Art: Portraits a la Mode

From Paris came a report that Fashion has once again laid hold on Art. The account is that all fashionable women must have portraits of themselves, lifesize, hanging in their drawing rooms. It was recalled that Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt recently brought a portrait of this type to the U. S.

Not only must the portrait be lifesize, it must be done in a style conformable to the decoration of the woman's drawing room. If the drawing room is Louis XV period, so must be the picture. Since many drawing rooms are modern, with Oriental...

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