Show 2 L 1 I Babies Out of Fashion land and Women m Fortune of Writing Writ Writ- Rank 1 ing Books and Mak MakIng k In Fast French Homes Ing Pretty ya Plays I BY MALCOLM CLARKE Republican Special Cable Paris Parl Mar 1 For or For a long time the Women of or society gave themselves es up to their social duties and to their chil chil- dren Recently they havo have changed all au that Children are arc going out of ot fashion And nd the tho grandes dames dames espe espe especially daIly the tho leaders lenders of ot the aristocracy aristocracy- have taken to creating volumes of or prose 2nd verse It Is so charming to write novels It Is la so distinguished to scribble vers versos verses S and above e all It is so chic to be he a woman of or genius And so wo we have havo tho little Countess Mathieu de tho the poetess of or II flowers and vegetables and now we have Madame Lucie buds l and Madame de Peyrebrune above all we have Madame Madame- Henri de do ReGnier whoso husband the French academy Is going to elect to membership to show Its admiration for her hen And then we haye our duchesses wh who write writ The do de Rohan has signed more than one ono book boole The rhe de dela dela dela la Roche-Guyon Roche is the authoress of or many plaintive and funereal verses It was this great lady who Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- her hor young O daughter to society the tho other da day saying a charmIng charming charming charm charm- ing girl She has all kinds of or talents Indeed she Is la even a bit of or a a. bluestocking bluestocking bluestocking blue stocking Its too bad said a a. t. t friend but S p perhaps rl ps If you put nut her J er r In Into S. S t w nj j t At At last we wo shall be able to take our easo ease In our theaters and see what is going gain on upon the stage A learned commission made mado up of or magistrates city councillors theatrical cal Coll managers and and If If I am ani not mistaken mis mis- taken taken the tho prefect of or police himself Is holding daU daily meetings for tor the purpose of ot settling tho the vexed question o women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's hats The majority haa already pronounced In favor of sh shutting th the doors of or the tho theater In the face of of- an any lady aU attempting to enter her haon ha hat haton hnton on her head This Is decidedly a 11 drastic measure but there Is no reason why It should not be put Into effect For nearly ten ton years ears a n. similar lahas law la has been In effect In-effect In Marseilles Perhaps Per For h haps ps the ladies ladles of or the Far South ar armore are more docile or It mn may bo be the tho climate of or the tho Mediterranean makes hats hat superfluous I do not know In any case there were no protests a against this masculine decree I should not however ho caro care to be th the tho prefect of or police who had first to en enforce enforce enforce en- en force such a law upon our Parisians and the but charming ladles ladies who come t to us from across th the Atlantic The hat law Is to become operative I 1 am Informed about th tile the first of ot June Junc You see soe I am warning you OU well In advance Of or course this wicked Lemoine Is interesting but from rom rota my modest viewpoint viewpoint view view- point Sir Julius Wernher South African magnate life governor of theDe tho the thoDe thoDe De Beers company Is a far more ex ox- ox person That he should have been duped by so o vulgar ar an ad adventurer adventurer ad- ad as OB Lemoine Is one of ot those things s no man can understand j lIo However c er the real result of hl his j dla- dla ia- ia mond a I partnership rs lp with l. l Lo- Lo L Lorn rn ine s th t- t Julius VOJo ho carefully caret care care- t fully ully ny concealed train from rota his shareholders and fellow directors his hla attempt to capture for himself the tho new art of or making diamonds Is out of or pocket over That Is a mere trifle for this man of or millions but it is an indication that after aCter all there Is Is' Is isa a a kind hind of abstract abstract abstract ab ab- ab- ab justice In tho the world which even financiers financier's cannot escape |