The New York herald., 1921-08-28

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PARIS, Aug. 4.
A LTHOUGH the seaside and
a mountain resorts seem filed to
overfowtng with Americans.
Paris Is by no means deserted. On,
can not visit the shops or any of the
restaurants without meeting Ameri-
cans either coming from or going to
some of the summer resorts. And II
is particularly evident at the Ritz
Hotel and also the Hotel de Crillon
that Paris is the clearing house for all
Americans In Europe. Dinard, Deau-
vile and lie Touquet are the three re-
sorts on the Channel most frequented
by Americans. and there is scarcely a
minute during the day or night that
the roads leading from Paris to any
one of these three seaside resorts have
not a continuous chain of American
automobiles. The roads to Aix-les-
Bains and Vichy seem equally popu-
lar, so Paris gets the travellers going
and coming, and no sooner is an
American noted In the columns of the
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as being in AK than he turns up In
Deauville, so the correspondent who
has the task of mirroring the doings
of the Americans in France for the
moment has his hands full
Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne.
the wife of the Belgian Ambassador TO
Washington, is among the Americans
who have been in and out of Paris maxi
ing weekend trips to the seaside re-
sorts. She was In Houlgate last week,
and Is spending this weekend with Miss
Elsie de Wolfe at her villa in Versailles.
She was lunching yesterday at the Ritz
with Mrs. William Coster. who has just
returned from Deauville, where her
daughter, Miss Matilda Coster. has been
identified with the younger American
set which has been helping to make the
Calvados resort the gayest spot on the
Normandy coast.
Miss de Wolfe was lunching at the
Ritz the same day with Mrs. Allen Gros-
venor Wellman and was telling friends
that she was closing her villa In Ver-
sailles on August IL and going to Deau-
vile for the remainder of the summer.
She and several other Americans will be
the guests OF Mr.. Ogden Goldman at his
villa in Deauvile.
Americans mt the Ritz.
Others who were at the Ritz were Mr..
and Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop. who
have just returned from Brittany and
are off again to the Rhone Valley and
Switzerland. Mr.. Harry S. Black was
being greeted upon his return from
vichy and saying good-by before going
TO Deauville Miss Virginia Latrobe of
Baltimore, who has Just returned from
Deauville, was lunching with Mr.. Ran
dolph Mordecai and planning to be away
again.
Mr.. and Mrs Morris Volck of New
York were among the newcomers. They
had Just arrived from London to be here
for a few days before proceeding TO
Chatel-Guyon where Mrs Volck VIII
take the cure. Mr.. Volcks mother, Mme
Donnicio da Cana, Brazilian Ambassa-
dor to the Court of st. Jamess, arrived
the next day and left Immediately for
Royat to take the cure. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. de Long were saying good-by to
friends before going to Dinard. Mr..
Cole Porter, composer, who has been
passing some time on the Riviera, was
with friends. He expects to be In
France until October and will pass much
that time on the Riviera, where he
SAYS the heat has not been as severe dur
Ing the summer as in Paris.
others who had just arrived at the
Ritz and were passing on to the resorts
ware Mrs. william J. Croker and her
daughter, Comtesse Andre de Limur,
with Mrs Crokers sister. Princess
Poniatowska: Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus
DAILY, Mrs. william Disston and Mrs.
John Black. Mrs. J. Cameron Hawkins.
who is the daughter of Senator Owens.
was with friends.
The King and Queen OF Rumania have
been interesting guests at the Ritz for the
last week, especially to Americans as
they have many American friends and
are always most gracious about receiv-
ing them Thsy gave farewell dinner
In honor OF Prince and Princess Chris
topher OF Greece formerly Mrs. w. B.
Leeds) the night before their departure
for Aix-les- Bains. 1t was the first ap-
pearanos OF the Princess at any func-
ton approaching q social event since
her Illness. The King gave a stag din
ner the next night at which Mr.. Will
lam Nelson Cromwell was the guest OF
honor Mr.. Cromwell has been a great
friend OF Rumania with his charity or
ganiaztions. and the Rumanian sover-
eigns have shown him a warm appre-
citation OF that fact.
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