Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29

debut here at dinner oanCe at tne
Mayflower Hotel during the 1926-27
season.
Guests started arriving at S
o'clock to be greeted in the receiv-
ing line by MI. and Mrs. Willard
and their daughters. both tall, at
tractive brunettes. They were dressed
alike in Louise Armour gowns Of
eggshell tulle over satin. the full
skirts falling in two tiers, the strap
less bodices topped by delicate tulle
stoles. White gloves and sprays of
baby orchids flown from Hawaii
completed their costumes. Bronze
orchids complemented the pale gold
satin dress of Mrs Willard. FASH
toned along Edwardian lines. it was
appliqued with leaves of satin on
the skirt.
Marking a sudden change from
the Christmas motif. the club was
decorated throughout with spring
flowers of all colors.
Assisting the debutantes at the
tea were the Misses Agnes Dunn.
Adrian Dunn. Alice Diggs. Frances
Haynes. Phyllis Evans, Catherine
Miles of Baltimore. a classmate of
Amie's who is a sophomore at Sweet
Briar College; Mary Lloyd Martin
of Essex Fells, N. j.. a classmate of
Helens who will graduate this year
from Pine Manor Junior College.
and Joan Ryan of Hewlett Long Is
land. former classmate of Helen's
at the Ethel Walker School.
Mrs. Willard had as her assistants
her mother, Mrs Edward A. Keys;
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry K.
Willard: her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Henry A. Willard; Mrs. John P.
Wetherill, Mrs. E. A. Wheeler, Mrs.
Charles McNary. Mrs. Andrew Saul,
Mrs. Marshall Diggs, Mrs. Sydney
Sherwood, Mrs Richard Cults, Mrs.
Richard Dunn. Mrs. Eberhart
Haynes, Mrs. William G. Bowling of
st. Louis and Mrs Philip Young Of
New York The latter two came
here with their husbands for the
party.
Mr.. James Manages and Mr.. John
Ryan III of New York also came
down for the party and for the large
dinner dance that was held from
$50 to 1870 at the club. Sidney
and his orchestra played for this
gay affair and tables we're every
where on the second floor except in
the ballroom.
Davidson Dance
The Davidson twins were a pic
ture in pink tulle as they greeted
their guests at the Chevy Chase
Club last evening standing by their
parents. The tall. brunette, blue
eyed sisters wore off -the-shou1der
gowns with bouffant skirts decorated
with pink rosebuds and pink rose
buds formed their bouquets. Their
mother was clad in silver brocade |
evening dress and her daughter,
Miss Mary Howard Davidson who
made her debut in 1914, had on a
becoming red evening gown.
Music poured forth from every
part Of the club. it seemed. Sidney
and his orchestra played in the
ballroom while rumba orchestra
held forth in the card room where
tables lined the floor in night CLUB
style Christmas decorations were
rampant with silvered greens and
silver balls covering every pillar
bordering the dance floors.
The evening started off with a
dinner at the Davidson home in
GEORGETOWN for the twins and the
numerous out-of-toWn guests. From
Baltimore. where the Misses David
son were presented at the Bachelors
Cotillion on the 9Th, came Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Slack ", Mr.. and Mrs.
Blanchard Randall III, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Randall, Mr.. John Randall,
Mr.. Brian Randall. Mr.. Cameron
Slack and Miss Alice Murray. Others
were Miss Sheila Schermerhorn.
Miss Anne Hustled. Mr.. Huntington
Sheldon and Miss Patricia Cleve-
land of New York City; Miss Milly
Marshall and Miss Elizabeth Harri-
son of Greenwich. Conn; Miss
Elizabeth Borman and Mr.. Terry
Parsons of Englewood. N j.; Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Wexford of Char
lottesville, Va: Mr.. George Shaw OF
Dayton, Ohio; Mr.. Francis Sherman
of Malvern, Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs
Stuart Davidson of Boston, brother
and sister, n-laW of the debutantes.
Miss Julia Davidson is a student