The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-06
UNCLESAM HOLDS
STYLE SHOW FOR
new YORK BELLIES
Smart Set Learns of Other
Gowns Than Those Turned
Out in Paris
FLY COPS MAKE HIT
IN FAULTLESS ATTIRE
No Flowers But American Beau
ties; Foreign Dog "Gets
the Hook"
~ MARGARET MASON.
written for The United Press. J


NEW YORK. Nov, 6.--Made In ".
). A. fashions for the u. s. A. maiden
are being formally presented today to
some OF our young multi-millionair-
esses, who, until last night. had new
er given thought to the possibility
OF a gown daring TO hail from any
other place than dear Paree. with the
, accent and fathers thoughts on the
dear. The coming-out party for Amer
lean fashions started last night at the
Ritz, and, judging from some OF the
exhibits In land out) OF the new even
ing gowns with the extreme southern
exposure, coming out" Is good, al
though perhaps the past tense should
have been used.
One hundred and twenty-five gowns
with accomplishments calcultSHi TO
put any ordinary father or husband IN
q bankruptcy court, and each one
guaranteed to have been designed and
executed right on the island OF Man
haitian, were exhibited, the maneQulns
being volunteers from the homes OF
some OF New York's and Newport's
idlest rich. The entire affair was
given observation-disclosures George
Cohanesque atmosphere-even TO the
point that no flowers but American
beauties were shown. The intensity
,of the patriotism was manifest when
Russian wolfhound, used as q prop
in one tableaux, was given the gate,
and took II.
Last nights parade of homemade"
frocks nailed to the mast Fifth-ave.'s
right TO a permanent place In the sun
OF fashion. To be sure, Poiret, Worth,
Redfern and Doucet for the nonce.
can worry to better advantage over
the designs OF German Zeppelinists
than over the designs OF American
courturiers, but start has been made
and In all seriousness the present ex-
hibit seems certain to lead TO a state
OF affairs where the effects OF the Rue
de la Paix may be obtained by the
American woman OF fashion without
the necessity of suffering either from
NAL de mer or an import duty. III
nothing else has been accomplished,
Il will be possible after the present
exhibit for American designers TO sew
their own labels on their frocks and
sell them on their own merits. Z,
nv IISIctOkOESsh ~ lOOk nAA iAnROitSu
bel to command desirable price on
any American-made garment, no mat
ter what its artistic worth. Accord
ing to the Fifth-ave, designers, they
have no desire to get beyond the
bounds OF the Monroe doctrine, and
the most they hope to accomplish for
the immediate present 10 to be able to
make their sales talk plain English
and without the necessity OF using a.
French accent.
New York's social register has been
depleted by the list Of patronesses
for the fashion fete and the turnout
at the Ritz last night. with Its ac-
compartment of jewels and finery.
seemed to bear out President Wilson's
ideas relative to the psychological
hard times.
Gowns valued at $4,000 in good
round figures-some OF them on round
figures not so good--and SS00.00o
worth OF jewelry designed and loan.
ed by New York jewelers., were ex-
hibited! In consequence there were
probably more fine looking young men
In the crowd than have been seen at
New York society gathering In many
moons, the added touch being given
by O flock OF faultlessly attired fly
cops detailed to guard the loaned jew
els. The bulls In the fashion-shop
were not meant to be distinguished
from the others OF New York's smart
set, but class will tell. and the cops
seemed to be the class.
The fact that was despite the sue
cess OF the fete, II must be admitted
that the New York designers are
working under handicap. Whereas,
the Partisan designers have the pick
OF the peach crop of la belle France
from which to select their manequins.
the exhibitors ut the Ritz were forced
to display their artistic efforts on the
backs OF mere millionairesses.