The Washington times., 1937-11-19

Anne Mahoney
Honor Guest
At Party
By Flora Macdonald

the fairy godmother" touch
: to her debut party! And
pretty Anne NJ a h oney,
daughter of the first secre-
tary of the Canadian Lega-
ton, Mr.. Merchant Mahoney,
blossomed forth yesterday
afternoon looking her love-
liest, in the beautiful setting
afforded by the Canadian Le-
cation.
: Lady Marler, wife of the
Minister of Canada, planned
the tea in honor of Peggy,
as she has been known since
: her childhood, and received
: with her in the high ceilinged
: drawing room. Flowers of
. all description, which had
f: been sent to the debutante
. were placed about the room.
deb in Taffeta
: Wearing an a afternoon
gown of lustrous fuchsia
: satin, Lady Marler wore as
. her only jewelry a perfectly
: matched strand of pearls.
: Peggy was in a frock of deep
peacock blue taffeta, fash
, ioned with cartridge pleat-
ing at the waistline and a
: short bolero jacket, of which
the sleeves were long and
tight fitting. On her shoul-
der she fastened a corsage
of creamy gardenias.
Mrs. Mahoney was in gold
satin, her tiny black velvet
turban outlined in gold Sc
quins and circular veil. Mr..
Mahoney and his young son,
Master Charles Mahoney,
: stood near by to escort the
guests to the dining room,
where two long buffet tables
were most attractive with
their assortment of tea time
delicacies.
Friends Of the hostess and
of the debutante sauntered
through the artistically fur
nished salons, stopping to ad-
mire first one piece of art and
then another. Mrs. Cordell Hull,
wife of the Secretary of State,
was in a black costume, worn
with silver fox and a brimmed
felt hat. Mrs. Daniel C. Roper,
=: wife of the Secretary of Com
merce, selected an ensemble Of
. green and black, completed with
: a gold belt and beads.
: Mrs. MWhite Guest
Among those from the diplo-
matte corps we're Frau DECK
hoff, wife of the German Am
bassador; the three daughters Of
E: the Chilean Ambassador, Seno-
rita Rebeca, in black; Marta, in
blue, and Chela-the-b -bride-to-be
in gray; Nine. Porchnik, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Sims, Nine.
Morgenstierne, wife of the Nor
wegian Minister; Donna Ma
tide de Suvich, wife Of the
Italian Ambassador; the Coun-
selor of the Polish Embassy and
Nine. Wankowicz, Nine. Raja-
maitri, Mrs. Michael MacWhite,
Nine. Bostrom, Nine. Troyanov-
sky, Nine. Espil, Nine. Peter.
the Peruvian Ambassador, the
:Turkish Ambassador, Nine.
Saito, the Minister of the Union
of South Africa and Mrs. Close,
the Dimitrius. the Minister of
Greece, the Mexican Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Castillo Ma
-jera and Miss Yoeh Wang,
daughter of the Chinese Am
baSsador.
Associate Justice Butler and
his wife were present, as was
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, wife
:of another of the Supreme Court
justices. Still others of whom
:we caught a glimpse were two
ssister buds of the guest of honor
Anne and Eleanor Meem; Mrs.
Joseph Letter and her daughter
Miss Nancy Letter; Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers and
Representative Virginia JenckeS,
. Mr. and Mrs. Leander McCor-
mick-Goodhart, Mrs. Pierrepont
Moffat, Mrs. Sol Bloom and
Miss Vera Bloom, Mrs. Paytor
March.
:Others in Company
The Navy and the Marine
Corps were represented by such
ladies as Mrs. William Leahy,
:wife of the Chief of Naval Op-
erations, and Mrs. Thomas Hol-
comb, wife Of the Commandant
:of the Marine Corps. Mrs. Her
bert Feis was there, and we
also saw Miss Mabel Boardman,
General and Mrs. Charles B.
Drake, Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Admiral and Mrs. Mark Bristol,
miss Patten, the Wrisley Browns
and their daughter, Mrs. James
Hughes; Mrs. Dean AcheSon,
Mrs. Tyner Dugdale, Mrs. Will
liam S. Culbertson, Mrs. John
Mcclure, Mrs. Claude Pepper
:and her guest, Mrs. John H.