Evening star., 1938-03-13
Manhattan Mirror
Five.Suit Bridge Game
Topic of Conversation.
Fashion Openings.
By Grace Hendrick Eusfis-

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suit their American clientele.
From observing and listening we
can report certain essentials for
any woman's spring wardrobe. Skirts
must be longer. IL instead Of IA
inches from the floor and many
OF them are pleated; white straw
hats with dark wells will be worn
with navy blue spring suits and
dresses: evening dresses have little
sleeves and moderately high aecks:
coats and suits have elbow-length
or three-quarter-length sleeves. In
the world Of fashion, the spring
hats are called fun" This Is
both misstatement and UNDER
statement. They are sheer in
sanity. We saw one consisting Of
. bunch Of hyacinths. tied under
the chin with a velvet ribbon, and
another which was an entire
pheasant, perched at an angle de-
tying both gravity and the slight
est breeze.
THERE are two exhibitions of
portraiture now showing that
are as beautiful and as compre-
hensive as anything any Of us will
see in a decade. At the Wildenstein
gallery, under the auspices of the
Public Education Association, are
assembled 48 great portraits from
the impressionist period through
what Is called modernism"
These paintings were culled from
notable collections. Adolph Lewis
ohm lent Van Gogh's "L'Arlesienne,"
which Is now nearly as we'll known
to art lovers as the Mona Lisa" and
Renoir's Madame Darras." Chester
Dale gave Gaugin's bitter portrait
OF himself. Marie Hartman sent
Picasso's gentle picture Of his wife
and child and from the Phillips {.
Memorial Gallery came . self-por-
trait by Cezanne and q brilliant
Derain.
Also represented were new COL
lectors, some famous In their own
fields. William S. Paley, head of
the Columbia Broadcasting Co.,
loaned Cezanne. Edward M,
Warburg. sponsor of the American
Ballet. showed Picasso's lie Gar
con Bleu," and the only Berthe
Morisot portrait in the exhibition
came from Edward G. Robinson,
star OF many a gangster movie.
Down at the Century Club the
most distinguished and exclusive
club Of professional men in New
York, there is an exhibition called
Masters Of Portraiture." And
indeed it is. Here are magnificent
canvasses by Frans Halls, Goya.
Andrea del Sarto, Van Dyck, Law
renee, Raeburn and Romney.
chosen under the wise guidance of
Augustus Vincent Tack, Stephen G.
Clark. Albert Gallatin and Matt
land F. Griggs. Some of the pic
lures have never been shown be.
fore in America. The only hitch.
from the point of view Of the
public. is that admission Is lin.
ited to those who can get q card
from club member.
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WE HAVE . friend who won
money last week in q fashion
typically feminine and guaranteed
TO stir serious and scientific bet
tors on the track into q froth Of
rage. Her name is Gertrude Macy.
sister Of Mrs. Nicholas Ludineton
OF Philadelphia. She is the wheel
horse in the Katharine Cornell
Guthrie McClintic combination, has
stage managed shows for them,
helped in the casting, arranges for
the details Of their travelling and
is generally indispensable.
A week ago last Saturday she
was casually glancing through the
reams Of print about the Santa
Anita Handicap and came across
TWO familiar names, Stagehand and
Sceneshifter. OF the two she pre-
ferred Stagehand and decided to
place q bet on him. Not knowing
any bookie she called up one of
the doprmen she knew at her
[avorite restaurant and asked him
II he knew where she could put
some money across the board. He
said. sure, he could place it, got
ner 9-to-2 odds and suggested she
come down and listen to the race
over their radio.
Well, she couldn't do that be-
cause she was going out to din
aer, but as she dressed leisurely.
'he turned on her own radio, heard
he race and sailed forth on her
evening a substantial winner with
'ut having cracked a dope sheet or
wen discussed the possible con.
enders.