Evening star., 1948-12-07


be of any color she chooses.
Last night Miss Joan Harper
William C. Pennington. one OF the o
was presented to society in Baltlm
and Mrs. James Andrew Gregg Pei
more. Her mother was one of the c
coti1lion partners were Mr.. Oliver
Reeder. Mr.. G. Anton Burgers, Com |
mercial Secretary of the Neither
lands Embassy in Washington, and
Mr.. Charles Fisher. Mrs. Fisher
also was a chaperone and she and
her husband gave dinner for the
debutante at the Mount Vernon
Club before the dance. The debu-
tante wore a lovely gown of white
satin with an off shoulder neckline
and f1ounce of Chantilly lace and
carried an old-fashioned bouquet.
T,Cins are Presented
The Misses Julia Shaw and
Frances Patterson Davidson, twin
daughters of Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Howard Calhoun Davidson, made
their bow, too, at the Bachelors
Cotillion last night. Both were
identically costumed in gowns OF
white lace and net and both held
white carnations. Before the ball,
both were guests at the dinner
given Jointly by Mr.. and Mrs.
Blanchard Randall and DR.. and
Mrs. Henry R. Slack at the Elk
ridge Club.
Miss GWendolyn Steele Fairlamb
and her cousin, Miss Constance
Hall Logan. made their Baltimore
Gebuts last night, too. GWendolyn,
who is the daughter OF MI. ana
Mrs. Louis Parker Fairlamb, had
three escorts for the evening, MIR.
George H. Calvert, jr., Mr.. c. Kin
loch Nelson and Mr. Robert Cryan.
Constance, who is the daughter OF
Mrs. John Brown Jacob OF Wash
ington and Mr.. Arthur Logan OF
Wilmington, was escorted by Mi.
Charles w. Larned, Jr. Both deos
were guests at the dinner given at
the Belvedere beforehand by Miss
Fairbanks uncle and aunt, Capt.
and Mrs. c. Benedict Platt, and
at the cocktail party given by Mrs.
Fairbanks cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grafton Dulany Rogers, at Their
home on Park avenue.
Gwendolyns gown of white and
silver lace was fashioned with
bouffant skirt and portrait neck
line. Her fashioned bouquet
was of gardenias and roses. Con-
stances silk marquisette gown had
a very full skirt and tight-flttlng
bodice fashioned of imported baby
Irish lace In lieu OF a bouquet
she carried a white satin muff
trimmed with yellow butterfly Or
chids which formed a cascade and
wore the same delicate flowers IN
her blond hair.
Army-Navy Girls Presented
Five other Washington girls were
presented at the Bachelors Cotll-
lion last night, Miss Eleanor Bel
linger, daughter of Vice Admiral
and Mrs. Patrick N. L. Bellinger;
Miss Rebecca Ann White, daughter
of Mrs. John F. Whiteley, jr.: Miss
Agnes Kemp DevereuX, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Devereux;
Miss Frances Mckee Dunn, daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. william Mckee
Dunn: and Miss Josephine Sling
huff Hall. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Lee Hall who live in Upper
Marlboro.
Miss Hall wore a filmy creation
of white net embroidered in silver
beads and pearls and carried an
old-fashioned bouquet of white
roses and blue delphinium and an
exquisite lace handkerchief which
her paternal great-grandmother,
Mrs. John Dominick Bowling, had
carried at her wedding.
A dinner was given in her honor
by Judge and Mrs. Charles Marbury
at the Belvedere and later the deb
utante was escorted to the cotllllon
by Mr.. Hall Hammond and Mr.. Aus
tin Jenkins Lilly of Baltimore anc
Mr.. William Clagett Addison OF
Prince Georges County.
Miss Bellingers ball gown also was
fashioned of white net, with silver
penny dots glittering across the 1olos
of it's full skirt, and blue bow at
the back. She and her parents have
been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Allan Poe in Baltimore since Sun
day. and last night Mr.. Poe escorted
Miss Bellinger to the ball.
Heirloom Lace Trims Corn
A gown of cream color nylon tulle
trimmed with heirloom rose point
lace was chosen by Miss Devereux Tor
her bow at the Bachelors Cotllllon
and with it she carried purple Or
chids. Her escort for the evening
was Mr.. Ernest Judson Clark, Jr.,
and she was entertained at dinner
before the dance by her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton Devereux,
at their home in Ruxton.
Miss Dunn also chose a cream
color gown for the party. Fashioned
entirely of tulle, it had very full
skirt and a strapless bodice, ana a
long tulle scarf which was caught
at one shoulder by tiny French flow
ers, She carried an fashioned
bouquet. Miss Dunn was the guest
while in Baltimore of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Alexander. Thell son, MIR.
William Alexander, escorted her to
the party last night. Before the
cotillion. she was among the debl-
tantes who attended the dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Randall and
DR.. and Mrs. Slack at the Elkridge
Club.
Silver brocade was used to fashion
the lovely ball gown worn by Miss
White to the cotilllon, and in her
hair she pinned cluster OF white
orchids. She carried an ivory fan
which her grandmother had carried
at her debut and was escorted by
her father, Maj. Gen. Thomas D..
White.