Evening star., 1948-12-30

sister, Bette, who is home from Wei
one assistant at the ball. And she
of turquoise satin and net with its d
The debutante, herself, was a
nylon marquisette, made without
draped to one side. A white orchid
was pinned in her dark hair and
she wore a triple strand of pearls
which had been given to her for
Christmas. Mrs. Warner, who stood
with her husband and their daugh-
ter at the head of the stairs at the
club, wore a blue lace gown and
corsage of white camellias.
Sidney presided over his orches-
ira in the ballroom and his accord
ionist played in the oval drawing
room for the benefit of those not
on the dance floor. Supper was
served at 1890 in the dining room,
where q beautiful bouquet of spring
flowers commanded attention from
the center of the buffet table.
Virginia's cousins, Darrah and
Shawn Miller of New Hope, Pa,
and Thomas and George Kent OF
Summit, N. j., were among the out
of-town guests here for her debut.
Then there were DR.. and Mrs. Miller
McClintock with their sons, Thomas
and William, who came down from
Scarsdale, and Gail McMaster who
was here from New York.
Virginia was graduated in June
from the Cathedral School for Girls
and now is a freshman at Bryn
Mawr. At Cathedral she took an
active part in tennis and swimming
was editor of the school paper and
was chosen Queen of the May.
Sister and Brother Assist
Two Navy juniors were in the
threesome presented to Capital So
ciety yesterday. Pearce Butler is
the daughter of Comdr. and Mrs.
william Joseph Butler and Julia
Halloran's parents are Comdr and
Mrs. Edward Roosevelt Halloran.
Pearce's mother and father have
lived in Washington for the past 16
years, so she and her sub-deb sister,
Caro-, and younger brother, Billie,
are practically native Washington
ians. Yesterday Caro- was one of
her sisters assistants at the party.
She twore a lovely pink tulle dress
with a taffeta bodice and peplum
which fell into a f1shtale at the
back. Like the other young assist
ants, Betty Browder, Elizabeth
Henry, Evelyn Harman and Ann
Roberts, she wore a corsage of white
roses. Her brother, Billie. who
attends Landon School, was right on
deck for the party, too, and was
busy looking out for the young girls
as well as for his classmates who
had been invited.
Pearce's debut gown, designed by
Nickelli, was of white marquisette
with a ruffed marquisette stole
which she wore over the strapless
bodice. She held an old-fashioned
bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. Butler,
who stood in the receiving line with
Mr.. Butler and their daughter, |
wore a pencil-slim chartreuse crepe
gown with crystal beads embroidered
on the bodice and draped skirt. Her
corsage was of purple orchids. Sid
ney conducted his own orchestra
for dancing.
Assisting Mrs. Butler during the
party were Mrs. Thomas Holcomb,
Mrs. Camden McAtee, Mrs Charles
L. Brand, Mrs. Barnum Cotton and
Mrs. John Quincy Macdonald.
Pearce is specializing in voice at
Georgetown Visitation Junior Col
lege. Previously she attended Hol-
ton Arms and the Madams of the
Sacred Heart, and last spring was
graduated from Honeywell.
Years Lovely Lace GO,cn
For her debut at the United
Nations Club yesterday, Julia Hal
loran wore an off-white lace gown
with silver thread running
through the pattern and the skirt
fashioned in three tiers. She car
ried an old-fashioned bouquet of
white roses tied with silver ribbon
and wore a sapphire and pearl
necklace and earrings which had
been given to her by her grand
mother. Her mothers gown was
of powder blue crepe encrusted
with gold beading and her corsage
was of purple orchids. The
debutante's only assistant was Miss
Iran Ala, daughter of the Iranian
Ambassador and Nine. Ala, who is
home from Bryn Mawr for the
holidays.
Mrs. Halloran's assistants in
cluded her mother, Mrs. Ralph
Dustin Griffin of st. Louis; her
aunt, Mrs. Edward Beadle, Mrs.
Louis H. Renfrow and Mrs. Jackson
Davis who had given luncheon
Tuesday at the Army Navy Country
Club for Julia and for Constance
Logan.
Last night following Julia's debut,
her mother and father entertained
at dinner at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club and later in the evening
she went on to the Warner ball at
the Sulgrave Club. Others PLAN
ming to entertain for her are Mrs.
Leslie Price Jacobs, Mrs. John N.
Greely and 1t. Richard Renfrow.
Julia is a graduate of st. Agnes
School in Alexandria, spent two
years at Washington University in
st. Louis and now is o senior at
George Washington.