Evening star., 1947-01-04
Mss Appel BotUs at Dance;
Miss Greene Feted at club
By Betty Beaie

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The debutantes' 1946-47 holiday
season wound up last evening in a
glorious finish. Mr.. and Mrs. Monte
Appel presented their daughter
Patricia, at a dance at the Sui
grave Club that was, according to
all reports, the ideal climax to a
perfect vacation.
After two strenuous weeks, most
Of the young set are, II not COM
pIeteIy exhausted, at least ready
to return to the comparative quiet
OF campus life. The debutante
herself. will be going back to Bryn
Mawr where she is a member Of the
freshman class.
There was profusiOn Of spring
flowers in the club last evening.
White tulips. jonquils, narcissus and
gladioluses of pastel shades deco
rated the entire second floor. Miss
Appel received with her parents
before a screen Of ferns and palms
to the left of the stairway.
The tall and slim, brown-haired
and blue-eyed debutante wore a
beautiful white gown with off-the-
shoulder puff sleeves. The bodice
was of lace outlined in silver thread,
and the full skirt was fashioned of
layers Of silk tulle. An arm bouquet
of white Gala lilies completed the
very attractive picture. Her mother
was clad in a slim black crepe
dress with a shoulder cape studded
in silver beads. Her flowers were a
corsage of white orchids.
Miss AppePs subdeb sister. Jacque-
line, who is now Junior at Made
ira School, was at the party last
night. too. She was wearing dusty
pink faille off-the-shoulder dress
and carrying an old-fashioned
bouquet of sweetheart roses. And
two of the debutante's classmates
from Bryn Mawr came down for
the dance-her roommate, Miss
Sally Ann Gamer, who made her
debut in Philadelphia last summer,
and Miss Elizabeth Mutch, whose
home is in Morristown, N. j.
Strains from Sidney's orchestra
emanated from the club from 1890
until 2:30 this morning as 400 Of the
young set danced the season away.
A number of dinners were given
before the dance, the largest being
the one for the debutante at the
Sulgrave club. Among the so guests
at this dinner were Miss Ellen Blair
jackson and her house guest and
cousin from Philadelphia. Miss Vir-
ginia Brooks, and Miss Evelyn Mad
dox, Miss Agnes Dunn. Miss Sophie
Finkenstaedt. Miss Aileen Patterson,
Miss Mira Noyes, Miss Patricia
Southgate, Miss Lucy Station. Miss
Margery Kirby, Miss Ann Thoron,
Miss Janet TroWbridge, Miss Gale
Miller, Miss Sarah Murdock, Miss
Linda Howe, Miss Edith Redway,
Miss Karen Cassard, Miss Julia
Myrick, Miss Mary de Limur and
Miss Evelyn KEN, daughter of the
new Senator from Missouri and Mrs.
James P. KEN.
On their list of dinner partners
were Capt. Laurence Adams, Mr..
Huntington Block, Mr.. George w.
Bauernschnidt, Mr.. John CasWell,
Mr.. Colt de Wolf, Mr. Richard For
sling, Mr.. Robert Hooker, Mr.. Cedric
Houghteling, Mr.. Cameron La Clair,
Mr.. Willmott Lewis, jr., Mr.. Charles
Maddox, Mr.. Malcolm Magruder,
Mr.. Duer McLanahan, jr, Mr.. Ter
ance OBrien. Mr.. Steven Olds, Mr..
Robert Patterson, jr., Mr. George
M. Pulver, Mr.. John Sloat. Mr..
Grove Smith, Mr.. Homer Stillwell,
MIR. Stuart Symington, 1t. David
Talley, Mr.. James Tillfon, Mr.. Elijah
Titus, Mr.. James Wilcox and Mr..
John Wozencraft.
Another dinner before this dance
was that given by Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Oliver Patton Echols for their
Miss Mary Beirne Echols,
and still another was the small din
ner given by Mr.. and Mrs. John
wilkins, jr.
Another gay party on yesterdays
schedule took place at the United
Nations Club when Mrs. Henry E.
Stebbins entertained for her daugh-
ter, Miss Muriel Greene. The wife
OF the First Secretary OF the Amer
lean Embassy in London gave a
cocktail party to introduce her
daughter to a number of her Wash
tngton friends. Miss Greene, who
went to Potomac School here apd
later Abbot Academy in Boston, is
now a freshman at Smith College.
Her father is Mr.. Winthrop S.
Greene, American Consul General in
Nigeria.
The stream OF guests who dropped
by the club between 6 and 8 were
drawn mostly from the State De-
partment and diplomatic corps. In
vited to this interesting gathering
were the Swedish Minister and Mime.