Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-11-27 | Page 2 | Jazz Enlivening Midinettes' Day

JAZZ ENLIVENING DAY I IPA PARIS PA R 1 S By The Associated A. A Press Jazz Jazz has crept into Paris' Paris traditional celebration celebration- of St st. Cather Cather- Catherine's Catherines Catherinc's ine's ines day on November 25 fete of the flapper the spinster and the ried sled Blues American dances and cock cock- cocktails cocktails cocktails tails figure in the U modem Parisian celebration of the day particularly at atthe atthe atthe the big dressmaking establishments where the night fetes for the sewing and sales girls are Bre the biggest blUest events on the years ears social calendar But the basic principle remains the same The working girls free from duty for 24 hours still dress up In paper costumes and play French crack the whip and ring around the rosy on the busy boulevards Some Some- Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes times they surround stem stern business businessmen men and release them only after they have exacted the St 81 Catherines Catherine's day dai toll toil a kiss for each Every little atelier alder or workshop where young women are employed throws a 8 party on the eve of St Catherines The feast fust may be small with a two-franc two bottle of wine as the piece de resistance or it may be as elaborate as generous employers can provide from expensive e catering hous hous- es But Dut wine there always U and is-and and song And the he women arc are the whole thing