The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-16
A Glimpse OF Paris Styles

1E1Ew people who have been abroad iI since the narrowing days of the S war have given more interesting ac- counts of Paris-the home of fashion and style-than MT August Hirsch. Birming- hams progressive and clever citizen who has recently returned from most de- lightful trip to France, Switzerland and Germany.
 MT. Hirsch. whose artistic taste, love of beautiful things, music, art and books, is blended into a combination which makes him see things with the artist eve, recounts with much interest the vis- it's he enjoyed during June. when he ar rived ir France-and later returning in September-to the wonderful ateliers, theatres, opera and the races at Long champs, where the ultra fashionable of the shaute monde" are seen la gorgeous regalia, forecasting the styles to which the world of fashion bows with empress ment.''
 MT. Hirsch had not been to Europe for eight years until the past summer-which is the longest interim since he came to this city to live thirty years ago, and when he went abroad expecting to find Europe vastly changed by the great world war he found quite different sit- uation, which was very gratifying to him as well as being matter of surprise
 When I asked MT. Hirsch to tell me something of Gay Farce" and the styles which the purveyors of fashion and the "tyrants of ton are creating this season, he said:
 Tn the fashionable quarters of Paris the Rue de la Falkland other boulevards where the world famous modistes and creators of styles have their atelers, I found beautiful surroundings suites of rooms handsomely decorated, walls fres- coed, with the ceilings carrying out the motif in artistic design. Many handsome antiques in furniture are seen-these ar lists having an eye to the beautiful and the artistic-and the draperies and hang ings are quaint and bizarre, harmonizing in color with the color scheme of the salon.
 ''As you are bidden to be seated in one of these beautiful ateliers," Mir. Hirsch continued, where everything is sumptu- ous and luxurious, the modistes appear and show you from twenty to fifty hats; very few establishments show more. very interesting thing is that under no conditions do you ever see the owner Of the salon; the 'directrieuse' has charge of the business entirely. The unfailing courtesy is shown to the visitor. whether one expects to buy or not. Cordial hos pitality is extended And I was greatly surprised to find that when I made sug- gestions as to changes-for instance. a combination of colors that would not suit Americans-the change was made, the suggestion being gracefully accepted.
 "On my first visit to Paris on this trip' MT. Hirsch continued, when shopped in these exclusive and beautiful millinery houses, it was the month of June, and to my astonishment three of the most famous modistes, I was in formed, would be unable to see because they had closed up their shops and gone to the races at Longchamps. The entire week was given over to the races-Friday being drag day in honor of the English visitors, and Sunday was the Grand Prix. I decided to shut up shop too, and at tend the races. which I did and to my agreeable surprise I found that group of American women who were enter tained in box by the American ambas- sador, MT. Wallace. and Marshal Foch, were the center of attraction the Van derbilts, the Phippses, formerly of Pitts burg, now of New York were in the party, elegantly and gorgeously gowned.