Evening star., 1926-08-01
BY MARY MARSHALL.
PARIS.


Wv WHETHER YOU travel by land
n or hy sea, to spend your
wv holidays in the mountains
by the ocean or in the
country-dont forget to
take the wherewithal for at least one
fancy costume. More and more the
costume dance is coming to be a usual
sort of late Summer diversion, Wher'
ever people are gathered to pass their
holidays. The very fact that the cos
TUNES worn at such parties are more
or less impromptM arrangements
makes them all the more interesting
Still you cannot make bricks WITH
out straw and you cannot produce an
effective fancy costume without some
thing out of the ordinary to start
with. The fact that you are far away
from shops where you can buy ready
made costume all complete makes "
necessary for you to use your WIS
and it is the witty costume at these
Summer masquerades that is always
most admired.
The fact that you do not dance
does not mean that you Will need no
fancy costume, for sometimes these
late Summer dI hsS-up parties take
other forms than dances. At one sum-
mer resort there is to be fancy dress
golf tournameIit. Sometimes there Is
q. mock tennis tournament at Whlcn
all the contestants and spectators
wear original and outlandish costumes.
We all want to be as young as pos.
sible at holiday time and children al
delight in dressing up. So be prepared
for some such event Take something
that will help with your disguise
nent'--but don't let it consist OF
out-and-dried masquerade costume.
At the French. resorts fancy dress
dances are muck in vogue, and qulte
frequently now d fancy dress party IS
arranged for the entertainment OF tne
passengers on afa ocean liner. On tne
return trips from Europe many anus
ing and surprising ensembles appear.
Passengers dig down deep into their
trunks and bring to light strange SOU
vanirs Of their travels which will serve
to make fancy-or at least funny-
costumes.
Sometimes every one is requested to
represert eone character in history or
public life. Recently at an English
country house a young man VINO
found himself Without any sort or
readyrnade costume appeared at
fancy dress party wearing one riding
boot and g. tennis shoe, a loot pail
mask and a boxing glove. He carried
in the other hand a tennis racket ana
clubs, The top of a bathing suit ana
a pair of four pluses completed his
strange costume He had come TO
represent "the all-round sportsman -
an ideal which had been considerably
talked about by those who attended
the party.
There is nothing new about the Idea
of two friends or a brother and sister
or husband and wife going to fancy
dress party dressed as each other. new
or not, there Is opportunity for mueh
that is amusing in such a costume
An excellent Bluebeard costume can
be made by wearing bright colored pa
lama trousers, with a too-short dress
ing gown, and wrapping a colorfui
scarf around the waist and using an
other to make a turban. There should
be a bunch of enormous keys at the
belt to finish the effect and, II you
want to make the matter very obvl-
Gus. wear a beard consisting OF a
wisp of blue cotton pasted on the chin.
Apache costumes are not dlfhcult
and, of course, are much liked IN
Paris. To get the best effect a girl
should always go with an escort cos
tuned in the masculine version of
the same costume. "A short, scaf1t,
blue serge skirt, bright striped or light
stockings and ties, a short sleeved
tuck-in shirt waist and a shabby little
plaid square to use as diminutive
shawl finish the girls costume. Soft
neglige shirt checked trousers, knot
ted neckerchief and a very tough
looking vizor cap worn at rakish
angle complete the costume for the
escort.
For the impromptu costume one
must often be guided more by what
happens 10 be on hand than by what
character one most wishes to enact.
A Spanish shawl or a square of black
lace with high shell comb are all
one needs for Spanish costume, and
many a fine Red Indian costume has