New Britain herald., 1928-12-22
SHOPPING, PARTIES ENTERTAIN N. YORK
COlorful Affairs in Social Life Of
 Metropolis

MClIOpOllS
 New York, Dec. 22 LPl-A merry go-round of holiday festivities kept New York society Tn whirl of ac- tivity this week between flurrles ot last minute Christmas shopping Parties rivalled each other in briI liant and uniauA features Of decor ation and entertainment.
 The silver fete which Mir. and Mrs. Frank Vance Storrs gave q; the Ritz Carlton was among the most largely attended Of the events, Silver smilaX and t inset. twined about the double staircase leading to the ballroom gave Christmas atmosphere to the fete Bowers of silver smilax covered the tables placed about the dance floor while clusters of silver balloons floated from the chandeliers. Whirling discs placed in front of the spotlirr's which played about the room created the illusion of falling snow in an ice palace where tn" guests were entertained at supper tune by members of Broadway revues
 Social New York dressed as it wished it might be twenty years ! hence to attend the costume party which Ezra Winter gave in his stu 1 dio on top of Grand Central sta ton last Saturday night. Costumes represented the guests' ideas Of | fashions for 1852 and ranged from a reversion to the gay nineties to the garb of the Orient. ElsWyth ! Thane appeared in frock of scar let taffeta ornamented with yards
 of creamy white lace, while Will ! liam Reehe wore a Cossack suit Of
 purple velvet with a sash of crim- son silk knotted about his waist. A brilliant mandarin robe was the choice of Sven Non Hallburg. | Private skating parties at local rinks are becoming the most fash
  Society Is developing fondne ss for a whir! on the ice these wintry afternoons just before dinner. Mrs Finlay Westovcr, who is one of the
 most enthusiastic skaters, wears a slate ensemble consisting of a gray
 wool jumper and skirt trimmed
 with gray shaved caracul as her lf,1- rin nS she has chosen a gray felt hat, soft wool flower to trim the lapel of her
 ccat gray wool mesh stockings and
 short blue wool half hose faced
 with gray angora.
 Festivities for visiting royalty are again occupying soclety's attention with the approach of the holidays.
 Many functions are being planned for the F'rand Duchess Maria Paw
 Iowa. first cousin of the late Car Nicholas H., of Russia, who is making her first visit to the United States. Mrs. William Randolph
 Hearst's dinner in her honor. at tended by about a hundred guests.
 was among the most brilliant af- fairs of the week.
 In spite of the pressure of Yule- tide festivities, society found time to devote to charity entertainments | that will fill the Christmas baskets of New Iork's poor. The Cholly knickerbocker ball, sponsored by | the society editor of a local news paper, in behalf of the Christmas and relief fund, was attended by q ' thousand guests. Banks of lnistletoe,
 Lolly and smilax lined the walls, 1 while dozens of Christmas trees, ablaze with vari-colored lights,
 were placed about the ballroom to 1 represent a "Christmas fairyland' 1 in which the guests who came in 1 aid of charity, danced on stage between two lighted Christmas | trees. Stars from Broadway reyues entertained the supper guests. The giant Christmas tree which is to be feature of the Russian ball on January will be hung with 1 hundreds of silver wrapped gifts. ! identical in size and shape, but | mysterious in content. Guests at the ball who purchase the gifts from the debutante committee, will pull a small silver cord and the gift will be found attached to the other end. Proceeds from the gift sale will go to the Russian church assistance fund.
 A Spanish dancer, known for her vivid modernlstic costumng and her individualistic use of castenets will be the entertainment feature at the benefit gwen for the music school settlement in the near future. Among other costumes the dancer wears one of crimson and black, the bolero and close fitting cap Of which are trimmed with tiny silver bells, Madame NarcolIa Scmbrich, Lady White-Todd and Mrs. Junius Spencer Morgan are among those who have taken boxes for the af- fair.