The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-10
Gay. Parties
OnTugboatS
Greet Liner
New York Society Folk
See Normandie
in HarbOr.
ny HELEN WORDEN

~ guest Of Fred Dalzell on his
turboaf. the Dalzellea. when Z
went down tho BAY 70 guide the
Normandic into port.
Tho Dal7cllea was one Of Is pull
fnr tug that steamed up tn North
River alongside tho huge new
French liner. ready 70 catch the
thick haVrers. 90 cast out as the
ship ncarcd pier ~.
In our party were Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Devsrt. Jr.. Mr.. and
Mr.. r. p Conklin. Mrs. Theodore
ConkIin ST. Howard Morris. J. G.
Nfckle Tom DrVari. Fred Dalzell
and Captain Alan Howell skipper
OF tho Dslzcllea
We on met In the Dalzell Office
at 81 State-st. the building owned
by Henry DOherty. tho traction
king
Flags we're luttering from Mr.
D0hertv's penthouse as We streamed
across Battery Park TO pier one and
tho Dalzellca.
III meet you At Battery Park. 20
7 said casually. when I talked with
Mr. Dalzell. lie laughed. 7 guess
you haven't seen Battery Park yet.
r. looks like an Elks' convention IN
Radio City"
Impressed by Ship
7 wouldn't havt missed this for
ANYTHING" said Mr.. COnklin. focus
ING his motion picture camera on
a Normandic-sized Mickey Mouse,
tethered 10 a roaming coal barge.
ITS a great sight
Mr.. end Mrs. COnklin. who are
spending the summer at Quogue.
got I'D az dawn 10 drive into town
for the tugbOat trip. They we're
laden with S0uthWcsternish looking
coats and nautical-tilted caps. 1T
was very cold when We started ex-
planned Mr.. Conklin.
I'm always at home on the
water" said Mrs. COnklin adjusting
a CAV yellow ChamOiS beret As We
boarded the tug. We went deep
sea fishing Yesterday of QuOgue and
caught p fish"
She was the envy OF al women,
when the wind began 10 lay fingers
on 0ur hats. Mrs. Dewart's brown
fell was rescued Just as It scared
above a smoke-stack and sky-rock-
eted against a rail before blowing
out 10 sea.
We forgot hats. cameras and our
selves when the NOrmandie glided
abreast OF our little tug. SCOT
poured down on our faces from the
giant yellow tunnels. the blast Of
its Whistles deafcned our ears and
hundred sightseeing boats
TANNED with spectators trailed us.
hut We had eyes for nothing but
the biggest ship that had ever put
into American waters.
Capt. Rene Pugnct. skipper Of the
NOrmandic is a very likeable man,
with q versatile mind.
He cap.a.ued the Paris. four years
ago last summer when I took va
cation trip 10 France. He likes 10
play INC violin. box. speak SanSkrit
and sketch. He kept several esseiS
IN his study for stray artists who
happened 10 re aboard ship.
Invites Artists
Monsieur IL CapitaiEe would be
pleased 10 have YOU join his sketch
ing group ran a message slipped
under my cabin door. the second
dsy out. Miss Belgium. who won
the prize I'm an American Beauty
Contest is on board and has con-
Scnted 10 sit for a Portrait
Among those who crowded the
Waldorf TO honor Nine. Lebrun
wife Of tho President OF France. and
TO meet Capt. Pugnet. were Mrs. lie
Brun Parsons Rhinclander, who
brought Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob
AStor. Mrs. Moses Taylor Campbell
Albert Morris Bagby and Sumner
Ballard as her guests.
Mrs. Rhinelander's daughter. lie
Brun. will make her debut in New
port this summer. She and her
daughter are direct descendants OF
Mime. Vigie lie Brun. the Eighteenth
century French portrait painter.
DO you belong TO the same FAM
ilv that President lie Brun comes
frOm2" I asked.
Possibly. way back" said Mrs
RhinelandCr. But I don't believe
We are very closely related because
President LebrlIns name is spelled
with a small b"
LCBrun Rhinelander'S middle
name is CruCer-which comes from
a distinguished ancestor on hel
fathers side. The Cruger house ana
Cruger family we're the Whitney
Vanderbilt Astor combination Of ole
New York. LeBrun'S grandfather
Maj. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander. has
a painting III his home Of the orig
inal CruCer and slSO-which is per-
hspS more imporant-Mr. Cruger
private recipe for punChl