Evening star., 1950-12-22
Debutuntes
Yesterday


made their formal bows to Wash
ington society yesterday, two at
afternoon fetes and the third at
an evening dance. Miss Dorothe
Alexandra Parmly, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Eleazar Parmly, III,
was presented at a tea by her
grandmother, Mrs. Elvin r. Hell
berg. Miss Parmly is the third
generation of her family to be
presented in Washington, Mrs.
Heiberg as Miss Anna Harrison
Dodge had made her bow in the
Capital and some years later she
presented her daughter. Miss M.
Dorothe Heiberg, now Mrs. Parmly
Mrs. Heiberg's tea was given at
Dumbarton House, the headquar-
ters Of the Colonial Danes Of
America, and fitting setting for
the debut party of a lovely bud
from one of Washington's old
residential families. The spacious
rooms of this famous Georgetown
home with their Colonial furnish
ings were enhanced by candlelight
and Christmas greens.
The debutante wore a dainty
frock of white net embroidered in
gold and silver threads forming
tiny orchids. The full skirted dress
with strapless bodice, had very
short jacket Of the embroidered
net. She carried a nosegay of
yellow rosebuds. Her mother who
received with the hostess and the
bud. was dressed in light jade green
and coral brocade made with a.
panel in the back which formed a
very short train. Her flowers were
coral color camellias. Mrs. Hell
berg's costume was blue silk, the
bodice trimmed with small roses
made of lace and a panel of the
lace in the skirt and she had a.
spray Of gardenias on her shoulder.
Mrs. Heiberg had assisting her
at the tea table Mrs. James H.
Patten, Mrs. David St. Pierre Gail
lard, Mrs. Alex B. Legare, Mrs.
Stevens Macneil, Mrs. Walter Hell
berg. Mrs. Charles Wilcox, Mrs.
Frederick M. Bradley, Mrs. H.
Livingston Hartley and Mrs. Har-
rison Heiberg.
Miss Parmly had no debutantes
assisting her but younger members
Of the family assisted generally
through the reception hours. These
included Mrs. James Whitehead
and the Misses Caroline Wilcox
and Florence Symons.
Miss Kenney Makes Bow
One of the bright and gay spots
for young people last night was
the Sulgrave Club where the for
mer Undersecretary of the Navy
and Mrs. W John Kenney pre-
sented their daughter, Miss Elinor
Merrill Kenney. The debutante is
home from her studies at Vassar
for the holidays and has with her
her roommate, Miss Mary Kaye
Tarrant of Louisville. Also house
guest for the debut party is Miss
Heather Comyn, of Montreal,
Canada, who was Miss Kenney's
roommate last year at school in
Switzerland.
Mr.. and Mrs Kenney and their
daughter stood in the hall at the
top of the stairs to greet the
guests and everywhere there were
flowers sent the bud mingled with
the customary Christmas holly,
pine, mistletoe and berries. Meyer
Davis played for the dancing and
a buffet supper was served shortly
after midnight.
Miss Kenney wore white net,
long full skirt and fitted bodice
with a blue sash and carried pink
roses tied with blue ribbon caught |
here and there on the streamers
with forget-me-nots. Her mother
was dressed in black lace, the
bodice made over blue satin and
she had no flowers.
The $50 guests included Miss
Marjorie Moors Cabot, daughter
of the United States Minister to
Finland and Mrs. John M. Cabot, |
who will leave today to join her
parents in Helsinski for Christmas. |
Preceding Ghe dance Miss Cabot
was the guest in whose honor
Representative and Mrs. Richard
B WigglesWorth and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H. Porter entertained at
dinner. Their party was given at
the 1925 F Street Club and others
in the party were Miss Kenney,
niece of Mrs. Porter, and her
house guests; the Misses Eleanor
rydings, Nancy Mann, Grace
Beach, Hilary Hoover, Sheila
Smith. Betty Owen and Patsy