Evening star., 1940-12-27
White House
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Gray, Miss Ruth Hall, Mr.. Robert
Wallace, Mr.. Russell Compton, jr.;
Mr.. James Camp, Mr.. Howard Gray,
jr, and Mr.. Charles Pynchon.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKnew
Entertain for Daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs, Donald McKnew
also entertained at dinner before
the dance, giving their party for
their daughter, Miss Patricia Nc
Knew, whose frock was of white
tulle and she wore a white ostrich
tip in her hair and spray OF
orchids. The guests at the dinner
included Miss Peggy Lansdowne,
wearing blue tulle made with bouf-
FAINT skirt and the bodice OF opales-
cent beads on the tulle; Miss Cath
crime Clement, Miss Lucy Clagett,
Mr.. Nicholas Gill, Mr.. John w.
Davidge, jr.; Mr.. Berkeley L. Sim
mons, jr.; Mr.. James Elwood Jones,
jr., and Mr.. William Wotherspoon.
Miss Jessie Kaufman, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Hay Kaufman, who was among the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin at
dinner before the dance, wore a
very becoming frock OF gray taffeta,
bouffant skirt and fitted bodice,
trimmed with rich wine red.
Miss Huidekoper Wears
Debut Gown of Pink Tulle.
Miss Huidekoper very fittingly
wore her debut gown OF pale pink
tulle. Miss Sita Finkenstaedt,
guest at the dinner which Mr.. and
Mrs. Glover gave for Miss Huide-
koper, was dressed in white taffeta,
her green sash tied in a large bow
at the back. Also at the Glover
dinner party was Miss Rose Chat
field Taylor, who wore tulle frock
in soft shades of lavendar, char
treuse and blue. Miss Nancy Glover,
daughter of the hosts, was dressed
in gray chiffon.
Miss Florence Straus, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Straus of New
York, who came for the party and
is the guest of her uncle, COL M.
Robert Guggenheim and Mrs. Gug-
genheim, wore white tulle frock.
Another out-of-town visitor was
Miss Nancy Iselin, who was among
the guests at dinner of Mrs. Henry
D. Flood and her daughter, Miss
Eleanor Flood, before the dance.
Acting as hosts at the dinner were
Mr.. Richard E. Byrd, Mr.. Robert
Portner and Mr.. John Portner,
nephews of Mrs. Flood.
Miss Cynthia Dunn, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clement Dunn,
wearing blue chiffon with pink and
raspberry sashes, was among those
at the dance. Others included Miss
Julia Cuniberti, Miss Mary Alice
White and Miss Mary-Stuart Price,
who was dressed in flesh-color tulle,
her bolero trimmed with sequins.
Miss Catherine Clement was in
shell pink tulle gown, made with
tight bodice and full ruffled skirt of
alternate smoky blue and pink, and
her silver filligree necklace was an
heirloom, once worn by her great
great-grandmother, Louisa Gather
inc Adams.
Miss Tuckerman chose gray
dress embroidered in gold, with full
skirt and fitted bodice; Miss Eileen
Erwin, a subdedubtante, in rich red
velvet made with a tight bodice,
puffed sleeves, and very full skirt,
and red camellias in her hair; Miss
Evans. in all white, the gown made
on period lines, most becoming to
her blond coloring.
Others at the dance we're Miss
Barbara Beale, Miss Ruth Meyer,
the Misses Rosemary and Eugenia
Merrill, Miss Mildred Dunn, and the
young men in the large group in
cluded. Mr.. Philip Evans, Mr.. Wilson
Compton, jr.;; Mr.. Boiling Byrd
Flood, Dubose Brookings, Mr.. Will
liam Sheldon, Mr.. Harrison Brand,
jr.; Mr.. Robert Simmons, Mr..
Sterling Boiling, Mr.. Sheldon Davis,
Mr.. Robert Lytle Davis, Mr.. John
Virgins, Mr.. Norton Goodwin, Mr..
Brooke Lee, jr., and Mr.. Dolfe
Dikkers.