Evening star., 1931-12-23
Miss Brooks Makes Formal
Debut at Tea Dance Today.

MT. ana MIS-. harold BROOKS VIII en-
tertain at tea dance this afternoon at
the Mayf1o"er to present their daugh-
ter, Miss Frances Kendall Brooks The
debutante, who will receive with her
parents, will wear a gown of pink tulle
embroidered in crystal and carry a
sheaf of pink roses. Mrs. Brooks gown
will be of pale green beaded crepe with
a corsage bouquet of violets and gar
deniaS.
Assisting Mrs. Brooks will be her
sister, Miss Frances Louise Fisher; Mrs.
George Aubrey Hastings, Mrs. Proctor
L. Dougherty, Mrs. Karl Dickson LOGS,
Mrs. B. Paulding Lamberton, Mrs. Will
son Compton, Mrs. Alexander Graham
Clark, Mrs. William Thornwan Davis,
Mrs. Howard Leroy, Mrs. Walter Dun
lop, Mrs. Louis Wise Jennings Mrs.
George Tillman Bell, Mrs Robert
Fleming, Mrs. Charles Marsh, Mrs.
Thomas Walden, Miss Pearl Waugh,
Mrs. Allen Boyer Mcdaniel, Mrs. Will
liam Laird Dunlop, jr., and Mrs. Nc
Carthy Hanger of Philadelphia.
Miss Brooks will have assisting her,
Miss Junia Culbertson, Miss Marian
Eleanor Corby, Miss Jean Woodson,
Miss Barbara Davis, Miss Helen Louise
Duckett, Miss Josephine Duckett. Miss
Caroline Schulz, Miss Ruth Mulliken,
Miss Allison McDaniel and Miss Doro-
thy Nicholson. Miss Brooks attended
the National Cathedral School and is
now student at the Peabody Con-
servatory of Music in Baltimore She
was this year awarded the three-year
Peabody scholarship in harmony and
musical composition.
the young ladies assisting Miss Brooks
and their escorts at a supper this eve
ming IN their home in Chevy Chase.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Cooke will be hosts
at ball this evening at the Mayflower
Tor their debutante daughter, Miss
Polly Cooke, who is here for the holi-
days.
Preceding the ball, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
M. Kaufman will entertain a small
company at dinner in compliment to
Miss Cooke.
Miss Isabelle Rowland will entertain
at small tea New Year day, when
she Will introduce her debutante niece,
Miss Margaretta Rowland, to a group
OF contemporaries of the buds late
father.
Mrs. Frank Page Sackett of Wynne-
wood, Pa, entertained at a dinner
dance last evening in honor of her
niece, Miss Rowland. The company in
cluded Miss Katrina Mccormick, Miss
Janet White, Miss Abigail Sard, Miss
Charlotte Mayo, Miss Ann Park Miss
Margo Wyatt, Miss Patience McCor-
mick-Goodhart, Miss Ane Rollins of
Boston, Mrs. Goodridge, Miss Mary
Gibson, Miss Nell johnson, Mr.. Aage
B. Kloumann, attache of the Norwegian
legation; Herr Alexander Won Wuthe-
nau, third secretary of the German
Embassy; Mr.. Frank West, Mr.. JeWett |
Sard Mr.. Richard Griffin, Mr.. Edward
Burling, Mr.. William Hard. jr: Mr..
William White, Mr.. Randolph Burke, |
Mr.. Gilbert Sabin, Mr. James Mills, !
Mr.. Davis Marks, Mr.. Charles Good |
ridge and Mr.. Joseph Seymour.
Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn, daugh- |
ter Of DR.. and Mrs. William c. GWynn. |
will share honors at dinner this eve
ming with Miss Louise Brooks, daughter |
of Mr.. Walter B. Brooks, jr., when they
will be entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. |
Ernest Judson Clark in their Baltimore
home. The company will later attend |
Davis Edmonston will give for their |
debutante daughter, Miss Patti War
field Edmonston. Miss Edmonston was
presented in Washington last week by
her grandmother, Mrs. Davis S. Hen
drick. /
Mrs. Oscar F. Horn will entertain at |
tea this afternoon for her two daugh- |
ters, Miss Bernardine Elizabeth Horn, |
whose marriage to Lieut.. Austin Roger |
Brunelli, U. S. M. c., will take place |
December %, and Mrs. Douglas G.. |
Wright of Gulfport, Miss. who is
spending the holidays with her mother. |
Assisting Mrs Horn will be Miss Ruth |
Macarthur. Miss Mel Childs and Mrs. |
George Quirk.
Mrs. Russell Bennett has issued cards |
for tea the afternoon of Sunday, jan |
uary 8, for her subdebutante daughter, |
Miss Florence Bennet Harris, daughter |
of Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris, |
II s N retired at her residence 2340