Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05

Reminders Of the days Of Empress
+! Eugene are provided in the current
discussion Of fashions, with particular
reference to the popularity Of the hat
which bears the name of the former
feminine leader of France. American
comment emphasizes the submission OF
both women and men to the dictates
of those who are rulers OF the realm in
which styles are determined. 1t is
generally agreed that the new DEGREES
will be favorable to business improve
ment.
"Milady's modes ever are things Of
wonder" says the Atlanta Journal. Let
fashion utter a decree and her subjects
heed it as If it were Mosaic law. Now
funny little hats are being worn, yet
more startling word comes from Paris
of a new evening gown which envelopS
the Wearer like a mold and has tails
like a comet. The ladies will
flock to showings and be thrilled. Man
the homunculus- sit back, gradu-
ally grow accustomed and cheerfully
foot the bill. It is a time-old way and
one which will continue as long as the
clock of the ages ticks. The female of
the species must be adorned. Men NUT
ter, but in their hearts they demand it"
1.-THE new mode in women's clothing"
according to the Christian Science
Monitor, characterized by naive his
torical inaccuracies that with equa-
ninity describe a given hat as Empress
Eugenie' 1880 and First Empire'-all
three. when in fact it is not even any
one of these-of a sudden has thrust
itself into the American scene. And
women. apathetic to the historical truth
of their attire, but nightly concerned
with its looks, are in a great TODD
acquiring hats that aspire with widely
varying success to achieve saucy
downward tilt over the right eye" The
Monitor comments on the great changes
in women's clothes during the three
decades of the present century, while
those of men reveal slight changes, but
it concludes: when one considers how
vigorously men stick to their streamy
coats, and sometimes even vests also,
in the warmest weather, the question
is opposite whether men or women are
the more servile slaves Of fashion,
men to the f1xity of their modes, women
to the transiency of theirs"
X X x
Agitation among bird lovers" Is OBJ
served by the Baltimore Evening SUM-
because 1.-The new bonnetS demand
feathers for decoration" but that paper
gives assurance that fears are ground
less, for 1.-THE feather industry long ago
gave up looking to the fields and the
woodlands for their sources of supply
and have been keeping an eye on the
chicken, the duck and the turkey pens"
The Evening Sun continues as to the
business interests involved: Until the
Eugene hat showed up this season the
Sooora feather btIci11occ uac threat
ened with extinction. Millinery interests
report that several months ago there
were only about 20 feathe1 factories in
the country, but that noWthis number
has increased to about 800, and turkey,
duck. goose, pigeon and chicken feathers,
especially ROSTERS tail feathers, are
finding ready markets. The ostrich
feather business also = looking up. Six
years ago there weI& about a million
birds on farms in the Cape of Good
Hope territory, the best for those birds.
Today there are only about 25,CG0
ostriches In that section, but the de-
mand for small plumes undoubtedly will
see an increase all around. Provided,
of course, the new style lasts any time
at ALL"
Two distinct and separate merits"
are found by the Des Moines Tribune
Capital in the new hats. That paper
declares: First, Amos, 800 feather. fac
tories have suddenly sprung into opera
ton in place of the 20 that We're vast
ing away a year ago. And all because
the Princess Eugene had within about
a feather in her bonnet. Secondly, one
more of the fashion secrets has been
exposed. The National Association of
Audubon Societies got itself all excited
because the feathers Of rare wild birds