South Bend News-Times, Volume 30, Number 272, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1913 — Page 2

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Fur Dyed fo Match Gowns and Faces

Painted to Match Modes and Fuys, Skirts with Holes Instead of Slits, and Puff-Ball Hats Are Among the Latest Paris Fads.

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LADY ' DUFF-GORDON. ACj fmoa "Lucile of London, end foremost creator of fashions in 'the worid. write each week lh fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in ty!e for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon'a Pans establishment bring her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Gordon's American eitabliihment b at No. 37 and 39 Weit Fifty-sevfnth street. New YorL

Puff-Ball Pluma of Brig'nt Green, the Only Decoration ( on a Black Veivet Plaque.

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STATE c? hysteria fcolda eway In the Parl3 fashion world. X can recall no other season "when colors v.ero no rampant and tho desire to appear freakish v.a8 so dominant In the female -bre?.st. Tho

Ruo io la Palx, tho tea rooms of tho smart hotels, tho

Ins room3 In tho exclusive Faubourg St. Germain run

ct color, Just as In tho days of the Commune tho-streets

Paris ran tlvera of hlood. There aro soao color erects ' worn in daylight

etrccts that actually attract more attention than

cforcsald rivers of blood "would, and yet

Paris aro becoming Batiated with brilliancy

jfrcakishness of design. We feel rather pro havo felt tho t there oras nothing left jour senses. wcto too Jaded to be tempted cr fancy

But thla vras 'before tho day of tbe rainbow -face3 and

painted furs. Tho ch!c Parlslenne who wishes to-day to makcj a sensation on tho boulevardes and at the hotelo paints bert face la various colors. Sho paints nowadays to express a 1 mood, to make a contrast with the color note In her cos- .' tumo; but always sho paints to attract attention. ( ,Tho eaddest moment of a Parlslenno's career Is when she realizes that the street gamins And tr boulevardlers no longer turn their heads to watch her go by. That moment proves to her that she has lost her power to compel attention. The rage for rainbow fac?s Is, however. Just at its fcelrht. and miladi -who drives In the Champes Elysees or takes a timid constitutional along the Bois no longer dreads tho lack of enthusiasm of tho street gamin. There are days when her faco is a peculiar shade of green, a green that vcrg?3 on the purple under her eyes; other days when prarple Is the color note and the line under the eyes a vivid j cmegranate, matching her 4ips. 1 . Of blue face3 and of deep orange faces there are many: j Tho car3 aro always hidden under loops of hair.. but. tho face and even the neck reflect the lady's mood. When tho ghastly white face.; with eyes looking :ilkoi turned holes la a blanket, and the vennilllon Hp3 gave way) to pale shade3 of yellow, "Verily' I said; "Paris .will go no' further? But, you see. It has. And to keep la tuno with tho rainbovv'faces mlladi's hair Is dyed whatever shade pleases her mood and fancy. One iday: 6he.r,niji'car,a.rlch.xi:ahoganyecoifIure.tho next. day It

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BchoIcl the most up - to the r second Lady of the Boulevardes, the exponent of thescxtremesof , fashion. With nonchalance -he Tatars' the loop hole skirt, the rainbow face, the puff-ball hat and painted furs. And to fit the picture even her greyhound painted in colors that match her gown, wears a rufl of jewelled rose round his neck.

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The Lady of the Painted Fur. Fox Dyed a Sage Green Tops a Broad Stole of Pink Ermine. The Bandeau Ornamenting the Head Is of Dull Beaten

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painting fox tne most dolighb ful shades of blue and green. We are dyeing fur wraps a lovely royal purple. In fact, there Is nothing we dare not attempt. I have seen a delightful pink chiffon evening g-own trimmed with bands of pink ermine. This fur, by the way, being flat, is moro

cusceptible to paint than to dye. It Is a liquid water jjalntTof course, and Is applied with a wide brush In even, firm strokes. The landscape veils are curious but' not unpleaslng when worn with tho fca oonlous costume. And what aro theso veils? Just squares of chiffon cn which aro painted charming bits of scenery from the gardens at Versailles, bits of eea pictures or just 6tmpl flowet gardens all painted In their natural colors on a fioft gray, white or green background. These veils, as a rule, hang free from the brim of the hat. The effect Is unusual, but, after all, has a certain attraction. Why should wo not wear a pretty picture across our facexs rather than the frldeous and unbecoming splotchy veils of the so recent psat? It is all In the point of view. Gilded eyelashes are another weird attempt to put Dame Nature hopelessly to shame. v Tho lashes. aTe first heavily blackened as -; on , the stage. Then tho extreme tlp3 are iouched up with liquid gold. The effect ? Is really bewitching when the work Is skilfully done. The puff-ball plume is tho latest deco ration for tho- wide, oddly brimmed batsj .This plume is eo high that tho limousines, are being made with holes In their roof through which, on a clear.day, the plumes stick upward In fact, wltix the hlglx: decorations 'an $

Fox Dyed Purple to Match the Purple Broadcloth Costume. Hat with Extension Upturned Brim and Stiff Pluma

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may be blue cr callot pink. How

doe3 she do this?

Easily enough. The chic Parlslenne

has a doten different wigs, or trans

formations, made, each one dyed a different color. She therefore can gratify any whim that Eelzes her. But there are other freakish fancies that mark this very peculiar phase through which we are passing. I blame them all unreservedly on the recent furore for the cubist effects, which has so transformed the spirit of Parla. It wa3 the cubists and their fellows who introduced the green faces to Paris, and foolish, but ever dear, delightful Paris said If such things are artlstlo on canvas.'why cot In flesh and blood? Among these ether odd fancies aro the painted fur3. the nose ring, the ankle watch, the Jewelled beauty spot, the giltedged eyelashes, landscape veils, to say nothing of tho strange, weirdly shaped and decorated hats, and the funny little haJr bustles which we wear la. front Instead of In the back. The rage for painted furs Is, I think, a purely logical sequence to the craze for other .unnatural dyed and painted fLbrlcsl; And why should we not dye or paint'our furs to matoh our hair,' our hats, our eyes 7 Furs are ; always 1 dyed.' anyway. v Why,7 Instead of dyeing f5x

brown, should we not dye or paint It pur' t upstanding brims the tops of all .vehicle pie, green or blue? havo to bo curved upward. This Is : perfectly? logical. Therefore The Jewelled; beauty spots oreIascISatt ' for months we havVbeen expcrlmenticg,' Ingyrhey are attached witht the usual and at last; we .have, achieved the esp courtJ plaster; beauty epot,landiarofcoth posedlyi Impossible- We aro i dyeing 'or decorativeTandieffective

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