Show Chill Winds Add AddI I Inches to Skirt I Length in Paris American Flapper Shows vs Disregard Disregard Disregard Dis Dis- regard for Breeze by Holding Holding Hold Hold- ing to Summer Knee Length Style PARIS PAnIS Oct 31 While While the New NewYork NewYork York flapper defies deles the autumn I frosts In rolled stockings and skirts that tall fall to cover the knees the I her smart skirts r centimeter n Is by letting t centimeter n down I as the winds s become more mere chilly I Skirt hems do not net yet cover cever calves on an the boulevards but the models now new on display In the smart dressmaking dressmaking dressmaking dress dress- making establishments that set women's women's wo we- wo- wo mens men's fashions for tor the world werM now display slightly longer lenger skirts than they did In August The little season models which means those these on display now are forecasts of ot what may be expected In the mode of next summer Swarms of New York buyers are In Paris choosing clothes clethes for fer the winter winter winter win win- ter resort trade In America and nearly all the models they are buyIng buyIng buying buy- buy Ing have longer lenger skirts than those these now being worn In the United States The well dressed today wears her skirts from 4 to 6 Inches below the knee depending on her height When she Is seated there Is a. a a short drapery of skirt over the knees and when she walks the pleats and make her knees a amere amere amere mere surmise If skirts continue their downward trend trend and and on one leading designer prophesies th that t eventually they will cover the feet knees feet knees may again become the vague rumors they were In the Victorian days A donkey whose owner christened him Herriot Is the central figure of a a. atrial trial at Blois where the owner has been summoned before a local lecal court on the charge of ef defamation The peasant owner pleads he ho meant no harm ham that his donkey Is Isa Isa isa a good beast and a willing worker and that he and his legged four-legged friend have the greatest respect for forthe forthe forthe the former premier and present president of the chamber of ot pu de-pu- ties v But the mols mois authorities local lecal radical Socialists for the most see In this christening a facetious dig digat digat digat at the leader of ef their par party y All the excitement over ever the case naturally is causing great glee In Inthe Inthe inthe the conservative camp One mean critic has even gone so far as to express the opinion that giving the name of ot the negotiator of ot the Lendon London Lon Len don agreements r of f 1924 to an inoffensive 1 J i 1 sl quadruped e ec c certainly I y entitles the donkey enke to sue his his' master for libel lb 1 i iA J JP A z e paradise for lovers who i P prefer f to whisper their e endearments over a cup of ot coffee or a a. glass of wine without the accompaniment of ot j I crashing drums or ar blaring horns horna has been tried out I by y one suburban cafe pro proprietor rl or with great success I Good business s e as soon as he j po posted edd a ui sign which v represented p a a j couple being served by the proprietor tor himself and declared that those 1 tired of Jazz would find warm we welcome welcome wel wel- 1 come and quiet there j I The fIhe good old fashioned songs and dances of a a. generation age seem to appeal to the patrons of ot this cafe most of all I The creation of ot a French expeditionary expeditionary force distinct st from t the g tg i home army Is the feature u of an army reform scheme e which ultimately ulti ulU- will Involve a reduction of ef the period of military service which Premier is preparing The war in Morocco has shown the desirability of having such an I expedition force torce to go abroad on short notice It would be composed of professional soldiers and north African troops In view of ol the fact that 10 it Is more particularly In Intended Intended Intended In- In tended for colonial service The home army would be a conscript force lorce composed exclusively of French white troops and would not net be required to serve overseas ex except except ex ex- under the most unusual cir clr- cir cir- I. I him come to you If it she obtained a apiece apiece 1 piece of ot his underwear If she wanted to create a quarrel she mixed hairs of dogs and cats Equally striking were vere her remedIes remedies remedies reme reme- dies for disease For Fo fever patients she prescribed little wrapped In cobwebs Epileptics were to told d to drink a concoction of ot blackberries three times take a hot bath and go to the theatre Her terms were three rubles for lor six alx weeks charms and two seventy ru rubies rubles rubles ru- ru bles bies for charms guaranteed to re ret retain re- re t tam tain ln their potency for foa a whole year The baroness b enjoyed a very ex extensive extensive ex- ex vogue Wives vives of communIsts communists communists and officers In the red army could be found among the motley crowds which stood In line for hours In order to obtain an Interview People People Peo Pee pIe traveled long distances to ask her advice and her fortune was ac accumulating accumulating ac- ac cumulating ng at the rate of ot a hundred ruble rubles a day when the political po police police po- po lice stepped in and put an end to her activities |