New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
CGLD SNAP FILLS
PARIS THEATRES
Franco American Society
Deserts the Bots for
Indoor Entertaining.
ADMIRAL NICHOLSON
A GUEST OF HONOR
Maggie Teyte Defeated by Ouimet
on Chantilly Links by 5 Up
at the Sixteenth.
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Paris, May So.-A cold snap, with the
thermometer below 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
northerly winds and showers of rain and
hail interspersed with weird. feeting In
tervals of sunshine. cast wet blanket
this week on the open air entertainments
which are usually in full swing at this
time of the year. There was but small at
tendances al the races or at the luncheons
preceding them In the Bots de Boulogne.
Garden parties were replaced by indoor
waltzes, American one-steps and tangoes.
The theatres, on the other hand, are
having full houses. and dinner parties
reign supreme. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sheriff. gave a dinner to the American
Ambassador and Mrs. Herrick two days
ago. Among those present were Prince
Charoon, the Siamese Minister; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Allen. Miss Della Gurnee
and Consul General and Mrs. Thackara-
Undaunted by the weather. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thackara left Paris to-day for Blois,
whence they start on bicycle trip
through Touraine and the chateau coun-
try. Mrs Thackara, who is a daughter
of the late General Sherman. Is retain
ing her girlhood enthusiasm for the
wheel.
among other dinner entertainments this
week was ono given by Mrs. Peter Lar
sen. Among those present were MIS-.
Griswold Gray. Mrs. Burden. Mrs
Charles Stewart, Miss Stewart. Mrs.
Deming Jarvis. General and Mrs. Wins
low. Mrs. David Jayne Hill, Miss Hill,
Mrs. Draper Colburn and Mrs. Ernest
De Weerth.
Mrs. Charles Corbin has left Paris
for the Chateau do Ia Voliere- Mrs
Whitney Hofr has left for the Chateau
de Peyrieu, near Aix-les-Bain
Rear Admiral Nicholson. U. ). NJ re-
Gently in command of the Asiatic squau-
ron. was entertained, together with Al
fred Capus. of the French Academy, by
the American Club in Paris. Admiral
Nicholson leaves shortly for New YORK
James X. Hackett, the actor, Is here
TO portray his part Beaucaire. from Boom
Tarkington's novel, which is to be pro-
duced on moving picture films to be made
at Versailles, to obtain true historic
setting.
Antoine. ex-director Of the Odeon, while
making arrangements to go to Constan-
tinople to organize a conservatory or
dramatic art there, is leaving Paris 10
pass a week with his Friend Edmond
Rostrand at Cambo, in the Pyrenees
Miss Maggie Teyte, of the Boston
Opera Company. astounded her Paris and
professional colleagues yesterday by
playing a golf match with the champion
of two countries. On the same day she
sang lie Secret de Suzanne at the
Theatre des Champs Elysees. In the
morning Miss Teyte. with her husband
DIT. Eugene Plumon. and Francis Ouimet
motored to Chantilly. The match TOOK
place on the Chantilly links and re-
suited in a score OF five up in favor OF
Ouimet at the sixteenth hole. who gave
the heavy odds of a stroke and haf'
so the young American golfer retains
the amateur championship of France for
the present.
Miss Teyte was not in her best form
and said to Ouimet after the match that
there would be a different story to tell
II she would pay more attention 10 golf
and less to singing. In such case she
would keep tho very best players guess
ing.
Sarah Bernhard during her brief stay
on Thursday in Paris. where, owing to
the fact that repairs are now being
executed at her house, No. IS Boulevard
Pereire. she stopped at the studio Of
Georges Clairin, the painter. received
a few friends there and related with a
smile how the mishap to her ankle had
been caused. AS she put her foot on
the step OF her automobile she lost her
balance and knocked her already ailing
knee against the door with such violence
as almost TO wrench the knee from the
socket.
The ever divine Sarah is bright and in
good spirits One notices her temporary
tnfirnnity only as she rises to walk when
the right leg remains quite rigid. She
showed The Tribune correspondent her
automobile. which is a marvel Of COM
fort and convenience.
1T hate high speed" she said. II de-
light in rolling in leisurely fashion
, through the country, enjoying the seen
cry and the aspect Of the villages. 1 am
taking three days TO reach OAK, via Or
leans, Poitiers and Bordeaux. instead OF
a single day, as some OF your American
tourists do
The automobile in question is large
2O-horsepower limousine. with three book
shelves, a folding bed. elaborate silver
and ivory toilet articles, innumerable
cushions. a compact tea table and &C
cessories. Its owner calls 1t her travel
ling boudoir. 1t contains fetish medal
OF ST. Christopher to avoid accidents,
and her motto. "Quand Merae." After
undergoing treatment at OAK Nine. Bern
hardt will pass a month at her fortress
villa at Belle Isle, on the west coast.