Evening star., 1932-12-31
Surgeon Generals Daughter
Makes Debut at Tea Today.


The Surgeon General, United States
Army, Gen. Robert U. Patterson, and
Mrs. Patterson will present their daugh-
afternoon in their home on Garfield
street. Mrs Patterson and her daughter
will receive the 200 guests, the former
wearing gown of cream color crepe
trimmed with brown fur and the debu-
tante in a costume of flame color crepe
with which she will wear a corsage
bouquet of gardenias.
Those assisting the debutante will be
sister buds from the Army circles, Miss
Miss Margaret Mckinley, and Miss
Catherine Bates and Miss Dorothy
Bates of New York, who are house
guests of Gen. and Mrs. Patterson over
Sunday and the New Year.
Gen. and Mrs. Patterson will be hosts
at supper, entertaining the assistants at
tea this afternoon and their escorts.
the party following Immediately after
the tea.
Associate Justice of the District Su-
preme Court and Mrs. F. Dickinson
Let's entertained a company of rs at a
tea dance yesterday afternoon for their
subdebutante daughter, Miss Dorothy
ActtS. ASSISTING MIS-. beLCS were 5.
l.. j. Dickinson, Mrs. C. William Ram
seyer, Mrs. Walter Newton, Mrs. Claude
Porter, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Will
liam Guthrie. Mrs. George T. Bell and
Mrs. Rollin Hunter.
Mrs. Let's wore q crean-COl0red lace
gown made with short jacket and
was of pale blue chiffon with a capelet.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Sumner Welles gave
a dinner party last evening in their
home, on Massachusetts, avenue, which
formerly was the home of Mrs Wclles'
mother, the late Mrs. Richard H Town
send, for the young sons of Mr. Welles,
Benjamin Welles and Arnold Welles,
who are home from their studies at
Groton School. The dinner was fol-
lowed by motion pictures. This was the
first time the house on Massachusetts
avenue has been opened since the death
OF Mrs. Townsend. Mr.. and Mrs Welles
remaining in their country home at
Oxon Hill, Md The house has been
the scene of many brilliant parties for
Mrs. Welles before her debutante years
and since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies will
be hosts to small company at tea this
afternoon for their daughter, Miss
Rahel Davies, in compliment to their
house guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Brian Of Los Angeles, who will leave
tomorrow to return to the West Coast
Assisting at the tea will be Mrs. Thomas
Patton Cheeseborough. jr. daughter of
the hosts, who was matron of honor at
the marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Brian.
Mr.. Cheeseborough will join them to-
day to remain over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers
gave dance last evening for their
debutante daughter, Miss Mary Hewitt
Myers, which was preceded by a dinner
party which they gave for their older
daughter. Miss Persis Myers. Guests
at dinner included Miss Alice Green
ridge OF New York and Miss Rebecca
Warfeld of Baltimore, who are house
guests Of the hosts for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic A Delano were
hosts at luncheon today in compliment
to DR.. Cyril Abingdon, headmaster at
Eton School, in England, and Mrs.
Abingdon, who arrived in Washington
this morning and will be guests of the
English-Speaking Union until Monday,
when they will be guests of the AM
bassador Of Great Britain and Lady
Lindsay.
COL and Mrs. George B. Mcclellan
will entertain at dinner this evening in
honor OF the visitors.