Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

tho summer season In Paris. and 1t
begins to look as II these hopes were
to be realised.
Peace came to Paris with the FIRST
rain which the hot and dusty city had
seen In many weeks, ana was vel
coined with = sense OF satisfaction far
too deprecated to find expression in
the wild gayety Of the historic ':armis-
tice night"
Cannon doomed ON the Place des In
vaAdes and sirens shrieked; the first
impulse Of people who SO recently
have known the horrors Of air raids
was to rush out into the streets and
scan the heavens for the Gothas. And
the Americans acted with them. Then
came reaction. why, it's peace" they
cried to one another. and the more
light-hearted. or perhaps the less we'll
Informed. rushed over to the boule-
wards to make a night Of It.
A happy enough melange Of men in
uniform, students and the inevitable
girls 1t was: while flags waved from
countless windows. and the shop keep
ers expressed their feelings by dec
Grating their windows in white.
For this is white season." the
first that Paris has known for years,
and the dealers mean. to make the
even washable white frocks, have not
defied cleaners and laundry bills
within the memory Of the writer, and
to accept such bills without a sensa-
ton Of panic nowadays argues a con-
stitut.on that is proof against shell
shock.
At the races on a sunny Thursday
or Sunday one sees that favored frock
of before the war, the lingerie frock
Of lace and fine linen over a black
satin or taffeta foundation, revived in
all its glory. Simply cut gowns Of
white China silk, often with the skirt
in finely plated sections, are worn.
while white tussort comes in for hon.
orable mention, ranking with crepe de
chine. White shoes and stockings ac-
company these gowns, and sometimes
a white hat, but more often bright
soft color is chosen for the head.
Paris is enthusiastic over coiored
felt for hats in a mushroom shape.
trimmed with . wreath of expertly
made artificial flowers or berries; there
are nasturtiums on orange, currants
on henna brown, roses on citron yell
low. quaint flowers Of ostrich fiues on
jade green. pansies on mauve.
When the Partisan ID not wearing
tulle turban with wildly poised
aigrettes sweeping her shoulder or
tickling her chin, or a wide fiat Eng
lish hat Of black glycerinized ostrich
dangling over her eyes. she is wearing
one OF these felt mushrooms, and ten
to one It Is OF mauve. For mauve Ia
one Of the supreme colors OF the sea-
son.
II one were asked. however, what
color one saw most of in Paris at the
races or the Fetes de Charlie, or any
such gathering of smartly dressed
women, the answer would be None"
for undoubtedly the greater number of
women are still in black. This black
may be as cheerful as you please; as
tonixhingiy cheerful to American eyes.
but the French arlstocrst-whether
she be an aristocrat by birth or world
ly possessions-feel:s that its somber
ness is the best public expression OF
her state Of mind.
In private she will be as gorgeous
and sumptuous rs you please: she may
wear. rs many smart women are doing
at the present moment. an immense
hoopskirt Of brocade, coiored like .
tropical parrot. and wreathe her bare
arms In barbaric bracelets Of ostrich
feathers. but she wears this to din
ner or dance at which she meets only
her own circle. the people who know
her attitude toward the affairs OF the
republic in this increasingly trying
time, who will not criticise her for
extravaganza In the hour Of national
anxiety an they criticised her ances-
tors at the end Of the eighteenth
century.
In public she - dressed for the most
part in black. in white or in navy blue.
unsensati0nal in cut, and depending
upon \ matched string Of pearls, = pair
Of antique and hiYh-priced earrings. a
magnificent necklace Of Jade. or few
lengths Of exquisite lace which has
descended to her 40 an heirloom. to
give that uncoplable character to her
attire, which u the mark Of exclusive
ness the world over.
Yet the feeling for color, q tend
ency to warmer. richer and more
sAtlsfyinE coloration In clothes, in in