The New York herald., 1922-01-01
is IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL -
American Group in Paris
at Brilliant Russian Ball
Among Those Giving Dinner Parties Before the Dance
Were Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont and Mr.
and Mrs. E. Berry Wall.
BY MAY BIRKHEAD.

| last Oh lnelr dinner parties IN turlS aS
they left the next day for the Riviera,
where they have taken the villa or the
Grand Duke Michel. the Villa Kasbeck,
at Cannes for the winter. They will be
there until Easter. when they will re-
turn to Athens to be with the Royal
| Greek family for the Easter holidays.
and expect to return to Paris early In
his Princess bride have given UP their
May. Her son, Mr.. w. b. Leeds. and
trip on board their houseboat through
the French canals because OF the bad
weather and low water, and have Joined
the Prince and Princess Christopher in
Cannes.
| Russian Women in Business.
To go back to the Russian ball, al
most half of the Russians present were
those who have gone into business in
Paris. There was the Princess Ourous-
Off, who is the wife Of the Naval Attache
Of the Russian Embassy in Rome. She
| has an ouvroir and makes embroidered
Russian biouses and chfldren's clothes
and thus makes her own living and
gives employment to several Russian
women who have children and can co
needle work at home. Another was the
Princess Schalsovskoy. whose husband
was assassinated by the Bolshevists
when he was aide de camp to the Grand
| Duke Nicholas. She has q shop In Ver-
sailles where Russian embroideries arc
sold and she gives employment to more
than 100 widows.
| Nine Glieboff Is another who has
shop and sells dolls and garments for
children. The Comtesse Bobrinsky, the
| daughter Of Prince Jean Troubetzkoy
| has an ouvroir and makes the most
beautiful lingerie. The Baroness de
| Grothus. the daughter OF M. Nekludoff,
who was the counselor of the Russian
Embassy in Paris before the war, sells
| jcllies and jams which she herself has
made Nine. Boutourline is still another
prominent Russian who has shop and
sells beautiful linens. Mile. de Rosen.
daughter OF the former Russian Am
| bassador to Washington, does paintings
on wood and sells them. Still others
who have shops or are In business are
Nine Hesse. Princess Viazemsky. Bar
oness Wrange. who Is related to the
famous Gen. Wrangel; Princess Olga
Lobanoff- Ro stovsky. or Lady Egerton,
all Of whom are In the dressmaking
business; Conltesses Elizabeth and
Sophie Schouvaloff. Princess Olga Trou-
betzltoy, Mn-e. Sacha Narischkine, Nine.
Doubasoff. Comtesse Arloff-Davidoff.
Mile. Gourko, daughter Of the Marshal.
In fact the list Of these Russians who
have lived in the greatest luxury and
now have practically nothing is almost
endless. They all took part in the bazaar
and were at the dance.
The ball will have its influences on
| the Paris modes, especially In the mat
ter Of headdresses. There were any
number OF the old high standing tiaras
set with emeralds. rubies and diamonds.
and they were exceedingly smart. Then
there were turbans made of lacquered
silver cloth and embroidered in dia-
monds. These were Russian. particu-
larly In shape. fitting closely to the head
and low on the brow and standing
rather high in front.
The Grand Duchess Marie wore a fat
roll of silver cloth draped around her
head and very low on her forehead
with a diamond cluster pinned on the
front. 1t matched perfectly her lac
quered silver lace gown worn over n
brilliant red slip. She often appears
with the Princess Christopher Of Greece
at the Ritz balls. and her Russian head
dresses always attract attention. She
wears another which forms a square
| frame for her face. 1t is made of three
fat pieces of silver cloth very richly en-
broidered In an ancient Russian design In
jewels of all colors. She wears one piece
which forms the top OF the frame fiat
! across her forehead. and the other two
nieces arc sewed to 1t at right angles and
are worn in front Of the ears. thus form
ing comrlete frame for the face. It Is a
style that is a bit extreme but very
smart.
Co1orfuI Gowns Worn.
Another feature of the bali in the
matter of dress was the briliiancy OF
~ -.
dresses at all. The brightes. red and
green velvets were most prominent and
lots Of silver lace. and with the craze
for jeweled embroidery the gowns were
all very handsome. Red velvet en-
bridered In steel or rhinestones was
the favorite combination. There were
sny number of Chanel dresses ~ silver
lace over bright colored slips and a new
model OF Jenny's. a red satin skirt with
gold lace bodice embroidered in little
| rubles. was popular.
There were several dinner parties at
the Ritz last night and there were at
least 500 dancing after dinner. The Per-
sian Minister Samad Khan. gave a din
ner for the Crown Prince Of Persia. The
| other guests we're the Belgian Aubas-
| sador and Baroness de Gaiff1cr dies
| trov. Drc and Drchesse de Gramont Due
and Duchesse de Montmorency. Nine
| Georges Kohn. Marquis and Marquise
| de Polgnac. vicomte and vicomtesse
| Curia'. Comte and Comtesse de Beau
mont. Due and Duchesse de- Broglie,
Frincesse de In Torr d'Avverhne. Mile.
| Gouin. M. NasroI-M Molk tie former JUS
tice of Persia. and NJ. GulbenkIan of the
| Persian Legation.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont gave a
dinner OF ten covers and Mrs. Henry VI.
Harjes entertained the Comtesse Gia-
rotti. Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Whitehorse
and Mrs Charles B. Alexander and Mr..
/ pnd Mrs John Ridgely Carter.