Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-28
Society News
Debutontes Take the Stellar Roles
In the Center of the Social Stage

d11o ANAA Na4AV ohA VI SoASI
brunei Betty Smith was in tulle.
voluminous skirt and fitted on
the-shoulder bodice. They each
had tulle muff with white roses.
Lady Welsh wore pale blue taffeta
trimmed with mink and Mrs.
Barnes was in pale pink satin.
The families of both debutantes
have been prominent in Washing
ton for some years. Miss Barbour's
older sister. Elizabeth. now Mrs.
James Higgins Of New York. was
presented in Anderson House in
1910. She and Mr.. Higgins came
down for the dance last evening
and also from out Of town were
Lady Welsh's brothers-in-law and
sisters. Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart M.
Croker of New York and Mr.. and
Mrs Marshall Bidwell Dierssen
of Baltimore.
Miss Smith will resume her
studies at Vassar College early In
the new year. Her mother. Mrs.
Barnes, as Miss Betty Grove was
a debutante in Washington and
was presented at a ball in famous
old Rauscher's at Connecticut ave-
nue. and L street in the early win
ter of 1920.
The United States Ambassador
to the United Nations and Mrs.
Warren r. Austin also came from
New York for the debut parties
and others from out Of town were
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lanahan Of
Baltimore.
Bows at Teo Donce
Dancing also was an attraction
at the presentation of Miss Toma-
jean Akers, whose parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd De Soto Akers, en-
tertained in the ballroom and
Chinese room of the Hotel May
flower yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Akers and her daughter received
at the foot Of the stairs in the
Chinese room, the debutante
wearing talisman French taf1eta
embroidered in seed pearls. Her
mother wore ice blue changeable
taffeta. The tall brunette debut
ante has attended Mt. Vernon
Seminary and Finch Junior Col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Craig of
Rockford, Ill.,. came for the debut
of their niece.
Miss Akers had assisting her
through the afternoon her sister,
Miss Shirley Elmer Akers, who was
presented in December Of last
year; and the Misses Ann New
man of Toronto, Canada: Virginia
Wise of Butler. Pa; Elisabeth
Field of Austin, Texas; Betty Bax-
ter of Philadelphia and Jacque-
line Lillard of this city.
Debut in the South
Miss Love Banner Diffee. a ma
tive of the District of Columbia,
made her debut yesterday in the
former home of her mother at
Mt. Airy, N. c. Mr.. and Mrs. Dif-
fee gave a reception to present
their daughter to their contem-
poraries and last night gave a
dance for young people. The two
parties were given at the Hotel
Blue Ridge in Mt. Airy where a
Christmas tree and other seasonal
decorations were used.
Mrs. Diffee and her daughter
received the guests. the petit deb
utante wearing white taffeta
fashioned with a draped bodice
and bouffant skirt trimmed with
large white roses. She carried an
old-fashicned bouquet of red roses. |
Her mother was in dusty pink
crepe with white roses like those
on the dress of her daughter, and
she carried an old-fashioned bou-
quet of red roses.
Miss Diffee is a member Of the
senior class at Holton Arms
Junior College and expects to
study in Switzerland next year.
She was assisted at the party yes
terday by Mrs. Jake Bowman,
Mrs. Jack Cox and the Misses
Ann Rector and Betty Merritt of
Mt. Airy; Jane Gordon Shoaf of
Lexington. N. c., and Jane Tom
linson of High Point, N. c. Mrs.
Diffee's sisters, Mrs. e. c. Bivens
and Mrs. A. B. Mitchell of Mt.
Airy, were among the older as
SiStantS at the recention