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."