Evening star., 1951-12-27
Gay Studio Dance CIinnuxes
Day of Debutunte Parties

One of the most unusual parties
Of the Christmas season-a studio
dance-last night attracted many
Of the younger group and their
parents to the Television Center
on Connecticut avenue.
The party, which climaxed a day
full of debutante festivities, was
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hay
Kaufman for their daughter,
Joan, who was presented here Fri
day at the Washington Debutante
Ball.
The hostess and her daughter
received in one of the large studios.
The blond, haZel-eyed debutante
wore a bouffant dress of white net
trimmed with flowers and garlands
Of white satin and long white kid
gloves for the occasion. She carried
a delicate bouquet of white spray
orchids. Mrs. Kaufman chose
pale blue silk, highlighted by q
white orchid at the shoulder.
Music by Sidney
After greeting the debutante and
her mother, the guests made their
way to the auditorium ballroom
where Sidney and his orchestra
provided the music. The orchestra
was also heard in the other rooms
where the dancing could be viewed
on receivers, through television
confined within the studios for the
guests enjoyment.
The debutante, who is a grad
uate of Potomac and Westover
Schools. had several of her BrynI
Mawr College friends here for
the party. Miss Virginia H. Ran
dolph came up from Charlottes-
vile, Va. for the occasion and
also on hand were Miss Eve L.
Glassberg of New York and Miss
Barbara A. Rasnick of Phillips
port, N. Y.
Other young people who came
from out Of town for the party
were the Misses Alice B. Potts
of Philadelphia and Barbara K.
Murray and Jean Frost of Utica,
N. Y. Miss Murray is a cousin
of the Kaufman family.
Before the dance Capt. and
Mrs. Charles Hamilton Maddox
.honorsd Miss Kaufman and
Miss Elizabeth Hooper, daughter
of Rear Admiral and Mrs. STAN
ley c. Hooper, at a dinner at the
-Sulgrave Club.
~Auspicious Beginning
The days debutante parties had
an equally suspicious beginning
as close for they started off with
the delightful tea dance in honor
OF Miss Louise Perry given by
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Mat
thew White Perry at the Chevy
Chase Club. Here again Sidney
did the musical honors.
The vivacious, brunei debutante
looked even more ChristmaSey
than the clubs decorations in
her candy-cane red taffeta dress
made with voluminous skirt of
white nylon tulle. She carried
O bouquet Of white gardenias.
Mrs. Perry wore a striking Cell
Chapman dress Gouise's was also
by this designer) of emerald
green taffeta and a corsage of
gardenias. Together mother and
daughter in their vivid colors
far outshone the brilliant Christ
mas tree in the club lobby.
DR.. Perry also stood in the re-
,ceiving line and always nearby
were Louise's three brothers, Bill,
20, who Is junior at Princeton;
Matthew. tr., II. a senior at st.
,Albans, and Bobby, IA, also at |,
st. Adams.
500 Guests Dance
! The Assembly Room at the club
where the dancing took place was
a kaleidoscope of brilliant color
and twirling figures all during the
s to 7 dance hours for 500 guests
attended the party.
. Debutantes and their beaux
mingled with friends of DR.. and
Mrs. Perry on the glass porch
where the buffet was set up and
many of the young men in the
stag line cut in on their mothers
while debutantes' fathers got a
rare chance to dance with the
bellies.
Miss Perry is a graduate of
Holton-Arms School and attends
:Briarclif Junior College, Briar-
cliff Manor, N. Y. Her mother is
the former Miss Fannie Dial who
was presented to society here by
her parents. the late Senator
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial and Mrs.
Dial Of South Carolina, December
%, 1925 at the Congressional
Club.
. Miss Perry has been much feted
since the Christmas holidays be-
gan and still on the datebook for
her Is a dinner party tonight to be !
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood
{. Harrel. when she will share the
spotlight with sister debutantes
. BQtSV Miller ond Appn y-,. ~.