Evening star., 1918-02-17
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France and Great Britain by sending to
this country a high commissioner
The ambassador, in such a case, is
either actually withdrawn or virtually
deposed. He returns home, perhaps on
leave of absence, and never comes back.
The high commissioner succeeds to his
rank and honors, but has no time to
enjoy them
ALLEGATION of shipping. speeding up
production, alignment of national pol
icies and forwarding of supplies are the
tasks to which the high commissioner
buckles down. All he needs to be is
drst-class business executive. All the
assistance he requires can be furnished
by experts. If. however. the head busi-
ness man also is discreet after-dinner
speaker or is personally known and
popular in America. SO much the better.
AS for the regular diplomatic stuff.
now dwindled to an inconseQuential
trickle. the charge d'affaires. at small
desk in the corner of the big mans
room. can look after that. 1t is the
charges duty to call on Mr.. Lansing
polite formula with which Cicero OPEN
ed his letters: IF you are well it is
well, ], too, am we'll"
The new diplomacy is shirt sleeve
diplomacy" of the American kind that
used to be sneered at abroad. Has it
come to stay? Well, if after the war
we are to have among the nations
open agreements, openly arrived at"
old style diplomacy are not especially
bright.
What do you suppose Sousa will think
when he sees all the pretty creatures
running round in his old
In re Street coat? They're taking it
o,n Off ,his back. the little
o'sAeS' looters. But that's way
the have. the Seattle Times informs us.
It's all on the conservation program.
A jacket is a jacket if it bears sleeves
and has body. Whether it meets in
the front. tags down at the back or
flares over the hips doesn't matter. 1t
is a covering. and that is sufficient. But
it must have the cachet. The cachet
is what makes it cost money-wont
that be a revelation to father AS the
fabric is deleted also the price should
be. only conservation doesn't work
along that principle. Nobody cares.
The construction of styles militaire
is delicate piece of business: the dress
architect can infringe so far and no
farther. If her model appears a bit too
soldierly, away with her. and let her
be shot at sunrise, But if she nips a
button off here and purloins an epaulet
there, we fancy she's clever. and when
we wander jauntily about exploiting
her fine supply of zippy wit we feel
that were doing our part in decorating
the earth.
The bandmaster jacket is an evolu-
ton of the box coat idea. 1t offers
wide opportunity for decorative de-
signs. and has brought back that giant
OF braids known as Hercules, throw
ing soutache back into the tall timbers
of sartorial oblivion. Some of the band
master coats are trimmed with plain
steel buttons. while others take to
shiny ones of cut steel that sparkle
like the eye glance of coouetry Other
coats smuggle along a wescut. though
they have no business so to do, as
Sousa never did.
Service suits, in which one goes to
market. dallies round the Red Cross
station, visits the needy and does a lit
tie shopping. are cut from light tweed
mixtures and are as serviceable and
smart as the bread and butter frocks
OF serge and tricotine that are all the
go. Tailored buttons ornament the
service suit, and there is practically no
decoration other than that supplied by
unique cuts and fresh designs After
all. the tailleur was never intended to
be trimmed.