The New York herald., 1922-12-10
Charity Fetes Coming. Into
Their New Season in Paris
This Year, However, They Will Find Little Money in
French Pockets American Colony Interested
in Dances and Teas.

Douglas. Comtesse de st. Croix, Conn
tesse Etchegoyen, Princess de Fau-
cigny-Lucinge. Comte de Rougemont,
Comtesse de la Tour d'Auvergne,
Duchess Sforza. Miss Carmen de Mora,
Miss Roslyn Robinson, Mr.. William l..
Nicoil Mr. and Mrs. Ellie Joseph. Mr..
and Mrs. T. Reid Frazee. Mr.. b. Broad
head, Princess Galitbine, Duchesse de
Pamela, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 7. Duty, Mrs
j. Graham, Mr.. John Audrey. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. p. Gianini. Princess Koudacheff,
Mrs. Arthur Vincent. Mrs. A. X. Macom-
ber and Comtesse de Saint-Sauveur.
Ritz Concert Popular.
The Ritz dinner concert on Thursday
night had as it's great feature an Amer
lean singer Miss Loretta Higgins of the
Opera Comique, who sang four numbers
and was highly appreciated. Nine.
Nespoulous- Reynard Of the Grands Con-
certs Classiques, M. Andre Bauge OF the
Opera and NJ. LIE Roy on the flute, ac-
companieed by Nine ]. Willaume-
Garnier on the plano, were the others
on the program. Among those giving
dinner parties before the concert were
Mr., and Mrs. Richard McCreery. who
had as their guests Field Marshal Lord
French of Ypres. Lady Lister Kaye, Col.
Hawes and Mrs. Arthur Vincent. Mrs.
James Corrigan had as her guests her
sister, Mrs. Armstrong Taylor. Comte
and Comtesse de Bearn. Marquis Boni
de Castellane and M Stephan Viasto.
Lady Nouman was dining with her two
daughters and others present were Mr..
and Mrs. Willis T. Hanson. Mr. and
Mrs Ernest Carter, Mrs. John Black.
Mrs. Laura Irwin, Mrs. William Couch
Stuart Miss Ruth Stuart. Mrs. Tarn
McGrew. Mr.. ]. Martin Graham, Mrs.
Tower Reilly, Mr.. Hazeltine. the Amer
lean sculptor, and Mrs. Hazeltine. Sir
d. Dalziel. Comte d'Aramon, M. ].
Groult. M. Jean Nicolopoulo. Mr.. and
Mrs r. p Gianini, Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Ellis, NJ. and Nine. Jacques Soulas,
Comte and Comtesse d'Arge, Lady
Brinckman. Lord Berners, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. r. Chaplin, Comtesse Schomborn and
Mrs. M. Williams.
A visit to the dressmakers would make
one think that all of Paris is soon to
be transferred to the Riviera. Spring
models are being shown everywhere.
The houses which are not featuring
complete collections have at least some
two or three models in foulards. printed
crepes or lightweight serge to encourage
Parisians to think that spring might
come some day. These advance spring
showing what the real spring styles
might be, though they do give many
hints as to trimmings and various de-
tails, and occasionally an attempt Is
made to suggest a new silhouette. The
majority of them, however. seem to be
created in am atmosphere Of fear In
clinging too much to the principal win
ter style features and In being afraid to
be definite In suggesting anything new
Agnes is showing a number of new
models which indicate that there will be
no radical changes in the spring styles
Foulards and printed crepes In bright
coIors and Oriental designs are as ex-
tensively featured as they were last
spring and they are made much on the
same lines with skirts of medium length
and draped to one side, or they are as
often perfectly straight. The Agnes
models are always of good wearable
sort and never too extreme in any style
feature, but there are always new
touches which are pleasing and out of
the ordinary. In her advance spring
models, for instance, she makes the old
bateau neck new by attracting attention
to some three or four rows of pleatings
in white net or organdie, and one Is In
clined to think how pretty the little
pleatings are instead OF the shape OF the
neck being the same old tiresome boat
that has been having Its day for the last
four or five years.
A smart little blue serge dress has
three OF these pleatings I'm net around
the neck and tucked net vest, which
also helps to break the line of the ba-
teau neck. Groups of tiny pleats trim
the skirt. Foulard and serge are COM
bined effectively in another model which
Is worn with a cape of three-quarters
length OF serge lined with the foulard.
1t is of printed crepe in soft tones of
gray and red. Both the skirt and
bodice arc draped across the front, and
the drapery Is held by a cocarde of
gray and red ribbon with long hanging
loops.
Madrie is another house which is
showing advance spring models and
here. too, printed crepes and foulards
are featured. Madrie insists that the
spring skirts are not to be any longer
and probably little shorter. Here also
the side drapery continues to be fea-
ture. but 1t Is done in several new ways
and the straight silhouette Is never lost.
One OF the new Madrie models, Is OF
burnt orange crepe made perfectly
straight and that straigktness exagger-
ated by groups OF tiny hand tucks run
ming straight from neck to hem and little
rufiies of the narrowest baby ribbon be-
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