The Washington herald., 1918-12-28
in the Social >Norlo
By MAUD MeDoUGALL.

The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall seem to be the storm center
of official entertaining. They will
be the honor guests of dinner
which the Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. William Phillips will
give on January 4. at Woodley; and
of dinner which the Third Assist
ant Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Breckenridge Long will give at their
Sixteenth street residence on Janu-
airy s. Also they are to be the CEN
! tral figures of the brilliant dinner
with which Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Beale Mclean Will precede their big
New Years eve ball in their l street
home.
Senator and Mrs. John Bankhead
were the hosts yesterday afternoon
at Rauscher's at one of the most in
teresting debut teas of the entire
season, when they presented their
granddaughter. Miss Jeanne Bank
head, daughter of Representative
and Mrs. william b. Bankhead,
Several hundred members of official
society came to greet the young bud.
and bid her welcome to their ranks.
| Senator Bankhead himself headed
the receiving line, and, with manifest
pride, introduced his friends to the
lovely girl who stood beside him. ra-
diant in her F'renchy little frock of
changeable blue taffeta, with shoulder
straps of rose-colored velvet, the dra =
peries OF her skirt caught with rose
buds of the same shade. She carried a
cluster OF pink roses to match The
bouquets and baskets and sheaves of
flowers that made bower of the ia
: miliar ballroom and formed a lovely
setting for the pretty bud bore elo-
Quent testimony not only to her own
popularity. but to the esteem in which
her parents and her grand dparents are
held. while Christmas wreaths and tall
palms gave the Christmas touch TO the
II rooms.
Mrs. Bankhead. Mrs. Walter II.
SchoelkOpf and her niece. Miss
Judge, of Buffalo. completed the re-
ceiving party.
Mrs. Bankhead wore a stately gown
of rich black velvet with jet and a
quaint and beautiful set of pearls
consisting OF necklace, earrings
bracelet and brooch.
Assisting Mrs. Bankhead during
the afternoon were Miss TalIuIan
Bankhead. sister OF the debutante;
Mrs. Charles L. Linthicum, Mrs
Hubert S. Dent, jr.; Mrs. T NJ
Owen. of Montgomery. Ala. daugh-
ter of Senator and Mrs. Bankhead
Mrs. John II. Bankhead. jr.. their
daUghter-inlaw and Mrs Carl Nc
Mahon.
The debutantes of the season as,
sistinE were: Miss Margaret Hard,
ing. Miss Mildred Bromwen, Miss
Frances Hopkins. Miss Marguerite
SimOnds. Miss Leila Gordon. Mis-,
Margaret Deeble. Miss Olyve Graef
Miss Teresa James, Miss Enid Sims
and Miss Alice ReQua.
The reception was double on,
in one sense. for while Senator anC
Mrs. Bankhcad presented thefi
granddaughter. Representative an,
Mrs. Bankhead stood to receive tn.
guests as they entered the ball.
room. Mrs. Bankhead wore a love
ly gown Of peacock blue velvet
with narrow gold rufTles extendin.
from the waistline to the hem a.
the back of the skirt showing un.
der the long blue train lined will
gold.
The Secretary OF the Navy return
ed to town yesterday morning from
New York where he went to review
the great naval parade held Thursda,
in New York harbor. Mrs. Daniels
who accompa MED him. is expected
back today.
Miss Cora Bagley. cousin of Mrs
Daniels. who is her secretary, il
spending the holidays at her hom,
in North Carolina. The house part!
of young people which Secretar,
and Mrs. Daniels are entertaininl
for Christmas will remain through
the week.
Lieut.. Charles Fellowes Gordon
r. n, whose marriage to Miss Sara
Price Collier, daughter of Mrs. Pric,
Collier. OF Tuxedo and Washington
will take place on Monday, enter
tanned sc dinner last night aboarC
II. NJ. s. Warrior in compliment t
the men of the wedding party. Mis-!
Collier and her attendants dineC
with the Misses Bonr. who are o
the bridal party. at the residenc,
Of their mother, Mrs. Frederick Gil
lett.
Mai. Maurice Fitzmaurice Dav, O
the Kings Own Yorkshire Fusileers
and his bride. who was Miss Eleanors
Morgan. have returned from lei
honeymoon. and are making a hoIi