Evening star., 1937-12-05
Last Nights
Parties Are
Colorful
Mrs. Stapleton
And Hagners
Entertain.
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costume was of pale blue taffeta,
trimmed with beautiful lace and tiny
pink bows and, to complete the effect,
a little purse of the period in pale blue
dangled from her wrist.
Senorita Rebeca Trucco represented
lady of olden days in turquoise
blue taffeta off the shoulder dress,
trimmed with ermine, and her sister
Marta, was attired as a Turkish lady,
respondent with veil and the Gus
tomary pointed slippers. all of royal
blue. Mrs. William T. Mann's costume
might have been chosen from the next
issue of an outstanding fashion maga-
zine. The dress was of black and gold
and her hair was sprayed with gold.
and in it were pinned black-velvet
flowers and gold veil. Mrs Marshall
Exnicios depicted Norwegian peasant,
while her husband was bedecked in
his favorite attire, evening pink
Manuel Trucco, son of the Chilean
Ambassador, was a Chinese gentle
man; Miss Diana Rowland a lady
in gold" with flecks of gold strewn
on her hair The costume of Man
uel Pereira of the Chilean Embassy was
magnificent. in valuable old Persian
affair worn by princes from that far
off land.
Others who entertained at dinners
prior to the dance were the Senoritas
Trucco, daughters of the Chilean Am
hassador; Mr.. and Mrs. Brinkley
Smithers and Mrs. Daniel c. Long.
There is some talk that last nights
party is one of a series of small
dances which Mrs. Stapleton and her
popular daughter will give this year
and surely that must be the hope of
every one present last evening at the
Sulgrave Club.
North Wales Club
Scene of Dance.
IN THE meantime. Warrenton, Va,
was not being outdone by the Cap
ital city. for there at the North Wales
Club Mr.. and Mw. Alexander Hagner
were showing a lot of their friends a
big time" at the dance which they
gave for Mr.. Hagner's sister, Mar
guerite, and her fance, Mr. F. Moran
McConihe.
Some ninety-six guests were enter
tanned at dinner and many others
from Middleburg, Upperville and
other towns in the Virginia hunt coun-
try and number of Washingtonians
came in afterward 1t was a truly
bang-up affair. News of the engage
ment of Miss Hagner and Mr. Nc
Conihe was received with more than
the usual pleasure, since both are out
standingly popular in Washington
where their families have been identi-
fed for many years
From Washington went Mr. and
Mrs. William Jasper Du Bose, Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan B. Scott Miss Mary
Lou Marsh, Miss Nancy Letter, Miss
Anglica Lloyd, Miss Emily Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph McCammon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Roberts, Mr. and Mrs
Albert Dewey, Mr.. and Mrs. Jules
Thebaud, Miss Victoire Conley and
her fiance, Mr.. Richard Griffin; Mr.
Tinsley Garnett. Mr.. Malcolm Nc
Conihe, brother of Mr. F. Moran Nc
Connie; Mr. Griffith Warfield and Mr..
Harold Fangboner Others who at
tended the dinner were Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Roebling of Charleston, S. c.
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Langhorne OF
Morristown, N. j.
With their inimitable fair for en-
tertaining, the fact that their parties
last into the wee small hours and
every guest talks Of the fun for days
afterward, Mr. and Mrs. Hagner!
dance last night was no exception
There will be much conversation of its
merits for some days to come.