The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-10
DEBUTANrE TEA FOR MISS MAXWELL


and Mrs Evelyn Groom Maxwell. was
introduced to her mothers friends at
! q pretty debut tea yesterday afternoon,
/ at the family residence on West Bel
mont street, number OF the younger
set having been invited to assist at
| this pretty afternoon function, being
! entertained later in the evening with
3, dance.
| The whole lower floor of this old
colonial house one of the few ante
bellum homes in Pensacola, had been
thrown open. more than TWO hundred
calling to greet the young daughter of
the house, who had receiving with her
the other debutantes of the season,
Miss Kitten Merritt, Miss Helen Fish
er. Miss Elizabeth Fisher, Miss Mar
guerite Blakeley OF Macon, Ca, and
Miss Mary Winston Jones, and Miss
jamie Knowles.
In the hall the holiday season was
suggested in the green OF ferns and
palms against which the bright bios
SONS Of the crimson pointsettia were
thrown into vivid relief
The two spacious rooms devoted to
the library, were thrown into one, and
here the receiving line stood, the love-
| ~ young girls in their graceful gowns
making IN attractive picture amid the
setting of decorative plants, white car
nations, and roses, which were used
in jardinieres and crystal vases.
Receiving here with Mrs. Maxwell.
besides her daughter, and the other
members of the debutante set, We're
her two aunts, Mrs Horace Lee Simp-
son and Mrs. John Maxwell
Miss Maxwell was very lovely in
softly draped gown of white char
meuse fashioned en- traine with over
drapery Of silk, French net in the new
rninaret mode, the round neck and
short sleeves having a graceful ar
We're also used TO outline the tunic
Rhinestone buckles were used to con-
fine the draperies and elsewhere about
the lovely, youthful gown, with which
was Worn a corsage of lilies Of the
valley and hyacinths.
Miss Blakeley wore q very modiSh
gown of pale pink brocaded charmeuse,
with a graceful overdress of point lace.
worn with corsage of roses.
Miss Kitten Merritt was gowned in
pale blue crepe de chine, with over
dress of chiffon. crystal trimming
used about the softly draped bodice,
and white roses as corsage
Miss Helen Fishers lovely gown was
of pink charmeuse, developed in white |
tulle and landings of fur, and Miss |
Elizabeth Fisher wore a smart frock |
of white charmeuse with touches of /
gold lace and draperies of white chif-
fon.
Miss Mary Winston Jones was lovely
in q graceful gown Of white char
meuse and lace.
Mrs. Evelyn Maxwell wore a be-
coming gown of grey charmeuse, with I
girdle of chiffon velvet, and f
Mrs. John Maxwell was in black crepe +
meteor. trimmed in maribout.
In the hall the guests were received
by Miss Daisy Hyer, in pale blue crepe
de chine, with trimmings Of cream
nd
charmeuse coIored crepe meteor. +
in shadow lace and mink fur Il
In the large front parlor, opening II
from the dining room, quantities of II
pink carna tons were used, with many
ferns and other growing plants, and
here Mrs. w. K. Hyer, Mrs Ellis
Knowles, Mrs. +. Simpson Reese, Mrs, Il
John b. Jones. Mrs. Cad Jones, Mrs II
Marion Hyer, and Mrs. Thomas William
Mrs. w. B. Wright, Mrs
L. Hilton Green and Mrs. +. c. Dun
ham, greeted the guests and ushered
them into the diningroom, the deco
rative scheme here being the same
as that used in the library.
Mrs. w. e. Wright wore a Band A
some gown of black satin, with bodice
and draperies of point lace.
Mrs. Durham was in pompadour
silk, of American Beauty shades. !,
Mrs. L. Hilton Green wore black
satin and lace.
Mrs. Hyer wore white charmeuse, Il
with overdress of black chantilly lace.
Mrs Ellis knowles was IN graceful
draped gown of white silk meteor
Mrs. Simpson Reese wore silk poplin
IN violet shade, trimmed in silver lace, 81
with touches of pale blue chiffon. H
Mrs. Cad Jones was in a. handsome
gown OF black velvet, trimmed in
landings of black fur.
Mrs. Marion Hyer's pretty gown was
Of pink charmeuse, with tunic of white
lace. Il
Mrs. Thomas William Saltmarsh
wore an attractive gown of grey char
meuse, with beaded overdress.
The Colonial style OF the beautiful 4
old home lends itself admirably TO Il
the decorators art, and in the dining &
room was it especially evidenced. the 4
handsome old mahogany and massive
silver making this room particularly II
satin surface rejecting the lights of
many candles from the old-fashioned +
heirlooms in the Thornton
family, two of the larger candelebra in
the rare three branching pattern, hav-
ing been used at the wedding Of the
pretty debutante's grandmother, Mrs.
Laura Thornton. The table was CEN
tired with a silver basket, filled with I
fragrant, pure white carnations and I
delicate maidenhair fern, the tall han i
dies twfned with snniiax, the florists /
following the Dolly Var
den style OF basket used at the Sayre-
Wilson wedding.
silver vases held white Roman hya-