Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-26
BY LILLIAN CHESTER.
Copyright. 1913, by the Newspape
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Copyright. 1913, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
Paris, Feb. 26.-One a never quite
decide whether these smart little
snappy children of France have been
copied from the fashion magazines. or
whether the fashion magazines have
copied from the children!
To begin with, as soon as they're
able to walk, they know how to wear
their clothes.
The Frenchwoman's Unborn knack
of putting on a bonnet jauntily is in
the tiniest girl fodder; the boy has
the same jauntiness, and il he is the
proud poSsessor of a military cape,
be sure that n corner of it flaunts
dashingly over his small shoulder, to
reveal the a lining.
On a day when there is a lifting Of
the mists which envelope. Paris. in the
winter. and the sun comes out, and
the very air~Elows as if it were full
of fine spun gold, it is a joy to walk
on the Champs lysees, for the chill
dren are laughing there.
That walk Is like turning over the
pages of q brightly colored picture
book. -.
The luminous lacework of the trees,
on that beautiful broad avenue, the
quantity mingled traffic, the throngs
of queerly assorted people on bench
and pave, he vendors. the park
swings and merry-go-rounds, form the
border embellishments; but the pic
lures. those bright splashes of vivid
color here and there and everywhere,
are the children.
a tawny yellow, but as warm as the
sun itself just before it turns GRIM
son in the western sky.
Absurdly short is that coat. and the
skirts beneath it, ending welk above
the knees, and revealing two long,
lean legs in smart white lcgginEs.
On the top of her head, right in the
midst OF her glossy black curls, q
round patch Of a skull cap, with a
saucy tassle bobbinE about one ear.
Prime and sedate, she stands on a
big SNOWFALL. and forms about all the
tableau which could be put in SO small
a space.
Only an instant Of that wonderful
pose. then there's a fash of yellow
through the air, and she's racing up
the avenue after a diminutive boy in
red military pants, his toy gun in one
hand and her doll in the other.
There are tiny blobs Of darling color
in all the shades of pink and blue:
there are violets and grays and slori-
Gus greens.
And there's a little girl in scarlet!
u'is'cs di!oIHef ono! NO. LneFe are
three of them, all exactly the same
aize, all dressed exactly alike, all with
~absurdly long lean legs stretching far
down from absurdly short skirts, all
pink-cheeked, red4lipped, sparkling
eyed, and each with a small dog led
by a scarlet strap.
Deep in the delight. Of Follow my
leader are these three; but it's a
slow game. because each of the dogs,
in his turn, must get up on the bench
n circle twice ar set down again,
without exactly understanding why.
Sometimes dogs are more or less
There's another youngster with a
wooden gun. Oh yes. rather a cheap
wooden gun, for. even the Riddles are
doing without things OF behalf Of the
big war;: but they're not being de-
prived; they're making sacrifices. and
know that they're doing it., and are
proud of it!
Guns are especially popular these
past few years with small boys. This
one has on the velvet tam" Of a
poilu, and he walks with quite an air
OF responsibility for a person who is
only five. He's one Of the future men
OF France, and seems to know it.
somehow or other.
1t gives rise to rather sober rehec-
ton to note that his mother is in deem
mourning. One might think that the
cause Of that mourning would make
her object to a u as a toy for her
baby, and that there might be pain to
her in the marital stride with which
he carries. it, but nothing Of the sort
is apparent, for AZ he says something
to her he looks up with a laugh, and
she answer with a smile.
Skating in the Bois de B%oulosne,
There, with gay knitted caps and
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shoulders. marches a group Of kiddies.
the biggest one in the lead and tho
littlest ones stretching their legs al
most straight out to keep up with the