Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Society Buds Devoting Time
To Plans for Debut Parties

Cathedral School.
Miss Sidney Thompson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Percy
Thompson, will take a prominent
part in the festivities of the SUBJ
debutantes this Winter.
Miss Mildred Blaine Clarke,
debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Aubrey Lynn Clarke, will
make her official bow to society at
a ball December "a at the May
flower. Miss Clarke is the grand
niece of the late James G. Blaine,
the one time cabinet member and
presidential candidate.
Miss Clarke and her mother
have recently returned from a
trip to Honolulu It will be re-
called that Mrs. Clarke, the for
mer Maude Blaine, is the youngest
of the four Blaine girls, who were
socially prominent in Washington
during Mr.. James G. Blaine's
term as Secretary of State, and
who at present are living in Wash
ington.
Mrs. May Blaine Lipscomb pre-
sented her daughter, Miss Rebecca
Lipscomb, several years ago, soon
after which she was married to
Lieut.. Thomas White, U. S. A., now
stationed in Peiping. Miss The
resa Blaine Crosson of New York
and Mrs. Donald Wiley, daughters
of DR.. and Mrs. H. j. CroSSon, and
Mr.. Blaine Mallan, son of the late
DR.. and Mrs. T. F. Mallan, are
cousins of Miss Clarke.
Miss Betty West, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard West, will
make her debut at a luncheon
November Is. Miss West attended
the Cathedral School and took a
special course at Kings-Smith
School. She will continue her
course in commercial art during
her debut year.
Miss Virginia Flannery, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Flan-
merry, will be presented to society
during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James william
Orme will present their daughter,
Miss Mary Eleanor Orme, to So
ciety at a tea in their home, on
Georgia avenue, November IS.
Miss Lucille Elicit, daughter of
Mrs. c. H. Elliott, will not make
her debut this year. She has re-
sumed her studies at Holton Arms
School.
Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner will give
her annual tea in honor of the
debutantes of this season and last
seasons buds Friday, October "a,
at the Mayfiower Hotel. This will
be the seventh consecutive party
Mrs. Hagner will have given for
the buds of the current year and
the season past.
A little group of Americans are
anticipating with great pleasure
the advent of the holiday season
in far-away Egypt, when the new
Minister to Egypt and Mrs. Will
liam M. Jardine will entertain
Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. William
c. Gwynn of Georgetown. and
Miss Louise Brooks, daughter of
Mrs. Lionel Atwell and Mr.. Wal
ter Brooks of Baltimore.
Miss Marian Jardine and the
two Louises" were friends for
many years, and this meeting will
be happy reunion. Miss Gwynn
and Miss Brooks, chaperoned by
Mrs. James Huntington Turner,
sailed October 8 on the Volcanic,
which will dock at Gibraltar.
From there the party will tour
parts of Europe. spending Christ
mas at ST. Moritz, and then turn
ing their steps south to Cairo.
The girls are expected to return
to Washington next June, when
they will make plans for their
debutS.
Mrs. F. Bagley Wallace will en-
terrain at dinner October 81 pre-
ceding the Tacky Ball to be given
by the debutantes of other years
to the girls being presented this
season at the Mayflower. Among
other parties already arranged
preceding this informal dance will