Evening star., 1938-12-28
ROOsevelts
Present Niece
To Society
State Suite Is Used
For Brilliant
Party
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Party
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and Mrs. Kenneth Tyson Of Boyce,
Va, and grandson of the late Sena-
tor Tyson Of Tennessee; Miss Ann
Smith Of Boston and Mr.. Nicholas
Biddle, jr., of Philadelphia; Miss
Rosamond Higgins, daughter Of Mrs.
Wilbur w. Higgins; Miss Janet Reg
gio, Miss Anne Godfrey, all Of Brook
line, Mass; Miss Sally Reed, Mr..
Philip Reed and Mr.. Samuel Reed,
daughter and sons Of Mrs. Philip
l.. Reed Of Boston; Miss Olivia
Thorndike, her brother, Mr.. Angus
tus Thorndike, Sd; Mr.. Roger Lee
Of Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Among others who attended the
dinner at the mansion In addition
to those staying there were Miss
Sarah A. Derby, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Richard Derby of Oyster
Bay, Long Island, perhaps one of
the most interested of the guests for
it was in this same setting that her
mother made her bow to society;
Mr.. Stewart j. o. Alsop, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph w. Alsop Of Avon,
Conn.,; DR.. Russell Fraser, Mr.. Henry
Morgenthau, 3d., and Mr.. Robert
Morgenthau, sons of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, and Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr.; Miss Jean Wallace,
daughter of the Secretary of Agri-
culture. and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace;
Miss Joan Redmond, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland L. Redmond
Of New York; Mr.. Quentin Roose-
welt, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, and grandson of Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt; DR.. VIII
liam Sargent of New York; Mrs.
James Roosevelt, jr, daughter in
law Of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, whose husband left yes
terday afternoon for California; Miss
Marguerite Leland and, Of course,
the debutante's father.
Debutantes Wear Dresses
Worn at Their Debuts.
A number of the seasons debut
tantes wore the dresses in which
they made their formal bows. Miss
Mary Dora Thompson, debutante
daughter of Mrs. Smith Hempstone,
wife of Capt. Smith Hempstone, was
In the lovely dress of blue and silver
lame in which she was presented at
the home of her grandfather, Mr..
Theodore w. Noyes. The dress was
made for Miss Thompson in France
and had bodice with a di Medici
collar of lace and very short shirred
sleeves edged with silver lace Tiny
handmade roses of ribbon in two
shades of pink adorn the front of the
dress from the neckline to below
the knees, where the lame parts to
show hounce of silver lace.
Miss Patricia Morris wore her
debut dress of eggshell faille made
with puffed sleeves, a fitted bodice
and hoop skirt. With this she wore
q wrist bouquet of orchids and
sweetheart roses. Miss Morris was
presented to society Thanksgiving
Day at q tea at the historic old
house of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Maurice Morris. She is the
granddaughter Of Mrs. Wilbur w.
Hubbard, who is president Of the
Women's National Democratic Club.
Miss Peggy Townsend, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eflngham Town.
send, wore the dress In which she
made her debut last week at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. It is of white brocade
threaded with gold and made along
bouffant lines with a fitted bodice
and puffed sleeves trimmed with
bands of sable.
Miss Elise Hill, daughter of Mrs.
Hiram Bingham, vas in the white
satin frock in which she was pre-
sented at the first german of the
Bachelors Cotillion in Baltimore.
The dress is made along the prevail
ing semi old-fashioned mode.
Miss Jeschke Hostess
Before Gala Function.
Miss Margaret Jeschke. debutante
daughter of Maj. Richard Hall
Jeschke, U. S. M. c., and Mrs.
Jeschke, entertained at small party
at dinner before the dance, having
among her guests Miss Anna Joyce
David, niece of the Surgeon General
and Mrs. Ross T. Mc1ntire; Miss
Joan Boye, daughter of Col. Fred
eric w. Boye and Mrs. Boye; 1t. Alex
Vandergrift and 1t. Robert Little,
both from Quantico, Va wherethey
are stationed with the Marine Corps.
Miss Jeschke wore the lovely dress
of pink satin brocade that she wore
at debut Monday, the material for
the frock having been sent from
China by a friend.
While many of the young guests
wore all-white dresses, there were a
number Of gay-color gowns at the
function, and several striking black
velvet frocks were seen. Miss Mary
Chase Howard, lovely daughter of
Capt. Herbert Seymour Howard and
Mrs. Howard. was in a black velvet
dress with a hoop skirt and ruch-
ing of pink tulle edging the off-the-
shoulder line. She wore pink os-
trich feather in her hair and carried
q colonial bouquet.