The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-14

new 1Ofk.-1 1dnkee DOOule, WIN
stuck feather in his cap and called
It 'macaroni," thereby creating slang
word for a gayly dressed man which
has gone over two continents and
lived In history, could not have felt
prouder than the French king who
put q piece Of straw over his head to
keep away the rain, and created hats.
Both the feather and the straw
were trivial incidents in the life of
each of these characters (for the
satire on Yankee Doodle was rhymed
around a MANI, but they were the
foundation stones Of millinery.
Women have always pilfered from
men their tricks of apparel, asserts n
fashion writer. They are snug little
thieves, women, when il comes to pet
ty pilfering from those who consider
themselves superior beings. After all,
II Is a form of coquctry, and women
discovered centuries ago that nothing
90 pleased a man as to do what he
did, say what he said. and hold on to
his hand socially. financially, politi-
cally and mentally. A woman might
hate another woman for stealing her
fashions, but q man would only look
with more pridefui alteration upon n
woman who fashioned her clothes
after his.
Nothing so delighted the French
kings, the great and naughty Bour-
bons, as the fact that their women did
what they did in clothes. They gave
them their magnificent brocaded coats
with the full skirts, the knee-length
waistcoats, the precious lace rufiles
and the silver and diamond buttons
as a guide 70 their apparel. They
allowed them to borrow their coiffeurs
in order to have their hair perfumed,
powdered and curled. They saw
themselves reflected, as In mirrors. by
the groups Of women surrounding
them.
The milliners have not permitted
themselves to be limited by any one
period Of history. They have dipped
with eager, curious hands into all the
ashes and embers Of the planets past
and produced for the modern woman
jumble of things that were once
worn by her predecessors.
1t makes for the gnyety Of a crowd,
this bobbing up and down Of hats
from Babylon to the French trenches
There is nothing dull In millinery
today. If one could get together all
the hats worn on the American con-
tinent, classify them, and divide them
into chapters, one would be presented
with a sartorial history of the world.
Novelties In Dyed Suede.
Here and there one sees new ma
terial attached to an old shape. Such
Is the, case when dyed suede Is used
for an oblong turban, with its surface
perforated In an edelweiss design
taken from the Swiss Alps and copied
from the patterns used In the Madelra
islands. Right here you have jum-
bic Of people and natlonnlitles all In
one tiny cap tilted over the left eye
brow Of girl. These suede caps are
dyed bright pink. horizon blue and
pottery red. Their sole ornamental
ton is the perforation.
Someone has insisted that the re-
vival Of perforated designs on all our
clothes came through the use Of pa
per napkins In the war. Good
thought, but hardly true. Whatever
the source, the fashion Is here. The.
milliners may have originated 1t, bur
the dressmakers borrowed 1t over
night. for the mIdseason frocks of
white broadcloth and velvet, or beige
colored gabardine and black taffeta,
nre perforated along their edges In
set designs.
1t Is too late to talk of the Alsatinn
bow. for It was obvious that the mil
liners would revive 1t; but n certain
woman OF distinction started n fash |
ion for 1t that the milliners quickly !
looked upon with envy. |