Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-11
Society

cess Lubomirska, Mrs. Henry P.
Loomis Of Tuxedo and New York. Miss
Margaret Benson. Col. and Mrs.
Charles Patterson. Mrs. George W.
Ehle. Mr.. William Phelps Emo and
the charge d'affaires Of the Belgian
embassy, Mr.. Charles Symon.
The ambassador of Great Britain
and Lady Geddes will entertain at a
dance at the embassy December 90
as farewell hospitality to Col. A.
+. A. N. Thorne. assistant military
attache of the embassy. and the Hon.
Mrs. Thorne. who will sail for Eu-
rope few days later.
Mrs. George Ehle and Mr.. William
Phelps Emo are entertaining at a
tea this afternoon to meet Nine. Marie
grand opera stars. who are to ap-
pear in the Washington Opera Com
pany's production of Aida" which
will be given at Polls next Monday.
Wednesday and Friday evenings. al
ternating with the performances of
the French opera comique.
This afternoon large company
has been invited to meet the honor
guests and in the dining room Mrs
Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins and Mrs. Franklin Townsend
will do the honors at the tea table.
Two Debutantes Presented To-day.
Miss Esther Mcvann is making her
formal debut in society this afternoon at
large tea dance which her mother.
Mrs. e. J. McVann, is giving at 24O0
18th street. The large ballroom and re-
ception rooms are charmingly decorated
with quantities of palms and ferns and
red roses and the floral tokens sent the
dsbutante adorn the drawing room,
where Mrs. McVann and her daughter
are receiving. Mrs. McVann is wearing
modish toilette Of black chiffon velvet
combined with cloth of silver, and the
debutante is lovely in cloth of gold
draped with rose pink and blue tulle, and
her colonial bouquet of sweetheart roses
is in lace holder. She is one Of the
prettiest girls to be presented this sea-
son and Is popular in the younger set.
Those assisting at the tea table in
clude Mrs George Perkins, Mrs William
Connell, Mrs. Gasser Mrs. David King,
Mrs. Robinson White. Mrs. w. H. Gross
son, Mrs. Tyree Rivers and Miss Nc
butante includes the members Of her
house party, Miss Willow O'Brien, Miss
Agnes Fitzsimons, Miss Mary HEMP and
Miss Josephine Hamlin. all of New
York, and the others assisting are Miss
zilla MacDougall, Miss Josephine
Bacon. Miss Katherine Marriott. Miss
Rosa -Maye Kendrick, Miss Margaret
Crosson. Miss Elinor Mills and Miss Sue
White.
Col. and Mrs. Edward Lyman Nun.
SON are entertaining at a large tea
dance this afternoon at the Washing
ton Club to introduce their debu-
tante daughter. Miss Katherine Mum
son. The drawing rooms, dining
room. and ballroom are beautifully
decorated with palms and ferns, and
clusters of American beauty roses are
mingled with the many lovely bou-
quets sent the young bud.
Mrs. Munson is wearing an after
noon gown of black velvet, and Miss
Munson's gown is a charming model
of white tulle. made very bouffant
and trimmed with pink rosebuds.
Those assisting at the tea table in
clude Mrs. William HAN. Mrs. Mer-
rift w. Ireland, Mrs. Daniel Anthony,
Mrs. William Cline Borden and Mrs.
Charles Byrne. The other members
Of the. receiving party include Mrs.
Philip Campbell. Mrs. T. @. Donald
son. Mrs. Roger Brooke, Mrs. Clar-
ence Richmond Day. Mrs. Lawrence
Fleming. Mrs. Clarence Miller. Miss
Edith Bacon. Miss Katherine Marriott,
Miss Marjorie Geim, Miss Dorothy