old, red-faced, brutal French cochers are. I like them.
They have a wonderful command of language, not always
entirely or even partially polite, but they are
accommodating and less greedy for tips than male drivers.

"At Selfridge's great store--the largest and most
progressive in London, operated on Chicago lines--skirtless
maidens are not rare enough to attract undue attention. The
first to be seen there, indeed, is not in the store at all,
but on the sidewalk, outside of it, engaged in the gentle
art of directing customers to and from their cars and cabs
and incidentally keeping the chauffeurs in order.

"An extremely pretty girl she is, too, with her frock-coat
coming to her knees, her top-boots coming to the coat, and
now and then, when the wind blows, a glimpse of loose
knickers. She tells me that she's never had a man stare at
her since she appeared in the new livery, although women
have been curious about it and even critical of it. Women
have done all the staring to which she has been subjected.

"Within the store, many girls engaged in various special
employments, are dressed conveniently for their work, in
perfectly frank trousers. Among these are the girls who
operate the elevators. There is no compromise about it.
These girls wear absolutely trousers every working hour of
every working day in a great public store, in a great
crowded city, rubbing elbows (even touching trousered knees,
inevitably) with hundreds of men daily.

PLATE XXXIII

Madame Geraldine Farrar. The value of line was admirably
illustrated in the opera "Madame Butterfly" as seen this
winter at the Metropolitan Opera House. Have you chanced to
ask yourself why the outline of the individual members of
the chorus was so lacking in charm, and Madame Farrar's so
delightful? The great point is that in putting on her
kimono, Madame Farrar kept in mind the characteristic
silhouette of the Japanese woman as shown in Japanese art;
then she made a picture of herself, and one in harmony with
her Japanese setting. Which brings us back to the keynote of
our book--_Woman as Decoration_--beautiful _Line_.

[Illustration: _Sketched for "Woman as Decoration" by
Thelma Cudlipp_
_Mme. Geraldine Farrar in Japanese Costume as Madame Butterfly_]

"And they like it. They work better in the new uniforms than