The Washington times., 1934-10-31
Costume Ball
IsGaIa Event
For Debs

The younger set celebrated
Halloween last night with a
gala costume ball in the West
Ballroom of the Shoreham. The
affair. sponsored annually by
Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner. is al
ways a jolly event and everyone
thoroughly enjoys attending.
Mrs. Hagner and the debut
tantes received the guests in the
ballroom which was effectively
decorated with palms, ferns and
oak foliage. On the buffet I
table, where delicious supper
was served after midnight, was
a large basket filled with yel-
low chrySanthemumS.
Miss Jane Esther Platt, who
will be presented to society at
a tea on December 8 at her
fathers residence in Chevy
Chase, led the costume parade
on the arm of Mr.. Homer
Tatum, chairman of the mems
floor committee. She was
beautifully gowned as Madame
DuBarry, and her W lite
lacquered hair completed her
costume. Miss Platt was chair.
man of the debutante commit.
tee.
Miss Frida Frazer. lovely
daughter OF Mrs. Randolph
Leigh, harked back to the
crinoline days for the motif Of
her becoming gown. 1t was Of
white organdie, trimmed with
pleated ruffles, caught here and
there with sprays of gardenias.
and she made a lovely belle of
the Civil War period. She
came next in line with Mr.. Will
liam Kerkam, who was vice
chairman of the mems COM
mittee.
In Lovely Costumes
Among those glimpsed were
Betty Angus and her brother
Kendall, daughter and son of
Mrs. Grace Kendall Angus. They
were in fancy clown costumes
and had a royal good time. Miss
Maria Mines WhitehurSt was in
a Spanish costume, her black
shawl embroidered in red and
she wore red rose in her dark
hair. Miss Katherine Browns
Eighteenth Century gown of Law
ender and pink was trimmed
with fuchSia colored flowers.
She is the attractive daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wrisley Brown.
Pretty Louise Waller, who will
be presented at tea at her par
entS' residence on December 81,
wore a Colonial costume of pink
with a green overskirt of taffeta
and she wore tiny pink gar
denias in her hair. Her escort,
Mr.. Joseph Thatcher, was also
in Colonial costume. Mary EliZ-
abeth Damon and Billy Wilbur,
of Warrenton, were an attrac-
tive couple, the debutante in q
Queen Henrietta gown of gold
brocaded satin with a heavily
jewelled panel in the front, and
a coronet of jewels in her hair. I
Billy was dressed as an old-fash-
ioned Irish parSon, with the :
tight black satin CATERS and the
flat broadbrimmed derby.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Stan
ley were chairman of the
younger married group and their
committee consisted of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Prescott Galley, jr, Mr..
and Mrs. Anthony Hyde, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Korth, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Murray, Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Ross, Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen UpSon and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Watson.
Miss Fowler Wins Prize
Miss Platt was given the
prize for the most beautiful
costume and Miss Dorothy
Gould Fowler's outfit was
judged the funniest. She wore
bunny costume with bunny
mask.
Among others glimpsed were
pretty Dolly Fleming as a High
land lass, Mr.. Humphrey
Daniel, Miss Jane Tewksbury
and Miss Helen Tewksbury, Mr..
Harold Fangboner. young Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Caughy Elgin
(the latter formerly Atlee
Wayne Wirgman), who were
ghosts, with chains around
their ankles. and Polly Wirg-
man, attired as a Russian
dancer. in an elaborate white
and silver costume.
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Mrs. James Clement Dunn,
wife of the chief of the Protocol
division of the State Depart
ment, and her daughter, Miss
Mariana Dunn, are at the Wal
dorf-Astoria in New York.