The Washington times., 1927-12-23
tantes and a Bride Disrupt
Christmas Preparations This Afternoon
Miss Frances Hill and
Miss Frances Lee to Be
Presented; Miss Kath-
crime Wrenn the Bride
By JEAN KLIoT

from its last minute
Christmas shopping this
afternoon to do honor to
two debutantes and a bride
with still another debu-
tante, Miss Alice Brooks
Davis, to shine as the bright
particular star of one Of the
gayest of this evenings par
ties-the dance to be given
by the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis.
The bride is Miss Kath-
crime Wrenn and her mar
riage to Lieut.. Robert JAS
person, U. S. n, will be at
5 o'clock. The two buds
who will have their official
blossoming this afternoon
are Miss Frances Hill and
Miss Frances Lee.
MISS HILLS parents, Mr..
AVA and Mrs. &C. Phillips Hill,
will give a tea dance for her
this afternoon at the May
flower, with one end of the
ballroom screened off as a re-
ception room and the other used
for dancing. The decorations
will be suggestive of the Christ
mas season, with scarlet poin-
settias used in great profusion.
The debutante will wear a robe
de style of ivory satin, made
with a long circular skirt, very
full, and a deep oval decolletage
outlined with wee handmade
satin rose buds, with gold
leaves, and filled in with deep
cream lace. She will carry
orchids and pink roses. Mrs.
Hills costume is a dinner gown
Of sapphire blue velvet, made
with a slight drapery to one
side.
UNHE ladies who will assist the
Il hostess are Mrs. David Aiken
Reed, Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes.
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. Mrs.
George Barnett. Mrs. Corcoran
Thorn. Mrs. Louis S. Greene. Mrs.
Harry Reed, and Mrs. Henry
Suydam. In Miss Hills receiving
party will be Miss Dora Catalani.
Miss Jeanette Hume. Miss Ellen
Peele, Miss Adelaide Henry, Miss
Exilona Hamilton, Miss Anna
Jayne, Miss Marie Louise Hilles,
of Baltimore; Miss Anna Louise
Abadie and Miss Sallie Major.
Miss Hill is a. niece of Mrs.
George Barnett and Mrs. George
Murray. Her mother was
Montague. and the debutante has
a look of the Montagus women
and has inherited the wit for
which they are famous. Her
great-great- -grandfather was one Of
the founders of the Naval Acad.
emy. and her uncle, General Bar
nett. was the wartime co4rnnandant
Of the Marine Corps. So it is on
the cards that there will be i'm.
portant Navy representation at
the party. .
MR.. AND MRS. LAWRENCE
NA LEE are presenting. their
daughter, Miss Frances Lee, to so.
ciety this afternoon at. a. tea
which they are giving, in their
home on Leroy Place from to
$50 O'clock.
Miss Lee is a sophomore at
Bryn Mawr College and will make
use Of her vacations from college
to share in the festivities of the
seasons dehutantes.
In the group of girls assisting
the bud in receiving this after
noon are Miss Anne Wood. Miss
Violet Whelan. Miss Victoria Ty.
tus and Miss Florence Keyes.
Mrs. Lee has assisting her in
the dining-room Mrs. Edmund 7.
Lee, of Ankin. China; Mrs. Wallace
Radcliffe. Mrs. Henry L. Aspin.
wall and Mrs. William Charming
johnson
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VNHE President and Mrs. Coolidge.
= with their son. John Coolidge,
went to the National Theater last
evening to see 1.-THE King of Kings,
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Ensign and Mrs. Augustus Cal.
vln Long will arrive, tomorrow
from Boston to spend Christmas
win ner parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
1onn walsh. Before hel recent
marriage IrSarriage Mrs. Long was Miss
Elizabeth Walsh.
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mrs. Alvin T. Hert will not be
al home on Sunday afternoons
until after February.