The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Society in Paris Engrossed
in Russian Charity Fetes
Other Events Also Influenced in Tone by Colony Of
| Noted Refugees-Fewer Americans at Ritz
r Dances, Which Attract Large Attendance

de Faucigny Lucinge, Comte de Sillac.
Col. Philippe Buneau-Varilla. Mrs. Ar
thur Vincent. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Con-
verse, Mrs. Hawkin Cross, Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Lehman, Mr.. Sidney Stern. Bar
onne de Puget, Mr.. c. S. Gulbenkian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis Cohn. Col.
@. Creighton Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellie
Joseph, Nine. Lowenstein. Mr.. James
Winslow. the Aga Khan and Lady CO.
ventry. t.
Tea parties ana luncheons have been
numerous for the last week at the Union
Interalliee. Wednesday Is always the
most popular day OF the week. Mrs.
Frederic Shearer this week had as her
guests Mrs. r. w. Paine, Mrs. c. W..
Adams. Miss Virginia Pegran. Mrs.
Pendleton Beclley. Miss A. Hope and
Nine. Cordiar. Mrs Ernest Carter en-
tertained Mrs. Benjamin Thaw. Mrs.
Laurence Slade and Mrs. Marshall
Clyde.
Mrs James Walker had as her guests
Miss Elizabeth Hayes. Miss Florence
Hobson, Mrs. Laurence v. Benet and
Mrs Wayne Sewall. Mrs. A. Kingsley
Macomber entertained Mrs Harry Ma
comber and Miss Maud O'Connor. Mrs.
Samuel Nave entertained In honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sturgis of Boston. Mrs.
Randolph H. Miner. wife Of Commander
Miner, u. s. N. had as her guests Mrs
w. Darlington. Mrs. lie Grand Benedict.
Mrs, w. III. Ross, Mrs. Elmer Roberts.
Mrs. B. s. Brunsing and Mrs. Robert
Wright. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Per-
kins entertained Mime. Godsol, Mr.. How
ard Wilcox and Baronne de Lennep.
Mrs Gilbert Jones had as her guests
Mrs. Wayne Cuyler. Mrs. Francis Shaw.
and Mrs. Moyston. Others present were
Mrs. Wilson Morris, Comtesse de Benis,
Mrs. Bellyard Leake, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. N.
Herzog, Nine. s. de Jonge. Nine. Ed
mond Coignet, Nine. Albert Darthe Mrs
II. Berry Wall. Mrs. Reginald Robbins.
Mrs. Clarkson Potter, Comte and Com
tesse Bottar Costa, Comtesse dc Clen-
champ, Mrs. j. C Bullwinkle. Miss Flora
Russell, Mrs. j. Russell and Comte de
Glorietta.
Dressmakers are complaining that
business has not been good but pros
poets for the next few weeks are more
encouraging. Foreign buyers for the ad-
vance spring season have commenced to
arrive and several dressmakers have
shown complete collections Of demi-sea-
son models, which indicate the trend Of
the spring styles. Jenny displayed a
collection of about fifty new models for
the foreign buyers on Friday. Bechofc
also had an opening on Friday showing
advance spring models.
According to Jenny the spring will
bring out the skirt of many godets a
further development, and at the same
time a modification of the circular move
ment which was launched in the August
displays Draperies of various sorts
will continue feature of the spring
styles but even with the godets, circular
tendencies and draperies, the silhouette
can still be called straight. The new
Bechoff models are not so pronounced In
any particular style feature, but all have
new suggestions and are very wearable
Despite the fact that the dressmaking
establishments have not found business
conditions of the best during the au-
tumn. the model houses, that Is those
which have dresses ready to wear, are
always more or less animated. These
establishments sell not only the models
OF the previous season from the leading
oressmakers. but many of their own de-
sign. During the summer season the
tourists create a demand for ready-to-
wear dresses, and as soon as the tour
lists leave In the autumn they are re-
placed by the schoolgirls, who are, of
course. not so numerous as the tourists
out who are assisting in the DEVELOPMENT
or ready y-to-wear clothes in France.
Mrs. Seth Barton French closed her
Paris apartment not long ago and
went to open her beautiful little villa
at Villafranche and Is finding life anv-
thing but dull. Princess Alexis Kara
georgevitch, the widow of the Serbian
Frince, who was, long before her mar.
rage before the war, prominent as Mrs
Huger Pratt in American society In
raris, left this week to open her
nasnincent villa In Cannes. Princess
harageorgevitch owns one Of the most
peautirul properties on the entire Ri
viera. 1t Is an old villa, which she pur
chased two or three years ago and has
reconstructed 1t, and its garden cover.
ing several acres is probably the most
picturesque on the California above
cannes. and has a most magnificent
view. The Princess lives there through
out the year with the exception of a few
weeks passed In Paris in the autumn.
The new evening dresses that have
been noted at dinner dances at the fash
icnable restaurants recently prove that
the use or tinsel, metal fabrics, and
laces might go on forever. Metal bro
cades OF the present fashion have an
entirely different meaning from the stiff
and hard looking tissues first designe
In tinsels some years ago. They are as
BraceIul ana lend themeelves as well
to soft draperies as do the most supple
silks.
Metal laces are effectively used in
frocks and they are often made over a
silver or gold tissue exaggerating their
metallic appearance, but they are never
anything but supple. Metal laces are.
seen In berthas. which are more like
circular capes, falling from the neck.
and extending we'll to the hipline. This
Is one of Lanvin's favorite tricks. One
OF her evening dresses which has been
most frequently seen recently is made
OF white satin with the long full skirt
and tight bodice with no trimming
other than this long cape bertha made
OF silver lace hanging from the neck
low on the shoulders and completely
covering the bodice. A dress which
was remarked at Ciro's the other night
was made OF heavy almond-green silk
roplin. and had this long silver lace
bertha and two bands of the silver lace
inserted In the skirt. which was very
full and long. touching the floor in
front and sweeping In the back.
Low DecoIIetage Returnfng.
a feature which has frequently been
commented upon recently is the very low
decolletage. 1t seems possible that the