Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-11
DebutanteS
HOnOred at
COtilliOn
Thousand Dancers
Join in Annual
Virginia Event
Continued From Page B-30

same style and of the same flowers.
All of the debutantes were in the
receiving line until the cotillion
figure started at II o'clock.
Mrs. John S. Barbour
Heads Receiving Line.
Mrs. John S. Barbour of Fairfax
headed the receiving line. wearing
a blue chiffon gown with a girdle of
pearls and gold. Mrs. Charles Rap
ley Hooff of Alexandria wore green
crepe trimmed with gold, and Mrs.
G. A. Swami Sinclair, also of Alex
andria, wore aqua blue chiffon with
jacket of the same material and
corsage of gardenias. Mrs. Fred
erick Dawson Richardson's gown
was of blue taffeta with close-fitting
bodice and bouffant skirt. Mrs.
Macondray wore ruby velvet trim
med with roses of the same material.
Mrs. William Pinckney Whyte of
Baltimore wore gown of black
chiffon and Mrs. Emerson's gown
was gold-embroidered black crepe.
Mrs. Martin wore an untrimmed
gown of fresia MORE and Mrs Wal
ker wore green crepe trimmed with
gold.
Among the other patronesses of
the cotillion were Mrs. Irwin Dunn
of Alexandria, wearing chartreuSe
crepe with a scarlet flower and scar
let shoes: Mrs. Robert E. Lee of
Washington, in blue lame with sill
yer trim and crushed strawberry
sash and wearing a necklace and
pin of pearls and diamonds; Mrs.
Mangum Weeks in black faille tat
feta with rhinestone ornaments and
wearing hair corsage of pink ca
mellias: Mrs. Gardner L. Booth of
Alexandria, wearing green and gold
crepe; Mrs. w. Selden Washington
of Alexandria in black satin with
lame trim and jacket, Mrs. Thomas
E. Sebrell, I'd, of Alexandria, in
black crepe with white trim and
Mrs. John B. Gordon of Washing
ton, wearing dark blue velvet and
old lace. Mrs. Robert Graham wore
beaded white chiffon and Miss Fran
ces Sinclair wore a gown of pink
sheer silk jersey, with a wide girdle
of the same material and full gath
cred skirt.
Mr.. and Mrs. HOoff Entertain
At Dinner Before COtilliOn.
Escorts of the debutantes included
Messrs. De Forrest Lewis, James
Foster of Baltimore. Charles Bar
rett, jr., of Alexandria, Capt. Will
liam Dabney Saunders, U. S. M c.;
CORTLAND H. Davis, pr; John WAL
than Dunn, Glenn B. Lamson, Rob-
ert McCandlish of Fairfax, Page
Waller; jr.; Tapping Bennett and
Edward Curl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rapley Hooff
entertained at dinner in their home
on Seminary Hill before the cotillion
in honor of Mrs. Hooff's sister. Mrs.
William Pinckney Whyte of Balti-
more. Guests among the debutantes
were Miss Buckler, Miss Belt, Miss
Bauer and Miss Walker. Other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Marshall Boone, Mr.. James Foster,
Mr.. Cordova de Garmendier and
Mr.. Harold Wharton Smith of Balti-
more; DR.. and Mrs. George Boiling
Lee and Mr.. and Mrs. William E.
Byrd, jr., of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rapley Hooff, jr.. of Phila-
delphia; Miss Ellen Waring, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Swami Sinclair and Miss
Frances Sinclair, Mr.. and Mrs. John
S. Barbour of Fairfax, Mrs. Ather-
ton Macondray, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Ferris White, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Bucknell, Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner L.
Boothe, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Janney Martin, Mr.. Isaac Loeb
Straus, Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Karig, Miss Mary Lee, Mr.. CORTLAND
H. Davis. jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Gordon. Mr.. C. S. Taylor Burke, Mr..
Glenn Lamson, Mr.. Edward Curl,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beaudric Howell and
Capt. William Dabney Saunders,
U. S. M. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Dawson
Richardson also entertained before
the cotillion at buffet supper given
In their home in Fairfax in honor
of their house guests, Miss Quincy
Landstreet Martin of Richmond and
Miss Charlotte Mofitt of Harrisburg,
Pa. Other guests included Miss Belt,
Miss Martin, Miss Andrews, Miss
Belts, Miss Burke, Miss La Mon