Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09
Debut of Miss bennett.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bennett enter
tanned one of the largest afternoon
companies of the winter yesterday at
the Congressional Club, giving a re-
ception and tea dance to present their
accomplished young daughter. Miss
Dorothy Dixon bennett.
Southern smilaX and evergreens were
a~bundantly used in the decoration OF
the assembly room and dining room,
and potted pink azaleas and many
other flowers were at all vantage
points. The walls were sprayed with
smilaN and azaleas and ferns banked
the NANTES.
The bouquets sent the debutante
made a lovely showing and represented
the good wishes of scores of home and
out-of-town friends. They We're ar
ranged on a tall screen, across one end
of the assembly room.
A stringed orchestra played for the
dancing. which Continued throughout
the afternoon.
Mrs. bennett wore st~eel-beaded black
lace over light gray satin, and her
Hell dress was of panne velvet, with an
overdress OF silver lace wired around
the bottom. She carried an arm bou-
quet of pink roses and a shower OF
orchids and valley lilies.
Miss Denne spent a year in Eng
land with her relatives before her last
year in school here. She has given
great attention to the study of music,
vocal and piano, n in both gives
promise of future success far beyond
that of the mere amateur. She is very
popular in the younger set and has
taken art in most of the pleasant
events of the season thus far.
Mrs. Alice Ponerene, president of the
Congressional Club. and Mrs. Duncan
Fletcher. the retiring president. received
with Mrs. bennett. The former Wore a
black lace dress and the latter white
satin yelled in black jeted net.
Miss Eleanor Orr of New Jersey and
Miss Deborah Seal of Philadelphia, house
guests of Miss bennett, also assisted in
receiving. The former wore white silk
crepe, trimmed with fitch fur, and the
latter wore yellow panne velvet and char
meuse of the same shade.
The others assisting took turns at the
tea table and in the reception room They
were Mrs. James A. Reed of Missouri.
Mrs. Thomas p. Gore of Oklahoma, Mrs.
Miles Poindexter of Washington state.
Mrs. John F; shafroth Of Colorado, Mrs.
Charles S. Thomas Of Colorado. Mrs.
Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Mrs.
Thomas S. MARITIME of New Jersey. Mrs.
Albert Cummins of Iowa. Mrs. Charles
II. Dillon of South Dakota, Mrs. Henry
d. Flood of Virginia. Mrs. W. r. Green
Mrs. Albert Johnson of Washington
state. Mrs. Lemuel F.. Padgett of Ten
n~essee. Mrs Joseph K. Russell of Mis-
souri,. Mrs. W. A Cullop of Indiana, Mrs.
w. .. Stephens of California, Mrs. Henry
A. Cooper of Wisconsin, Mrs. Dorsey W.
Shackleford of Missouri. Mrs. Julius Kahn
of California. Mrs. Percy E. Quinn of
Mississippi, Mrs. Claudius Stone of IL
linois. Mrs. John H. Stephens of Texas.
Miss Flora Wilson. Mrs. John Wiley.
Mrs. Howard Reside. Mrs. c. H.. T.
Lowndes. Airs. Hampson Gary, Mrs. En-
met Gudger. Mrs. Thomas Kemp. Mrs.
Theodore Shuey. Mrs. Ashmead Fuller,
Mrs. j.. H. HoIton. Mrs. Whitman Osborn,
Miss Virginia Peacock, Miss Eleanor Orr
of New Jersey and Miss Deborah Seal of
Philadelphia. house guests of Miss Den
nett Miss lane Gregory and her house
guest, Miss Keasbey; Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson. Miss Helen McCumber, Miss
Grace Overman. Miss Dorothy Campbell.
Miss MabIe Stone of Missouri, Miss
Frances J.. Dunn of New York, Miss
Edith Oracle. Miss Dorothy Shuey, Miss
Elizabeth Reside, Miss Marie Peary, Miss
Laura Smith, Miss Mercedes Godoy, Miss
Lois Reside, Miss Elizabeth Walker, Miss
Pauline Stone. Miss Margaret Douglas,
Miss Dorothy Wyeth, Miss Charlott,
Capers. Miss Marjorie Helmbold, Miss
Katherine Coville, Miss Elizabeth Jones,
Miss Dorothy Hampton, Miss Laura
Graves. Miss Georgia Schofeid, Miss Mary
Graham. Miss Katherine Burdette, Miss
Ruth Lester, Miss Anita Kite. Miss Kath-
crime Hill, Miss Gladys Helgesen, Miss