New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
MOONLIGHT ADDS ID FLORIDA FETES
Outdoor Entertainments POpu-
 lar in South

Palm Beach. Fla, March 1o. H>-- The radiance of tropical moon added glamour to the many gay par ties in Palm Beach during the past week. Mid March finds society de- cidedly inclined toward the more informal outdoor mode of enter taining. Luncheon and dinners both at private villas and smart rcstaur- ants have been frequent while dancing always plays an important role in the nocturnal social pageant. l. has been observed that the psy- chology of the long skirt has re- vived the popularity of the waltz, though the. music of the old time waltzes has had to be rcscored to suit the instruments of the modern dance orchestra.
 Edward Waller. St. Louis, enter taincd Tuesday night at the Elm bassy club in honor of Miss Mary Downs, Saratoga. N. r., and her fi- ance. Thomas Mallory of Bradford
 Pa. The wedding of Miss Downs and Mir. Mallory will be celebrated on March 5 in Palm Beach.
 Mrs. George Rasmussen, Chicago entertained Thursday with an 'n- formal reception at her villa, Cana Nina. Mrs. Rasmussen, who won first prize at the costume ball at Inc cl,,l, T., St Nyncly fnI, the most beautiful costume, is clos ing her home Saturday.
 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Smithers, Locust Valley, L. l., who have a winter home at Pelican
 Point, r miles south of Palm Beach,. entertained Tuesday night with dinner dance in honor Of their dcbutantc daughter, Mabel Members of the younger set in at tendance were Frances Gillmocc k atharine Tod, Eleanor Post Hut ton. and Ann Rainey, all of New
 York.
 As the Easter season approaches, many students from northern schools are coming to Palm Beach for the holidays. and social acti2i- | ties among the younger set will oc- cupy a leading place in tho calcn- 1 dar of events.
 Numbered among the gayest par | ties of the week was that given by l John Sanford of New York, in hon. | of 60 To CorfnrG t1l their guest, Benjamin Pittridgc, O? New York. Miss Marjorie Oclrichs, Mrs. Florcnz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke) and many other members of the smart set were in attendance In the matter of styles, Palm | Beach has passed the experimental stage and has definitely accepted the long evening gown and the backless mode. For daytime wear, skirts are rather temperamental as to length. but all sports costumes and sport costumes predominate in Talm Be ach-are just a few inches | below the knee.
 Members of the smart set assem- | bled at the Oasis club on Thursday ! afternoon for another boxing tea. A | famous orchestra furnished music | for the dancing. Tea and nanch | pastries were served after the bouts. The Beach club, a quaint building
 5urmounted by a cupola, continues | to be a social mecca. Among those
 entertaining there in the past few days were MT. and Mrs. Norman E.
 Mack, Buffalo, Jesse Livermore and Paris Singer.
 The presence of several world
 celebrities gave a pleasant dash of
 sort. Among those being entertala-
 cd arc Joseph Hcrgersheimer, Mrs. i Frederick Mclaughlin Urenc Gas l tlc). MT. and Mrs. John Emerson, 1 (Anita Loos), Mrs. George Elliston,
 Cincinnati poet and Henry Irving l Dodge, writer.
 Mrs, Henry phipps and the hon.
 orablc Mrs Frederick l., Gust en-
 tortained on Tuesday night with d
 musicale and tea at Casa Benditl,
 the homo Of Mrs. John s. Phipps on | the Ocean boulevard. Mmc. Nina
 KoschetX and the Russian trio pre-
 Sented the program. Sayoli Vale
 witch, Russian baritone, prcscnte ]
 the program at a dinner given this
 week by Mrs. George A. Mckinloch | Chicago, at her villa.