The Washington times., 1922-05-07
PARIS, Nav 6.

: The fashion houses. he said.
with their low-cut gowns. trans
parent materials. and sugges.
tive designs, were simply great
concerns for ministering to the
cupidity of women and laying
traps for poor mankind.
NOW, OF course, the fashion
houses and the leading ladies'
in the mode are hitting back.
The former declare themselves
as innocent as doves. They aeyer
design dresses which in their decol.
letage infringe the zone Of modesty
by SO much as the fraction Of an
inch. They never fashion a robe
with a view to its suggestive i'm.
possibilities.
Mostly men. like Adam. they
blame the women. OF cour1e. they
say. there are women who do SIN
in this respect. The modes: mod ,
els Of the couturier will not do for
them. They must be exaggerated.
travestied. and the poor couturier
has to turn his artistic gown into a
seductive garment to please his fair
client. who, after all. rules I. sit.
uation.
THE women themselves view the
man Of Lyons with contempt.
They dress. they say, for artistic
souls. not for the man with The
rowing eye.
And in sheer defiance they are
demanding new decollete sensa.
tions. They have come to the con.
clusion that the back, after all, of.
fers more scope for artistic revela.
ton than the bust. So the smart
set are vieing with each olher in
the frank exposure OF dorsai
beauty
The ballroom. therefore, is pretty
respectable in frontal aspects. but
when my lady turns her bacl; one
gasps at the revelation.
And that is the reply to the man
al Lyons.
pARIS IL already preparing for
the invasion from the other side
OF the herring pond. and this year
hear that in spite of bad times
the rush OF Americans to do"
France is TO beat all records.
British. American, and French
companies are putting every sin.
gle boat at their disposal on tho
transatlantic run. and hear OF
one company which has booked.
full boats until October.
Paris hotel keepers and the
luxury shop people are. Of course.
rubbing their hands at the pros
pect OF the harvest. and a sign OF
the times is that instead OF the
familiar notice, English spoken"
one sees occasionally, American
spoken" a distinction, perhaps.
which has some reason behind 1t.
CIR ARTHUR BALFOCR, my
~ Riviera correspondent informs
me. is astonishing everyone at
Cannes with his prowess on the
tennis courts.
Sir Arthur, OF course. is we'll
over the three score years and ten.
but he still plays a remarkably
rapid game, and proves more than
a match for mahy OF the younger
men.
He gave a very good account OF
himself in the recent tournament,
and 1t is quite evident that in
tennis. golf. and politics Sir Arthur
has still a future before him.
DANCES to hair'comb music
may be the last resort OF
Parisians II the restaurant and
cafe proprietors carry out their
threat and discharge their orches-
tras simply because they can't
afford to pay the taxes.
So II you want to dance afer
dinner you will be requested to
bring your own music-a fine hair
comb and a piece of tissue paper.
Dancers will take dt in turns
to blow the combs, while the
others fox.trot or tango. So. in
spite OF the absence of orchestras,
there will be dancing-as usual.
THERE is another change. I
see, in doll fashions. For a
long while Madame dotted on
models OF the pretty English
miss" and blue-eyed dollies, al
most life size. with flaxen hair and
fresh complexion, lolled on the
boudoir cushions.
Now she has taken violent
fancy TO Italian Signorinas: and