European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse life Kirn Walker and Compton were married on the Riviera after Jimmy s resignation As mayor of new York in 1932 Begum and Khan set up House on the Riviera Are azure coast s most distinguished Host and hostess. Upper bracket society vibrates at its live Liest along the ten mile strip of Antibes and Cannes. This gilded Arena attracts More celebrities per Square Foo of soil than probably any comparable spot on the Earth s surface. Last summer the big hotels the Cap d Antibes and Cannes Carlton and Majestic were aglow with a patronage ritalin that of the glossies prewar seasons. True his Gay Eminence lord Derby was dead and so waste captivating woman whom Cannes refers to fondly As our godchild miss Grace and Fairbanks and Dietrich had yielded. To the new order of Hollywood aristocracy Lan , Robert Taylor and Ray Milland. Merle Oberon came with her husband Lucien Hayworth came without her husband Orson Welles who dropped around later. Jack Warner representing Hollywood management nosed his spanking big yacht into Anchorage at Meyer who had just got through rep resenting Hollywood management in. A trying set to with the Senate War investigating com Mittee breezed in looking none the worse forthe experience. Quite by coincidence Meyer s senatorial Nemesis Owen Brewster was expected to put in a showing but As a member of the chamber of Commerce welcoming committee later reported sadly he probably just could t face All this gaiety. Of Rew Pearson was suppose to come at the same time but he did t turn up either. Pity really. We had two Nice Little girls in costume waiting to throw Flowers at those who recall the old Days a few tears Are still shed for the late new York mayor James j. Walker Good fellow Jemmy whose Dandi fied presence enlivened the Loc Alsce be. During the thirties. Walker s marriage to Betty Compton at Cannes in 1933 is one of the two great International romances with which the resort proudly connects itself. The other of course is that of David Duke of Windsor to Wally Simpson. Immediately after his abdication speech the reconverted King of England dashed Down to Cannes to claim the Yankee woman Ilove from her american friends the Herman Rogersen who had been sheltering her during her ordeal at their fancy Little Seaside place the Villa Louvier. " " l or. And mrs. Rogers Are Back and so Are Many More of the Blue coast s More distinguished landowners. Settled ponderously among them in his palatial Villa Yamour is. Khan. With his wife the Begum he has i his role As one of the most lavish of the magnificent hosts. They Are supported. Son Ali Khan who has just recently a Villa which belonged to the late great 1 ican actress Maxine Elliott. Lodged in a nearby chateau last Winter Bao Dai. The exiled emperor of Guam Phong. Down the Road a on the Golfe Juan the David windsorscountry"1 place of their own now. A kind Workingman a Royalty is represented among Cannes landowners by Antoine the Hng Coiffe Urs who set Princess Elizabeths hair do. L. " the festive spirit of the International makes the Cannes Antibes playground Ai Milieu for the talents of Elsa Maxwell a pet of transatlantic society. She was landmarks before the War and her Gous bulk looms once again on the Gay pos Ummer seasons. Haying Elsa Back last a recently remarked one of her local was like the Landing in Normandy _ to he Roomy surroundings in which the a expatriates of Cannes american Colony dually install themselves give the flaw energies plenty to work with. The Villas fat Circle the town and string out along the a Antibes Are huge augustan places some of Al containing As Many As 16 to 20 bedrooms. These establishments Are jammed for w end during the Busy summer whirl. Among j coast s leading american hosts the the Proctor and Gamble proctors Theof Texas and last season s Dar Honien Comers the Winston of new York routine involving several dozen dinner every evening in t extraordinary. Somei Oit More extravagant hosts have been throw open their doors each Day to a friends acquaintances and perfect strangers several weeks of keeping up this sort of convinced one american Host that his single hand edly trying to support the major of postwar european society. I Don t expense he confided to a Friend but Stimes i think it would be a hell of a trouble just to ship Emall when Riviera society gets tired of Plaj to vow a 4 fir i$3%&ssx Jit i " 1 Wall and Windsor were reunited As Riviera visitors aft a his abdication now have a place of their own Monte Carlo Casino gleams among the Palms on the Brink of the Mediterranean. Huge baroque building houses the. 12.world s most famous gambling Stabli 360,000 optimists match their Ink a fear ii j " i weekend
