Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
How the People Of Fashion Manage
to Enjoy Themselves.
TYPICAL GARDEN PARTY CITED
"Hair Fisher" Among the Cal1ings
of Those Who Make Living by
Picking Up Trihes.

their departure for cooler places. and
Paris is doing all it can to detain them
as long as possible The great metrop-
oils now boils and roars; the air is heavy
and the sun beats fercely on the mad
crowds that rush through the streets.
Autos screech and groan. horses are
trampling and snorting, camelots are
bowling and yelling. and. above all these
noises, you can hear the curses Of the
chauffeurs and cab drivers who know no
other vocabulary when addressing one
another
And what does this insane race mean?
1t is race not to be late for any
thing. to sell as much as possible. to
make as much money as possible before
the inevitable departure of the money
seaside resorts.
What Society Does.
And there is really no end of things
to do for those who are determined to
ing there are the promenades Zen vol
ture" or zen cheval' in the Avenue du
Bots de Boulogne, where a number Of
istes and delighting the coiffeurs By walk
ing hatless. Fashion, which. literally
speaking, has prevented women from
moving their legs, which has ordered
them to wear furs in July and linen
gowns in December, now also begins to
become hygienic.
After luncheon come teas and garden
parties. and after dinner. which you must
eat in the Bots in Pavilion Chinois or Pa
villon Bleu, theaters and concerts-noth-
ing must be missed! Garden parties are
more fashionable than anything. though.
heaven knows. they are an awful bore
Host and hostess are receiving their
guests at the entrance OF the garden. A
foOtman announces their names in
stentOrian voice as they glide by, shake
hands with their hosts and disappear into
the darkest corners of the garden, where
they sit criticising later arrivals and
wondering why they have come them
selves
self to the prominent persons who have
honored him by attending. The ladies
are all dressed in costly silk or linen
gowns OF studied simplicity. picture hats.
English Scarfs, white gloves and para
soils. while fans are banned.
The gentlemen wear blue or iron gray
cutaways or morning coats and silk hats,
and a carnation or corn flower in the but
tonhole. gray gloves and patent leather
shoes with gray cloth tops
attraction of these parties. When the
sign is given all make a rush for the buff
fet. determined to make the host pay the
only penalty which they have power to
infiict upon him for the hours wasted in
boredom. At other times the host mas
provided an entertainment to keep his
guests from sneaking away Immediately
after satisfying their material needs.
Typical Garden Party.
The other day, for instance. a garden
party was given by the Duchess of Don
deauville, in her palace in Rue de Va
renne. Nobody ever thinks of mentioning
any name but that Of the hostess. When
French married lady mentions her
home she never says. for instance. We
have taken apartments" or I'VE live in
the Rue de Varenne." but simply Il have
taken apartments or Il nVe or L give
a garden party"
But to come back to the duchess gar
den party. After the refreshments all went
to an open-air theater built In the beau
tiful park. On the stage stood Mile.
Polaire and the audience went almost
into spasms as she sang her songs, which
were certainly risque. After her came
beautiful Mile. Dorziat. the actress. per-
forming the dance of 'Mendelssohn's
and after her followed Arlette Jorgere,
Bartet. and then the Danish singer, la
belle Danoise,'' Paula Frisch. who is the
pet of all musical Paris, since she was
first heard at the List centenary at the
Conservative.
When the performance was over there
was petite luncheon, and then 1t was
almost time for the morning ride in the
Bots.
The Hair Fisher.
The number Of people who make liv-
ing by picking up trifles, all Of which do
not come under the category Of ''uncon-
sidered.' has been recently added to. A
new calling has been considered. The per-
son who follows it is described as the
"Ramasseur de chichis," which might be
translated as the hair fisher. "Chichis"
are the meshes of hair which elegant
women add to their coiffure in order to
increase it's opulence.
These .chichis'' one of the newspapers
gravely informs it's readers today. are
fixed to the hair by pins, and they can
easily be lost, especially when ladies enter
shops in order to try on hats. The hair
fishers keep a sharp eye on these ladies':
they can see at a glance whether their
couture has been added to. If. as a re-
suit of trying on hats, the "chichis" fell
to the floor, the hair fishers, who carry
sticks with hooks at the end. adroitly
seize them, and the hair is transferred to
their pockets.
AS soon as the hair fishers have obtain
ed q sufficient number OF "chichis" they
paw good prices for the hair. which, after
being attended to, frizzed, and made
glossy, is sold to other ladies, who will in
turn lose the meshes.
Tight Skirts to Go Out.
AS for the fashions which are to come
into vogue next fall. not much can be
sad, Of course; but one point at least has
been decided.
There are to be no more tight skirts.
and although the panniers have not found
favor, there will be many draperies on the
light mousse,ine de sole dresses. There
are, however, two camps. Those who
have not, and those who have returned to
the long straight lines. but even the
plainly cut dresses are to be luxurious
covered with raised embroideries and old
laces.
How is a person to become the sister
in-law of her grandmother and the aunt
Of her own mother? This puzzle has
been successfully solved by q young lady,
Mile. Antoinette Graulliere. at LunaS, in
the RordOsne. She married M. Stelling-
Laumont Of Fleurace and as he happen
ed to be her grand uncle and the brother
Of her grandmother. she thereby became
her grandmothers sister-in-law. At the
Same time she became, according to law,
the aunt of her own mother.
A Penalty of Greatness.