The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-03-06
STYLE NEWS FROM PARIS


At the Paris opening one of the
leading couturiers shows the waist
line is placed on the point of the hip.
There are few belts, which are
sometimes decorated with fancy
jewels as we'll as the neck opening
The skirts show large flares, with
panels and volants. Polka dots, and
especially those which are Irregular
ly spread over the background, are
in full vogue. The materials used
are crepe de chine, both plain and
printed, marocain and printed chif-
fon. The best colors are the pastel
shades for printed fabrics, beige,
brown, black and navy blue. Printed
chiffon is used both for dresses and
coats There are tailleurs in black
maroeain worn with white blouses
and jabots. There are sleeveless coats
in plain material worn over printed
dresses. White pique and crepe are
used for gilets. Flat volants dispos-
ed around the hips give a tunic effect.
A great number of coats and dresses
have three-quarter sleeves. Short
eapes are worn over printed dresses.
seems to me, isn't always upward.
grace; why, children, your dad and
mother are more graceful right now
than you are. No courtier ever paid
obeisance to his king or queen with
more urbanity than your dad and
mother did in those days when COM
manded to salute your partners"
And when the caller announced,
Ladies choice, all, my wrinkled,
gray-haired, bald-headed brothers,
of that olden, golden time. Do you
remember the little fairy who elbow
ed her way through the crowd Of
other bashful SWANS to timidly ask
you to dance with her. The years
have been long since then, but was
MT she the sweetest thing ever? And
then do you recall the tall girl who
used to swing you round the neck,
and the short, fat and freckled girl
who was always the life of the party.
They are all married now, and have
false teeth and children but the mem
DRY Of them like dreams of the beaut-
iful never grows old. Pleasure is
the flower that fades; remembrance
is its lasting perfume.
Say, Brothers, I almost forgot But
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wall flower? Nobody ever wanted
to dance with Minnie. The boys used
to say that her feet wouldn't track.
She seemed never able to differentiate
between, "Do See Do" and "Alamand
left. You have often wondered
what ever became of Minnie and I'll
tell you. Her picture appeared in the
rotogravure section of a Chicago
daily last summer She is leading
society matron of that city and her
husband is president Of the Wabash
railroad.
Looking back it seems now that
every old-time dance assayed at least
SO percent pure joy and the memory
of every one of them is tinted with a
beautiful golden hue.
Beyond the stars lies that beautiful
land of Hope. The future is dim in it's
shadowy outline and our vision stops
with the twilight. Imagination may
draw its fairest pictures and the
spirit of yearning anticipation paint
every cloud with radiant sunshine,
but it seems to me that the grand re-
union will be drab affair if after
Gabriel toots his horn the curtain
doesn't rise to disclose the old-time
fiddler with his legs crossed as he
rosins his bow and the old-time caller
with his wing outstretched to com
mand order while he announces, "git |
yuor partners for cotillion."
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