Evening star., 1947-12-31

Mrs. Aymar Johnson presented
her daughter, Miss Mora johnson
to society in the Capital at a tea
given yesterday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Vereide on Mas
sachusetts avenue. The young bud
who has spent most of her life ir
New York and London, made hel
bow in New York at dinner given
at Pierre's before the Junior AS
sembly on December 6. She will be
presented at the Court Of st. James
in London in the spring.
The debutante, who is the daugh-
ter of the late 1t. Comdr. johnson
U. S. N. r., was graduated in June
from st. Timothy's in Catonsville anc
now is attending the Washington
School for Secretaries. She is d
granddaughter of the late Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bradish johnson and the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoff.
man of New York, and on her moth.
er's side is a cousin of the late Presi-
dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
For the party yesterday Miss John.
son wore a full-skirted gown of pink
net with a tight-fitting bodice ol
black faille edged with net. A black
velvet bandeau held her hair and she
carried a bouquet OF white sweet
peas and stevia. Her mother was ir
black velvet, with a blue fox scarf
and was assisted by Mrs. Hayes
Kroner who poured coffee and Mrs
Stuart Alexander who served tea.
Lnncheons at Clubs
Luncheon parties for debutantes
are a regular occurrence these days,
and usually the first party OF some
times half a dozen in one day
Yesterday at the Chevy Chase Club,
debutante Alice Diggs, daughter of
the Marshall R. Diggs, was honor
guest at luncheon given by her
former classmate at Holton Arms,
Phyllis Evans, daughter of Mrs. J.
M. Stoddard. The girls exchanged
corsages, Alice giving her hostess
white carnations and Phyllis pre-
senting her honor guest with gar
denias. Red and white gladioluses
gave a holiday note to the table
decorations.
In the pulchritudinous gathering
were Kathleen Rowe, Averill Bor-
den, Ann Barber, Helen and Annie
Willard, Dudley Nicolson, Patricia
Emery, Frances Haynes, Barbara
Glover and Sherrard Marthinson.
The day before, debutante Betty
Jeanne Harrell, daughter of the Ru-
dolph T. Harrells, was feted at a
luncheon at the Sulgrave Club by
Miss Anne Tuohy. Other attractive
misses at this party were Peggy
Merriam, Edmonia Kearney, Agnes
Dunn, Anne Bruce Moffett, Julia
Snowden, Joan Hitchcock, Nancie
Dyer, Mary Durant, Mary-Stuart
Price, Betty Helsing and Muriel
Donovan of Baltimore.
Egenoe Party
Most OF the $50 guests who
dropped by for eggnog yesterday at
the apartment of the Deputy As
sistant Postmaster General and Mrs.
Roy M. North were young friends of
their post-deb daughter, Romona;
their sub-deb daughter, Janis; and
their nephew, William R. Felt, jr., a
physician at Walter Reed Hospital.
There were a few Of the hosts
contemporaries, however, including
the Postmaster General and Mrs.
Jesse M. Donaldson, the Postmaster
of Washington and Mrs. Vincent G..
Burke, M. and Nine. Camille
Chautemps, Mrs. Julian Gillespie,
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard,
Mrs. Joseph Lawler and DR.. and
Mrs. Tomas Cajigas.
An enormous Christmas tree,
sprayed with silver and trimmed
with red lights, commanded atten-
ton in the living room, and
tree with vari-colored
lights decorated the buffet in the