The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-09
ROTTERDAM BRINGS
FTLMY DRESS TALE
Milliner Says Paris Women,
Followed by Britons, Are
Verging on the Nude.
N0TABLEs ON STEAMER
Belgian Queens Attendant and
Swiss Mission Are
Among Arrivals.

AS varied a coterie Of notables as
ever arrived at the port Of New York in
that peaceful yet busy time before the
war was carried up the river yesterday
morning by the Holland-American liner
Rotterdam. which has spent the previous
night off Quarantine.
Among her 1913 passengers was a
Belgian lady In waiting to the Queen. q
Swiss industrial commission, the widow
and two children of a German subma-
rine officer. a grand opera singer. three
American officers, Supreme Court Jus
tice. a German steamship line offlcer. q
Belgian soldier and a Fifth avenue mil
liner.
Probably the most startling tale
brought home by any Of these voyagers
was that of the milliner, Charles Kurz-
man of SS5 Fifth avenue, who has been
in France and England looking over the
styles. His story was that costumes
are almost vanishing in France. Whether
or not France too Is experiencing a
warm spell in September could not be
learned.
Filmy Dress Crnse Spreads.
1.-THE lovely women Of France are GO
cut low both In front and back and are
of a decidedly filmy nature. This style,
he declared. is already catching on in
staid England. He predicted that 1t
would spread soon to the United States.
Countess Louise DUrsel of Brussels,
who Is lady In waiting to Queen Eliz-
abeth, also arrived to arrange for the
coming visit of the King and Queen OF
the Belgians, and to thank the people
of the United States for their aid to her
country during the war. For fifteen
months she did Red Cross work in the
Ypres sector and received the Belgian
Order OF Leopold in recognition of her
services.
Nine. Ernestine -Heink. the
singer. returned to this country after a
short visit to Europe. bringing with her
Mrs. Katie Schumann-Heink. the widow
of her son. who was killed while serving
On a German submarine. The younger
Nine. Schumann- Heink's two children.
Hans, 10, and Elsie. II, also were
brought over. 1t is understood that the
singer arranged in Washington for the
admission of the children to this com
try before leaving for Europe.
Nine. Schumann- Heink expressed her
gratitude for the kind treatment ac-
corded to her by Americans at The
Hague. Concerning her son he said:
HE died for what he thought was
right, but, thank God, he was not
commanding officer"
Other sons of the singer served In tbs
American forces.
Swiss Economic Mission Comes.
Col. Arnold Spychiger, with PIT dele
gates of the Swiss Mission for Economic
Studies In North America, also ar
rived on the Rotterdam. The mission
includes among its members experts on
general industrial conditions, machinery.
textile conditions, technical and CONNER
ctal subjects and scientific matters. The
delegates will visit Eastern and middle
Western cities In a four weeks tour.
This is the first organized move TO
establish trade relations between Amert-
can manufacturers and Swiss Importers
The headquarters Of the commission are
in room 2312. Woolworth Building. Here
American business men will be met
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brar-
deis. who has been In Palestine, France
and England in the interests of tho
Zionist movement, also returned on the
Rotterdam. Justice Brandeis would sa,
nothing "just now about his trip. An
other passenger was ]. p. Meyer OF the
Hamburg American Line.