The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Paris Is Gay Again as Many
Americans Return From South
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Eddy and Mrs. Seth Barton
French Are Among Those Who Attend Ball
at the Ritz Hotel

Another interesting American social
event was a tea and musicale given by
Mrs. Anna Bowman Dodd, the writer.
at her apartment in the Rue Picot. NJ.
Adolphe Borchard. a French pianist.
gave delightful program comprising
etudes. balades and valses of Chopin; a
sonata OF Mozart. and .Soiree de Wen
ne" of Liszt. Among the guests were
Nine. Mary King Waddington. Mrs. v.
Blacque. Mrs. Nelson Brown. Mrs. Bigc-
low Tilton. Mrs. John Munroe. Mrs,
Tower Reilly. Mrs. William 8. Horton,
Princess Mestesersky. M. and Nine.
Louis Chevillon. Prof. and Nine. Salo-
mon Reinach, Count and Countess Bob
rinsky. Capt. and Nine. rHopital, Nine.
Paul Dupuy. Nine. Taufflieb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bakhmeteff. Comtesse de Lurcy.
vicomtesse Benoist d'Azy. Marquis and
Marquise de Bons and Vicomtesse and
Mile. de Reiset Mrs. Dodd Is leaving
on April l for Algiers for o six weeks
tour before opening her chateau In Nor
mandy for the summer
An interesting exhibition Of art which
has been attracting not only Partisan
society. but good many Amor
cans and other foreigners. Is the
Gent Ans de Peinture Francaisc.
which is being given for the benefit
of the Musee des Beaux Arts &C
Strasbourg. The committee of patron
age includes not only the names of per-
sons post prominent In society in
Paris, but also those who are well
known in the world of art. Nine Ray
mond Poincare. wife of the Premier,
was present at the opening. and others
there wer Princess Murat, Duchesse dc
Rohan. Nine. Paul Dupuy. Mrs. Edith
Wharton, Comte and Comtesse Etienn5
de Beaumont. Marquis de Castellane.
Comtesse Jean de Castellane. Confess
Robert de Fitz-James, Marduse de-
Ganay, Mr.. Walter Berry. president If
thu American Chamber of Commerce n
Paris: Comtesse d'IIaussonvilie. Mmc
Maurice Hottinguer. M. Paul Leon. d-
rector of the Beaux Arts: Duchesse le
Luynes. Gen. Mangin. M. Ernest MAY,
msmber of the Conseil for National Nh
seums; Prlncesse Lucien Murat. Mar
duise de Noailles. Baronne Robert Dc
Rothschild. Comtesse Jean dc Pange.
Comte Charles de Polignac Princesse
Soutzo. Duchesse de Clermont- -Tonnerre.
Duchesse de Guiche and practically all
OF the prominent artists OF Paris.
Works OF French Artists.
The exposition is beyond doubt the
most interesting that has been seen n
Paris In long time. presenting range
or canvases from the days OF 1ngres to
ths ultra modern. all of the French
artists of note of the last century The
works of the gretest living French
artists-Bonnat. Besnard. ]. e. Blanche,
Forain. Simon, Cottet, Menard and Ger
vex-hang beside the works of those
who are no longer living but whose
names will live for many moro CEN
turtles. Ingres. Delacroix, Corot, Chas-
seriau. Ricard and various others who
ara the very embodiment of French are
or the last century. Corot, Daubigny.
Fromentin and Rousseau are well rep
resented and present most interesting
contrast to ths works of the chief inn
presionists. headed by Manet, with Sis-
leyseMonet.l Cezanne and Renoir.
The careful critic has found the pIeces
by Desas. Daumier. Diaz. Fantin-La-
tour and Puvis de Chavannes more
charming than the modern and rather
brutal brush work of Gauguin, Braaue,
Marval and Flandrin. but the very CON
trast of the two schools makes the ex-
hioition ali the more interesting The
canvases which have been remarked as
the most beautiful in the oils are the
portrait or Nine. Stephenson and her
daughter, by Ricard the Toilette
d'Esther." by Chasseriau: the portrait
OF Renan. by Bonnat: AIillets "Glanc-
uses" the "Liseuse." by Fantin-Latour
Renoir's Les Baigneuses," Manet's Ia
Dame au Cant" "L'Education dc In
Vierge." by Delacroix. and los
Danseuses." by Begas. Renoir's ia
Femme au Tartan" also has attracted
interested attention. The exhibition pre-
sents an opportunity to the lovers OF
art of studying collection OF paintings
such as Is seldom seen and probably
never can be gathered together again.
The majority of them have been Dor
rowed from private collections. The cx-
position has called the attention of the
public to the fact that the Museum or
Strasbourg possesses almost nothing In
the way of French art. and France. ac-
cording to her tradition, must recon
struct her art museums as she ia re-
constructing her devastated regions.
especially those which have been In
German hands. This group of French
paintings OF the last century Is there
fore meant to impress upon the pubic
what Is needed In the museums of the
reconquered territory OF France.