The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-09-01

Beunoa Aires. my MaIl)-lIun
droda Of imported millinery creation
covered with bird Of paradise plum
age and not n single bone halrpin
such as one buys at IS cents a car'
In the United ssaiesl
Bolt after bolt Of gorgeously fg
urod silks from Paris designers aud
not piece Of plain MORE or pop
linl
Case upon case filled with fllmy
evening gowns and not a single plain
silk or velvet skirt
Row after row Of jeweled satin
slippers and not single sport OF
street shoot
Such are the women's merchandise
stores OF Deunos Aires.
The member Of the foreign colony,
who would shop on the same scale
az IN other lands. finds that un.
less she has cultivated the Argentine
taste In feminine apparel. all the
massive department stores In the
bis city could never supply even
her most simple needs In dress nc.
oosaories.
There " one underlying cxplana.
tion for the general lack OF ready.
to.wear garments and that Is tiat
the local maker. select n picture
from French or English fashion
sheet and instruct the woman u
make this mp. The greater majority
Of the ready.made goods are In
blacks. 10 be donned hastily as
mourning.
In the striking contrast to tho
black frocks are those for children
IN the very brightest colors. seem
lngly chosen to counterbalance the
long periods Of mourning the little
rirl will go through later In life.
The most brilliant blues. carmens
and rose greens 80 into tiny coats.
generally with a hat TO match. Often
tho tiny miss will be completely clad
N garment knitted from bright
intcd yarns and trimmed with q bit
II white marabout or fur at wrists
lnd c0.iar. II II IS during the cold
season. Much Of this type Of cloth
ng comes from Germany
Quite contrary to the general inn
preston one gets in a lingerie de-
oartment OF store in the United
States Is that which one CLEANS
from visit to such n place here.
instead Of the heaps of dainty white
md pale pink. lace-trimmed under
garments-frilly things that even
the uninitlated have become nc.
luainted with on the stage and in
lingerie is of the strickly buttoned
1p to the neck type; that instead
If delicate pinks. grays and muddy
sream are the predominant color
notes. The Argentine woman Is dis
,reetly modest. unless she has come
n contact with Europe or North
America. Her taste runs to heavy
yooens and opaque materials. she
generally is seen in street dresses
)f serge and pink, made olone
straight, simple lines and worn with
magnificent furs and coats.
The shopper finally finds herself
n an English store, where all goods
lave been imported from Great Brit,
lin but the clerks speak noth.ag but
Spanish. Each bundle of knitwear,
FOR instance, is wrapped in paper
md slowed away on shelves. When
aver one package is opened, it must
be tied again with a heavy cord be-
ore the next can be taken down,
Ill this going on while the custo-
ner frets as the hands of the clock
20 round.
At another place my lady shops
for hat. In an establishment copied
'fter French shops, equipped with
gold braid cushions, oval art mirrors,
shaded standing lamps and imita-
ion mannequins for hat-racks,
'ashionably-clad miss removes one
,oyer after another from dozens of
boxes. She must so through all of
.hese containers in quest of the brown
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