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Five oclock tea and Paris fashion notes in a 1900s column
A Paris January gloom lifts with a French paper quoting American phrases like five o’clock tea. The piece surveys society gowns, Black Silk fashions, and hostess etiquette, noting Mrs Belmont and Mrs Astor among guests, plus a tale of John Lyons monetizing car-traffic data for the Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
O. H. P. Belmont
London
John Jacob Astor
Mediterranean
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Diate
William Astor
New York Society
Ward McAllister
Gotham
Cairo