Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-01
PARIS WONDERS
IF MOROCCO IS
TO SET FASHION
CBy the Associated Press)

(By the Associated PreSS)
PARIS, July S1.-The dressmaking
world of Paris is wondering whether
the visit of Mulai Yusseff sultan of
Morocco, will have an effect on future
styles. Will the burnous, or hooded
djellaba influence the attire of the
women of Paris and so of the women
of all the world, thanks to the present
Moroccan invasion of Paris?
Will women's fancy allow the little,
red chechia, or fez-lilSe headwear to
have any Influence over their own 4
styles? Past experience leads dress +
designers to the belief that something
along these lines may be expected.
The sultan himself would undoubted-
ly feel flattered at any such outcome
to this journey. He has expressed his
admiration of the devotion shown by
French women to their country, espec- |
tally in the direction of economy. When
he was asked what signs of that de-
votion had struck him, he explained:
'I see it in the economy that the
women of your country make in short |
ening their dresses. If their gowns
only reach the knee, it is doubtless in
order to save material and thus follow
the counsel given by theiH govern
ment'
Two noted French archeologists,
both women, have just published a
book on a remarkable voyage they have
made. Alone on board a little 24foot
sailing boat, the "Perlette,' of the same
type as that in which their fellow
countryman, Alain Gerbault crossed
the Atlantic, Marthe Oulie and Hermine
de Saussure have covered some 1900
miles in the Aegean sea. The two wo-
men started from Piraeus in Greece.
and visited Asia Minor, doing all the
work for themselves, in port as on the
high seas.
Mile. Iulie has just obtained her de-
gree as doctor of letters at the Sor-
bonne and is wen known for her ex-
cavation work in Crete, where she has
discovered the ancient city of MALTA,
which had disappeared. Her comrade,
Mile. de Saussure, is also noted arch
<aeo1ogist, who has worked in Greece.
Victor Marguerite's play, founded on
his book, ia Garconne," C.The Bathe-,
lor Woman') has been produced with
out disturbing the serenity of the the
atrical atmosphere.
For the first performance, bicycle po-
lice patrolled the street where the the
atre is situated, several Officers of the
republican guard were present in the
theatre and a strong squad of privates
occupied the cellars, but no incident
brought them into action. The only
manifestation made was when the
author was called at the end of the
play to receive the audiences applause.
Critics have discussed the play, al
though many refused to notice it. Few
of them have anything good to say
about it as a play but there is no sign
of a revival of the indignation that
met the book only four years ago,
which induced the chancellery of the
Legion Of Honor to cancel the authors
membership of the order,
The play follows the book closely,
and treats of the life of Freedom, led
by the heroine, Monique, freedom being
represented by the author by cocaine
taking, opium smoking and bachelor
existence, supposedly a reaction from
the bourgeoise habits of her family
and former fiance.
Ministers in France may change fire.
quentIy, but state officials remain in
office fairly steadily Pierre Laval
had this truth brought home to him
Immediately after his nomination in
BRANDS tenth and now extinct cab
met, when head secretary of the de-
partment of justice came to say good
bye on his retirement from service.
Have you been here long?" asked M.
Laval.
Thirty years. replied the official.
"And how many ministers of justice
have you known2''
Thirty"
Fine" commented the minister and
he added ,"I am quite sure that ] shall
never see 80 chief secretaries of the
department"
That coveted decoration, the Legion
of Honor, which represents so much to
the French people, has been awarded to
two peasant women, farmers, in con-
tinuance of tradition established a
few years ago, to encourage large fam
lilies and fidelity to the land by means
of Frances highest honor.
The citations in the Journal Officel,
accompanying these two nominations
as Knights of the Legion of Honor,
read:
Madame Piron, farmer, at Vieu D.
Izenave Cain department), 45 years
practice of agriculture, mother of 16
children, lost two sons in the war. Has
IL children still living all working on
the land. Born in family of farm
workers, has labored on the land from
her earliest years By her incessant
toll and spirit of initiative has succeed
ed in making her farm model for the
district
Madame Peres, widow, farmer, at
Kervir-en-Scaer (Finistere depart
ment), A years practical work on the
land Mother of 1S children, had six
sons mobilized, three of whom Were