Evening star., 1940-11-02

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the colorful scene.
After greeting the two in the re-
ceiving line (and Mrs. Casweu's
young son, John Caswell, Jr.. who
stood near the doorway guests
found Mr.. Caswell in nearby room,
receiving congratulations from all
sides on his grand party, beautiful
wife and charming daughter"
Assisting the debutante were Miss
Carryl Casselberry of Dundee, ILL.,,
who was in black with touches OF
white; Miss Kitty Hill, in dusty
pink tea gown with bodice outlined
in gold; Miss Elizabeth Stewart
Richardson, in a striking gray cos
tune which was embroidered in
coral and turquoise; Miss Louise
Stillwen who wore a pale blue
jacket of military cut with gold
trim over her black skirt; Miss Slta
Finkenstaedt. in a graceful beige
gown with long flowing sleeves;
Miss Laura Blair wearing two
tone blue tea gown; Miss Elizabeth
Fish. who chose blue chiffon gown
with silver touches; Miss Isabella
Hagner in black and gold; Miss
Anne Conyers Bryan, Miss Mary
Lord Andrews and Miss Elaine Dar-
lington, who chose white.
Those Assisting Hostess
In Presiding at Tea Table.
In the room between the draw
ing room and the ballroom the long
tea table was arranged. Its center
piece was long and low and con-
sisted of an arrangement of white
chrysanthemums and other white
flowers mixed with green. Here
Mrs. Caswell had assisting her Mrs.
Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Jouett Shouse,
Mrs. Moran McConihe, Mrs. Law
renee Wood Robert, jr.; Mrs. Will
liam B. Mason, Miss Lansdowne's
great AUNT; Mrs. George T. Petten-
gill, Mrs. Wallach Merriam, Mrs.
Marshall Exnicios, Mrs. Randall H.
Hagner, Mrs. w. Jasper Du Bose.
Mrs. William P. MacCracken and
Mrs. Eldridge Jordan.
Every one seemed to know every
one else, which always tends to
make a party more enjoyable, and
there were few absences noted in
the gathering. Sonora de Esp1l,
who as wife of the Argentine Am
bassador, is the ranking lady OF
the diplomatic corps, was present,
with her mother, Mrs. Frank G..
Let's; Mr.. and Mrs. George Angus
Garrett were nearby, and others
seen were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman, Mrs. Noyes Lewis, Mrs.
Russell Bennett, Mrs. Edgar Proch-
mix, who wore striking hat Of
'4paradise fox' fur, and whose
daughter, Miss Patricia Prochnik,
stood nearby. Miss Prochnik ap-
peared at the club later as the
singer with the orchestra for the
Supper Club dance that followed
the debut party.
Mrs. Edward r. Finkenstaedt, Mrs.
Emil Hurja, Mrs. Walter r. Tucker
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans,
jr., and their son, Mr.. Philip Evans;
Mrs. William Mann, Mrs. Wagga-
man Pulver, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
topher Bramwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Grant Meem, Mr.. Clarence
Hewes, Mrs. James Clement Dunn
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. Stet-
tinius also were seen among the
hundreds of guests. OF course, all
the seasons debutantes who are in
town seemed present, and there was
an enviable stag line in attendance.
Mrs. John r. Williams
Entertains at Dinner Party.
Pretty Miss Nancy Strong, the first
debutante of the season to bow, was
accompanied by Miss Kitty Claude,
another of this years buds. Miss
Strong wore smart green velvet
dress, and as Miss Claude was in
bright red. they made perfect two
some. Miss Suzanne Slingluf was
dancing with Mr.. Sidney Kent (who
expects to be in the Army any day
now), Miss Marilynn Hines, wear
ing fur jacket over her dark dress
and carrying a matching fur muff-
bag, was another seen, and others
were Miss Mary-Stuart Montague
Price, Miss Diana Rowland, Mr.. Fred
Roy, Mr.. Robert L. Parsons, Mr..
George Conklin, Mr.. Jack Arlington,
Mr.. Nathan Bartlett, Mr.. Pendleton
Hogan, Mr.. James Parks, Mr.. Jimmy
Mitchell and Mr.. George Williams.
Mrs. John R. Williams enter
tained at dinner party later in
the evening for Miss Lansdowne, her
out-of- town guests and others of
the younger set. The party later
returned to the club and joined
others at the first Friday Night Sup
per Club dance of the season. Miss
Lansdowne wore the same dress
{minus the Jacket for the dance, and
brought two arm bouquets to alter
nate during the evening. One was
Of red roses and the other all white,
Of mingled gardenias and freesia.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse
Hostess at Luncheon.
Mrs. Jouett Shouse was hostess
at a large buffet luncheon today in
honor of Miss Lansdowne, and this
afternoon Mr.. Ralph Snowden Hill
is giving a cocktail party for the
debutante. This evening she will
be honored at dinner party by
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Moran McConihe,
the party later going to the Chevy
Chase Club for dancing, and tomor-
row Mr.. and Mrs. Caswen win give