresses and staging are SurpaSs-
ingly lovely. Two scenes are charming,
one is soiree at Princess Pauline Bona
parties in which the empire dresses give
us the .'dernier cri'' of Paris fashions.
The entrance of the divine Nine. Re
camier. her peerless beauty enhanced by
the absolute simplicity of her white
frock. sends a thrill through the house,
and when she reclines on the low couch
immortalized by the famous portrait in
the Louvre the enthusiasm knows no
bounds, Entire nous, We believe Mime.
Recamier to have been a heartless fiirt.
She chose to be adored ike a divinity
on a pedestal, and could afford to be
platonic in her friendship. for she never
loved any one but her beautiful self.
The empire dresses as they were worn
then, are just the frocks We affect now.
Tiny, short-waisted bodices gathered into
the waist with tinsel cord, gosSamer
crepe, embroidered with laurel leaves of
silver over SILVER gray SdIln, OF gowns
of silver lace over lemon yellow. 1t was
curious to compare the dresses on and
OF the stage which were exact in every
particular even unto the headdress, which
consisted of tinsel turbans with very high
plumes and aigrettes, or Greek fillets
heavily jeweled with precious stones and
Josephine's Roman tiara.
In the other scene. where the Caesar
distributes the eagles to his followers.
one is struck by the fact that II the
men are growing understood. the women
are growing supeNbly tall and superior
in physique to the long so-called stronger
sex.
The art Of color-blending has no secrets
for the French, who also dress to suit
their surroundings. Their modern dresses
are poems because they harmonic them
with the rooms they live In. Madame
has her background arranged when her
friends come to call. She may select
a high Gothic chair draped with some
antique brocade Of rose du Barry. or q
pure golden yellow tint . Japaneso
screen may Be tho medium. but EVERY
thing = studied bseoeshand aad - fault