I should have expected women's clothes to be the last
things in the world to be affected by an international crisis, but I am told on authority I cannot but respect that all the new Paris confections have caught the feeling of the hour and exhibit an appropriately martial air. (This not being a field in which I claim' extensive' Personal knowledge I transmit information I have received with all reserve.) The season's coats are appar- ently to have a defiant military swagger, and upstanding military collars, epaulettes braid froggings. belts and sashes, and well-drilled rows of buttons will be in general evidence.- Hats have caught the idea equally ; some are just plain helmets, but high plumes, peaked shakos, and Bengal Lancer turbans will be on every head that claims to be comme it Taut But suppose there is no war ? Symbols of peace are limited in number and
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