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Show j , i Zoe Beckley, Home from France Tells Tragic Tale of Paris Cloth,es SHE BIDS WOMEN BE, I S A T I F I E D WITH j 1 AMERICAN CLOTHES R y ZOE BECKIiEl iv E, v Staff Correspondent.) .N"F:w YORK. Paris and clothes I Haven": they always been synonmous 'if your mind? They hae In mine. It was only after n teary experlnc ! searching for a good-looking suit it cvould nol require the mortgaging of I the old farm to pay for. that I learned jail rnris frocks are not direct Insplr-jatlons Insplr-jatlons from the gods of art and f;ishion. Hear then, sisters, the tragic stor': Like every- other feminine creature, who had dreamed of going to Paris 'and baling clothes, I set about flgur-1 flgur-1 Ir.g how I could acquire 1 A tailored suit. J. A generally useful frock that could. In a pinch, be worn both to market and to Mrs. i Whooiis' dinner. I Right here Is whete I made my mistake For the tailored suit, in the Interest of econorm. I patronized a well-recommended dark gentleman I with a lupe line around his neck 'and copious self-praise upon his lips. Forj tho "useful frock" I had sense enough to go to one ef thosp places you I. now thm: Worth. Paquin. Doucet Premvt. Drecoll, Cheruit, Lanvin and I'oiret A PREN'CIl SAIiESWOMAN'. In order to be shown the modeis at I thf"" sacred houses, you must be Introduced In-troduced by some patron they know-. Otherwise yeu might be an American Ameri-can designer trying to steal ideas. The next step is to be assigneel a VendeUSe (Fiench for saleswoman). This person immediately adopts you. , She will lay aside for you choice bar-gains, bar-gains, and. when the collection is sufficient suf-ficient to tempt on beyond human ieslstnnee. she will send a little note , to "Chere Madame" that there are three ravishing blouses, an chcbant-! chcbant-! ing evening frock, an afternoon gown of a smartness and a negligee trep chic all of which seem to hae been created for Chere Madame, ane will Chere Madame please have the ap predated complaisance to come and look at them" DEPTHS OE DESPAIR. Well, my tailored frock, made at t the small tailor's, turnetl out such a traged that I cannot even write of I it without showering mv tvpewriter with tears. Don't ask what was ttu-! matter. Everything was. It was fat where it should hav e been thin ; short. I where it should have been long, and i It CRved In where it should ha e been i bouffant In it I looked exactly like j a Dutr i f rm lady, rigged out by th-'j local dreesmaRei to visit the big town for the first time in hej life withdrew to my hotel and wept I "I cannot walk down the gangpIiM( V.o Ihlnirl" T hntvlo.l "1 .lor. j not go home ir such a Paris dud' And ! the steamer sails tomorrow'" In despair I donned the awful cos-! cos-! tume and wept to the elegant shop tn ! the Place Vendojme. ' Marlemolselle Augustine " I sobbed ! I I I 1 ! I I' Zoo Bccklej In the suit tliat -on- s!(( her for tin- sadness f the ; othera to my little vendeusc. behold mc. Is there no help?" "Alas, Madame," she responded, regarding re-garding my fat suit SJidiy. "there is not time for us to make you a tall-leur tall-leur And Madame knows we never, sell our models until the end of tne season, it i indeed heartrending1 1 retired to the hotel and had more hsterlcs. After a time I sought consolation con-solation in dinner. But the dinner .o....o. mv vwira uir i - gere was even worse AT Ti VST A SI IT. That night, when I crawled to my hotel upon the hel lav a little pack-age pack-age with a note in French tied to the string. Tlie "tiling" thnt was "fat where It should have been thin" and caused m ; hysterics. "Mademoiselle Augustine presents pre-sents her compliments and sends a little suit found by searching through all the model? Mile. Augustine has persuaded the manageress to permit Madame to have it Mile. Augustine prays and believes it will be appro- I priate for Madame and console her for the sadness of the otherv ' '7ii muga ui joy i speu co ine i-iaee Vendome. embracing the little ven , dcuse with one arm while I w rote a I cheek with the other. But I shall spend no more time en-vying en-vying women who "buv their clothe-I clothe-I in Paris." |