The New York herald., 1922-06-25

tesse Charles de Marenches, DR.. Paul
| Van Dyke, Mrs. Harry 3. Cullen, Miss
Belle Skinner. Mrs. Laurence c. Brown,
Mr.. Charles T. Green. Mr. and Mrs.
! Charles Prince. Mr.. and Mrs Elmer
Roberts and Dean and Mrs. Frederick
W. Beekman.
Americans mt the Acacias.
After all of these dinner parties the
guests went TO the Acacias. There has
been an unusual number of prominent
Americans dancing there for the last
few nights, among them Brig. Gen. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Vincent Astor,
DIR. and Mrs. Parmely w. Herrick, Mr..
William K. Vanderbilt. Mrs William
Potter, Mr.. Otto H. Kahn, Mr. Alexan-
der Smith Cochran. Miss Elsie de Wolfe
Mr. Allfster II. Mccormack, Miss Mary
Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Field Ma
| lone. An incident which amused the
Americans, and was much commented
upon as fashion feature. was the
wearing of gloves by Mys Frederick c.
Havemeyer while dancing with Georges
Carpenter. Gloves in the evening these
days are never passed without COM
ment for Parisians have not considered
them fashionable, so the combination OF
gloves. and Carpenter naturally could
not go unnoticed. Others present were
viz - anu DUhc <AlcAdllutT Oh fSUeSld
the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
Boris of Russia, Principessa Rospigliosi
Cnee Stallo). and her sister. Princesse
Michel Murat; Mr.. and Mrs H. s.
Lehr. Mr. and Mrs Honore Palmer
Comtesse Ginoux de Fermon. Comte and
Comtesse Andre de Limur. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. Mason Day, Mr.. Preston Glib
son, Princess Stanislas Poniatowska and
Mr.. Mortimer Singer
a RAl
was Heifetz. the famous violinist and
near him at another .sAle was Miss
Anna Pavlowa with others from the
Russian Ballet, and-trere were familiar
MN stars, Misses Fanny Ward and
Marion Davies, Irene Castle and her
husband. Mr. Tremaine. Mr.. Irving
Berlin and Hazard Short were also
noticed.
Crowds at the Races
All of these people who dance by
night are passing their days at the
races. With the opening of the season
at Chantilly racegoers turned out by the
thousands. There were unexpected COM
pensations for the turf enthusiasts with
the coveted PriX de Diane being cap
tured by 40 to / shot. Though the
much exploited display as far as the
picturesque beauty was concerned was
Tor below the level, the sport in every
race was far above the ordinary.
The opening day at the Chantiliy race
course has long been considered by
racegoers one of the biggest days of the
season, and this year was no exception.
All those interested in the turf were
present. and the perfect weather drew
several thousand more who merely
wanted the outing. In years gone by
Chantilly on the opening day was the
very last word In the matter of fash
ion. The smartest of the Parisiennes
went because 1t was the fashion and It
vas not until that date that the dress
makers showed their midsummer models.
For weeks beforehand women talked of
what they should wear at Chantilly and
no woman dared to appear without a
| new frock. Those days seem to have
gone never to return, and while the
opening this year was no exception to
the rule of prewar days in the real in
terest taken in the racing, it was a de-
cided exception to the Chantilly rule in
| the matter of fashion.
To make long story short, il was a
complete failure as fashion display.
| There was nothing new to be seen
either In dresses or hats, and there were
| too many black wraps worn to make
the picture even one of color and charm.
| There were a few lace dresses to be
noted. and an occasional lace cape. and
some two or three organdie froclNs which
were pretty in the sunshine. but the
great majority wore commonplace blue
OF black serges or brown capes, many
/ OF which were smart enough when
studied in detail but added little to the
general picture. And there were a few
smart foulards but they were too often
covered with black crepe capes.
There were more than sprinkling of
Americans present. many OF whom were
noticed having lunch at the Grand Hotel
Conde, but they were not so conspicuous
by their numbers as they usually are at
Longchamrs. Mr.. Hugh Campbell WAL
lace. the former American Ambassador,
was noticed chatting with Lord Derby.
and others present were Mr.. and
| Mrs. BENJAMIN Blumenthal, Mr.. ana
| Mrs. John King. Mr.. and Mrs. John
| r. Drexel. Mr.. w. Hude Nelson. Mr.
Frank Hitchcock. Mr.. Fred Hosy.
Rrig.-Gen. Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs
A. K Macomber' Mr.. and Mrs. e.
Berry Wall, Mr.. Louis Sherry. Mrs.
Grace Travers, Mr.. Charles Chaplin, Ma
Jor and Mrs. Dudley Gilroy who have
Just returned from England, where they
attended the Derby. and Mr. and Mrs
Clement Hobson, who also returned from
England only in time to be present at
Chantilly.
others were Mr.. Henry G. Hasklns.
Mrs. George Harder, Mr. and Mrs. Car
los Mayer, Mrs. Bates Batcheller. Prin-
cess Rospigliosi, Baron and Baronne de
villiers du Terrage. the Misses Cornelia
and Eleanor O'Connor. Mr.. Lestrade
Brown, Nine de Sincay. Lady Michel
ham. Mr. Middleton, Lady Sarah Wilson.
Capt. and Mrs. Y. X. Madison. Mr.. and
Mrs. Belmont, Comte and Comtesse
Henri de Beaurepaire (she was Mre.
/ Ferris Thompson). The American stage
! was represented by Mr.. and Mrs Gran
/ ger (Justine Johnson), Miss June Day.
Miss Marion Davies and Miss Nina
/ Peyne.
| Among others in the tribune were
| princesse Murat. Duchesse de Doudeau-
vile. Nine Ephrussi. M. and Nine Ed
kar Stern, Duo and Duchesse Decazes,
Baron Maurice de Rothschild. Baron and
/ Baronne Henri de Rothschild.