The New York herald., 1922-07-09
Persian and Venetian Modes
Seen at Paris Race Courses
Week of 'Grande Semaine' Sees Early Summer Fash
ions in Full Bloom-Many Widely Known
Americans at Auteuil and Longchamps.

| emproloereu IN Herslan designs were
| to be noted.
The Grand Hurdle was run wednes-
day at Auteuil. and 1t was the first day
of the season that could be called really
smart. In fact everything was perfect
| except the racing. The weather was
rot too chilly, the attendance was not
| SO great that one was uncomfortable,
and as fashion display, ono heard on
all sides that Parisiennes were as beau
tifully dressed as they were before the
war. Smart costumes were SO numerous
and there were SO many pretty women
wearing them that the men considered
| the day entirely worth while. even If 1t
was a bad day for favorites. Despite
| the fact that there was good number
| of foreigners present the attendance was
| typically French, and one did not have
| the impression that there were thou
sands of dressmakers and their models
| promenading and making the display
seem commercial.
Beautiful organdie and embroidered
cotton dresses were frequent and the
Persian foulards added much to the pic
ture as far as color was concerned. and
the beauty Of 1t all was that they were
worn by fashionable women. While
mauve and white were the favored col
| ors, the new features were in Persian
and Venetian effects. Nile. Jane Re-
nouardt. who wore the smart Persian
foulard dress that attracted the most at
| tention last Sunday. again was entitled
to the blue ribbon for her smart organ
| die frock. She was indeed a picture In
a dainty frock of mauve orgnEdie made
| with a very full long skirt Of the Vic
torian type and dark blue hat trimmed
with pinkish mauve roses.
There was another mauve frock OF
this type that attracted almost as much
attention when the wearer carried with
1t cane headed by a doll dressed In a
frock which was an exact duplicate OF
her own. Cameras were swapping wher-
ever she went. White crepe de chine
frocks worn with short white capes
and big sunshine picture hats were nu-
merous, and there were any number Of
cotton dresses emboidered in the bright
est Of colors. One smart little Partisan
actress wore a white linen frock en-
broidered In red flowers. Her hat was
made of the same embroidered fabric
and lined with red and she wo 'e a short
red crepe de chine cape and carried red
parasol. Another pretty summer frock
was old blue embroidered all over in
beige, and there We're many white cot
tons embroidered In mauve and yellow.
Colors supplantfng Deadly Black.
For the first time this season one
was not conscious of too much black
being worm. Quilted cotton frocks were
numerous, and again the Jackets and
dresses made Of old Indian cashmere
were striking feature These Persian
and Indian embroidery and designs are
extending to the millinery. One Of the
smartest hats seen yesterday was silk
hat embroidered In Persian design.
with each figure Of the design in diff
ferent color and outlined by fine Tuscan
straw. 1t was q work of art In its en-
broidery alone, and until closely exam
ined 1t might appear to be a handsome
metal brocade. Another hat that was
decidedly Oriental in it's effect was en-
broidered all over in little gold disks
and geld thread. Metal brocade hats
be new feature for the autumn. Mime.
Charron wore pretty costume at the
Hurdle-white muslin embroidered In
gold-and with 1t big hat of gold bro
cade.
Among those interested in the racing
noticed during the afternoon were Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Lewis Biddle of
Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Drexel. Mr.. w. Hude Nelson, Mr.. and
Yrs. j. Addison Goetz, Mr.. Joseph e.
Widener, vice-chairman of the American
Richard and Mrs. Norton. Mrs. Theodore
Marburg, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin,
Mr.. Frank Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs. e.
Berry Wall. Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Ma
comber. Mr.. and Mrs. Francois Dupre,
Mrs. II. B. Duryea, Mr.. II. Cleaves
Dodge, Capt. and Mrs. q. X. Madison,
Baron and Baronne Robert de Foucau-
court, Mr.. Frederick II. Allen. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Cohn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clement Hobson, Major and Mrs. Dudley
Gilroy. Mrs. Virgil Neal, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Van Heukelom. Mr. Splitter OF
Toledo, Baronne de Neuffze (nee Bar
bey), Comte and Comtesse Henri de
Beaurepaire (formerly Mrs. Ferris
Thompson), Comtesse de Jumilhac. Miss
Cornelia Ormsby Mr. William Middle
ton, Mrs. l.. Randolph, Mrs. Irene Castle
fireman. Mrs. Huntington Wilson. Mrs.
Alexander MacISay. Mrs. Conrad Peters,
Comtesse Ginoux de Fermon. Mrs. Gift
ford Cochran, Mr.. Preston Gibson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard owen.
Gala Fete on ''DraE Day"
The last but one outstanding event of
the great Paris racing week took place
yesterday at Auteuil on "Drag Day."
Friday on the Grande Semafne program
has always been set apart for the Prix
des Drags, and IL the Grand Prix at
Longchamps attracts the biggest crowds.
the Drag meeting Is usually regarded
as the society gathering par excellence.
where smart clothes are the rule rather
than the exception. and the latest fash
ion models are lavishly displayed. The
Prix des Drags takes its name from the
coaches, or "drags," as the French
call them. which lend an unusually pic
turesque touch to the race course. In
these mechanical days It is only the few
who think of discarding the automo-
bile to betake themselves to the races,
but as each Grande Semaine Friday
comes around n number of oldtime en-
thusiasts are always found to uphold
the more ancient means OF locomotion.
The coaches meet In the Place de In
Concorde early in the afternoon and
drive through the Champs Elysees by
the Etoile and on through the Bois.
The drive Is more OF a parade than
anything else and rs always watched
with keen interest by Partisan crowds,
for besides the vehicles and the horses
there Is the further attraction OF pret-
tily dressed women on the box seats.
The number OF coaches which took part
In this ceremonial drive yesterday was
seven. Last year there were six, all
of which were driven by French race
enthusiasts.
Americans helped In swelling the
crowds on this most interesting OF all