Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-04
WILL CELEBRATE
Anniversary Of
MARCEL WAIVE
This Style of Hair Was.
Invented" so Years
Ago; Buyers Balk at
Prices of Paris Gowns.


Paris, Sept (by the Associated
Press. .)-Twclve thousand francs
asked for one of the latest Partisan
evening gowns has started a revolt
among buyers here, most of whom
are Americans. They fear this is
the beginning Of an attempt to
force prices up to around the 10,-
600 franc mark for the best things,
and they say will boycott Paris
rather than pay such prices.
Most of the American buyers
have gone back to the United
States with fewer gowns than for
many years, chlerty because of the
high prices The 1900 franc
gowns are stlri unsold.
This creation is studded with
rhinestones and is of white satin,
cut on very straight lines, very
much like gowns SHOWN for 1900
to 1000 francs.
The American buyers say this
years excessive prices will force
American shops to depend more
and more on domestic creations.
A poor season in all the principal
French resorts is reported by the
managers of casinos in their rec
ords just filed with the ministry
of the interior.
Even Deavllo's receipts, not
withstandlng the FABULOUS sums
spent in gambling, are inferior to
those of last year. Evidently there
have been fewer English visitors
than usual at all the resorts.
one of the principal shipping
agencies here computes that less
than half as many Americans have
crossed the Atlantic this year as
in 1913. This is the peak of the
American tourist season in Paris |
and there is more English than
French spoken in the principal res
taurants.
Marcel. the hair dresser, who
created the waive" known by his
name to every woman, is going to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of his invention, just as there are
anniversaries Of poets. scientis and
statesman.
Marcel was the son of a stone
cutter. but he dreamed of dressing
court ladies' hair.
He came to Paris where unap-
preciative employers one after an
othcr discharged him or set him to
washing windows or sweeping out
stores. Marcel, however, had n |
young and charming mother with
naturally curly hair, which he tried
to initiate. Finally he got the
right effect simply by holding the
curling iron upside down. 1t took
him three years to get any woman
to pay him to experiment on heF
but finally the news of his inven-
ton spread to Paris actresses and
society leaders who began to bid
high prices for Marceps services.
Lady LennoX gave him the then
price of 1000 francs and
expenses to come to London and
give her half an hour of his time.
Marcel made his million, and 25
years ago he started to Italy, but
outside Of Paris and
bought n chateau, where he is still
living.
France for a long time has
smarted under the too general sup |
position that Mount Blanc Is in |
Switzerland, and has now begun
a campaign in the newspapers TO
tell the world that she. and not
her neighbor owns the highest
mountain in Europe.
ChamonIx, although in France
also is widely taken for granted TO
be a Swiss resort, because, the
French say, the Swiss hotelkeepers
a advertise it as one of the group or
Swiss Alpine resorts.
Airplane patrol OF forests TO
give signals for fires. which Is pe-
ing practiced on the Pacific coast
is being considered by the French
ministry Of war in an effort to pre-
vent the devastating fires that re-
Gently burned out many thousands
of acres in southern France, ana
many villages.