New Britain herald., 1929-07-02

At the left is Mrs. William K. Van Leeds, the former Princess Xenia, center as. they appeared at the rece Altemus of Philadelphia, photoSra
 New York, July e.-Social life most certainly has come out into the open these scorching days.
 Besides the old-time favorites of tennis, golf, swimming, yacht ing, riding and driving. three new forms of excitement loom on the horizon: water slcdding for the nautical, airplaning for the in trepid. and croquct for quiet land -lubbers.
 At the Huntington Horse Show, for instance, William R. Leeds flew his aquaplane home for lunch and back again as nonchalantly as folks drove their cars last season, Both he and his wife, the former Princess Nenia, took the oppor- tunity to change togs. Mrs. Leeds vas one of the few women who sponsored printed frocks. Most original in tone and pattern were hers, one chartreuse with a very fine intricate design in white green and soft brown; another white with faint red traceries. Incidentally. little Nancy exhibit cd fine form when in the saddle, charming little figure in her riding togs.
 Linen Prints Vie With Silks
 Printed linens, especially the fine hand blocked ones, vie with silk prints for chic. The Gimbel girls. Hope and Carol. wore very smart sister costumes" of blue and white linen. They were made with circular skirts, cut all smart women are taking note Of.
 Shoes are by no means only footnotes of style these days Matching ones frocl with shoes made of the same material is smart and popular. Sometimes il is especially pleasing, as when Nadejda de Braganza wears gaudy striped sandals matching a candy stick silk sports suit.
 Large hats show a preference for trimming. At the Huntington horse show Mrs. Frank Fox wore one quite vide on the sides, oi roughish straw, with more of soft crepe de chine trim than I've seen before this year. It looked tremendously smart, atop her wei set-up head.
 Her costume was chic, too, g red silk suit with tuck-in blouse of white. The skirt had a yoke buttoned with big white buttons and the coat had a scarf collar. Whenever l see a woman done as nicely in grey and white as Einor Graham wore to the show I appreciate all over again how smart a thing it is to choose. Her frocl was a whole book of style notes. flounce pleats posed in pan. els. irregular fringe iabot of white crepe de chine flaring from q one. sided Eton jacket effect that but toned with white buttons, cuffs with frills and a tailored belt fast ened with an odd white buckle Her shoes were very modernistt in the way they combined two greys and white.
 Longer Skirts Appear Longer skirts are not only il the offing but in the paddock a shows. Mrs. Paul Abbotts grace ful white crepe frock with it: rounding neckline and bound armholes was distinctly longer than the longest sports frock O. spring.
 Agnes turban appears in al manner of fabrics and colors Mary Blake of Fairfield, Conn, showed originality in the way sh, wore white knitted one atop : sleeveless frock, perched back o1 her head with her nice wavy hai, framing her youthful face. Sh' was one of the many stockingles lassies.
 Coin dots continue 10 win prize this year. BeatriX Blackwell ha a jacket suit of twin dotted linen the skirt and coat blue with whit, dots and the tuck-in blouse vice versa.
 Riding in informal comfort ha it's followers. None looked nor nonchalantly chic, however. thai Mary Elizabeth Altemus with he shirt sleeves rolled above her el 1 bow and the smartest of origina 1 looking customs made boots il 1 soft suede that tied in a sing eyelet, like quaint comfort shoes.
 The black and white outfit ha a firm advocate in Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. One little French outfit she wears has it's white geor gette joins it's black in fine littl points and all the edges of tn coat are finished in the sam points. She is another womai who appreciates how graceful | brimmed hat can be.