Evening star., 1951-12-21


tonianS were presented to society
here yesterday by their parents.
Miss Elizabeth Dunlop Walker,
vho is descended from the Dunlop
and Peter families who were the
earliest settlers of Georgetown,
was honored by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Mallory Walker.
at a tea at the Sulgrave Club.
And Miss Laura Lee Hallowell
Larson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts Browning Larson, bowed
at luncheon at the Washington
Club. Miss Larson is the great
great granddaughter of Mary
Morris Tyson Hallowell of Wash
ington, who was one Of the Is
women present at the organizing of
the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, october II, 1890.
Residential Society Present
More than 400 members of
Washington residential society at
tended the Walkers tea and, ex-
cept for this seasons debutantes
and their beaux, those invited were
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker.
The younger group did their
partying with Miss Walker this
June Is when her parents pre-
sented her at ball at the Chevy
Chase Club.
The Walkers and their daughter
received at the top of the stairs
in the club and guests then made
their way either to the ballroom
where Sidney was playing or to
the dining room and drawing
room where tea was being served.
The debutante was lovely in a
f1lmy off-white tulle dress en-
broidered on the bodice with tiny
gold sequins. A delicate stole of
tulle swathed her shoulders and
she wore the debutante'S tradi-
tional long white kid gloves. Her
bouquet was also the traditional
old-faShioned-made Of white
gardenias and tied with a brilliant
green ribbon.
The handsome Mrs. Walker, who
made her debut here at a tea
at the Mayf1ower Hotel in 1928,
wore a stunning dress Of navy
blue taffeta made with a side
draped skirt through which ran
q diagonal panel of mauve taffeta.
Her tulle stole was of matching
blue and she too. wore long white
kid gloves and carried gardenias,
Mrs. Walker is the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. William Laird
Dunlop of this city.
Three Generations Present
Thanks to the presence at yes
terday's tea of Mrs. Samuel Walker
of Birmingham, Ala, three gener-
ations of the Walker family were
on hand for the presentation fete.
Mrs. Walker is the debutante's
grandmother and is here staying
with her son during the holidays.
The debutante, who is a grad
uate of Mount Vernon Seminary
and now attends Bradford Junior
College, had several of her sister
debutantes as assistants yester-
day.
Young Foces
Miss Monica Bohemian, daugh-
ter of the Swedish Ambassador
and Nine. Bohemian, was one of
the assistants whose youth and
grace added to the charm Of the
party and others were Miss Eliza
beth Miller. Miss Edith Stenhouse,
Miss Paula Granger. all this years
debutantes, and Miss Mary Flor
ence Kearn and Miss Sally Dick
inson, who made their debuts last
year.
Miss Catherine Roman, college
roommate of Miss Walker, was
also assisting. Miss Roman will
visit the Walkers here until
Christmas Eve when she plans to
return to Heightston, N. j., to
spend Christmas with her family.
Around the Teo Toble
Mrs. Walker too had several Of
her friends help at the tea tables.
Her sister -in-law, Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop III, took turns at
the tea urn with Mrs. Dudley