The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-10-31
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BY MARGARET MASON.


So a fashion tete smart,
Next week hcr" they'll start.
That viii settle our fashionable tate.
New YORK. Oct. 21,--it VIII surely
be some fcta. but American designers
and dressnlakera and milliners are
pretty certain to land with both feet
when the home fashion iete is pull
ed off in our midst November 1,
and & at the Ritz-Carleton hotel.
Maybe it isn't 20 much patriotism
as il is des pcration uom that tn"
Partisan road to fashion is closed to
lovely women. that has caused her
to start this agitation to boost Amer
lean styles anyway. all the little
Yankee Doodle milliners and dress
makers an | ldilors are too busy get
ting ready to prove their long sus-
tanned cry that they can produce
lust as good models as the parisiaus
il only Tie Women would give them
a chance, 70 bother about the motive.
This gala affair which is intended
to show Americans What Americans
can do in the clothes line was start
cd by Well-know fashion publiea-
ton and tn list OF its exclusive and
moncyed patrouesses has grown and
Haxed exceedingly strong. 1t mum
bers the names OF such tashionably
elect as Mrs Vincent AStor, Mrs
Stuygesant Fish. Mrs. Philip Lgdig,
Mrs Condo Mast, Mrs. Amos L, +.
Pinchot. Mrs. r Suitern Tailor, Mrs
Frederick Townsend and Mrs. French
Vanderbilt With such advocates
ready to do.1 homegrown models, Mrs
Harlem Flat and indeed Mrs. Every
woman :. A.. are bound to fol
low suit-and hat and gown also
Here's the idea on the evenings
Of November 4 5 and 6 and after
moons OF the last named two days
tilt DdIiI otIll VI tue lkiiE-t HtI lt'i'ii =
donated by the management, viii b.
peopled with fascinating and charm-
ing manikins all doled up in the
latest creations OF all the smarte5t
and most eXclusiye--tO say nothing
Of the most expensive liners.
dressmakers and tailors of New York.
they will uudulate slowly about i'll
that form o. locomotion peculiar to
the genus rankin before the admir-
ing gaze OF the smart set. the stage
favofites. the general public and
hose OF the hoi poiioi vino have ha |
lie 81 price OF Il ticket OF admls-
sion Th"v will promenade to the
sweet and gratis strains Of the smart
est aud best oreheafras in town. 9th
or advertisements in the way of en-
tertainment are promised but the
nauikins IN all their glory and the
\merican-made sartorial creations
are the big show.
The fetc viii be copied after the
famous Parts openings and the mod
lis selected '1r exhibition @jA he
chosen by jury OF the patroneSse@.
No exhibitor Will be allowed more
than two models In each class Of gar
meuts which are divided into five
classes. These include tailored suits
md gowns, hats, furs and blonses,
top coats. afternoon toilettcs, hats
and furs; evening gowns and wraps
and Hegligeos
This is the first time in America
that anything OF the sort on such an
or course, the several large depart
mert stores have had their season
fashion shows, where manikins walk
ed and money talked but these We're
to display the 'deruier cri' OF the
courtiers and modistcs OF that dear
tmeaning anything but cheap Paris
While this coming event in the fash
ionable world will bear the stamp Of
American approval. the seal OF the
United States and the labels OF New
York firms only.
Best Of all, the proceeds are 10
go TO the Committee OF Mercy which
is organized for the relief OF all
those poor Women and little children
OF every nation left destitute by the
European war not only OF fashion
but OF everything that makes life
worth living or even possible 1t
isn't often that the foibles and frail-
tiles of fashion result in such ulti
mate good.
With the two laudable and humane
intentions or benefiting the destitute
of war and encouraging our own
tradespeople. the fate Of the fashion
fete should be assured.
Miss Willie Fern Kennedy is en-