Show PARIS Akis WOMEN SEEK TO FORGET WAR AR IN SOLACE OF DANCE DANCEa r ro Torrent of Gy Gayety a c Engulfs I Those Who Would Bant Ban Ban- 0 w i ish h BI Blues f t iy IS ues w l.- l. R l Tina By J e Writer and ond Lecturer Noted l t International S Ve ra II for tor i 1 only happy March 19 Tho 19 Tho Paris who vho aro are in Franco today women hao girls in 1914 The Tho war were mere minds indelible imprint on the left teft an au others others- In whatever fashion of all tho the try to wipe it out one ono fact they may to happi happi- Is certain certain I it will wIn not lend lead to ness Hess in p process processor recess of ot Franco France are The women kind of oC Ute life life new adjustment to a of or expected They never nevor which they ono one foul few forced to accomplish in a months are a a. development for which necessary Young women are aro years the middle class who w were fro in their of ot had be been began the we war t teens ens when hen with the idea o of mar mar- brought ht up brou but dreamed of oC nothing They Thoy happiness of ot home Franco FranC lost losta the of ot other half halt of ot the tho flower a a. million and a of ot con con- her manhood In the five lve years Owing Owing- to the enormous disproportion disproportion portion between th the number of men and women today our whole social life ure Is changing Women have had to In all take the places of oC their brothers n industry Hundreds of oC br branches of oC thousands of at young young- women are doomed to to celibacy I If Inn atthe at atthe atthe who were married As for tor tho those e the beginning of or the war half of ot them are now white widows enjoying a kind of ot freedom which they have haven n never er asked for and which they are even now regarding as a a. species of ot slavery And those whose whoso husbands survived tho the slaughter are aro face to torace race lace with a new problem During the thelong thelong thelong long separ separations both husband and wife wite were ere subjected to a pro process e s of or evolution Th The husband acquired habIts habIts habits hab hab- its of or command the wife 0 of Independence in In- In does docs dependence The Frenchwoman not like that She likes like to obey oboy it Is true but she sho docs does not e expect pe t to be ordered n You Tou will t tell mo me that the life lito of Paris has hns never been so gay gLY ns os It is at present It Is a 11 superficial gayety Dancing Is not always an expression of t joy But dancing is practically the thc only amusement the tho French girls are capable of or toda today There has never nc u before forc been such a n riot of oC dancing Under colored lights light amid the voluptuous voluptuous or lugubrious surroundings of oC the dance danco halls hun hundreds reds of or women always the sarn same tango an and fox fax trot t In Paris Just as they are loing in London and Berlin Thc They are arc dancing in n the restaurants of or the thc boulevards boulevard a and md the tho cafes of or the outskirts of Paris They are arc tangoing in the where before the tho war one ono never saw anything of the terpsichorean are beyond beyond be- be yond jond the gyrations of or a a. dozen Auvergnats Anver- Anver gnats pirouetting In the mazes of one of ot their provincial dances Rich In Jewels Jewel Never has the Frenchwoman worn so ao much Jewelry so man many furs Do Donot Donot not inot believe that this refers only to the tho women omen of or society and the women of or the demi monde demi-monde the Idle the rich those who In all times have led lell the lives of ot parasites Even the women of the tho people are being engulfed b by the torrent Never ever have we wo seen so I many any gayly bedecked cooks so many powdered and painted pa so 50 many little working girls dashing from the factory to the hairdresser or orthe orthe orthe the P pastry try cook coole Our parents have hav often orten told us how hot quickly France recovered after atter tho thu I disaster of or 1870 1370 What we were able to accomplish in the dark days of defeat seems impossible of or achievement achieve achievement ment on the thc morrow of or lc victory oT The Tho heart of ot France Franco FranceIs Is still torn He He- soul out aft after r the sublime effort cHort of ot the war war abs not yet resigned itself to the less sublime but none non the less necessary necessary I sary work vork of or peace I Stop Slop any of or those little dancers In In her gilt slippers and clinging gown stop atop her in the midst of or the gay bay whirl in in which she ahe seems to be trying t to ti fly from herself Look In her eyes ces listen to her laugh You Tou will discover discover dis dis- dis cover in n her soul with all aU its vain van petty thoughts a a. feeling of ot uneasiness uneasiness ness and melancholy the desire which Is ls almost disease to a a. forget torget yesterday and tomorrow to forget even that she shela la Is alive |