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wmmmmM Fur Dyed-to Match Gowns and Faces Painted to Match Modes and Furs, Skirts with Holes Instead of Slits, and Puff-Ball Hats Are Among the Latest Paris Fads. Puff-Ball Plum* of Bright Green, the Only Decoration on a Black Velvet Plaque. By Lady Duff-Gordon. njjnJjH STATE of hysteria holds sway in the Paris fashion world. I can recall no other season when colors u were eo rampant and the desire to appear freak ish was so dominant in the female 'breast*. The Rue de la Palx, the tea rooms of the smart hotels, the draw ing rooms in the exclusive Faubourg St. Germain run rivers of color, }ust as In the days of the Commune the streets of Paris ran rivers of blood. There are some color effects worn in daylight In the streets that ectnally attract more attention than those aforesaid rivers of blood would, and yet in a way we in Paris are becoming satiated with brilliancy of color with freakishness of design. We feel—rather I would say that we have felt—that there was nothing left to startle us. that our senses were too jaded to be tempted with any new fad or fancy. But this was before the day of the rainbow faces and painted furs. Ths chic Parisienne who wishes to-day to makej a sensation on the boulevardes and at the hotel* paints her face In various oolors. She paints nowadays to express a mood, to make a contrast with the color note in her cos tume; but always she paints to attract attention. The saddest moment of a Parislenne’s career is when she realizes that the street gamins and the boulevardiers no longer turn their heads to watch her go by. That moment proves to her that she has lost her power to compel atten tion. The rage for rainbow faces Is, however, just at its height, and miladi who drives in the Champes Elysees or takes a timid constitutional along the Bois no longer dreads the lack of enthusiasm of the street gamin. There are days when her face is a peculiar shade of green, a green that verges on the purple under her eyes; other days when purple is the color note and the line under the eyes a vivid pomegranate, matching her lips. Of blue faces and of deep orange faces there are many. The ears are always hidden uder loops of hair, but the face and even the neck reflect the lady’s mood. When the ghastly white face, with eyes looking like burned holes in a blanket, and the vermillion lips gave way to pale shades of yellow, “Verily,” I said: “Paris will go no further." But, you see. It has. And to keep in tune with the rainbow faces miladi’s hair Is dyed whatever shade pleases her mood and fancy. One 4ay she will wear a ri<& mahogany coiffure; the next day it L ady duff-cordon, the famous “Lucile” of London, and foremost creator of fash ions in the world. writes each week the fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in style* for well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris estab- (isnment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Lady Duff-Go rdon't American es tablishment is at Nos. 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street. New York. / may be blue or callot pink. How does she do this? Easily enough. The chic Parisienne has a dozen different wigs, or trans formations. mad6, each one dyed a different color. She therefore can gratify any whim that seizes her. But there are other freakish fancies that mark this very peculiar phase through which we are passing. I blame w fhem all unreservedly on the recent fu rore for the cubist effects, whiob ha3 so transformed the spirit of Paris. It was the cubists and their fellows who intro duced the green faces to Paris, and fool ish. but ever dear, delightful Paris said If suoh things are artistic on canvas, why not in flesh and blood? Among these other odd fancies are the painted furs, the nose ring, the ankle watch, the jewelled beauty spot, the gilt- edged eyelashes, landscape veils, to say nothing of the strange, weirdly shaped and derated hats, and the funny little hair bustles which we wear in front in stead of in the back. The rage for painted furs is, J think, a purely logical sequence to the craze for other unnatural dyed and painted fab» rlcs. And why should we not dye or paint our furs to match our hair, our hats, our eyes? Furs are always dyed, anyway. Why, instead of dyeing fox brown, should we not dye or paint ft* pur ple, green or blue? This is perfectly logical. Therefore for months we have been experimenting, and at last we have achieved the sup posedly impossible. We are dyeing or painting fox tne most delight ful shades of blue and green. We are dyeing fur wraps a lovely royal purple. In fact, there is nothing we dare not attempt. I have seen a de lightful pink chiffon evening gown trimmed with bands of pink ermine. Thl3 fur, by the way, being flat, is more susceptible to paint than to dye. It is a liquid water paint,'of course, and is applied with a wide brush in even, firm strokes. The landscape veils are curious, but not unpleaslng when worn with the har monious costume. And what are these veils? Just squares of chiffon on which are painted charming bits of scenery from the gardens at Versailles. bit6 of sea pictures or just simple flower gar dens—all painted in their natural colors on a soft gray, white or green back ground. These veils, as a rule, hang free from the brim of the hat. The effect is unusual, but. after all. has a certain at traction. Why should we not wear a pretty picture across our faces rather than the hideous and unbecoming splotchy veils of the so recent past? It is all In the point of view. Gilded eyelashes are another weird at tempt to put Dame Nature hopelessly to shame. The lashes are first heavily blackened as on the stage. Then the extreme tips are touched up with liquid gold. The effect Is really bewitching when the work is skilfully done. The puff-ball plume is the latest deco ration for the wide, oddly brimmed hats. This plume is so high that the limousines are being made with holes In their roofs through which, on a clear day, the plumes stick upward. In fact, with the high decorations and upstanding brims the tops of all vehicles will have to be curved upward. The jewelled, beauty spots are fascinat ing. They are attached with the usual court plaster beauty spot, and are .both decorative and effective. “Behold die inodtl up-to-the - second Lady of the Bouls* vardes, the exponent! of the. extremes - of ' fashion* With non chalance she weal*] the loop hole skirt*] the rainbow face; die puff-ball hat and painted furs. And to fit the picture even her greyhound painted in colors that match her gown, wears a ruff of jewelled r o s e ft round his neck.” • Fox Dyed Purple to Match the Purple Broadcloth Cos: tume. Hat with Extensioi Upturned Brim and Stif) Plume of Purpl* Copyright, 1913. by the 1 Great Britain Rights Reserves*