Evening star., 1936-09-13

U. S. A., and Mrs. Crane, will make
her formal bow at the first bachelors
cotillion in Baltimore December Z.
Miss Crane spends much of her time
in Baltimore with her grandfather,
Mr.. s. Sterrett McKim, but will take
her place among the debutantes in
Washington. though no formal party
Is planned for her here.
Miss Crane has spent much Of her
life in foreign countries and is a gifted
linguist. conversing fluently in French,
Turkish and English. She attended
a convent in France and the American
University at Istanbul. where her
father was military attache of the
American Embassy for four years.
Miss Crane also Is an excellent horse
woman and has a large collection of
interesting photographs which she
herself has taken. Col. and Mrs.
Crane and their daughter came to
Washington from Turkey recently and
are now residing at Fort Myer, where
Col. Crane is on duty.
The Marine Corps will be presented
In the debutante circle by Miss Carlile
Porter, daughter of Brig. Gen. David
M. Porter, new adjutant and inspector
of the Marine Corps, and Mrs. Porter.
Miss Porter will take part in the de-
butante activities in Philadelphia as
we'll as in this city. She will 20 to
Philadelphia tomorrow to spend few
days. Gen. and Mrs. Porter will
present their daughter at a tea in
December in their residence at 1919
Nineteenth street. Miss Porter is
graduate of the Agnes Evans School
in Philadelphia and Holton Arms in
Washington. She is an accomplished
tennis player and rides and swims as
well. She is the great granddaughter
of the late Rear Admiral David Porter
and a great-great granddaughter of
the famous hero Of the Civil War,
Commodore Porter.
The cave dweller set will be keenly
interested in the debut of Miss Ruth
| Dove, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Carter Dove, who will be
presented in Baltimore as we'll as in
Washington. She will make her bow
in Baltimore at the First Bachelors
Cotillion, Monday, December T. when
her cousin, Miss Harriet Parker,
daughter of Mr.. Myron NJ Parker
of Washington and Mrs Louis McKim
of Philadelphia, will also be presented
Mrs. McKim will give tea Thanks
giving day in Baltimore for her daugh-
ter, and Miss Dove will assist.
Mr.. and Mrs Dove will give dance
for their daughter during the Christ
mas holidays. The attractive de-
butante Is graduate of Holton Arms
and attended st. Agnes School in
Alexandria, where she and her cousin,
Miss Parker, were room mates. Later
Miss Parker spent year as student
at Mount Vernon Seminary. She is
the granddaughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. J. Maury Dove and the late Mr..
and Mrs. Myron M. Parker of this city
Miss Parker Is an accomplished horse
woman and gifted in music. a talent
which she inherited from her mother,
who has many charming and delight
full song and piano solos of her own
composing
One of the feted Of the debutantes
in Middleburg as well as this city will
be Miss Bettina Belmont. daughter OF
Mrs. Arthur White of Clinton Farms
at Middleburg. Miss Belmont is one
of the most noted young horsewomen
in the East. She has been riding since
a child and participates in all leading
horse shows. Miss Belmont received
her early education from tutors at
home and later attended Hill School
near Middleburg, also girls school
at Ruxton, Md. and last year was
student at the Fermatta School IN
Aiken, S. c., during the first session
and completed the year at George
town Visitation Convent in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
will introduce their daughter, Alice
Noel, perhaps during the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays. The Tuckerman girls
always take part in the debutante
festivities in New York and Philadel-
phia, where they have relatives, and
each in turn has been presented at
the first Bachelors Cotillion in Bal
timore. A close friend of Miss Tuck
erman is Miss Eve Mark-Wardlaw.
daughter of the assistant naval
attache of the British Embassy, and
Mrs. Mark -Wardlaw, who is likewise
expected to make her debut this
Winter. Miss Tuckerman visited Miss
Mark -Wardlaw at the place on the
Patuxent River which her parents
had for the Summer.
Another popular bud will be Miss
Gertrude Pearson, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William q. Pearson. Like
her sister, Miss Katherine Pearson,
who was debutante a season or two
ago, she will be presented at a tea
in the home of her parents, probably
on Thanksgiving day. Miss Pearson is