The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-08-12
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A New yorker in Paris, Julia
Blanshard today records soLse
sparkling items from the pro'eE"'
tally gay French capital.
BY JULIA BLANsHARD
Paris-summer, the breakup Of
the London conference and tne
mecca of notabIes right now.
Five minutes in Paris-and Ra-
quel Meller's sleek limousine paus-
es alongside the taxi. Miss Meier
lookS very much the dignifed SEM
orita, al in black, with a small
black high-hat and short veil-a
modern mantilla. Pearls CLEAN IN
Midnight at Fouquet's-that ia
nous old restaurant which has al
ways been and still is the haunt or
racing, hunting and other sports
devotees-and Ina Claire, escorted
by three devoted SWANS, applies
herself to her liver and mushrooms.
She has Just arrived from London
but has an enviable gift of looking
fresh, well-groomed, zestful. She
wears a colorful printed summer
chiffon and no jewels Lady
Abby sweeps in, all done up in
train, with her fair hair done with
an Northumberland comb.
Lady Mendl in handsome seal
brown cire, accompanies her. They
arrive in Lady Mendps limousine, a
dignified, expensive model of an
other day !. Charlie Chaplin has
a table reserved here every night
he is in Paris
Steam Room at the Ritz
The Steam room of the Ritz is
always damned at noon. Every
American in Paris drops in here for
one day, at least, en- route to lunch.
This Steam room, across the hall
from the bar which is for men
only, Is the only feminist strong
hold in Paris; apparently. No man
can sit there and order drink UNI
accompanied by a woman
Pearl White, the daredevil of
the "Perils of Pauline" of another
day, sauntered in, with friends. She
is a handsome woman, little of
the Lillian Russell about her
slightly plump and smooth face
and her air of quiet assurance. She
has no worries now. She has a
beautiful little house on the edge Of
| Paris, a huge historic chateau near
Rambouillet and a magnificent
home near Cairo, Egypt. She keeps
her own stables Of racing horses,
and races them under her own col
ors. Patou makes her clothes. She
wears magnificent square-cut dia-
monds. Gil Boag, Gilda Grey's ex-
husband, drops in for a drink. He
Is writing his memoirs 1.
! launching in the patio Of the
Ritz any noon, from 1880 on, you
see many prominent social ce1ebri-
ties Ogden Reid entertained
eight guests at one table, under the
gay umbrellas, near the petunia
and geranium beds. Gwynne Van
derbilt had three guests. The Ber-
nard Baruchs, Mrs Charles Minot
Armory, her daughter, Gloria
Baker and her son, George Wander
bilt, and the Max Steuers lunched
out in the open. here. also.
Seen at Cocktail Hour
The most popular cocktail hour
| place is the new little bar in the
Mirabeau hotel in the Rue de la
Paix. Lyo1ene, in white linen, with
white paper panama hat, escorted
by a young man in a., double
breasted white linen suit, sat near
the door, slipping mint juleps F. :.
Schiaparelli, in black linen. with q
touch Of beige, had champagne.
The Countess de Rohan, immedi-
ately after the showing Of her col
lection, dropped in for a pick-me-
up Anita Block, Of the The
alter Guild, New York, sat in deep
conversation in one corner with two
French playwrights. Mrs Block is
in Europe this summer scouting for
new plays for the New York The
| alter Guild.