Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-18
Partisan Society Thinks it
Pretty Good for Summer.
THE GREEK FESTIVAL
DRESSED FOR THE PART AND ACT
ING 1T, TOO.
Whole Assemblage Was Posed After
Ideals-Money' Worth In
Culture.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

self in a Greek costume OF the age Oh teil-
cleS
The classical Greeks dressed for comfort
In a hot summer climate. The guests at
the Greek festival, which has just stirred
all high Partisan society," dressed the same
way for once, because costume vigorously
antique Creek was engraved on each card
of invitation. Besides feeling very com
Portable for one night only, therefore
twenty-five of our American girls in Paris,
with a scattering of their mothers, felt
that they were getting culture for their
money.
Really, nothing SO reposefully beautiful
has ever before been experienced by Paris
ian society. There We're reasons Tor II. In
the first place, Madame Madeleine Lemalre,
the giver of the feast, is not only grande
dame, but also a celebrated painter, whose
works (Which she does not hesitate to selD
bring high prices. Living In the district OF
the Pare Monceau, the Quarter of Art
and Money" she in herself and in her So
cial set sums up that motto.
Money was not spared at the Greek fes-
tival Art present visibly not only in
the decorations, but in a section of
the guests including Mile. Bartet, Pierre
Sardou, little Mile. Porel, ReynaldO Hahn,
Mile. Calve, Edouard Detaille Madame
Maurice Bernhard, the painter Madrazo,
the novelist Bordeaux and the beautiful
Madame CanderaX, wife of the editor of the
interior decorations and the costumes, but
also the posing of the whole assemblage
soon came to be highly classical and most
improving. Here, l say, is where our girls
got something for their money.
The Countess Boni de Castellane, who
just two years aso at Versailles, in a very
similar yet different costume fete, appeared
extremely well-dreSsed Vatican
shepherdess. here did the part of one of the
high priestesses of Diana. Two pretty and
accomplished American girls, long time
abroad, Miss Eustis and her sister, Madame
kinen, sang Greek songs as priesteSses of
Eros Cupid (whose Greek name is Eros)
was posed by young Guy de Castellane.
This international little boy, who won the
1oo-yard handicap fiat race for boys and
girls under twelve at the recent children S
fete a Bagatelle, has been making himseuf
rather prominent in society Of late. In
deed, it is a question whether he little
Clarkson-Potter, who went up with Santos
Dumont in his airship, has the greater
reputation at this hour You're not
afraid?" asked Santos Not bit" said
ClarksOn-POtter. Neither was young Guy
de Castellane afraid to stand in pink tights
on the pedestal as Eros. His right name
is Jay Gould de Castellane, but Guy is
Castellane name and sounds more arts
tocratic.
Crowned With Roses.
You did not see the ceiling at the Greek
festival. Instead like silks of pale tints
futtered overhead. Instead of their coro-
nets as countesses and marquises our girls
and the Others wore crowns of roses
champagne corks dld not pop at the sup
per tables. Instead the amber. sparkling
wine was poured from classical amphoras
Dugs) And instead OF piquant, salty
hors-d oeuFres' the least began with money
cakes and thick. sweet iqueurS.
Flowers ana floWeFlns shrubs We're every
where. on the back porch did not
see Venus emerging with young man
from amid the oleanders? Pygmalion chat
tod ,lslf. an ball Daygc
offered pnk-shouldcred Helen red apple
rlsht before US In the moonlight Endy-
mlon slept aroung the corner until two
bright girls, thinking he had posed enough,
let honey-cake crumbs fall on his classic
features
Meanwhile nine muses. lmproVlsed con-
cert ana SPOKE pieces
for ten days bel"rehahd there was tax
OF 'Ifeek draIelles ana now they would
look on the modern woman
Madame taifolI granddaughter OF the
HISTORIAN bahciolp IS gong on as MIN
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ne NointeSSe 'hahd"n dc Brallles miss
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Ana the 'ointcsse y. Is surely going
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a tieatical coStuhef OF "oIid"lue ce
lebrlty agreed TO jop the eruditloh OF IL
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