The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14
AEN ATTEND GARDEN DINNERS IN BATHING SUIT FROC<
Wraps Bath Turban Go With Sensational Costume
That Ranks First Among Many Curious Fashions Vogue Paris
Prices No Less Startling Than Styles France

/, wines, tho French answer that it is
not possible for these countries to
buy Injuries as they once did and that
England fosters her own industry in
whiskey.
1t was hoped by tho French people
that the American Government would
permit tho light French wines. as the
American Army has learned to drink
them, but this hope is now quenched.
Even If the American Government
permitted the sending of those light
wines to the States tho duty would be
so high that none but the rich could
afford to buy.
The discussion of prices is not the
discussion of fashion, but the two are
so closely interviewer in Paris to-day
that II one begins to discuss the price
of gown one goes right OH discussing
the price of every article in France.
write as we talk.
These are the things which interest
us. which fill the conversation when
over we sit about table. The French
have ceased to discuss price when they
are In social life; but as each newly
arrived American gets the shock, 1t is
passed on to other Americans and the
conversation on the subject of money
never lags. II one were to listen to
the conversations of each of the bright
colored groups that sit in the gardens
OF the Ritz, or the Pre-Catelan at the
tea hour or around the tables at the
Apollo and Claridge's at night. where
the world dances, ten to one the con-
versation of the Americans would run
entirely on the one subject.
Extraordinary FrocLs fin Gardens.
There are fashions that can be
talked about, too, in these garden and
dance groups. Despite the rain and
cold weather Paris and its American
visitors have dined and taken tea in
the open. 1t is not possible to jump
into a taxi and go out of Paris for q
meal in the same casual way of pre-
war days, but enough cars have been
found to satisfy a number of Ameri-
cans, to judge by the crowds that go
to Pre- Catelan. There the women wear
white and light colored frocks and at
the Ritz they do not hesitate to wear
mauve taffeta, rose pink net and white
crepe de chine. One French woman
was taking tea in the garden the other
day in chemise frock of silver chain
mail. 1t glittered in the sun in a fasci-
mating manner. Had she been suf-
ficiently slender she might have posed
as a skirted Jeanne dare. 1t was a
curious type of gown to wear in a city
garden on a summer afternoon, but
the French wear curious clothes this
season; and they wear things that ac-
centuate their curves, which to-day
are plentiful.
/ think the most wonderful costume
I have seen in Paris was worn in a
garden near st. Germain- en-Laye.
Motoring out there when the Aus
TRANS were comforting on the final
clauses of the peace treaty, a garden
was found where dinner is served that
seems to be something of a mystery
even to those who go often to the
woodland places for meals.
It's a wonderful country all about
st. German, with the huge old chateau
dominating the scene and the added
Interest which the Austrian delegates
give it. 1t is no longer possible to
take ones dinner, so we found, at the
delightful Pavilion of Henri ", be-
cause the Austrians are quartered