Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-19
PRIOE ONE GENT
ATTRACTIVE DEBUTANTE TEA.
FORMAL COMING OUT OF
MSS HALSEY.
The Daughter of Commander W;
F.Halsey Recipient of
Many Flowers.

One of the most attractive social
events of the season was the debutante
tea given yesterday afternoon from 8
TO by Mrs. Halsey, wife of Com.
mander W. K. Halsey, at their resi-
denoe, No. 8, Blake Row, Naval
Academy. in honor of the formal
coming out" of her daughter, Miss
Deborah Grant Brewster Halsey.
Five hundred invitations had been
sent and during the hours of the re-
ception the parlors were filed with
guests numbering the entire naval
contingent and the representative peo-
pie of Annapolis society.
The parlors were a mass of flowers,
all cOlors and kinds, including bou.
quets of the rarest and choicest hot.
house growths, which had been sent
the.fair young debutante from Wash
ington, New York. Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Many flowers were also
eceived from the midshipmen at the
Naval Academy and the numerous
friends of Miss Halsey in Annapolis.
The rooms were filled with the perfume
OF roses. violets and lilies. Chrysan-
themums of all Colors were banked
amid delicate ferns and smilax in
every conceivable space and above all
the mellow glow of red shaded lights
shed a soft radiance. Mrs Halsey
was assisted in receiving by Miss Hal
sey and the following ladies Mrs
BrownsOn, wife of Superintendent
Willard II. Brownson, of the Naval
Academy; Mrs. Badger, wife of Com
mander Charles j. Badger, command
ant of midshipmen; Mrs. W. q. Z.
Muir, Mrs. Ray. Mrs. w. +. Fullam,
Madame Marion, Mrs. Phelps, Mrs.
Dewey. Miss Bonny Todd.
The following young ladies looked
after the welfare of the guests Miss
Elizabeth Randall, her guest Miss
Goodrich, Miss Rose Green, of New
York. Miss Flora Duvall, Misses
Louise and Golda Munroe. Miss Louisa
Terry. Miss Halsey wore an exquis-
itely dainty gown of silk gauze, style
of $780, with profusion of ruffles,
trimmed with lace and insertion. She
carried a shower bouquet of Ameri-
can Beauties. Miss Halsey is hand
some blonde, graceful and attractive
and of pleasing personality and charm
ing manners. She is very popular
with the younger smart set and Is
quite favorite everywhere. Mrs.
Halsey was gowned in blue crepe do
chine, elaborately trimmed in hand
made lace and silver ana pearl orna-
ments. In the dining room Mrs.
Brownson and Mrs. Badger poured
tea. The color scheme in the dining
room was white and green, large
white chrysanthemums being the flow
ers used effectively with maiden hair
fern and smilax. The lights were
shaded with white and silver. All of
the young girls assisting wore pure
white Miss Elizabeth Randall and
of white point de spirit over silk;
Miss Louisa Terry's gown was of
white crepe de chine; Miss Flora Du-
val wore white organdie; the Misses
Munroe wore handsome gowns of
white voile; Miss Rose Green, of
New York, looked charming in a gown
of white crepe de chine.
The young ladies assisted in serving
the guests, and entertaining those
who called. During the hours of
and there were three hundred callers
at the hospitable home of Commander
and Mrs. Halsey, whose charming
daughter made her formal debut 70
naval society yesterday. Some Of the
guests were Captain and Mrs. Bad
ger, Captain and Mrs. Willard III.
Brownson, DIR. and Mrs. H. r. Ames.
Lieutenant and Mrs Allen Cook, Mrs.
Daniel II. Magruder, DR. and Mrs.
Cook, Miss Ames. Miss Terry, Miss
Duval, Miss Mccormick, Miss Porter,
Mrs. Cusachs, Commander and Mrs.
Fullam, Commander and Mrs. Lloyd,
Lieutenants. Jensen, Sparrow, Brady,
Kalbfus, Foley, Madame and Miss
Marion, Professor Dashiell, Mr.. Larn-
| ed, Captain Dunlap. Major and Mrs.
Karmany, Miss Karmany, Captain
and Mrs. Russell, Lieutenants Coyle,
Crist, Miss Hodges, Lieutenant Up
shur, Mrs. Laning, Lieutenant and
Mrs. II. H. jackson, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Crosse, Lieutenant and Mrs.
| Graham, Lieutenant and Mrs. Wells,
Miss Brown, Lieutenant and Mrs.
Sales, Mrs. Griffin, Miss Murray,
Captain and Mrs. Stoney, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Pringle and many others.