The New York herald., 1922-12-10

Special Correspondence to THE NEW York
HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, Nov. s5.S
n by MAY BIRKHEAD.
TIME season for charity fetes is
opening. Several haye been
announced during the last
week, and the first weeks in December
will be devoted almost entirely to
benefit functions that will cause Pa
risians to leave the capital If they do
not want to dig down into their
pockets.
The "Acceuil Franco American" /"
which is settlement work for Paris, in
which number Of Americans are
interested, gives the first charity fete
next week at the Union Interalliee. 1t
Is to be musicale and will prove of
particular interest to music lovers, in
asmuch as M. Pablo Casals, the emil
nent violoncellist, is to play for the
last time before he sails for America.
Mime. Tauffiieb (nee Julia Catlin),
wife of Gen. Tauffiieb, the Senator
from Alsace, has organized the matt
nee for the benefit of her pet charity.
A whole series Of charity musicales
then follows, including concerts and
the dansants for the benefit of the
Russians and numerous French charity
committees. and the chances are that
none of them will be a success. The
truth is that Parisians have very lit
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away.
Social activities have not been particu-
larly brilliant during the last week.
There have been few interesting dinner
parties at the Union Interalliee, and the
Ritz has had its usual popularity on
Sunday and Thursday nights, and the
dancing houses have been as popular as
ever, but aside from that the week has
been rather dull.
Prof. Charles Downer Hazen, the emil
nent historian and professor of modern
European history in Columbia Univer-
sity, and Mrs. Hazen,sgave dinner at
the Union Interalliee last night for Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Fitch OF Milwaukee,
who have been active In making the
Fatherless Children of France great
success in the Middle West. Mrs. Fitch
Is now actively interesting herself in a
comprehensive undertaking whose object
is to make~the noble home life of France
familiar to Americans. She recommends
Tor this purpose the placing of large
number of educated French gentlewomen
In the better private schools Of the Mid
die West, inasmuch as that Is the section
where real knowledge Of the French
language and culture Is most defective.
This proposal has commended itself so
we'll to the French educational authori-
thak II
Public instruction, requested Mrs. Fitch
to express her views before the Sena-
torial committee dealing with the affairs
OF his Ministry. This was a unique honor,
inasmuch as Mrs. Fitch's address was
the first ever given by an American
woman before a committee of the Ere. .ich
Senate. Mrs. Fitch. who sailed for Amer
lea yesterday on the Aquitania. carries
with her promise of the fullest possible
cooperation from the Senatorial commit
tee, and 1t is believed that by next spring
this idea will begin to take practical
shape, 1t being recognized that some
time will be required to select a suffi-
Client number of French women to fill the
posts. Mrs. Fitch plans to interest the
State committees Of the Fatherless Chill
dren Of France In this important uneer-
taking.
Many Ten Parties.
Thursday was the biggest day of the
winter In the number of tea parties at
the Union Interalliee. Nine Foch, wife
of the Marshal. was present with party
of friends. Mrs. l.. NJ. Cuthbert had as
her guests Mrs. Marshall Clyde. Mrs.
Paul Fuller, Mrs. Samuel Nave and Mrs.
William Littauer. Baron and Baronne
de Foucaucourt had a big party. in
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thod. Mrs. and Miss Beebe and Capt.
dc vallais In another party were Mrs.
Walter C. Fish. Miss Alice Lowering.
Mrs. CASTOR, Mrs. Windeler and Miss
Blydenstair. Mrs. Frederic Atwood had
as her guests Mrs Eugene Reed and
Mrs. John Bennett. Mr.. Albert Blum had
rs his guests Mr.. and Mrs. Il. N. Huzog
Mrs. Edward Wentworth and Mrs. s. de
JongeN
vicomtesse q. de Dampierre had as
her guests. Vicomtesse de Pctiteville and
vicomtesse II. de Dampierre. Miss
Struve entertained Mrs. William L.
Flanagan. Contessa Cardelli and Mr..
William McDermott. Mrs. Laurence v.
Benet entertained Mrs. Henry Munroe.
Miss Isabelle Hardie, Mrs. Shearson and
Mrs. Steinman. Mrs. Gilbert Jones had
as her guests Mrs. Mostyn. Nine. Roux
Petain. Mrs. Derby Arnold and Baronne
du Gabe. Others present were Comtesse
B. d'Avricourt. Comtesse and Miles. de
st. Aulaire. Nine. Desprez. Mrs. Henry
Picard. Mrs. Valerie Behr. Mrs. J. c.
Bullwinkle. Mrs. ]. Bowles. Mrs. Fran
els G. Shaw. Mrs. Leggett. Mrs. Spaul.
ding Degarmendia. Mrs. Griswold Gray
and Mrs. lie Grand Benedict
Mr.. and MIS-. Ernest Carter enter
tanned in honor of Mr.. and Mrs George
Meservy OF Washington. Mrs. Edgar
Carolan had as her guests Nine. Zuc-
COLI. Mrs. Draper and Mrs. Beatty.
Others there were Mile. de st. Paul. Miss
Lila Ives, Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Wall. Mr.
Sidney b. Vel, ,@Mrs. Laurens Morgan
Hamilton. Nine. Chase Casgrain. Mrs.
John Black, Mrs. Plunkett Morgan and
Mr.. Alexander. Singer.
A new record was again made this
week at the Sunday night dinner dance
mt the Ritz and rarely has there been
a more cosmopolitan mixture. There
were. no doubt. many pretty dresses. but
dancers we're so numerous In both ball
rooms that there was no way OF see
ing any more than heads and shoulders.
and with the present styles II would
scarcely be fair TO vouch for frock be-
low the shoulders. There were more
than 500 dining. though there were no
big dinner parties. groups Of only four
being most frequent. Lady Waterlow
had as her guests the Duo and Duchesse
dc vendome and Princess Genevieve