Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-07

debutante Of the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepard had
! as dinner guests last night Miss Barnes,
Miss Sewers. the Misses Shepard, Lieut..
Mark Brooke, Maj. Faison. Mr.. Richard
! Whitley, Mr.. Gould Lincoln and Col. and
Mrs. Reber.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas F. Walsh have
invitations out for December 81 for a
| bal masque
Rear Admiral Gheen, United States navy,
retired and Mrs. Gheen welcomed a large
| company to their spacious home on New
Hampshire avenue from 4 to yesterday,
when each apartment of the drawing room
| suite had its own special floral ornamental
| ton, mainly in tropical effects, in which the
| bouquets sent the debutante had an APP
propriate setting. The hostess gowned In
white crepe and Irish crochet lace, and her
attractive young daughter, whose coming
| out dress was of palest blue satin and chif-
| fon with exquisite lace in the guimpe
and waist trimming, stood together
| in the large drawing room. She carried an
armful of pink roses. Rear Admiral Gheen
and Miss Mary Gheen, the schoolgirl
| daughter of the household extended the
| Inequalities of the occasion. In the dining
room, from rose-decked table, dainty re-
freShmentS were served.
Another West End coming out was that
| of Miss Louise Ryan, daughter of Mrs. Ar
| thur B. Ryan, at their home in Sunderland
place. where several hundred friends called
| during the afternoon. The hostess was in
| black lace and the bud in white point d'es-
prit, with the skirt fiounced in ribbon
! bound ruff1es. A huge cluster Of pink roses
| added a touch of color. Assisting in the
| entertainment were the other daughters OF
| the house. Mrs. Alan Clephane Miss Ryan
and Miss Ethel Ryan: Miss briggs. Miss
Mclean. the Misses Abbott, Miss Barry,
| Miss Hastings, Miss Mason Miss Downing
Miss Raymond. Miss Pulitzer of New York
L., H. Lit
| room Miss Clabaugh presided at the punch
| bowl and Mrs. Willis Moore and Mrs.
| Eberle were vis-a-vis at the refreshment
| table.
Miss Frances Goldsborough's debut YVES
the occasion of a brilliant gathering at
| the home of her parents. DR.. and Mrs.
E. X. Goldsborough, from to yesterday,
| the hostess. gowned in black lace and jet
having her handsome young daughter
standing near her at the entrance to the
| large drawing room The debutante was
| in soft white lace and carried a huge
| bouquet of white orchids and lilies of the
valley. Numbers of other bouquets on
| mantels and cabinets were conspicuous
tributes in evidence everywhere.
Nine. van Swinderin, Mrs Cleveland Per-
kns Miss Bessie Kibbey and Miss Wood
| hull assisted throughout the tea, as did the
| Misses Goldsborough, Marian Leutze,
Fredreika Morgan. Mollie Dodge. Jean
Crosby, Alice sheperd, Evelyn Thew.
Joanna Schroeder. Katherine Jennings.
stephaine Trescot. Caryl Crawford. Mary
Switzerland, Madelaine Bradley, Mary
two named cousins of the debutante, and
Anne Rafferty, of New York.
Col. Francis Cotton left yesterday for
California on a business visit and was
accompanied by his daughters, the Misses
Cotton. They are expected back here
about New Year, but have given up their
house, in consequence of going abroad as
| they had planned to make trip up the
| Nile.
Mrs. Clements had as dinner guests last
night the Secretary Of Commerce and La
| Dor and Mrs. Metcalf. the controller of the
currency and Mrs. Ridgely, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. Sharpe,
Mrs Reyburn, Mr.. Paul Charlton, Col
! Count Gleichen and Capt. Cloman.
Representative Bourke Cochran and his
| bride, who was Miss Ide, sailed yesterday
| for the Mediterranean on the Cretic. They
! will tour southern Europe until February
| ana perhaps go to Egypt.
DR.. Francis A. Ashford of the United
| States medical marine service. with his
| wife, is visiting his mother. Mrs. Isabella
| w. Ashford, 1903 street.
Mrs A. w. Greedy has gone to Chicago to
| join Gen. Greedy and was accompanied by
her daughters Rose and Gertrude, Miss
Greedy having pTSceueQ HST west. MIS-.
Greedy has rented her house for the season
| to her cousin. Mrs. John Bell Bouton of
Cambridge, Mass Mr.. John Nesmith Gree
| ly who tooy his degree at Yale last June, is
now travelling in southern Europe, and
| Adolphus w. Greedy. jr., is at school at
Andover. Mass.
Mrs. Audenreid is entertaining her niece,
Miss Anna French of Philadelphia, and at
luncheon yesterday in her honor had as
guests Miss Margaret Hitchcock Miss Shaw,
Miss Foraker Miss Carlisle, Miss Palmer,
/ Miss Symons and Miss Riggs.
The cards for the three navy yard hops.
of which the commandant and officers of
| the navy yards are hosts, have been sent
out. The dates are December %, January
| II and February 8.
Miss Hester Shepard is entertaining at
| a tea today in honor of Miss Marie Barnes,
| for whom she will be a bridesmaid on the
| 18th Mrs. Charles Marlatt, formerly Miss
| Mackay Smith and bride of last summer;
| Mrs Andrew Y. Bradley, Miss Fitch Miss
| Sergeant and Miss Lincoln will assist
| Miss Beulah Hardy assisted by Mrs NJ
NJ. -Eichelberger, received Wednesday even
| ing at 1919 18th street in honor of Miss
| Ellen Smyser of York, Pa. Mrs B. F.
Leech and Mrs. Guy Eichelberger pre-
! sided in the dining room. The guests were
| delightfully."- entertained with many vocal
selections by Mrs. William Keye-Miller and
Mr.. Cy Cummings and with comic recita-
| lions by Mr.. Guy Eichelberger. Those pres
emit were Misses Blanche Dalton, Susie Nc
| Farland, Elizabeth Bradfeld, Margaret
| Conner, Mary Lawton. Edna Hardy, DR..
Frank Hilton, Messrs. Jacob Smyser. Percy
Givens, William Day, Walter Furbershaw,
Frank Hardy, Roy Richardson. William
Keye-Miller, Vivian Eichelberger, Don
Clarke and Gerald Griffin.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer Moore and Miss
Irene Moore have taken an apartment at
Stoneleigh Court and will be here until
| they 60 abroad in January.
A pretty wedding took place Wednesday
| evening at o'clock in st. Johns Church
when Miss Ida Brooke Billopp, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Farmer Billopp
was married to Mr.. Raymond Healy of
Brooklyn, N. Y. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Roland Cotton Smith.
and the church was beautifully decorated
with palms and yellow chrysanthemums.
The bride, who was given in marriage by
her father, wore a dainty gown of white
lace and carried a bouquet of white roses.
The maid of honor, Miss Elinor Billopp,
her sister. and the bridesmaids, Miss Kath-
arine Billopp and Miss Faith Farquhar,
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