Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-07
WOMEN IN PARIS
WEAR EN- SHORT
SURVEY REVEALS
Demand of Modistes That
Skirts Shall Be "Ankle
Deep" Finds Few Sup
porterS Among WearerS.
BY GRANT GORDON.


Copyright 1921 by Albuquerque Journai)
Paris, Nov 6.--Your elegant
Parisienne may trip over a trailing
gown as she steps out of her motor
before Ciro's or the Cafe de Paris.
Dame Fashion in person may cry it
from the top of the Vendome col
umn, that henceforth skirts must
enwrap the ankles, and that in the
future the admirers of a finely
turned knee must pay good money
to the proprietor Of revue or cafe
concert. These ukases from on
, high don't make the styles.
1t has, in fact. been said that
dressmakers make the styles But
whom do we mean by "dressmak-
ers?" Do we mean Mr.. Paul Poiret
and Nine. Lanvin and the great
syndicate that trades under the
name of Madeleine ct Madeleine?
or do we mean Fifine and Marie
and Margot?
For the latter are the real dress
makers, since it is they who make
the dresses. And they have re-
volted against the decree Of instep-
hiding gowns.
They will continue to make them.
of course. If milady of the Avenue
du Trocadero (where of the sign
posts insist on the name Avenue
du President Wilson") will have
nothing else. But they won't wear
them, and that, after all. is the
test, for wise people, and the ma
iority of Parisien women are wise
in such matters. will prefer to take
the medicine the doctor takes him
self rather than that which he pre-
scribes for them.
You see Fifine and company,
who are generally called midi
nettes" because they are thickest
in the streets of Paris at midi
the noon hour--than frosting on a
home made cake, are the real fash
ion plates of Paris, From IL to II
and from 2 to they sew on dresses
for others. From on--on until
Morpheus statute of limitations
begins to operate, they are apt to
sew for themselves. And when
they saw for themselves they re-
mind one of a restaurant story. A
man went into a Paris restaurant
pushed the menu card aside,
smacked his lips, rubbed his hands
and called the head waiter.
"Maitre d. Hotel said he, II
want you to bring me filet steak.
thick and fat and tender and juicy
I want you to smother it under a
sauce of carefully selected mush-
rooms OF uniform size. cooked just
to the point where they dissolve
on the tongue. With that bring me
a bottle of old burgundy, caught
Just as the ripening is complete
and Just before it begins to break.
Be sure to take a bottle that has
not been disturbed for the past
month, at least-and decant 1t in
the cellar, TO avoid shaking 1t up.
Then | want"
"You poor boob" exclaimed the
head waiter, or French words TO
that effect-"don't you think that
If we had anything like that in the
house the boss would eat 1t him
self?" That's how it is with the
midinettes. They keep the best
for themselves. And, having got
hold of a style that suits them
to-wit, skirt that stops just
above the knee, they hold on to IT,
Were through with following
the modes" said one Of them 10
an investigator from the Paris FL
CARO- the other day. Hereafter we
are called 'trotters,' you know. be-
cause when we are in the street
we are always in a hurry-life is
so short. Well! You can't 'trot' IN