Evening star., 1925-10-08
BATHING
SUITS LIDO DRESS
Cares Of Notables Onfya
Cocktail Drinking at i
Beach Resort.
BY HIRAM KELLY MODERWELL.-
Correspondents Of The Star and the Chicago
Daily NeWa

Daily News.
VENICE. Italy. August 2s-Origi.a
nally people came to the Venetian
Lido to swim, then they came to.
watch the swimmers, and now, since
the Lido has become an international
fashion center, they come to look at
one another. The sea Is still here, :,
put Tor many 1t is only charming
, background.
The foreground Is composed of tho :.
veranda and lobby of the two or three
fashionable hotels. Here, for example. :,
Is the Princess s. Some Americana
before coming to Europe have vague
IDEA that prtncesses walk about with
crowns on their heads and satin trains
trailing behind. The Princess S., how
ever, has her hair so bobbed that no
comb would cling to it. let alone a
crown. And. as for train-weu, she
goes to the other extreme. In other
words, the princess, like most of the
ladies on the Lido, Is a -piecer.
Some defend the one-piece by saying
1t Is easier to swim in. But the prin-
cess. who probably hasn't touched the
water for week except In her bath
tub, evidently believes it is easier to
drink cocktails in.
Most of the fair Lidettes, however,
prefer the pyjama, this season. On
the Lido the pyjama art has been car
ried farther. probably, than anywhere
else on earth. Flowers have rather
gone out. This season they are do.
ing either solid colors in the most
noisy and diverse hues or else drag
ons, birds and Chinese magicians be-
witchingly Peking.
NOtables i'm Noticeable Undress.
From the breakfast dance on the ve-
randa in the early morning III o'clock
or so) on through lunch on the sand,
afternoon calls in the hotel or in town,
! tea in the lobby and cocktails in the
bar. the bathing suit is worn, covered
by dressing gown or pyjama or not
covered at all. On the Lido woman
remains right up to the dinner hour
a biped.
The Lido folk do az they like SO
bravely that they are not ashamed to
be seen playing nah jonS i'll public.
Even more courageous Mary Lewis,
the Chicago singer, walks about the
beach with long flowing hair. Miss
Gladys Cooper, who on the London
stage is very neurotiC and dWfully
reprehensible in her Pinero parts. here
dares to be her jolly English self. Mrs.
Dorothy Ingram. once Mrs. Enrico
Caruso, brings Gloria here for Lido
tan.
The cameraman did not catch Mrs.
visit. But he caught the Italian Kings
cousin, the Duke of Spoleto. in the act
Of refusing to have his picture taken.
Photographers, however, do not seem
to have bothered Herr Frederick l..
Hohenzollern. who candidly admitted
on the hotel register that he was his
royal highness Of Prussia-which is
| more than the German government
will admit. His domicile, in case any
hn6v & cd q jc
| in the Italian lake region.
Mr.. Kahn and Mr.. Guest
When Otto Kahn was here he was
not thinking about loans and bond is
! sues. One gathered that he did not
care much about international finance.
He had merely been paying q friendly
visit to hts old chums. the premier
and the finance minister in Rome: But
Morris Guest admitted that he was,
the well known American theatrical
producer; that he was on his way to
the Salzburg festival, where he would
serve as one Of the five directors Of
this international musical ritual; that
he was the first American ever to be
so honored; that he had just been
chatting with his friend. Max Rein
hardt; that The Miracle" would be
performed in Chicago next season;
that he hoped to obtain permission
from the Soviet government to take
the Moscow Operetta Theater to
America, and that he had promoted a
| monster petition, which 1900 Chica-
goans. among others. had signed to
persuade the Bolo chiefs to consent.
But perhaps the most-taIked-of visi-
tors mot even excluding Senator Pitt
man, Arthur Bodansky and all the
princely Pignatellis. Rospigliosis and
Odescalchisl were THE Six Harvard
University Boys, the worlds most
| remarkable jazz band" In Boston
men are told that 'in every walk OF
life you will find Harvard men in the
| most prominent positions" And even
| so it was on the Lido. They really
were from Harvard-an undergrad, a
/ business school man, couple OF
lnedicS or sO-doinG a vacation in Eu-
ope.
No Dogs Allowed-Yes, They Are
There is plastered all over the Lido
solemn and terrifying municipal no.
tice that the authorities have ascer-
ta1ned that errant dogs on the beach
constitute peril to bathers. and con-
sequently any pup caught erring will
| be deprived Of life, liberty and so on,
while his owner will be subjected to
all the penalties of article 275. which
sound pretty bad.
But the Lido dogs are scofflaws.
They err all over the fashionable part
OF the beach at the heels of their fair
owners. But whether because they
pay h1gh-class board and lodging to
! the hotel or because these waddiin&
| pincushions could not imperil a snaiE
the hotel management continues ID
harbor and abet their criminal activi:
| ties.
| Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily New. Col