Show GAY CAPITAl I H IS H American Season at Full Pull Tide in Paris and Hotel Keepers and Other Paris Parisians Parisians ians Correspondingly Happy TOURISTS TO BE SEEN AND BOULEVARD Beautiful Gowns Worn at Smart Spring Weddings Some of Which Are De Described Described scribed as Marvels of Beauty HIPS HIP REMAIN UNDER BAN Special Cable to Paris Par 8 April 16 The American season as It is called has hag set lIet In and Paris Pads is filled ClUed to overflowing with American visitors visitors tors the advance guard of those who are yet et to come in thousands One steamship authority estimates that there will wilt be Yankee visitors here within the next three months which means the ex expenditure expenditure of oC hundreds of thousands of oC American dollars In the French capital It may well be imagined what comfort this announcement brings to the French commercial heart which only a few months ago was filled tilled with gloom and despair in the belief that the flood and its effects would result in such business depression here that thousands of oC store storekeepers storekeepers keepers and others would be ruined be because because cause of or the fact that tourists fearing fe ring public inconvenience by reason of or streets shops and hotels being damaged by the rush of oC waters as well as by the expectant expectant expectant tant sickness and disease would avoid Paris almost entirely and seek other points on the continent and in England at which to seek amusement and spend their money New hope has returned and andall aIr all though of oC the flood and the com coin commercial commercial mercial disaster has been abandoned The streets are crowded with tourists on foot and in vehicles In the afternoon one can scarcely make their way on the principal boulevards In iii the famous Rue RueIe de Ie la Ia Paix or in the avenues leading to the Bois S Fancy Prices Charged Prices too have been increased at the hotels as a result of the demand for ac accommodations accommodations accommodations and in other establish establishments establishments ments because of the crowds of oC shoppers who are willing to pay almost any amount to get what they seek There is some grumbling as a result on the part of those whose purses are thereby depleted to just so 80 much greater gr ater an extent but after aCter all aU they feel a 0 certain recompense for there is If perhaps no place on earth oarth so lovely in spring as Paris nor so full of attractions attractions c among them the shops which never neverfail fall fail to captivate and delight the feminine heart whether American or otherwise for tor fashions appeal to womankind the world over oer S Tea rooms which are uC quite the fad here and in fact have been for sev several several several eral seasons seem to spring up on every side aide where the fashionables and near fashionables may be seen every afternoon not Dot only in the heart of oC the city in the shopping district but in the avenues near the Bole Bois but In that famous spot Itself crowds of ot mattly dressed women omen gather to listen to the excellent bands and as might be expected to look at the toilettes of or other women The question of licensing public gain gam gambling bling bUng establishments Is again before the municipal authorities Expressions of opinion for Cor against the project may maybe maybe maybe be heard on all sides One proposition is that a casino be established similar to that at Monte Carlo where only those who are able to stand losses without sub subsequent subsequent subsequent sequent financial distress shall be given permission to operate One location sug suggested suggested suggested is in the garden of the Palais Royal in a building erected by Cardinali Cardinal i Richelieu in 1636 and where he lived until 1643 Since then it has hus been the residence of ot several kings of France Of later j years ears it has been occupied by the colonial service ice Ilea and other government offices The flower markets of oC Paris are noted I tho the world over for tor their beauty and gen gOIl general eral era attractiveness jf t f not for their size I IThe The display of oC plants and cut flowers is isone Isone isone one of oC the sights of ot Paris and anti particularly particularly during tile tHe earlier hours of ot the fore forenoon forenoon noon are visited by American tourists and I others in great numbers A large build building ing for the ilie use of ot the wholesale florists is to be erected by the city cU Only Mildly Wicked The Moulin Rouge Is ls a resort known the world over as a place supposed tobe to tobe tobe be particularly wicked but hut which in fact is not as black as although red paint no doubt is used there on oc occasions occasions The truth is ls that the Moulin Rouge in earlier days was a decidedly fast establishment but with later years its wickedness has been of ot a comparative comparatively ly mild type Peculiar forms of dances Continued on Page Five GAY CAPITAL Al AlIS IS THRONGED Continued from Page One may be seen there it Is true but the thereal thereal thereal real Parisian is well aware that such are given chiefly for tor foreign consumption consumption consumption tion and to meet the expectancy of Americans and other visitors who hav having havIng having ing heard of ot the place expect to find that it really lives up to its reputation In n other countries The dancers are near nearly nearly nearly ly always professionals who dance not because they like it but because they the theare are paid to do so Thus the Moulin Rouge where gay parties of students or other Parisians or foreign visitors formerly cast aside restraint is now a comparatively quiet and decorous resort Many smart spring weddings have tak taken taken taken en place of late Some of the wedding gowns worn were exquisitely beautiful The illustration shows one made mad for a awell awell awell well known society belle by It was a marvel of beauty and style t le The toilette worn for the ceremony of signing of at the contract or civil marriage according accord according accordIng ing to custom which took place the day before be ore the church event was of that love lovely lovely lovely ly shade of beige that resembles cha eha meuse It a short train and pointed tunic the bodice opening over a position To do so she sh must of course should put them on while in a reclining of pale pink chiffon A very large pale pink hat was encircled with huge roses of a deeper tone The going away frock of or the new shade of blue was tailor tallor made of tho the simplest cut and style Worn om with it was a large black straw hat trim trimmed trimmed trimmed med with velvet of the same tone as the gown which encircled the crown in large folds and caught down on either side sideby sideby sideby by cockades of black taffetas Hips Still Out of Fashion Slimness Is still stUl all the fashion for wo women women women men and hips are as much forbidden as aseer ever eer It Is necessary indeed more so 50 than ever for n a woman to have a slen slender slender slender der appearance in the simple frock of today as in the tube gown Dresses be being beIng being ing narrow around the ankles and knees and having untrimmed sloping shoulders large hips would be incongruous in such gowns Perfect fitting corsets are the first requisite towards the success a wo woman WOman woman man should seek if she wishes to acquire a graceful and correct figure according to the present dictum of ot fashion She SheU Sheb U lx b fitted for lor them in the same position the reason for lor this being that when the body is i s lying flat It is naturally nar narrower narrower narrower rower and the weight is not thrown on j the hips After Atter being fitted in this po position position position the wearer when she stands up retains the same figure as when lying down Once again after atter many months women women are to have pockets Such is the decree of ot the arbiters of fashion The question among women however Is Will the revival re revival revival vival of pockets affect the vanity bag Many women believe bellee that as the new pockets are to be bl made of ot dainty em embroideries embroideries the majority of women will wUl tear fear to put them to a useful purpose The tube gown and the long tube coat made pockets quite impossible but the new simple and more normal coats and skirts and little dresses have coat pockets and ornamental r square quare e pockets the trimmed largely with buttons of ot the same material as the gown There are large oblong gold buttons large round mili mUl military military tary buttons of gold or silver sUver and pearl shaped buttons all stylish and becoming |