Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-29
From Bach
To Beethoven,
They Talked
BY MAURY PAUL

NEW YORK. Jan. 29-The
vaulted drawing room Of Mrs.
Christian r. Holmes beautiful
duplex apartment on upper Fifth
avenue resounded with chatter
about Beethoven, Bach and
Brahms at the brilliant recep-
tion Bette Holmes gave for
Bruno Walter. great conductor
of the Philharmonic Orchestra,
the other night.
And, as is always the case
W h en- musical minded Mrs.
Holmes (heireSs to millions
amassed in the manufacture OF
Fleischmanns yeasD gives a
large party, the guests included
most Of the celebrated musicians
and literary lights" available.
Society bores the distinguished
hostess.
The drawing room of the
Holmes apartment, the jade
room with its priceless collection
and dining room boasting a
floor-to-ceiling glass enclosed
aviary. in which birds of bril-
liant plumage fly happily about,
was masSed with colorful and
fragrant blooms from the hot
house of Mrs. Holmes country
estate. The Chimneys." at
Sands Point, L. l. Throughout
the evening a buffet supper was
served.
THOMAS MANN and his wife
came up from Princeton, n. j.,
for the event honoring Mr..
Walter. and while Marshall
Field was unable to attend. be-
ing one of the many victims of
the "flu" epidemic. Mrs. Hunt
ington Aston, another pillar of
the Philharmonic, was to be
noted. as were such Philhar-
monte minded ladies AS Mrs.
Frederick Steinway, Mrs. Will
liam C. Breed. who always looks
so neat you imagine she has
stepped out of a handbook; Mrs.
John p. Pratt, who prefers black
for evening wear, and the
Countess Mercati thrilled over
the success of her FL Greco ex-
hibition for the benefit of the
Greeks.
Mrs. Holmes received in a
gown of gold and silver lame,
with green velvet.
and insisted it was "the same
gown I've been wearing all
Winter'-but it looked new
land stunningl TO me.
Naturally much of the CONVEX
sation at the party had to do
with next years one hundredth
anniversary season of the Phil
haruonic.'
l couldn't find. however, one
person at the party who didn't
emphatically express their
when confronted with
the widely whispered rumors
that Toscannini will return TO
the Philharmonic as permanent
conductor!
FROM LOS ANGELES, New
York society hears that Mrs.
Reggie Vanderbilt is in far from
health-and her friends
are worried.
Mrs. Vanderbilt and her twin
sister. Thelma. Lady FurneSS,
are sharing an abode on the Pa
cific slope and, despite her
young son, the new Lord Fur
ness, being heir to one of Eng
lands largest fortunes, gossip
has it Thelma is hard pressed
for funds these days. due TO her
inability TO get money out of
England. That's the reason for
her attempt at a film career.
INCIDENTALLY. Mrs Gladys
PeahOdY=Mhn once MAS re-
portedly anxious TO become Mrs.
Alexander Hamilton Rice-and
Lady Furness no longer bow
when they meet
1t seems one of Gladys Eng
fish cavaliers now prefers
Thelma!
And il might he of interest 10
mention that the mother of Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Lady Furness,
Mrs. Harry Hayes Morgan Sr.,
has quietly arranged to make
her future home in Havana.
Following the unfortunate
legal battle over the custody Of
little Gloria Vanderbilt case
in which Mrs. Morgan shocked
every one by testifying against
her daughter-New York So
ciety gave Mrs. Morgan cold
shoulder so cold in fact. she
went into retirement AS Mrs.
Smith" in an east side hotel and
never attempted To regain a
place in the world of fashion.
She was nicknamed the