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Show : HAITI USED TO L SHORT DRESSES ( - I American Flapper Traits Long Anticipated CAPR HAITIKN, Nov. It. Haiti often has been referred to as a back-k back-k ward nation, but In dress the Haitian women of the nrfdoinlnatlng praeant R class long antltrltiutd the American e flappers In two of Iter inonl distinctive m trails. Hhort skirts and the trick of r "railing her own" were sloptid here I long l.efore 1he flapper took theln tu I her heart. Short eklrts are a neresMltv i in the woman who spends her davs tiilllnir'ln a Harden or rl.llnir a burro. They wore t)te.in short In Haiti when Andrew Jackson was In the White houne, and the style nas not chsnged. It wss In IKlf. that the peasant woman wo-man begun to "roll hor own." In the, yesr the oecupalloe forces of American Ameri-can msrlnes and shore leave parties of Iduelackeis bruiiKht a gulden fall of American coin to the Impoverished l-Unri. l-Unri. Heslrnent. end ships bought freely In tha markals, snd the women reaped the benefit. Ilulll le a country of caste, and the possession nf shos snd stockings marks a decided social advance for the peasant class. Thev Invested their earnings In them, but drew the line et aurters. and necessity neces-sity taught them a nul'sllttite. It le now a common sight to see the women of Unit t on the roads lending to the cltv markets, seated side fashion fash-ion on their gray burros entitle patiently pa-tiently on. and then give them the final twist and roll before lacing their shoea. When the day's work Is done, the reverse re-verse Is accomplished as the city llmlte drop behind, and stockings are packed iav until the next slnie occasion. There le one distinctive feature of I a women's dress In Hsltlsn peasant circles, however, thnt will hardly find I f'lvnr In the sophisticated eves of the O Amertcsn flapper. Kreu'tent ly one ares 5 nrnnng the universal faded Itlua and t while nt'lre. one of red. white ami I., ue with the litres colore arranged i in fantastic patterns nf elrlpee and H ..inures, us tally topped by a bright red henilannn turban. A peasant woman thus arraved. accustomed " esrrv ;ur-d.ns ;ur-d.ns on her hesd from Infnnev. strides along In this y costume with the carriage car-riage nf a Greek goddess. Khe Is a "n.nltente" who has broken one of the lawe of the peasant in.le of comluct, snd her self-elerte.1 costume openly nrnclslms to her eleters thst sh. hss hncksllddcn from their curlotie code land Is wltdng It out by publlo penance. |