New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
NEW WORKERS TAKE
 TRIPS BY PLANES
Short JauntS for Long Distances
 Society Rule
By ADELAIDE KERR

SplOu "lliSo lIiSGO o"o S' 'S AAS~ are they flying north, south or west for one set of gaieties and bacH home again for another.
 In many cases the wings are lit eral, for many of the smart fo'k have taken to airplanes to expedite their wanderings, and aerial cos tunes are now as important a part Of their wardrobes as ball gowns.
 Many tarry in foreign fields. on'y a few days. They hop to Paia Beach and back home again. down to Aiken. S. C., and back to New York, over to New Jersey ana around to New England for the fe5- tivities in each spot.
 The devotees of the chase hasten cd 10 Aiken, $. C., recently for the barbecue supper which Mir. and Mrs. Harry s. Taintor and their niece. Miss Louise Hunt. of New 9orE. gave before an evening meeting Of the Aiken county fox hounds. Arr rayed in pink hunting coats an well-worn boots, they gathered around a great fire for the barbecue supper and then, after the moon rose, mounted their hunters an1 rode after the hounds for three hours.
 Many of them fingered in che South Carolina resort few days for polo. which has become increasingly popular there. Among those wfo generally participate in the game are F. Skiddy Won Stade. Fred Post and Frank V. Burton.
 The forty-ninth annual costume ball of the kit-kat club brought many of the wanderers back to New York Friday evening to attend the affair which was given at the Palm Gardens.
 The kit-Kat club, which was or ganized nearly fifty years ago, had made it a custom in the past 70 hold period balls at which the guests fitted about in costumes of the renaissance or other historical times. This year, however, any costume eH- cept military uniforms, dominoes Cr clown suits was acceptable. The fashionables arrived arrayed ps court ladies, snake charmers aui queens and danced until a late hour.
 Tony Sarg. artist; Russell White- head. architect, and Leo Lentelli. sculptor, were among the costumel guests who attended the affair.
 
 X number of the fashionables flit- ted to BronXville recently for the gay nineties costume dinner dance which was given at the Field club. Even the smartest of the smart folk doffed the moJish 1880 array to dol costumes of the day when the dow ager Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. W'l- liam Astor were among Manhai- tan's leading hostesses. Mutton leg sleeves. pinch back frocks that fitted unusually close 10 waistlines accustome to sports frocks. parasols and floppy flower Gecked hats were worn. Mir. and Mrs. William K. Looms, Mr. and Mrs. William Colt and Mir. and Mrs. Harvey McClintock were among those who gave dinners be- fore the affair and took their guests or to the party.
 The St. Valentines kettledrum, postponed until this late date in or der to secure sufficiently large hotel space, drew many of society's feIt- nine contingent to the Plaza Friday afternoon. The kettledrum is an old and favorite charity affair, given annually for the benefit of the Samaritan Home for the Aged.
 This years benefit resembled flower garden as the women, clad ia frocks of dusty pink, torquolse blue and corntlower yellow gathered in the ballroom to play contract fridge, sip tea and wander past the booths which displayed the handi- work of women in the home. Their small sons and daughters assembled Tn the small ballroom Cor a children's party where a Punch and Judy show, marionettes, an1 trained animals kept them amused There was also a fortune teller and an artist who made silhouettes.
 Countess Marcati, Mrs. Henry M. Alexander and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn were among those who reserved tables for the afternoon.
 Many of the smart folk are de- voting this season to preparation or l country homes for both summ,.r and winter Mrs. Cornelius Wander
 bit has taken title to "Beaulieu, l the Newport estate which formerly telonged to William Waldorf Astor and will make the fourteen acre ] tract her social headquarters th,s sumner.
 | Mir. and Mrs. Henry Carnegie | Fhipps, have purchased 500 acres !n ! Dare county, North Carolina, where they will erect a lodge and yacht 1 landing with the expectation ot 1 spending a considerable part of each
 year in that vicinity.
 | X number of the smart folk wt.o 1 already have homes in Westchestsr
 county and Long Island have moved | to the country to start the planting and pruning that make show places of their estates during the summer months. Among them are MT. and
 Mrs. J. C. Platt, who arc preparing i a tulip exhibition to take place in i the greenhousel on their estate at | Glen Cove, Long Island. In town a number of society's
 members arc making plans for the
 mardi gras bail and carnival which
 will be given March s, at the Plaza | in aid of the Russian charity society.
 Princess Serge Obolensky (the for-
 mer Alice Astor), Miss Olive Whit man, daughter of former Govern or