Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-27
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
CoMING-oUT PARTY TODAY FOB
MISS JANE SANDS.
Some Other Sociabilities Briefly
Noted-A Butterfly Ball.
Personal Notes,

Miss Jane McCue Sands, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. B. Sands. makes her
debut today at a tea. Mrs. c. c. Glover
and Mrs. James NJ. Johnston will preside
in the dining room and Miss Sands, Mrs
Perry Johnson and Miss Elsie Seymour
will also assist. Tomorrow's debutantes
/ are Miss Leech and Miss Mckee.
/ Representative and Mrs. Longworth
have resumed their residence at their
home at 18th and I streets, where Mrs
Longworth is making rapid strides to per-
feet health again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth enter
tanned last night at the first Of their regu-
lar Thursday night musicales.
In honor of the homecoming of Mr.. Jo-
seph T. Aleshire and other West Point
men. Miss Marjorie Aleshire, his sister,
gave tea yesterday at the home of their
parents, Gen. and Mrs. Alesh1re. Miss
sally Darlington, Miss Jeanette Allen.
! Miss Kathleen Scott, Miss Katherine
Ladd and Miss Margaret knight assisted.
The guests at the Christmas tree party
at the German embassy yesterday were a
number of children Of the diplomatic
families. Each received a pretty gift from
the Baroness Won Sternburg.
Mr.. Robert T. Hoy has surprised his
| friends by announcing his marriage in
Baltimore last Monday to Miss Lillian M.
Frazier Of this city. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father McCor-
mick of st. Joseph's Church. After a short
honeymoon trip Mr.. and Mrs. Hoy will be
at home to their friends at Hoy's Hotel.
Civil Engineer Frank o. Maxson, U. s.
N. and Mrs. Maxson celebrated the
thirtieth anniversary of their marriage
last night, receiving their friends at the
home of Mrs. Maxson's relatives, $40
| East Capitol street.
Mrs Maxson had assisting her Mrs.
Jessie Bruner. Miss Charlotte Van Doren.
Mrs Elizabeth Bradley. Mrs. J. H. Gun
bingham and her daughter, Miss Evelyn
| Maxson.
Representative and Mrs. John Dalzell
are entertaining this week Miss Monica
Montgomery of Portland, Greg. ;.her friend
Miss Helen Denniston of Pennsylvania,
and their nephew, Mr.. John DalzeI Duff
of Pittsburg. Miss Montgomery is Mrs.
Dalzell's niece, and spent last summer
with them at their cottage at Ocean
City, N. ].
Mrs. Dalzell will give a young peo-
pies tea for her guests Saturday, Janu-
airy f.. She will not be at home, as usual,
tomorrow.
Miss Kate Mccartney entertained at a
> O'Clock tea yesterday In honor Of Miss
Eleanor Granger, one of the most at
tractlve of the seasons debutantes. In
the receiving party were: Miss Anna
Portner, Miss Ruth Noyes. Miss Helen
Church. Miss Margaret Woodward, Miss
Katherine Clabaugh, Miss Mary Dove
Miss Barbara Kaufman, Miss Fracker
and Miss Burg.
Miss Annie E. Soper, daughter of Mrs.
Laberta Soper. and Mr.. George E. Greaves
were quietly married Wednesday, Decen1.
b. Ballenger, at o'clock pm. The oc-
casion was very quiet. owing to the re-
cent death Of the brides father.
Mrs. S. Dresdner of Brooklyn. N. Y. is
visiting her mother, Mrs. B. Eisenmann of
914 M street northwest.
Mrs. Norris Brown of Nebraska will>be
at home January at The Portland.
Mrs. Charles w Fulton of Oregon will
not be at home until Thursday, January 9.
Miss Mary Astor Paul, daughter of
James w. Paul. jr., of the Drexel firm,
made her debut last night at Horticultural
Hall, Philadelphia. at a ball that for
grandeur, costliness and general unusual
ness eclipsed the famous Ball of the -Four
| Seasons" with which four years ago Mr..
Paul introduced his elder daughter.
| The flowers alone cost $4,000, and for
the occasion brand-new rose. a cross be-
| tween the American Beauty and the So
| franc, which 1t took nine years to de-
velop. was rare feature. The favors
were costly.
At certain hour 500 brilliant butterflies
gathered from Brazil Peru and even In
dia. were let loose over the guests. These
| butterflies fitted everywhere amid the
| cries of delight from the guests Costly
silken and painted butterflies formed one
of the features of the decorations.
| All the Drexels were there, and in fact
everybody prominent in Philadelphia So
ciety. Col. Anthony J. Drexel his 'beauti-
full wife and his daughter, Miss Marga-
retta, came over from London for, the ball
| The ballroom at the hall was turned into
a replica of French garden. copied from
the Louis Seize period. Sixteen boxes
fashioned of plaster paris, lined the room
having been built especially for the oc-
casion. A great fountain had also been
constructed in one end of the room. Esti-
mates of the total cost of the ball place
it at 100000.
Miss Mary Hoge of this city is the guest
this week of her brother-in-law and Sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A. Savage,
at their home, 300 Goodwood road, Roland
Park, Md.
The Georgetown cotillon was danced
last night at Linthicum Hall with about
200 guests taking part. The chaperons
for the occasion were Mrs. H. o. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Rohrer and Mrs. Du Bose, while
the committee on arrangements included
Mr.. William c. Finney, Mr.. Ernest
Mechlin, Mr.. William Waggaman, Mr..
Harry Finney. Mr.. H. o. Goodwin and
Mr.. Basil Boteler.
Miss Beatrice Croghan, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Croghan. was married to
| DR.. William G.. Woodford last night at
the home of her parents. Rev.. DR..
| Bushby, an old friend Of the bridegroom 8
family, performed the ceremony. The
decorations were all of holly. The brides
gown was of point venise lace made over
white chiffon and silk deliberately. trim
med with heavy pearl trimming. Her
only ornament was a string of pearls.
Her tu1Ae veil was caught with orange
blossoms, and shower bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley was carried.
Miss May Barnes, the brides only at
tendant wore pale blue crepe de chine
over silk and carried bouquet Of violets
and orchids. The best man was Dr. Wal
ter Watts, college friend Of the BRIDE
groom's at George Washington Univer-
sity. DR.. and Mrs. Woodford will spend
four months in Boston, later making their
home in Louisiana.
Considerable interest has been aroused