Evening star., 1936-11-26
Coming Out Party.
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screen that once belonged to Mrs.
Grosvenor's mother and a paneled
mahogany door which came from an
old house built by a member of the
Grosvenor family in 1912.
The gown that the young debutante
wore at her coming out party yester-
day was Of apricot brocade heavily
embroidered with gold and silver
threads. The skirt was long to the
floor and opened at the front to show
a satin underskirt of the same shade
as the dress. The waist was closely
fitted and fastened at the neck line
with a cluster ornament of pearls
She carried a muff bouquet of ca
melias and gardenias.
Her mother wore a dress of coro-
nation blue velvet with sleeves Of
heavy braided blue lace in an all-over
pattern. Her corsage bouquet was
Of orchids with white petals edged in a
soft shade of blue.
In the dining room, which looks out
upon the lotus pond at the foot of a
long sloping lawn, there was a long
table decorated with talisman roses,
yellow roses and sprays of baby's
breath. In charge of this room was
Nine. Saito. wife of the japanese AM
bassador: Mrs. Frederick v. Coville,
Mrs. Merle Thorpe. Mrs. Oscar West
over. Mrs. John Olive La Gorce. Mrs
Arthur McConville. Mrs. Joshua Evans,
Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. Walter
r. Tuckerman and Mrs. George w
Hutchinson They alternated with
Mrs. Robert " Fleming, Mrs. Charles
]. Happier, Mrs. Rudolph Max Kauff-
mann, Mrs. Max Hamilton. Miss An
toinette Greeley, Mrs. Walter Kendall
Myers daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gros-
venor; Mrs. Gertrude Blair and DR.
Mabel Grosvenor. also daughters of DR..
and Mrs. Grosvenor; Mrs. Arthur
Grahame, Mrs. Melville Grosvenor
daughter-in- Of DR.. and Mrs. Gros-
venor; Mrs. Charles Marsh, Mrs. Bes-
sic Edison, Mrs. William A. Kinnan and
Mrs. Lloyd B. Wilson.
The reception was held from
to 7 O'Clock and there was dancing
in the spacious paneled library adjoin-
ing the drawing room, where a local
orchestra played the theme song of
the day, Page Miss Glory"
Miss Grosvenor'S cousin, Miss Anne
Grosvenor, daughter of Mrs Charles
Whitman, wife of ex-Gov. Whitman
of New York. and the late Mr.. Edward
Grosvenor. has come from Pough-
keepsie, where she is a student at
Vassar College, to spend several days
and she assisted at yesterdays tea.
Some of the other young girls of
Washington, debutantes of the year,
and close friends of Miss Grosvenor,
VIII assisted we're Mile Marie Therese
de Laboulaye. daughter of the Am
bassador from France and Nine.
de Laboulaye; Miss Ethel Worth
ington. Miss Stellita Stapleton, Miss
Alice Noel Tuckerman, whose coming
out party has been set for December
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman in Edge
moor; Miss Suzanne Happier, Miss
Hebe Reynolds, Miss Eula Council
Miss Beverly Marshall, Miss Frances
Humphrey, Miss Ann Dudley Flan-
merry and Miss Laura johnson.
Miss Grosvenor has host of friends
in Washington and she will entertain
and be entertained at a number OF
parties in the next few weeks before
she returns to George Washington
University. where she is taking pre-
legal course.
After yesterdays party Miss Grosve-
nor and some of the girls assisting her
were guests at a dinner party given
by Miss Suzanne Happier.
DR.. and Mrs. Grosvenor and their
daughter will entertain at a dinner
party on Saturday night at the Chevy
Chase Club in honor of Miss Anne
Grosvenor and Miss Genevieve Marsh
when there will be 20 guests.