The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-25
War Cannot Blot Out
the Dandies of Paris
When Peace Returns Paris Will Be More Fashionable
and Cay Than Ever; What American Men May
Learn from Partisan Arbiters of Elegance in Dress

Who knows how many more will be killed?
Which of these men, lighting so bravely now.
will return? What OF the spirit Of Paris after
the war?
There will be a revival-a blooming forth
of gayety. The Split OF Paris cannot = de-
stroyed- The brilliance OF Paris cannot be
permanently dimmed. The theatres will open:
there will be fascinating plays and comedies.
The cafes will ring with mirth. more nnre-
Eiieu ~ men and women out to enjoy them
selves. There will De no private b. - be-
cause OF the fact that most OF the people will
b. in mourning for some relative killed in
battle.
The gayety Of PATS win manifest itself in
public. For a year 20 a year and a -aif we
shall probably suffer from hard times-then
We look for an epoch Of prosperity. After the
war OF 1870. when We were quite hopelessly
beaten. there came a great epoch OF pros
perity. Paris revivsu after that wa Paris
flushed with briniancy and vivacity. As soon
as the present war is over n reaction against
the sombre spirit OF the present days Will
come. To the degree that our spirits have
been repressed they will break forth in a re-
action OF relief, a thirst for rejoicins Paris
will laugh. dance and sing as never before.
Yes. and the men OF fashion will return. II
cannot be otherwise. For IL Paris revived
after 1870 1t viii revive TO a greater degree
after this WARRIOR in this war. we g. certain,
we shall not be beaten.
l have said that Paris to-day is sombre. Men
do not wear evening clothes and top hats.
While this is true, the spirit OF the men at
the front Is anything but sad. Ar snthusiasm
for France fills the soldiers. They give plays
near the trenches. In the face OF death they go
about cheerfully and happily. You should hear
them singi The English song "Tipperary' has
been taken up by the French. The English got
Tbov call az .Tasnavrarrv" ano sjng h
quantity.
On the other hand, the English soldiers have
adopted the French army songs. One that is
popular MIN IomiLy AtHlns - Fre IN guy;
meaning The Army Shoes Hang Heavy in the
SACK AhotheI Ffehch Sons over a hunuISu
years oia-rhleh mas oesh enthssiasue@Hy
adopted by the British soldiers Is 'Aupres DE
ga Blonde, and runs as foioNs:
"Dans lie jardin a mon pere les MS sont
heuris.
La cailIe. la tourterelle peuvent y falre leurs
nids
Aupres de ma blondel
Aupres de ma blonde QUIZ fat bon dormir!"
inns song aescriL.s the garden A. loms
where the lilaos bloom and the doves nest In
the trees. II has a great sentimental appeal TO
the British.
Yes. the spirit OF Paris will revive. I shall
NOT he surnr,seS !, the N.a,iI beholds a Pa. il
Yer MOI sctn,,iisting ,ban ever shau NOT
bs surprised II wome,. dress more wonderfully
and ne oven no. eaga,tiv Perh., a We
n men Even mU1s eresSnNI n0,IeYsrds dss
can. aes more exmisi,o than any who at
trac,sd attentton bof,ro tho war
have said / like 10 see men well dressed.
hone. too. that paris in the future NAV exer-
ase an influence unon he dress OF mep. as z
has In Inc fashionF ior women. Wh. do /
think of the dresa Of men in America? IL a
sms2ing, Was astonisbed a. he prevalence
on -eady.mads clothes What character can a
ma get ont 80 a readv msde suitS readv.
fnsde sDit in paris would he ,mnossibie
In paris we have our own taiiors-oren We
.atronize a tailor epnloyed in the family from
father TO son. Excsut where YOU AT. yrioans
have edopted British STYLES. the az of YOUR
clothes "a atrocious-
What * the secyet NJ being we'll dressedq
will Tell Won. In New York / have seen men
with a-what do YOU call II? oh. yes!- "bay.
window prodiRlouT', nrotruding. Nov. tha
man with a "bay-window" should try > con.
ceal a. bv his garb Your TAI men are AZ fafi
Your thin men are so him Your tall men are
so amazingly tall Your short men 40 stubbv
and SHORT and SQUAT Success in dTess con.
sists IN wearing such clothes as viii make the
tall man shorter, the short man taller and the
fst man thinner That idea seems unknown
to YOU In America.
Oui. your fat men are so appaIing,s fati
Now. recall a celebrated Russian-Count
Orlon-who lives I'M Paris. Count orion Ia
enormous. but he Is always very elegant He
is 80 punctiliousIv dressed. the cut OF his ga-b
Is 20 perfect. that yor never get the imnres.
sion OF his hugeness. How his tailor IS 4
do not know-but it Is done. lie looks quite
well formed. That Is what the men of Paris
DO. That Is what the men OF America must