The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-30
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News Service)
Paris, Jan. 30.--N is quite the
proper thing here to go skating In
the Palais Glace in the Champs Ely
sees. but very proper people go there
only between four and six in the af-
ternoon. Those people are quite or
binary tailor made people who look
rich. but not bit fascinating or
smart. AT six o'clock sharp they dis
appear as il by magic. Then the Pal
ais Glace becomes very gay and jolly
and pretty women come in by the
score.
was there last night. after six of
course. and enjoyed myself very
much because l saw lots of postal
card-tea-at Rumpelmayer beauties
quite close and any number of beauti-
full actresses. to say nothing of a
crowd of American girls.
Lame de Lancy was skating beauti-
fully between two green-coated astra-
Kidnapped professors recognized
her at once. because of the photo l so
often see OF her in fashion periodi-
calls. and in her pictures she looks
charming. In real life you see too
much paint about the picture: but she
is very pretty all the same.
/ had tea at one OF the little tables
on the edge of the ice rink 1t was
very exciting because from time to
time beginner would come sailing
straight at the part OF the balustrade
in front of our table and fall with q
uo an aud M oovcusa1 v,o3o prd hum, :,
that sent teacups and toast flying 1t
amused me. but when the same acct
dent happened for the third time, l
thought it time to be going. We left
Just as the slim-waisted POlaire came
frothing in. She was busy explaining
to two or three boys who were with
her that "she wasn't the woman she
appears to be-"
Now is the season for fancy dress
balls. custom which is having a re-
crudenscence of popularity In Paris.
A very pretty ball heard great deal
OF the other day was the result Of a
sort of sumptuary order by the host
ess that only simple materials were
to be used. elaborate and costly orna-
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other hand. all the quests were to car
ry out amusing tricks in keeping with
the costumes they wore. The guests
showed great deal Of ingenuity, and
the thing was an immense success.
Thus a couple OF babies sat In a cor
ner playing with dolls half the time,
while there was wild dance by two
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a blackened face, fortune telling by
magicians and palmists, got up to rep
resent the character. and other diver
sions. Perhaps the most successful
event of the evening was a swoop on
the supper table by party OF scream
ing Indians armed with tomahawks,
who carried 1t on, but luckily only to
reappear shortly after. Many host
esses nowadays suggest the costumes
their guests shall wear, which ensures
harmony and diversity avoiding the
too frequent repetition of the same
idea. But this also sometimes re
quires guests to exercise an amount
of thinking and ingenuity which is
not at all times quite welcome. One
lady is arranging ball for the next
few days, at which her guests are to
represent the stations of the Metro.
politan railroad. I fear there will be
some headaches in puzzling out this
command.
A chapel in the department Of the
Observation-Disclosures. called Notre Dame
du Plantin, has just been dedicated
- ov{o%nru and a rn0aol oWary - <1.Su
new "Notre Dame" is going to be
struck and distributed to all flyers
who ask for it. 1t is curious com
mentary upon our human weakness
that the adopts in this newest science
or sport, who seem to brave every.
thing. are really rather superstitious
persons Santos Dumont attributes
his Immunity from accidents to a
medal Of st. Benoit, presented to him
by Comtesse d'Eu, which he wears on
bracelet. Edmond Foillot always
carries about with him four-leafed
clover, and is very fond of horse.
shoes, which he collects. Tabuteau,
who holds several records, believes,
like Monte Carlo gambler, the mum.
Der twenty-eight is favorable to him.
while poor Delagrange. who met his
death at Bordeaux. had passion for
the figure 13--for no other reason ap-
parently than that he was born on
March Is, 1873.
Are we to return to the .sbeaux
jours" of the Precieuses. speaking
Greek and Latin? The young French
ladies of today are dreaming of their
baccalaureate that is to say, OF the en-