PYJAMA PARTIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2047, 28 October 1919, Page 4

PYJAMA PARTIES.

LATEST CRAZE IN PARIS

FOX-TROTS, WALTZES, AND JAZZ.

“You are invited to a pyjama party on Saturday night. Disrobing begins after dinner. There will be fox-trots, waltzes, and the tango. A jazz’band will be in attendance.” sThese are the terms of the invitations that are being sent out by the wealthy smart set of Paris, who, af'tei\ lengthy consideration, concluded it was the most appropriate way to celebrate peace. The pyjama dance was hit upon as the gayest and most novel. Since July 1 lilt several’such dances have been given, the first- by Baby Deslys, former friend of former King Manuel of Portugal. The host at the second was Jacques Fournier, cotillon loader. .Another was given by the young Countess de Remy Maximo Paulette. One of the young Murat princes arranged still another of the unconventional affairs.,

Clubmen; wealthy and aristocratic youth, race-track frequenters, cclcbrites among the painters,'sculptors and writers, and actresses, have caught up tlie craze.

The newspapers are .beginning (0 print the details of the pyjamas worn by the guests, m the fashion notes. Gaby Deslys was described as wearing a pair of black silk pyjamas embroidered with hearts slit-. died in red and gold in various places. ’ The Prince of Murat came in a pink- sleeping suit remarkable for its gold and silver trimmings. An artist wore a suit with cupids painted on it. One piquant actress, Mile. Mari/, had a row of opium pipes painted upon her pyjajmns.

'While there are some protests against the latest fashion, the idea is not condemned so "much as the inclination toward extreme docclIcte, which has crept into the styles.