Putnam patriot., 1926-07-02


 Gee Albany Capital as a background, And if l think Of him as a possible senator he seems to lose some of his Manhattan flavor and the background becomes Washington Fond of him as
 am. l don't like to think of him in tHe White House and yet he would make q eDrking fine president. But be belongs essentially e New York. Y" Ihs man was not. at the moment, arguing for fourth term for the Governor but suen an idea has come fo lhe front iH New I oFk ii the past week and unless the Tammany orRa- nizafion interferes there Is little doubt that Che Governor could have his job again for the asking Al Smith remains Manhattan phenomenon and first class American citizen, buf hi5 job l. iH New York and the New York State. He knows New fork City from the Bronx to the Bat- gefy and he knows now to react To the pulse Of the eity's myriad units 0f population He E New York favor ite son and hero 1T you don't think SO come down here and listen tO the crowds when he passes on his way from or te this or that public duty
 Hats For the Ladies
 One of the most distinguished of lIung American women, even though she now bears a foreign title, was sttiug iH one of the fashionable Park Avenue restaurants when suddenly she turned te her companion and Look Every woman iu this F5am .s iu uniform To the mere male eye that looked over the bevy busy ag their gossip and alligator az7s. tat remark seemed true enough. Tts anis were al the same. wide of srzH. aish a round crown. The dress e @re apparently of the same cut and differed Htt5e fn material. The Ialss-yHs. one fefsrs to legs now that stsE are anavaiaahlY obvious were heIa alihIn ths same shade of flesh eoIara4 hose The shoes were of the French .'stub-toe" variety As for the monday cosmetics they were ap- HafeHfly af the same brand and the
 same shop The custom k to refer To She slavery nf men Eo clothes the uncomfortable evening coat. the hot husness garments of summer. the stiii and uneampromisinF hats Of straw or felt bat some ho4 this season the ladies seem to be oFefdoing it in sticking t1 pattern The distinguished lady Who remarked the monutouy of style vas Rarbed completely differently and was ta one mere m3le, the best dressed woman in the room
 Mir ziegfeld Reforms
 Florcnz Ziegfeld. whose profitable mission in life for many years has been the "Glorifieation of the Ameris can Girl" this year dropped his Fol liesh and "Frolies7 and last Saturday evening produced at Mr Diligham' s Globe Theatre. an affair called 'tNo , Foolin. the t'Foliies" disguised under new name and somewhat purified as ] Co nudity Mir Ziegfeld having, after many productions of seanty costume. suddenly become fanatieally against his fellow producers whose young Wo- man employees appear these summer night in the solid comfort of almost ' nothing at all it Is, of course. good ad { vertising for Mir Zicffeld and will pro hably bring to his productions an en | tireiy new clientele, though he ha. long enjoyed the patronage Of citlZcm of all the states of the Union But any how No Foolin' for all it's suppos : ed reform. is a good show. sophisticat 7 ed. beautiful to the eye and mildly amusing and employing many of th' kiegfpld talents of other productions The lovely Grcta Nilsson. best remem hered for her charming nantomime ir "Beggar ou Horseback. ls pefhap the most noted newcomer and wa hailed by the first nighters with roar af applause.
 New Mansions For old
 While everyone mourns the passin' of the notuhle mansions of anothe decade from Fifth Avenue. their goirl does not mean that New i ork has en trcly lost its magnificent homes o that the former residents of "Thl Avenue" have taken to the sidi streets and apartment houses. IT in Park Avenue there are ulread! beautiful homes. which. while thel haven't vet the tradition If the Asto and Vanderbilt and Huntington man sious which are disappearing from Fifth Aveune. are, nevertheless beautiful structures iu many easef filled with even more beautiful treas ures than their predecessors iu th, b. architectural and artistic glory ei I New York A house which Che pub
 lie has never seen but Is cansidere,
 one of the most beautiful in Che worl,
 Is that of Mir and Mrs George Blu
 menthal facing the Presbyterian Hos | pibal Another greHt mansion is th5 | of Commodore and Mrs Arthur Cur
 lis James. owners of Beacon Hil al
 Newport and the queenly heautifn
 yacht, the "Aloha Fur up the Ave
 nue Mrs Reginald de koveu widow
 of the composer. has lovely hom'
 famous for its Elizabethan han Wheri
 many distinguished entertainment
 have been held And there are stii
 beautiful homes left in upper Fiftl
 Avenue where possibly the most not
 able is that of Otto II. Kahn contain | ing q marvellous collection of pic UT
 es with perhaps the finest works Q \ Nelasquez on this side of the Atlantic
 Architectural uissppointments And speaking of the changing archi
 lecture of New York all IS no, golS
 that giitters in this new array of edi fees. One of the distinct disappoint | ments tn this new uptown skyline | | the final appearance of the Riti | Tower. which. in process of eonstrue | ton gave such promise of being th, erowning glory of the Fifties Bu completed, the tower is a disappoint