DEGREES DRESS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 2

DEGREES DRESS

■ The/veto- pu.t ontlio tango by iho Archbishop of I'arjs is iiMich diseassod, and its clfects arc etretcWiig far, ci'du if it has not Leeii implicitly obey-off (writes tlio Pai-is eofrtspoiidoiit =©(■' "TiioQueen")., At a dancing class for sin.all children, a Very mild taligo was being taught, littlii glris retired from tho class, and, tfben ftskod- why, yaid deniurely, one. may o<'«b tliiiVk it littlo priggishly, 'it is • forbidden by the Archbishop of Paris.". Jμ ntj-ny circles the feeling is rather, ngainsi than for tho dance; but, on the. oth'er. hand, now that. it is Saihiifen fruit, it is becoming mo.H> in the eyes of somo people. It is alstf said that when and. if the tengo gofts- drcsa will at once becomo lei-s daring, and more than one fashion writer in Paris urges moderation a.s a legend for both dressmakers and society wprtcn in tiio coming season. When... atte roads df dyed hair, spurs, and now painted, designs on cheek, forehead;, .Mid nose-ijip it is time to preach a inildm- doctrine. It is true* that such excessive fasliiovis have not been practised by. the wGineii who are supposed to coitiit in society, yot for all that they havo a eertain following,'and arc sden nbout tjis public ways, and are therefore cojiiea bv ■tlie foolish of all rallies, fhc folly of ! painted designs on the «hoek is posed to replace veils, siiUl \rheii. this , is not dono a beauty spot k enbsii- j tuted. It is intorcating to note the' i different degrees of , smart qlJessiflg in! the various goings and comings of the , world. Thero is the real, uliaifectcd society woman, who kej/fs all hur dar--ing clotlios for her 6\Vu partiotllar set, and who is seen in publie quite, simply nnd soberly dressedj but hm'et dosydily*; she really could not.lk? tliab if alie tried. Then there is the: uftfit-sm.nH person who is during both hi and out of. season, who attracts every ey<? aft slie into a tea-room, whose dross at tho theatre is onu to be sketelretl as mi ccechtricity, and whoso ooltfufe Is later Ihnii tho very latest curiosity. Ai'tor this wo havo the '.'iveH-to-elo" bu-wr-•;coise, who cannot reiMniixte licv stiff inilor-made and gold chain with brelofiues, and below iiw trail fho dretip copies of all Ihrco ty)ics.