Evening star., 1947-11-05
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By Betty BeaIe

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lind Rust.
The invitations read cocktails,
5 to 8 o'clock" but 1t was really a
beautiful reception that drew a con-
slant stream OF new arrivals during
the entire three hours. All Of the
second floor was used, with bars in
the oval room and the ballroom to
comfortably disperse the crowd.
If it had not been for the war Miss
Rust, who is tall, slim and looks
like Ingrid Bergman would have
made her debut in 1943. AS it was
she missed the fun of having all her
friends at one big party, but yes
terday's affair undoubtedly made up
for it. For that matter, both her
mother and her grandmother, Mrs.
Frances Keyes Stillwell, who re-
ceived with them, said that they had
never made their debuts either so if
one were going to call this a delayed
debut, it might as well include all
three of them! And, they added
with broad smiles on all three faces,
they much preferred wearing black
to the proverbial debutante white.
All three did wear chic black with
touches of color in their orchid cor
sages (each a different variety, in
the red feathers on Mrs. Rust's hat
and in her daughters Burgundy red
pillbox that sparkled with sequins.
Gay Headeear
There were more noticeable cha
peaux, in fact, than hemlines. Mrs.
Bradley Nash wore a Schiaparelll
hat straight from Paris that was
admired by the Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Edward
H. Foley, jr., when they stopped to
greet her. Mrs. A. Mitchell Pal
mers gay coral feather "headliner"
added decidedly bright note, and
most becoming was the rakish black
glycerined ostrich hat worn by Mrs.
Burdette Fitch who, with her mother
and sister, Mrs. Emlen Davies and
Mrs. Millard Tydings, was one of
the early arrivals. Others in this
category were Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
H. Kaufman, Mrs. Daniel Borden,
Mrs. Celeste Crosby Miller and Mr..
and Mrs. H. L. Rust, jr.
Princess Rospigliosi. who IS max
ing a brief stop in Washington on
her way to Palm Beach, found some
familiar faces when she saw Mrs.
Alfons Landa, Mrs. Reber Little
hales, Mr.. George Williams and
Mr.. Fred Roy. Mr.. and Mrs. Snow
den Fahnestock made one of their
not so frequent appearances, and
Mr.. and Mrs, Lawrence Baker, too,
the latter hearing from Ted Straeter
that he will be in Washington until
after Christmas. Mrs. Noyes Lewis,
Mrs. English Gordon and Mrs. Eulah
Morgan sat together for a bit of
congenial conversation, while still
other groups, included Mrs. Donald
Jones, Mr.. William MacCracken, Mr..
and Mrs. Kurt Hetzel, DR.. and Mrs.
William Morgan and Mrs. Conger
Pratt with an old friend from New
York, Mr.. Herman Sartorious.
The Zoo Look
The former Minister from Austria
and Nine. Prochnik were there and
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. John r. de Sibour. Both
Nine. Prochnik and her daughter
had hats and bags of leopard velvet
which the former made with her
very expert needle, and which oc-
casioned the remark from Mr.. de
Sibour that it might be the new look
but to him 1t was the zoo i'ok. And
speaking again of fashionable head
gear, Mrs. McCeney Werlich arrived
wearing new millinery creation but
soon appeared hatless. 1t seems that
one friend said to wear 1t forward,
another backward, another forward,
so she just whipped 1t off entirely.
Mrs. Carrere Barbour looked as
stunning as always, and also Mrs.
David Barry and Mrs. George Abel!,
who were accompanied by their hus-
bands. The new Second Secretary of
the Norwegian Embassy and Nine.
Mangor were renewing Newport
friendships. They said that the Am
bassador and Nine. de Munthe de
Morgenstierne were in New York
celebrating the Ambassadors Goth
birthday yesterday.
The younger set was well repre-
sented by any number including
Miss Marye Thomas, who plans to
be married In January; Miss Mil
dred Dunn, Mr.. Rowland Evans
with his Boston cousin and new
conner to town, Mr.. William T. Glid-
den; Miss Fredericka Patterson,
niece of Mr.. Jefferson Patterson,
who Is visiting Mrs. Newbold Noyes;
blond Miss Phyllis Tucker, whose
father owns the San Francisco
Chronicle and who has come to
Washington to live; Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Dillingham; and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sheridan III.