Evening star., 1948-12-23

debutante niece, Miss Evelyn Harme
debut dance given at the Sulgrave
for their daughter, Miss Ruth Clarke
Saul.
The young and lovely and tall and
handsome started arriving at the
club after 10 o'clock and stayed
until the morning hours twirljng to
Sidney's music.
They we're greeted by the debu-
tante and her mother, the former
wearing an ivory-white maline
gown fashioned with little sleeves,
a fitted shirred bodice and a very
full skirt made of layer upon layer
OF the lovely ,wispy material and
draped with small cartwheels OF
maline. She carried an old-faSh-
ioned bouquet of red roses, blue and
white carnations, but for dancing
later changed to a Dresden wrist
bouquet of red roses. Her good
looking mother was gowned in a
red velvet dress with an off the
shoulder neckline and draped skirt.
Mr.. Saul did not stand in the re-
ceiving line, but was busy being
host at this party for his daughter,
who is now a freshman at Rose
mont College. His son Frank, a
junior at Georgetown Preparatory
School, and his niece, subdebutante
Theresa Gardiner, were also on
hand for the gayety. Out-of-town
guests included Miss Patricia Far
reilly from Bernardsville, N. j.. and
Miss Diane Oreamuno of New York |
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rafael
Oreamuno, who formerly lived here.
In addition to the Harmans' gay
dinner dance that drew 140 OF the
young set to the Chevy Chase Club,
there were numerous other bread
breaking parties preceding the last
big affair of the day. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert J. Hare Powell entertained
for her daughter, Miss Patricia
Fahnestock and Comdr. and Mrs.
Edward Bacon and Miss Ellen Bacon
feted Miss Frances Mckee Dunn.
Some of the few close friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Saul invited to the
dance went first to the dinner which
Miss Rose Willoughby Saul gave In
the Palladian Room Of the Shore
ham Hotel. Among her guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufman,
Capt. and Mrs. Parke Brady, Mr.
and Mrs. w. Gwynn Gardiner, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Folger, Mrs. Sims
Snow, Mr.. j. Frederick Roy, Capt.
D. P. Tucker and Mr.. Jack Logan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby Noyes Boyd
asked a few friends in. too, and Mr..
and Mrs. William Heron and MIR.
and Mrs. William North Sturtevant
were also dinner hosts.
Harman Dinner Dance
The entire dining room of the
Chevy Chase Club was taken over
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harman for their
niece's debut. The o'clock party
started in the cardroom, where the
hosts. the debutante and her
mother, Mrs. Everette Med. Har-
man, received, and where cocktails
were served.
Brunette, petite Miss Harman,
who is student at Georgetown .
Visitation Junior College, wore an
of the shoulder. cream colored
satin dress with a bouffant tulle
skirt. She held Colonial bouquet
of deep rose carnations and heather,
later switching at the dance to a
lei of orchids, which Col. and Mrs.
Goodwin Ordway sent her from Ha-
waii.
Her mothers dress was of black
crepe trimmed with gold seQuins
complimenting her gold orchids,
while her aunt was costumed In
grey crepe set off by green clips and
green orchids.
The guests, who were seated ut
seven large tables, included a few
from out of town: Col. and Mrs. r.
c. Birmingham, an uncle and aunt
from Scranton, Pa, and Miss Ann
Barriger from Chicago.
Rowe Tea Dance
But the debutantes and their es-
corts really started to dance in the
afternoon when Capt. and Mrs. Du-
gan presented their daughter,
Edythe Rowe, to society.
The 1925 r Street Club was fra
grant with the scent of the many
flowers sent to the debutante. The
blond haired, brown-eyed Vassar
freshman received. with her mother
In the drawing room. She wore an
of n-the-shoulder, bouffant gown OF
white brocade shot with silver thread
and she carried a bouquet of diff
ferent colored orchids. Mrs. Dugan's
long-sleeved ecru lace dress was
over peach-colored satin and she
wore q corsage Of salmon roses at
her waist. Her other daughter, Miss
Kiki Rowe, q debutante of last year,
was clad in a brown satin ballerina
dress.
Miss Ella Anne Widener and her
fiance, Mr.. Cartwright .Wetherill,
and Mr.. John Scott Biddle came
down from Philadelphia for this
party; Mr.. George Bryson and Miss
Mary Jane Stallworth came from
Richmond and Mr.. and Mrs. Cum
berland Dugan, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Dugan and Miss Mary Cole Dugan
came over from Baltimore.
While the dancing held forth in
the ballroom, the hostess assistants
took turns at the tea table. They
were Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, the
Countess de Castellane, Mrs. Charles
Maddox, Mrs. Charles Combs, Mrs.
Randolph Huntington Miner, Mrs.
George Maurice Morris, Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur and Mrs. William Wat
son. Mrs. Maddox is planning a
party for Miss Rowe when she comes
home again during mid-terms at
Vassar.