The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-11
BY ALICE ZISKA SNYDER.
PARIS, July 25


- cree to be within the zone of
= the armies" The term has a
thrilling vagueness, and those who re-
main within the gates OF the city
have wondered what its real signif-
icance might be. According to dis
cussions in the papers. the military.
parliamentary and administrative au-
thorities know little If any more than
the ordinary citizens.
But all are agreed on one point.
The new order modifies nothing in
the routine of life in Paris. Yester-
day Paris lay outside the army
zone" whatever that mysterious en-
tity may be; to-day Paris lies within
it. That is all there is to it so far
as Parisians are concerned.
They continue to live in the military
area as they lived before. For many
months the Riviera has been in the
army zone" but visitors to Nice never
perceived that 1t lessened the gayety
Of the season. The Paris theatres re-
main open, the cafes carry on as usual.
the restaurants continue to serve as
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as much as the customer will pay.
1t Is only now and then that you
come up against the stone wall of
the new decree. II the warm summer
days tempt you with thoughts of the
| country, of green trees and gently
fowing streams of luncheon served
on a terrasse overlooking a smiling
valley, or of dinner eaten under the
| blue canopy of stars II trip to Yer
| sailles or Saint Cloud or to the banks
of the Marine is suddenly planned on
! the spur Of the moment, then, for the
first time. you find out what II means
to be n dweller within the zone OF
the armies"
You simply cannot go outside the
city unless Monsieur Ie Comm!ssaire
de Police will be good enough &c
stamp your carte dldentite or your
Garnet d'etranger. Therefore all those
who could do so have left town
while those who remain are willing 70
put up with hot city pavements and
brazen skies for the pure JOY Of prov
ing themselves worthy of the city OF
their adoptonParis.
Even in the hour of prospective dan
ger the real Parisienne remains true
to herself. She Is invariably well
Eroomed. knowing that an attractive
woman is the most soothing OF sights
and one calculated to make the most
pessim!stic alarmist temporarily forget
his fears.
New summer Hats.
Because OF the exodus and also be-
cause OF the food restrictions, the for
n r fashionable tea rooms are well nigh
deserted these July afternoons. But
there remains one spot where one still
finds crowos OF chic Parisiennes, those
belonging 10 the smart set. the first
always to adopt fashions latest fleet
ing fancies. At the Ambassadors
there is such daily throng that the
dining room on the ground floor has
been enlarged by the addition Of an
Iawn!ng shaded terrasse. which Is liter
ally iammed with officers and ladies
with a sprinkling OF Americans. al
drinking what toe French call SHERRY
goneurs." nibbling tasteless ices made
OF water and sacCharine, with dasl
Of fruit syrup 10 give them color, OF
slipping iced coffee or lemon fayoreG
tea.
Suddenly all the feminine Contin.
gent OF this cafe has blossomed out in
ITS newest summer hats OF velvet ol
long haired felt. Yesterday | counted
twenty-five Of these warm weather
, rhapeaux. and tho woman in the cool
sensible straw hat seemed a back nun,
Der in so far as mOdish %ess was con,
Cerned. The old way OF bringing the
hair down over the ears and then OF
10 the cheeks has been revived for tn,
new hats, which, coming so far over
the brow, would otherwise completely
, hide the fact that the wearer ha,
hair on her head.
The fuzzy felt headgear belongs I,
the popular poilUchon family. and
new variety has appeared within In,
week. This is the soft tam, pulled dowr
to the nape of the neck in back, title,
little TO the left and with the crown
slightly draped over one ear. MANY q
the poi,uChons now come IN soil,
Colors- rose blue and rich hc,iotropo
but some of them have white Erouu,
into which are mysterlously set IN,
long felt hairs Of an entirely d.ffcrcn
; shade.
A Parlsinn Tnnc,.
a Large soft rolled hrimmed vclvc
hats in black, steel gray or royal h'u,
have Also bounded into m.dsummc
favor, probably because they maxi
such n wonderful frame for the Ian
: guOrous or piquant Gallic eyes tina
, peer out from under tho hrIm. quit
conscious Of their Charm one O
: Paris's most attractive actresses NOR
I one Of these new velvet hats, i4st ~
proper contrast to her beige Dlcrsado