New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
BY BETSY SCHL YLER NEA Service Writer

| NEA ScfNlCe writer
 Palm Beach, Mar Il 1-There is nothing Lenten about the Palm Beach social calendar. From now until the middle of March there is q steady cresccndo of "annual' events planned. There's the annual costume ball soon at the Everglades club, and the Triar's Frolic and the annual tennis tournament at the Poinciana courts, not to mention the recent annual Palm Beach Yacht club regatta and brilliant annual costume ball at the Bath and Ten his club which was, in Dempsyian language, a TX. O.
 Nor is there anything dcmure or churchlile about Palm Beach clothes. l often wonder just how many trunks some smart women bring. They have on different and richly lovely things each time see them. MFs. Jerome Napoleon Bona partc is one ot these. So is Mrs. Mll- ton Holden. Today when l met her strolling along, she wore stunning l tIltl dlu 'NlI ltiIiN t7"At '4NtA O'' white tuck-in blouse that had mod crnistic decorations in the green. Her shoes we. brown and white sports ones, with triangular tips.
 A Bit of Spain
 Palm Teachers reverted to old cn Spanish days the other evening lat Mrs. Alexander Mckay's cos tune dance. Such a profuson Of gorgeous gowns, including one worn by Mrs. Eugene Pitou Of Phlladel- phia, which had a rich silver bodice land skirt of eight tiers of luscious gold spanish lace. Her mantIlla was equally stunning.
 Mrs. Marsa>ct Hoffman looked much 100 gorgeous ill bright gold and scarlet satin or the spanish pirate sine was at this same dance. 1 But 1 suppose there might concclN- ably be pirates de luxe, the sue cesscs Of the lroicSsion.
 Palm Beach is not all satins, faces and Spanish dances under the most lantalizing moon anywhere on thls continent. however. There are mary Iinvigorating golf tennis and swim ming matches going on daily. Dame Fashion has invented. or perfected such perfectly lovely wooIens that they are quite tho thing for sports here. Light. delicate coIors an l soft, svelt styles prevail in sports wear.
 Mrs. Norman Toerge. competing in the Florida Women's Golf Tour nament, was q delight to the eyes, lin her alternating peach colorel pale green and primrose yellow car dgan suits of exquisite hand-knitted stufIs.
 Rough straw hats in large propor- tions. seem the dose for smart heads for daytime wear after sports are over. At the Bath and Tennis club counted about ten Of these to one felt.
 Individuality in ParasoIs seem to have neglected the all expressing subject of parasols this year. Either one wears a large hal or 8 small one or none and carries a parasol. The secret to success j; the kind of paraSol one carries. Sucf ndividuality. They come in straw
 n hand worker silks, linens, and even in decorative chiffons. Tho Baroness de Nilliers du Terrage. oi Paris. has a sumptuous collection One extremely smart one is stripCG two ways. one with rich brown cream and tan and the other Va, with red. The handle is red.
 Pajamas cant stay out of print ai Palm Beach this year. ] personally have noted possibly thousand kinds of prints they are fashioned from From fish to cups Of coffee in tn. Grand Canyon Of the Colorado seem! to sum up the range of subject: chosen for printed silks for pajamas Mrs. Marvin RoriCil of Toledo, wor, stunning printed pajama suit a the Sea Spray Beach the other day It's figures looked more like bits O coral than anything else, differen kinds Of coral The background wa! brown, and she wore a Eerchief O that tone wound around her head.