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Show JEWELS FLfiSH AT CAS10PE1G BEDECKED WOMEN THRONG DEAUVILLE AND SHOW AR- -RAY OF VALUABLE GEMS Tables Are At Premium As Big Gambling Gamb-ling Resort Opens And Many Are Forced To Wait Turn In Order To Play Deauville, France. Jewels valued at more than a billion francs sparkled spark-led from the throats, ears, arms and fingers of the throngs of women at the opening of the casino here. Diamond Dia-mond and pearl experts appraised the marvelous mass of gems at this huge figure after inspection of the gala crowd, dining at the Ambassador and afterward playing with the goddess of chance at a chemin de fer table. Gigantic diamonds, enormous ropes of pearls, huge emeralds, collosal rubies ru-bies and titanic sapphires glittered dazzingly from the bare shoulders of their wearers. Prominent among those ablaze with jewels were Mme. Jean Sapene, singer, sing-er, the wife of the publisher, Moten, and Miss Mabel Ball, an American society girl. Warm, sunshinny weather marked the second day of the grande sem-aine, sem-aine, luring hundreds to the cool surf at the beaches in the forenoon and bringing out a record crowd for the races in the afternoon. A dazzling blonde beauty, wearing flesh-colored bathing tights, created a furor at the beach, attracting the stronger sex and photographers and emptying the beach cafe of cocktail drinkers as she passed. Fashion experts looked in vain for advance hints of fashions. All the sumptuous creations in evidence followed fol-lowed the regulation lines, with knee-length knee-length dresses, bare arms and low necks. All forty-two tables of the casino were insufficient to provide places for the crowds. Tables were installed in the corridors until the supply of couplers cou-plers was exhausted. The baccarat room, where men- only were playing, continued to grind out millions of francs in winnings and losses, with a Greek syndicate of bankers alternately alter-nately winning and losing deals. Early in the morning Martin Huf-fer Huf-fer of New York won a clear million francs. Fanny Ward and Ben Throops, husband of Ruby Dermer, motion picture star, made big winnings. winn-ings. The gaming rooms presented a weird spectacle, with the gem-laden women in decollette gowns, revealing various shades of sunburn from palest pal-est lobster pink to mahogany brown. |