The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-13
GAY IHRONGS
Leave PARIS
Watering Places Mecca Of the
Fashionables, and City
Is Deserted.
AMERICANS HOLD FETES
Many Visitors from States at French
Summer Resorts-Stoses
Have Bargains.
AMERICANS HOLD FETES
Special Cab. to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris. July 12.-Paris has changed in
the last few days. and, indeed, no longer
seems to be the gay city Of the recent
"grande senaine" All who can get away
are busy packing, ordering motor cars,
or speeding on the road to summer
haunts. Soon 1t will seem a shame to
many persons to be seen here.
The French do everything by rule and
measure. From July until September
they throng the watering places; in No
vember they light up their stoves: in
May and June they patronize the race
tracks. So, Paris just now has lonely
air.
The stores are full Of bargain counter
offerings and the theaters are announc-
ing their summer bills. but the fashion
ables have scattered to Vichy. Aix-les-
Bains. Dieppe, Luchon, and a dozen
other places. while the humber folks
are straining every nerve to get off to
the minor pleasure spots in Normandy
or Picardy.
Lowell Guest of Homer.
The guest Of honor here this week has
been President Lowell, Of Harvard. who
has been entertained both publicly and
privately with Mrs. Lowell. He was con-
Quoted to the School of Political Sciences,
interest. Some of the most prominent
men in France. among them distinguished
statesmen. lawyers. writer's. and DRAM
atists. were asked to meet him at a
dinner and reception given by James II.
Hyde. The next evening DR.. Lowell was
the center of a similar gathering at the
residence OF the vice rector Of the Acad-
envy OF Paris.
Henry Hadley, the American composer.
sailed on the Imperator, taking with
him the manuscript of his light opera.
"Seraphica." The libretto. by G. X.
Stevens. OF Boston, is founded on Justice
McCarty's novel. The scenes are laid in
Brittany and Versailles in the time of
Louis XIV.
The Duchess of Duces presided at a
fete given this week at the Lyceum Club
in aid of a charity known as THE
French Needle The purpose of the
charity Is to provide needy seamstresses
with clothing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald White gave a
brilliant housewarming in their charming
mansion in the Avenue de Segor. After
dinner the hostess sang some Czech mel
odies. and Mrs. Cassell danced the very
latest dance to the accompaniment of 4
negro orchestra Another feature of the
housewarming was a tango competition,
at which the Duchess de la Rochefou-
cauld. formerly Miss Mitchell. of Cali
fornia, was awarded the second prize.
Among the guests were the Prince LOUIS
d 'Orleans, the American Ambassador and
Mrs. Herrick. Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Carroll. Of Carrollton.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Prince
Troubetzkoy, and the Marquis D'Argen-
son.
Miss Whitehead weds.
The marriage Of Miss Dorothy White
formerly of Cleveland, to Basil ]. Will
Jams. of the London Stock Exchange,
will take place about the end Of July in
Paris. Mr.. Williams earned fame as an
amateur skater after a tour in Southern
France.
Princess di Stigliano Colonna, daughter
Of Mrs. John W. MacKay. is leaving
Paris for Santa Margarita- Miss Nina
Gillette is returning home to Illinois.
Countess Jacques Daramon (nee Fischer
was among the guests at a recent mus!-
Gale and tea given by Mrs. John Bali.
Mrs. Marcelin Singer, Miss Singer. and
the Princess Ghika also were present
Mrs. Frederick Sherman's guests at
her latest dance included the American
Ambassador and Mrs Herrick. Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, Mrs. Monro, Mrs. John Fos-
ter, and Prince Pallavicini.
Mr.. and Mrs William Blumenthal will
take up their summer residence next
week at the Chateau de Valfory. Mrs
Peter Martin has been entertaining the
Duchess Antoinette, Of Mecklenbu-g-
Schwerin.
Mr.. and Mrs John A. Lynch, Of New