| Show I FRENCH FASHIONS FOR COMING YEAR Toques Will Be in Vogue and nd They Will Come Down Over the EarS PARIS SUBWAY RAILWAY f PEOPLE ABOVE ABOVE GROUND OBJECT TO THE AWFUL RUMBLING BY LA Paris Jan Ja lOne of timely and at the same time practical S of particular Interest to American wo women women men who may become ill In Paris Is that has jUl just t been announced in liui establishment ot of a free freD bed for students In the tho new naw American hospital here Un Under den der the patronage cf at a number Of the best known Women of o the Ani rican col colony colony ony a fair was held at which various useful articles were sold and meats ments offered resulting in the receipt of ofa ofa a reasonably large sum with which to en endow endow dow the bed What a blessing this will prove to the American girl pr r woman comparatively friendless alone and with but little means in Paris cannot be overestimated for scarcely a week passes that the tho case of a worthy but helpless American woman Is brought to the attention ot of members of the American colony with the object ct of givIng aid to Euch sufferers Queer sights indeed are to be seen at atthe atthe the publIc auction house which by the way Is one of the sights of Paris when the effects ot of the famous Hotel Drouot are to be sold at public auction The law of France provides that the personal and household effects of a de dc deceased ceased person may be sold Bold at public au auction and it was for tills this reason that the effects ot of the late lato Sibyl Sanderson the singer were disposed of ofIn ofin In that way stay The wigs sM she used In Inva va various lous theatrical parts numbered Into the hundreds while the collections of boots sho shoes s and slippers almost filled a small room Working on Spring Styles The leading dressmaking establishmentS of Fa ls at present may be not inaptly described as In the chrysalis state The Tho styles for fot next spring and summer are being completed notwithstanding the tho tact fact that women ot of fashion are at this moment wrapping themselves In fur gar garments garments ments and about the middle of January will be shown to the comparatively In fa favored few among whom I am glad to say I 1 am numbered The Tho public at large however wm will not be given an opportunity opportunity to see what Is to be worn until about the latter part of February As AB far as headgear ls is concerned toques toque or rater turbans continue to lead for forthe the moment Immense things they are or velvet being the favorite ma material tonal Used So huge are they that they coyer cover not alone the entire head bead but the ears as well wello o As far as velvet Is concerned one may choose whichever color colot best suits the fancy but bright green is very popular Equally bright red and also purple In all its varIety of these colors are be becoming becoming coming especially when worn with one on ot of the large mesh veils but which must have havo no dots a fashion which Is 19 infinitely less trying on the eyes and far prettier in effect I Paris Subway No rose without n a thorn The public of the French metropolis I having its troubles with Its subway railroad or metro as it Is called here From tar far fardown down on the Rue de d RIVoli and along the Champs to the Etolle Etoile may be heard the rumble of t the e i subway trains which while carrying tho tha swiftly rom one part ot Of tha city t other is proving to be such a nut nul zanca auca to the people above ground and oc houses along Its route that many ot of them are aro moving away even from J and apartment houses and private residences residence and tak takIng lug Ing new quarters away from the racket sounds Man Many prefer go goIng leg Ing to the tho country with Its comparative Inaccessibility rather than to lose sleep and rest as a result of the disturbance Near the Pound Alexandra is a ent residence or as they are Often otten termed in France which has been for sale at a sacrifice tor br many months but for or which no buyer can be found for forthe forthe the reason that the subway trains to Ver Versailles sallies sailles and Its environs run dl directly be beneath beneath neath the structure the rever reverberation ration be being being ing almost unendurable Attempts have havo been made to sell the property to some rich American In the hope that he be would either not object obJect to the noise or possibly possibly bly would not the detriment to tolie the lie property caused by the subterranean racket but without success for tor the Amer American Amerlean lean ican who Is shrewd enough to have gained sufficIent money to enable him to pur purchase purchase chase such property at the price do de demanded Is a wise enough business man mannot mannot not to be Inveigled Into making such an investment Miss Anna an American girland girl girland and a talented member ot of a talented fam famIly ity Ily who has made Paris her home for some time and who was the intimate friend and confidante of the late Rosa Bonheur the famous French wo woman woman man known the world over who left lefther lefther her chateau and estate Including her famous paintings to Miss She has written a book soon to be pub published published In English in the United States telling ot of the life lite and works of one of the most celebrated women the world has ever eyer known It is to be Illustrated and will b be an Invaluable addition to the world ot of letters Miss famous work The Tho Horse Show which has been seen and admitted by hundreds of thousands thousand of I persons Is hung In the Metropolitan Mu Museum scum seum of at Art of New York |
