Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-05
buttons, a stir-visorea cap,

bronze buttons, a stiff-visored cap
Britannia, all owe
If you so into headgear. we'll NoM
are Just lost! There was SuS"
confusion Of headgear. Take IN ths
matter of Bishops caps alone. n ~
making them in every color TINS sex
SON. with and without tassels. Hesr
comes a bright red thing like 4 Tex
only not so stiff; brin1less. with a NJ
tie brass instrument on the side; hs-
meath it an ebony face. That's the Gre
alton from Algeria.
And here, of all things, the taN.
white bearskin shake of a CossaeS'
Highly unpopular in Paris, Just NOW
highly unpopular!
So they go. hosts and hosts of them:
a bright h~odge-podgc in every coier
of the rainbow.
Mingled with the throng are per
sons in somber hues; black. and dafS
brown. and dark grey; but no ore rSNS
much attention to their fashions. They
are the women.
Smart and chic as ever. they are:
but self-restricted to the substantial
and serviccable. Simple taillcurs. FAIRS
to keep them warm. or great top
coats cut rather straight and narrow
and held in place high at the waist
with a belt Or cord, n always a
huge collar which rolls high or
spreads fiat, according to the weather.
To cover their heads a swirling tur-
ban. or u thing which looks like a
combination of a poke bonnet and Il
battered stove-pipe hat, IL any other
simple chapeau which will best be-
come the individual.
Indoors. or at the tleater or opera,
unobstrusive costumes still, but made
with as good line and of as good ma
terial as the wearcr feels that she can
afford. in view of all the needs, of
France.
AS a matter of fact. the Parisienne
is not very much concerned with the
fashions for because she
maintains that women themselves are
not the fad of the hour. The glory of
france just now is in her sons. and
her daughters subscribe to that with
the utmost enthusiasm!
so on with, the ~peacockery, and en-
JOY 1T with the wearers while they
may; for these gorgeous uniforms are
dress parade outfits, the Sunday-best
of these fellows who come into Paris
III their Second-best, their working
clothes laid aside for the moment, to-
gether with their memories of the
trenches. They arrive tired. unshaven
and unkempt, strike straight for a
bath; n come out spic and span, and
redolent of glorious soap!
That's the favorite scent of these
present leaders of fashion; soap!
An artist must have picked this
French blue to become the French
complexion.
Here comes the Scotch, 'thc ma
ladies of He'll" Swapping big fellows
they seem. even when they're short,
and a tremendous insolence in their
reckless ~dare-devils, plaid caps and
plain. tams and Robin Hoods, with
feathers and without. And there's a
great. towering Scotchlnan with kits,
and beneath them bright plaid trous-
ers which reach to his instep!
Here All English officer with
the latest style shc.. ton-coat, a de-
cidedly snappy affair.
Oh. yes, they change STYLES in the
armies, too!
There's a fellow with allowing cape,
as picturesque as any hero of opera:
and there a couple of dashing officers
with shaggy coats which look like goat
fur: an Italian officer with his bunch
Of iridescent b~lue-black rooster fcath-
ers flowing down over the side of his
helmet; A platoon of sturdy fellows
from New South Wales and New Yea
land: some stalwart Canadian artil-
lerymen.
There seems no end of the variety
of mon whom the Hun has brought to-
gether, uniting all the world, except
the Hun, in a m bond of sym
pathN and understanding and lasting
friendship.
See that fellow at the little table
under the awning, that natty French
! OFFICER with the slim waist and the
girlish dimples. He has the most at
tractive trimming of all on his blue
uniform; four medals hanging from
bright ribbons. and around his Shout
der. where the sleeve joins the arm
hole of his coat. an ora~nge-colorcd
braided cord. Very. very fetching!
One would think that when a fellow
was selecting a uniform he'd choose
II with this sort of ornaments.
But they're scarce, and very, very
costly!
The price this fellow gave for his
was'not so high as he was willing to
pay however. for he's here, and whole,
and happy and smiling, redolcnt of
soap.
All he did to get those medals was
to lead men into transforms OF bullets.
jump down into enemy pill boxes''
by himself. kill half the occupants and
bring the rest back prisoners. go out
in the face Of murderous hell-fre and
bring in his wounded comrades when