Evening star., 1925-08-23

that wear1ed dign1tary runs away Tor
a week end. his proxy may be relied
on to receive whole delegations Of
Australians, New Zealanders, every
body with right to call, provide
them with tea and cake and perhaps
a charming concert in the garden, and
then to escort them through the mag
nificent mansion, where Pauline
Borghese, the youngest and hand.
soonest of Napoleon's sisters, held her
gay and brilliant court. Wellington,
the Iron Duke. purchased this man
sion from Princess Borghese after
Waterloo had deprived her of suffi-
cient income to keep it up, and the
British embassy in Paris has been
since 1914 thus splendidly domiciled.
The palace gardens adjoin those of
the Luxembourg, where the French
Republic houses it's Chief Executive.
Once on a time a wicket gate made
a private entrance, but high hedge
| now separates the grounds, reinforced
with strong iron fence. Lord Crewe
and his charming daughters give the
most elaborate al fresco fetes in the
Borghese garden, and they often lin
ger in Paris the last of the diplomatic
families because their home is as rural,
cool and quiet as though miles from
the city.
Mr.. Arthur Dobson, general man
ager of the Paris branch of the Amer
ican Express Company, has become
one of the best known men in Eu-
rope, and he is frequently in consulta-
| ton with the Postmaster General of
| this and other countries. For from
| the United States alone more than
| 900 letters. $50 sacks of printed
! matter and about 10000 orders for
| forwarding mail are handled by Mr..
Dobson's clerks every month. He
now has SO clerks, employed to man
| age the mail alone, which would make
| an excellent force in a big city. Mr..
Dobson has his troubles, and when he
| writes his memoirs he will tell some
! thing about phases of his fellow coun-
| try people abroad which will amaze
| their neighbors at home. AS for the
| banking facilities of this vast organ
| iZation, there are comparable to some
| 10 others which have opened Paris
| branches for the convenience of
| American travellers, the American
| Bankers Trust Co. in Place Vendome
and the Equitable Trust Co. in Place
| de rOpera. Morgan Harjes Co. re-
| Gently has erected an enormous Of
| flee building in Rue Scribe. and the
American Express rents six whole
| floors. To show how American travel
has increased. 80 years ago the Ameri-
| can Express Co. opened its Paris of
| flee with one clerk, having desk room
| In what is now a tea place, in Rue
| Halevy.
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James in the
ball given early in August at Beacon
! Hill house, in Newport, reverted to
! the old Oriental custom of giving
| distinctive aspect to her fete and her
Invitations read to pass the Summer
| night in a rose garden" Though the
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| exactly 400 guests asked to it, the
evening began with a brilliant pag
| cant in the rose plots, where electric
| lights cleaned like stars in adjacent
rose arbors and tiny bulbs glistened
like dewdrops on the rose bushes
heavy with their fragrant blooms.
The driveways and bypaths were
Illuminated in faint green lights, and
after the guests had passed in review
before Mr.. and Mrs. James and had
| wandered through the gardens at
leisure, the merry call of a bugle
summoned them to the dance. in the
glorious ballroom which was swept
by the sea breeze and arranged to
look as much a part of the flower
spaces as it is possible to do without
the aid of sky and grass. Mrs. James
ball is outstanding among the mem
Nbrable festivals given in Newport this
Summer, just as certain functions an
nually reach a high point of ex-
cellence and become part of the re-
sorts social history. Mrs. Paran
Stevens ball in the COS set the stand
and for nearly a decade. and the Sum-
mer of 1910 the Japanese flower fete
of Mrs. Frederic Stevens in her love
ly villa on Bellevue avenue received
the highest praise for that season.
There are balls innumerable every
year at Newport. but one ball like