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Show AA . y t, X I - 1 " 11 1 This Is the "False Chic," According to Sept. L ' 1 "The couturiers organize exhibitions of their models in the form of music hail performances, and thereby lead misguided women to wear things unsuitable to them." The other pictures show an exaggerated Pariilan type and Sem's ides of the insect that one fashion sug gests to him. ' ftl-"E?v Aootner jXI' 'lr "t, of,h jv!;k 'chp-i 1V ' 0f "Fashion SEM. tbe most -amusing and the most malicious caricaturist carica-turist of the day in Paris, put forth a new album of clever drawings, published and copyrighted by tbe 'Succes" Company, of Parts. Sem has devoted bis pencil tn this new work entirely to caricaturing tbe prevalent fashions in women's areas. He entitles his book. "The True and False Chic." but tna examples of the false hlc overehadow the true. In the letterpress accompanying the pictures, 8 eays that tbe prevailing fashions are the ugliest and the most ridiculous tbe world baa ever seen. VVomen. imagining themselves to tit fashionable, make themselves look like strange Insects, like clowns, and even like lunatics. "Pons," he exclaims. "Is going through i terrible crisis of bad taste. Fushiou Is -abandoning herself without restraint re-straint to the wildest phantasies of a disordered Imagination Imagina-tion Some of the great couturiers. It is true, have bald J i themselves aloof from the contagion, " gi but. except for these few eelect ones, 7fk most of the houses pour forta all sorts VsV of eccentricities which are too quickly V adopted and circulated They organiso VM.' exhibitions of tbetr models In the form llW ' reu'ar music-hall performances, and iM thereby lead misguided women to wear 'jijS things that are entirely unsuitable for llit "Imagine that a blase Parisian re- solved to 'exile himself ten year3 ago. V L and went to live, among the savages of ' Central Africa. He comes back to Paris eager to see once more the tair ranst-ennes, ranst-ennes, whose discreet charm and grace be remembers. woac is r ' ' woac is nia Qisniusioni in me roea-tres, roea-tres, the fashionable restaurants, res-taurants, be finds himself among a multitude of bl-1 bl-1 tarre creatures whose. Inexplicable In-explicable appearance transfixes him wltb stupor 'They appear to him like strange Insects tnrmeasur-albly tnrmeasur-albly swollen, beetles, grasshoppers grass-hoppers wltb heavy ebdo-mens ebdo-mens and skinny leg and long antennae upon their heads. These queer creatures crea-tures dance and hop like i swarm of insects la a . ray of sunlight. 'While many womeo have an entomological appearance.' ap-pearance.' others suggest 1 Jbat they bnve been dressed dress-ed for a masquerade. The fashion of excessive panniers pan-niers and volant3 has giv-eo giv-eo tbem ridiculous silhouettes silhou-ettes that ca,n only be regarded re-garded by an artist as a caricature of what woman Would look like." ' l "The True Cliic." by Sem. f " ri MA - t i - ' ' '.V--. ' ' " r" ' . .- -A a- vv.: ' : . .A-"A? '"" ;':..'' ' ' ... ' " ,' - v " . ' i ".-XA''; "..V ' . . . A'AAvA, A .''...' . !' v '':' '... ' ' ' :-.' 'J t J ...... ... ., jr v i l . ',8 1-:;;' It . ,....-.-.... f- .-' ' , : . : - . ' " v..': . v.; : ' -'"' ' '.i ' - ' ' - . " M t . . , V 1 rt' ' - . .t J. ..." .. . U -. IS -?"M' :: ' : " -- - ' ' i ' :-, I I " - L' i - It V - . f . t . - i I T1k "Waterfall" Cojrumc of Shell Pint Pussy Willow Tiflei. Showira the BbufUnt OutUtte ia ll j I I Moil Er |