NEW CFEAZE IN PARIS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3378, 6 January 1920, Page 6

NEW CFEAZE IN PARIS.

In a. boulevard theatre last night at the most pathetic‘ part, awoman latel for the performance stalked along to] the stalls. My interestin the-play vanished in a. fi'ash, my eyes turned‘ away from the sfage and remained fascinated, glued upon her. She was‘ a. sight indeed! ‘ ' There she stood, draped in ‘a heavy fur cape. neck, arms and back bare to the waist; a slashed panier bristled round her waist in guise of loincloth; gold circlets dangled from cars to shoulders, heavy gold anklets dangled on her ‘feet. All this is nothing un_usual—is it?" We have seen it often enough. ‘ I But her blond headdress, erect like 9. sugarloaf, Istiiangely pinked out with ribbons and fea_thers.,Vframed the wierdestpontrast of a dusky face wavering between nigger, brown and Red Indian. Over-_come, I turned torvards my friend_ . I A V e ‘.‘What strange-_:~aee is that?’-’ I asked. “Such a skin, with fair hair, blue eyes and a dear little turned-up nose? Is she a native’ of '-Africa? Does she hailfrom Tahiti or from Hone. luln? Where‘ can she Come frorn‘3””_ “And where. do you come fro_m,your—--1-;.eljf,”j’ ~asl~:ed my friend coxnpassioggtefi Iy,’ ':“Don”.t.'.you‘ know anything about .the'_new fashions? Last yczir_Awome-n used ‘bl:.oWll_‘poWflßl". to look like. South “Alflerican_s. _ New __th_fey. ,a,l:e I goiflg. one bette-rd. After negl'oi¢d‘ art, fetes, and nigger fashions——nuditY and leather or fibre. 'fl'illg(3s—-the_V' must parade nigger con'lp'lexions. _A It is front‘ blackest Congo that light is ‘cohwiinzz to usf’ % ' . f‘But how ldo'tl_xcy’manage,it?"‘ ’_ _ llf[7‘”{‘iHqnv? Igs very Simple. They soalg

‘their faces in iodine—-as many layers as required to suit their fancy. I I gaspéd. ' I “But it burns—iod-ine!” g “Yes, it burns-. Some all too zealous and rash had their skins peel off horribly; But *after"some days’ retreat. they started _again.. -Que .Voulczvou's.? Do_esli’t the Old Fl'ench."> pl'OVe'l‘_b. say, ‘You must ‘suffer to "be beautiful%”’ ‘ _ _ ""‘ I .gazed’at; the Weird, painted idol, and whispered‘ doubtful-ly, T “Beautiful? After-all’, they say madnéss'is‘ sometimes 7sllblime_” R I .