Show making use of maps for dress Pat patterns ferni old maps ore are amusing and interesting says the paris farls correspondent of if the christian science monitor whether they will be altogether suitable ii iii ci i patterns tor for dresses remains to bo be seen the french couturiers couturie rs who have ransacked the world for idem hive have now hit upon the notion of do signing geographical rocks frocks they have taken the sixteenth and seventeenth century maps and propose to convey their quaint colors and contours to silks and satins gatins afternoon and evening robes are dotted with n many starred mariners marinero ma compasses and little images indicating winds sometimes the new frocks are covered with wavy seas and tree benting bearing islands but others are simply bordered with map scales the firm finn which first thought of tills this orna ornamentation lia made ale a large collection of early travel books containing primitive maps it Is said that the new models have bave been favorably received by the trade frade |