Show wasp waistline wai atline Is coming back milady to face weeks of Str starvation at command of fashion paris alls just a year ago any woman who looked at a picture of her mother in pinching whalebones whale bones would have laughed outright but the wasp waistline of mothers younger younger days Is back although the whalebones whale bones are missing slimness to Is the last word from the la the waist must be as la in the late nineties in those days a generous application of whalebone brought the desired effect today it Is obtained by scientific and systematic starvation it Is no longer considered smart to wear weight or have ample lines the newest dresses have high waist lines and the waists are indicated by pulling angas ingas as tight os as possible a knotted belt after many seasons of loose hips the effect Is startling and a very small st nall proportion of women con can attain the mode without real suffering days of starvation it takes days of starvation weeks of point rolling and months of steam baths to bring back the waistlines waist lines to proportions the pinch will certainly be felt in the stomach but the style czars azars are adamant and insist that by winter the te waists around which two bands could touch will be back after an absence of thirty years the waistlines waist lines started to crawl up last spring and by now they are really high if they go much farther they will be above the normal height of the supposed waist that Is not the only news from the famous thoroughfare which runs off the place vendome the lle kue de la wants women in red and everything seems to be based on the I 1 idea dea that women must be seen as well as beard never has there been such a run on red dyes greens and yellows which started the season well have disappeared from the skyline only reds are seen where smart woman gather bathing suits extravagant there are many other extravagant ideas born with hot weather such sor tor example as platted plaited straw sunshades silk sock ettes to protect the toot foot in the shoe and still leave the limb bare to the cooling winds bathing garb has undergone a novel change bathing suits are extravagant this summer they are used to tell the world your preference for blonde or brunette gentlemen there are many daring costumes being worn at deauville which carry embroidered adornment in the form of flaming arrows piercing red hearts accompanied by embroidered mottoes large or small depending upon how far the message Is to carry some of the mottoes say eny yours till death or hes my man or A life on the ocean wave there Is one at deauville which tells a lot in n few words 1 I can swim thank you |