Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-12
PASSING. OF The
FLAPPER AGAIN
IS ANNOUNCED
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

PARIS, Sept. 11.-The passing of
the flapper is announced. Models for
fall and winter now being shown,
while not entirely ignoring her, mark
edly thrust her into the background
in favor of more distinctly feminine'
TYPE. Few flappers of the original
model will be seen the coming sea-
son, but it is not likely that the
flapper will allow herself to bS
supplanted without struggle by a
more girlish type, with long curl.
ing hair and frills and ruffles, jabots
and high necks, and profuse1y trim
med hats.
The hotels at Nice have removed
their ban against the Charleston. 1t
took a young Japanese to effect the
change. Dressed mostly in plus fours
and dancing with his Parisian>
gowned wife to the strains of an
American jazz orchestra, 1.-The Japa,
nese succeeded in what hundreds of
Americans had failed. TIL hotter
dancing master tried to argue with
him. but the effort was in vain fol-
the dancers professed to speak Japa-
nese only.
So the couple went on with thei1
dance not knowing what the trouble
was about and at the end of the
hour 200 couples were charlestonins,
or attempting to charleston. The
next evening the signs prohibiting
the Charleston had disappeared from
the various hotel dance floors ENC
the new dance is sweeping over the
city rapidly.
Jules Choiret who first made tho
walls of France a picture gallery,
thanks to his colored advertisement
posters, has been promoted to be al
grand officer of the Legion of Honor
The French government has h y
sought to express it's sympathy with
the aged artist, now in his nineteenth
year, on having almost lost his sight.
Choiret opened new school in pic.
torial wall advertising and if picture
posters of today are not the works
of art they were after Choiret set
the fashion, this is ascribed in Paris
to the artistic success of the school.
which was so great that the public
admired the art, but overlooked the
object the art was meant to serve.
iWaistcoats and knickerbockers for
women still hold their swGy, even
when the swing of the fashion pendu-
lum is towards more feminine styles,
The French word "gileta sounds q
little less aggressively masculine than
the English "waistcoat," just as the
French waistcoat is less masculine
in appearance than the English One
1oof hnr 10
velvet, satin and lace. Nothing is
more in the note of the hour than
a coat of black cloth with velvet
collar and pockets, worn over q
cloth skirt and velvet waistcoat un7
der which there is a silk shirt with
long sleeves. In white satin, fast
ened w it diamond buttons, h e
waistcoat is seen with the female din
ner jacket, and in suede it is worn
over a white tennis frock.
Knickers are not limited to tweeds
for the moors. They arg being worn
for afternoons and evenings and for,
dancing. When worn with a skirt,
they match it and are fastened below
the knee with a buckle and strap.
In satin and silk, they have jeweled
clasps. Leather is considered good
enough for tweeds. When worn with,
out skirt, a long coat reaching
to the knee is used; so long tha.I
it is only when the Wearer is seated
that it can be seen that she NJ wear,
ing knickers, as the coat falls slight
ly open.
With prices ranging from three
francs apiece to 35 centimes, or from
nine cents to 81. It's list contains I
20 varieties of cigarettes varying
from 20 francs to 11.25 the hundred. !
or from 60 to S2 cents.
High class cigarettes have been
greatly affected by the increase for
example, 100 of brand that sold for
80 francs now cost 200, aand the
price of another has moved from
7S francs a 100 to 14O. Cheaper
brands of American cigarettes have
gone from 80 francs 100 to 45