The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Mrs. 10 Davidson Opens New
Dressmaking Shop in Paris
American Woman Shows Changeable Gown, Which
Attracts Many Fashionable Buyers and
Promises Success for Venture.

with an adjustable overskirt to be worn
with jacket A model of this type
has a foundation dress of crepe georg-
cite, with velvet stripes of rich colors.
which can be worn as a dinner dress,
and over it Is worn a navy blue velvet
skirt which ties on as an apron, and
over that is a. velvet jacket. When
the mannequin enters she is dressed for
the street with her navy blue costume
trimmed in fur. When she removes her
jacket she appears 20 be dressed for a
tea party, with her blue velvet skirt
and bodice gay in color with tiny
stripes on crepe georgette When she
removes her skirt she Is ready for din
ner. Another model of this sort has the
under dress of printed crepe. with a
navy blue serge skirt tied around the
hips and left open up one side to let
! the crepe dress show and is then trans
formed into a street costume with the
addition OF a little Jacket trimmed in
! fur.
Many of the evening frocks are draped
from one shoulder. and wraps for eve
ming wear have draped sleeves or long
straight pieces which fall from the
shoulders and cover the arms in cape
fashion.
Fabric makers have been showing
their spring stuffs and they are So Won
derfully attractive that the dressmakers
seem to have suddenly taken on new
energy, and the designers predict that
there will be no more complaints in the
spring about the same. old styles that
have been shown for the last three
years. Rodier, who Is always spoken
of as the master weaver of the world
has outdone himself for the coming sea-
son. He says the new American tariff
has made expectation so unsatisfactory
! that he has been forced to make his
spring fabrics more attractive than ever
to make the importers feel that they
cannot do without them. He has Gre
ated many new crepes, and the crinkled
ard crushed tissues are further devel-
oped with embroideries and drawnwork
Kasha. which has been a great Rodier
speciality for several years. is made new
i'll a dozen different ways.
Mrs II. Ives Douglas. who has resided
in Paris for several years and Is promi-
nent in society of the American colony
in Paris, has been holding private ex-
hibitions OF objects of art which she has
collected in Italy during her travels. and
also French novelties OF every descrip-
ton, before she takes them to New York,
and women have been much interested in
her shows.
Mrs. Douglas is leaving next week for
New York and has arranged to have a
sale of her collection at the Plaza from
November 20 to December 1. She has
passed the summer and autumn in Italy.
where she has collected antiques in odd
pieees Of furniture. brocades. trays,
wooden boxes. candlesticks and old
Venetian glass. She has made a special
point of digging up old jewelry In the
small Italian shops, and her collection of
old earrings has attracted such inter-
aCt fy, ps.vse t6ot 81, lie !,
ing difficulty in keeping them for her
sale in New York Her French novel;
ties. which are not to be found in the
Paris shops, are also of particular in
terest. This is her first attempt at any
thing of the sort, and IL her sale proves
as much of success In New York as
it has in Paris she will probably devote
a part of each year in the future to col
lecting objects for such sales.
The Ritz dinner dance Sunday was
voted by society the end of a perfect
day. The races at Longchamps had at
tracted persons of society In the after.
noon. and the air had been so fine and
brisk that all were ready to have a
good dinner and dance. There were
more than 400 dining. Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Brokaw gave a party of four
teen covers. their guests including thu
Brazilian Ambassador to England and
Nine. da Cana and the latter's son.
Mrs. Morris Volck of New York. Miss
Barbara Brokaw. Miss Mathilde Coster.
Mrs. Henri Van Heukelon. Mr. Ran
dolph Mordecai, Comte de Sangro, NJ.
st. Just and NJ. Branca. Others en-
tertaining were Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Slade. Mrs. Benjam min Thaw. Mr.. WILL
lam Roche, Mr.. Charles G. Loeb. Mr..
Clair Irish, Mrs. John Black. Comte
Bon de st. Hilaire and Mr.. and Mrs.
Colitti.
Gen. Menocal, the President tf Cuba,
and Sra. Menocal were present with
a party OF friends. Mrs. Clarence Mil
hiser entertained in honor of the Prin-
cess of kapurthala and NJ. Jean-Gabriel
Domergue. the French painter. and
Nine. Domergue. The Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess Boris of Russia gave
a dinner party of ten covers. Mr.. and
Mrs. T. III. Mccarthy entertained Mrs.
Edgar Bright and her daughter. Miss
Eleanor Bright; Capt. George Evans
the Assistant Naval Attache of the
American Embassy in Paris; Mr. and
Mrs. John b. Robinson and their daugh-
ter. Miss Roslyn Robinson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Il. Mitchell entertained
party of seven.
Prince Loftallah was with friends, and
others noticed were Lady Victoria Bull