Evening star., 1940-12-28

Miss FerrandOu MAKES
Bow at Sulgrave Club.
The Sulgrave Club again was the
scene of lovely debutante party
Yesterday, for it was there that Mr.
and Mrs Alfred Henry Ferrandou
introduced their daughter, Mary
Ann.
Receiving with her father and
mother. the debutante wore a stone
blue tulle gown made on ballerina
lines with designs of blue sequlns
ornamenting the dress. Her bou-
uuet was an old-fashion arrange
ment of gardenias, sweetheart roses
and forget -nots. Mrs. Ferrandou
wore a gown of soft gold crepe
made with long sleeves and trim
med at the neckline with mink,
Her corsage bouquet was of orchids.
Assisting Mrs. Ferrandou at the
tea table were Sonora de Pastoriza,
7.ife of the Dominican Minister;
Mrs. Wallach Merriam, Mrs. D. c.
Shea, Mrs. John Lewis Smith, Mrs,
Albert A. Jones. Mrs. Edwin A
Shepherd, Mrs. V. A. Sisler, Mrs.
Edward Bacher, Mrs. Robert G. Will
son, Mrs. w. G. Sheehan, Mrs. Will
liam F.. Ham, Mrs. Frank Slingluff
ir.: Miss Lucille LIE Court, Mrs.
Thomas A. Walden, Mrs. James D.
Gillian and Sonora de Quevedo.
Dinner Party Cancelled
Because of Illness.
The young ladies who acted as
assistants to the debutante were
given wristlets of sweetheart roses
and forget-me-not They included
Misses Kitty Claude, Audrey Cowen
Sue Cissel Marion Norris, Mary
Theresa Norris, Mary-Stuart Mon
tague Price, Martha Wills Schoen-
field. Suzanne Slingluff, Nancy
Strong. Anna Lou Gilpin of Will
mington, Del, and Miss Mary Dun
can Walker of Huntington, w. Va.
The dinner party, which was to
follow the tea dance, was Cancelled
due to the recent illness of the bud.
However, other parties are being
planned for Miss Ferrandou, includ-
ing the cocktail party January 3
which Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bacher
will give at their Hawthorne street
home; the dinner at Chevy Chase,
when Miss Ferrandou will share
honors with Miss Eugenia Wright
of Newark, Del, and hosts will be
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis Smith,
and the luncheon which Mrs. D. G.
Shea will give January for the
bud. Miss Ferrandou will leave
about January 10 for New Orleans,
to be introduced there by her grand
mother, Mrs. Henry A. Ferrandou,
January II, and will remain to en-
Joy the carnival festivities.
Miss Betty Jane KING ilton
Presented at Tea Dance.
1t Col. Joseph Wilson Knighton,
u. S. M. c., and Mrs. Knighton
introduced their daughter, Betty
Jane, to their many friends in the
service in Washington and at nearby
posts, their party being in the form
of a tea dance yesterday afternoon
at the Mayfower Hotel.
Receiving with Mrs. Knighton and
the debutante was Mrs. Robert j.
Archibald, Miss Knighton's god
mother.
Mrs. William H. Y. Knighton,
grandmother of the debutante, was
to have received also, but is i'll and
was unable to attend the party for
her eldest granddaughter.
Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, wife of the
commandant of the Marine Corps
assisted at the tea table, and other
assistants included Mrs. Emile P
Moses, wife of Brig. Gen. Moses OF
Quantico; Mrs. Alexander A. Van
degrift, wife of the assistant to the
commandant; Mrs. Fred S. Robillard
Mrs. Robert c. Kilmartin, jr.; Mrs
George E. Monson, Mrs. William w
Davies and Mrs. Harry Podlich and
Miss Helen E. Sherwood, both OF
Baltimore.
Members Of Younger
Set Assist at farty.
Members of the younger set as
sisting included Miss Mary Monson
Of Quantico, Miss Audrey Davis,
Miss Peggy Reutlinger, Miss Nancy
Reutlinger, Miss Louise Love, Miss
Martha Henshaw and, from Balti-
more, Miss Betty Lee Podlich, and
Miss Beverly Bennett of Sykesville
Md. Each of the young assistants
was given wristlet corsage of tiny
white orchids.
Miss Knighton chose for her debut
party a gown of champagne-color
net with dainty bows at the shoul-
der and made on bouffant lines
She carried an old-fashion bouquet
Her mother wore gown of aqua
crepe and her corsage bouquet was
of orchids, and Mrs. Archibald was
In black velvet with a lame bodice
and corsa oe of orchidS