The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-26

color for evening and in millinery,
| NEW YORK. - 4 buyer who re-
manned late IN Paris aud who talks en-
ter,ainingly about the smart things that
were worn by European women who
had money and by the reports. there
are still smart women, good clothes and
money in Francc-sald that the French
designers had turned out for these wo.
men a wonderful shade OF pink
Very little OF this color had been i'm
ported to America, he continued be
cause our buyers who were there in
August and September did not cSpe-
clally care for it, The French wo-
men he said, were tired Of brilliant
colorS. or they were unwilling to &C
ccpt them in wartime, so they wore an
immense amount OF cream colored
cloth. black velvet touched with a
brilliant ilowcrcd fabric and this new
shade Of pink which has been called
penguin
1t did not need that remarkable novel
by Anatul France to associate penguin,
with France in the minds OF the many
Their peculiar pink and white coloring
has often been taken up by the French
designers as new color scheme TO
spread through the channels OF smart
dressing. and evidently this autumn
was a propltlous time to again launch
penguin pink
In Gowns and Hats.
Deauvilc. despite the hard times inI
France, was exceptionally gay this sea
son Some American girls were pres
ent when the French government step
ped in and stopped the dancing and the
roulette wheel IN the middle OF a bril-.
liant seancc at night The people were
dancing the tango with as much avdlty
US they did in 1913, and these girls
say that the scene was as brilliant AMI
costly and alluring as in former times,
showing that the men and women had
the gayety and the money to bring II
about But the frcnch government did
not intend that there should be such
rrevcrencc toward war, so it hushcd
the music. stopped the roulette wheel
and cast shadow over the dispensing
guests.
lhi, attitude toward pleasure is very
amazing TO the AnRio-Saxon mind It.
wdAld be difficult to tell that America
was at war and quite difficult to know
that England was, ii one CHANGED to
pass by the pleasure rcSortss OF the
cities.
However, none OF this has to do with
the launching oi penguin pink, except
in the fact that 1t was at the Casino at
Dcauvllle when Rayety was suddenly
stopped as though it were highly lm.f
proper that penguin pink gowns were
worn
The people also tell US that the room,
were filled with very smart women
wearing the new dinner gown that is
just beginning to appear in this coun-
try; it is made OF velvet in black or
penguin pink and is cut like twelfth
century tuniC, with SiN-inCh sleeves as a
part OF the shoulders and loose sash
girdlcd round the hips to hold it in
place.
Combined With Gray.
The mllnerS have taken penguin
pink velvet ribbon with a corrugated
surface and made a scarf as a bow Of
it TO ornament the black velvet faash-
room hat that is considered extra smart
for the day hours. Other millincrS
have made turbans Of penguin pink
pannc velvet and combined it with
gray to give an exceedingly artistic
effect.
The hat shown in the sketch is a
turban made up OF these two color'
with blIck velvet bri mand an orna
ment OF gray squirrel fur from which