IN VANITY FAIR | CHAPTER I | | Page | | Frocks and Femininity | 15 | The Frenchwoman's creed; the science of being gay; feminine types in French society; the demi-monde of Paris; Parisian salons. | CHAPTER II | | The Tyrants of the Rue de la Paix | 28 | Paris and the art of dress; Worth and the old masters; Paquin and the new school; the clientÈles of the great men. | CHAPTER III | | The Famous Ateliers | 47 | How the work is done; the saleswomen; the mannequins; the ouvriÈres; the system; the launching of the modes. | CHAPTER IV | | Fifi and the Duchess on the Turf | 64 | Racing near Paris; round the braziers of Auteuil; the day of the Grand Prix. | CHAPTER V | | Le Sport in Paris | 78 | Motor mania; Parisian golf and French golfers; fashion and tennis at Puteaux; the motor-boat fad. | CHAPTER VI | | The Fine Art of Dining | 97 | Al fresco dining in the Bois; with le Roi galant at the Henri Quatre; where the Pompadour held sway; the restaurants of the town; Frederic, "King of the Ducks." | CHAPTER VII | | In Normandy with Madame | 118 | Gay Trouville and chic Deauville; at the tables of the HÔtel de Paris; in the Casino; some inns and the motor. | CHAPTER VIII | | The Merry-go-Round | 140 | Winter in Paris; five o'clock tea and chiffons; the theatres of Paris; the Palais de Glace and its crowd; spring fÊtes and follies. | CHAPTER IX | | The Hunting Season | 163 | The Frenchman and la chasse; at the chÂteaux; venery new and old; with the hounds of the Duchesse d'Uzes. | CHAPTER X | | Under Southern Skies | 182 | Cannes and the world; Nice and the flesh; Monte Carlo and the devil. | CHAPTER XI | | Les Americaines | 210 | The French frock and the American woman; American buyers; feminine extravagance in America; some famous orders; the ready-made costume and its effect upon dress.
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