Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-29
Society News
Miss Kathryn Holmes Makes Debut;
Other Post Christmas Festivities
By Katherine M. Brooks

Mrs. George r. Holmes pre-
scented her daughter. Miss Kathryn
Early Holmes yesterday at a tea
from 5 to 7 o'clock in the 1925 F.
street Club. The debutante stood
with her mother to greet the
several hundred guests and wore
q gown of exquisite maize color
lace imported and made especially
for her. She carried bouquet,
Fleur Brissee, also especially made
for her.
Nine. Bonnet assisted during
the afternoon and was the only
member of the diplomatic circle
taking turn at the tea table.
Mrs. Fred M. Vinson. wife of the
Chief Justice of the United States,
was the ranking hostess from
official circles who poured tea.
Others in that group were Mrs.
John w. Snyder. Mrs. j. Howard
McGrath and Mrs. Charles F.
Brannan. Also assisting through
the reception hours were Mrs.
Thomas D. Blake. H., Mrs. Omar
N. Bradley, Mrs. Clark M. Clifford,
Mrs. J. Lawton Collins, Mrs. Joseph
E. Davies, Mrs. Wade Hampton
Haislip, Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, Mrs. Patrick Jay Hurley,
Lady Lewis. Mrs. H. Conger Pratt,
Mrs. Pearsons Rust, Mrs. Curtis
Shears, Mrs. A. o. Stanley. Mrs.
Edwin M. Watson. Mrs. Parker
West, Mrs. Lyle c. Wilson and
Miss Adrienne McArdle. Assistants
who came from out of town for
the debut included Mrs. Hope
Aspell of Philadelphia. Mrs. Rob-
ert G. Bassett, of Chicago and
Mrs. George H. Shaw Of New York.
Gen. and Mrs. Bradley were
honor guests of Mrs. Holmes at
a dinner which she gave at the
club after the tea to- celebrate
the 33rd wedding anniversary OF
the Bradleys. Miss Holmes was
the guest in whose honor Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Clendenin
Miller gave a dinner followed by
dancing. Guests at dinner num-
bered about 40 and additional
guests joined them later for the
dancing.
Mexicon Fete
The Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de la Colina were hosts
at dinner last evening entertaining
in honor of the Assistant Sec
rotary of State and Mrs. Edward
G. Miller, jr. Other guests in
cluded the Nicaraguan Ambassa-
dor, DR.. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa;
the Ecuador Ambassador and Sen
ora de Dillon, the Honduran Am
bassador and Sonora de Vale, the
new chairman of the council OF
the Organization of American
States, DR.. Luis Quintanilla, who
also is Mexican Ambassador to
the GAS: the Secretary General
of the GAS and Sonora de 1eras,
the Cuban Charge d'Affaires. DR..
Joaquin E. Meyer and Sonora de
Meyer, the new chairman OF the
Inter-American Commission OF
Women, Sonora Amaila Castillo
Ledon: the Deputy Assistant Sec
rotary of State and Mrs. Willard
F. Barber, Mrs. Lucille Robertson
Marshall and the Counselor Of the
Mexican Embassy, Senior Rafael
Nieto and his mother, Sonora
Esther Castillo de Nieto.
Diplomats also were prominent
among the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, who gave
their annual Christmas party last
evening. They received from 6 to
8 o'clock in their home on Gar
field street and the company
numbered about $50. The French
Ambassador and Nine. Bonnet
were the ranking guests from
that circle and others included
the Belgian Ambassador, Baron
Silvercruys; the Italian Ambas-
sador and Signora Tarchiani, the
Philippine Ambassador, Mr.. Joa-
ouin M. Elizalde: the Australian
Ambassador and Mrs. Norman j.
O. Maxim, the Canadian Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Hume Wrong. the
Greek Ambassador and Nine.
Dendramis, the Netherlands Am
bassador and Nine. van Kleffens,
the Brazilian Ambassador, Mr.
Mauricio Nabuco, and his sister
Miss Carolina Nabuco; the British
Ambassador and Lady Franks, the
New Zealand Ambassador and
Lady Berendsen, the Israeli Am
bassador and Mrs. Eliahu Elath
the Swiss Minister and Nine
Bruggmann and the Luxembourg
Minister and Nine. LeGallais.
The Chief Justice and Mrs
vy;~eo,, want m IN the M0wrer' s