Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
SPECIAL COURTES|ES
TO Mr.. AND MRS. SAyRE
Presidents Daughter and Husband
Recipients Of Attention in
Paris Society.
Special cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
PARIS, January 11.-When Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre embarked
on the Majestic at Cherbourg Wed
nesday, after six days of sightseeinG
in Paris. they left behind a long line
of disappointed hostesses who. when
il was originally announced that th.
young people would remain here tno
or three weeks. had fully made up
their minds that they would be able 10
entertain President Wilson's daughter.
Beyond figuring as the guests CT
honor at a few diplomatic dinners.
however. the Sayres steered clear OF
American society here. devoting most
OF their time TO seeing the sights. They
were almost entirely in the hands or
Maj. Spencer Cosby, the new military
attache of the Paris embassy, and his
wife.
Message to President Wilson.
When Ambassador Herrick presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre to President Poin-
care Tuesday, the president expressed
his keen regret that the couple were
unable to accept an invitation TO dine
with him. He Entrusted to Mrs. sayre
q message of personal greeting to her
father
This gracious little action of Pres!-
dent Poincare has immensely pleased
the French people, who have manifest
ed the deepest interest in the move
ments OF the White House honey
mooners, to which an unusual amount
or space has been allotted by the
French newspapers.
Ambassador and Mrs Herrick gave
luncheon Monday for the Sayres ri
which Mrs. Howe. sister of President
Wilson. and her daughter, Mrs. Cath
ron, and few others were present
me follwing night, at dinner. Mr..
ana Mrs. Sayre met the embassy staffs.
New Colors and Fabrics.
The dress fabrics for next summer
are now being designed. Sweet pea"
tints are to have great popularity
They reproduce exactly the delicate
shades of the flower.
A refinement upon these shades is a
new color known as "Nacrine." into
which a suggestion of silvery white
has been introduced that gives
mother-of-pearl effect. The fabric it.
self is like light velvet corduroy
with fine gauze back.
Chutedo. a name derived from the
French for waterfall. is a pale blue
fabric with silvery white tint, which
has about 1t. when moved, a sugges-
ton of falling water
II Is now ueHnltely Announcer that
Alexander NJ. Thackara of Philadelphia
will arrive Sunday to take over his con-
sular duties Monday. Frank Mason. the
present consul, will remain a few days
printing him for current business.
Two indispensable social lions have con-
quered the American colony here. They
are Prince Antoine of Orleans and Bril-
ganZa, and the Infante Luis Ferdinand
the son of Princess Eulalia OF SPAIN No
American hostess this winter is sending
out invitations unless she is assured be-
forehand of the presence of these two
princelings.
They were the principal guests this
week at a tango tea given by Mrs
Vaughan Siegel. where they met Princess
Michel Murat. the Duchess de la Roche
faucauld (nee MitchelD. Mrs. Ferdinand
Blumenthal and Mrs. Marco lin Singer
Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesant. who re-
Gently lived In New York. has been study
ing in Chantilly, but has now returned
to Paris and is again entertaining at her
beautiful mansion.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond OF
Boston and Washington arrived In Paris
Thursday. Mr.. Hammond told your cor
respondent that they would stay here q
few days and then go to London. after
ward going to Rome. to remain three
weeks. Il am over solely for the rest,
he said.