Evening star., 1952-12-24
-Glogau Photo.

Willie 1Iy1O1l CIIlUIOluGICU Ill silver
threads and heavily encrusted with
crystals. The dress was full skirted
and had a strapless bodice ano
she carried red and white carna-
tions. roses and gardenias. Hel
mother was in cerise lace with a
bouffant, ballerina length skirt
and a deeper shade of RED velvet
about the neckline of the bodice
Mrs. Van Exem wore black velvet
studded with jets and sequins
and had a bouquet of pink ca
Imellias.
Aunt Assists
Mrs. w. L. Bates. aunt Of the
debutante was among those as
sisting the hostess and others in
cluded Mrs. Eugene Cox, Mrs
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Mrs
Lisle Smith. Mrs. Nelson P. Hof
Mrs. Arthur Vennell. Mrs. James
Macpherson, Mrs. Robertson Mar
shall, Mrs. Robert Graham o1
Fairfax, Mrs. Gardiner Luce and
Miss Cynthia Hill.
Debutantes assisting at the
party included the Misses Jill
IJamison. Elizabeth Dallam, Davi-
cite Hill and Elaine Logan. The
floor committee included Cadet
Thomas Holcombe, Midshipmen
John Jamison and Edward Solo
mons, and the Messrs. Norton
Goodwin, James Bates, Richard
Gill and Sedgewick Moss.
The ballroom was arranged after
the manner of a cabaret with
small tables about the dance floor
and the champagne was served
from two bars.
Miss Hollowell was graduated
in June from Holton- Arms School
and is in her freshman year at
Bryn Mawr College. She will be
presented in Charleston at the
st. Cecilia Ball in January.
Luncheon hoSteSS
Mrs. Carroll Meigs was hostess
at luncheon Monday in honor OF
Mrs. Becker who will move the
end Of January to Buffalo where
Admiral Becker now is on duty
The Admiral arrived yesterday by
plane in time for the party and
lis remaining with his family over
Christmas.
Miss Hollowell was honor guest
at luncheon yesterday when hel
aunt, Mrs. Gates entertained al
the Shoreham.
Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial, widow
of the Senator who served in the
Upper House for many years from
South Carolina, held a veritable
reception of her own at the debut
party yesterday. Also at the tea
dance were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Lawton and their daughter, Miss
Farley Lawton of Florence, S. C.
A little later in the evening
two debutantes were making their
bows at a dinner-dance given
jointly by their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Rowlett Bryan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Charles
Scherer chose the Carlton Hotel
to present their daughters. Miss
Carolyn Norris Bryan and Miss
Elizabeth Rogers Scherer.
Christmos Decorations
Against background Of ever.
greens, Christmas wreaths, smi.
lax, baskets of anthurium and rec
Icroton leaves from Hawaii. anc
large red candles, the debutantes
and their parents received thu
lgueStS.
Miss Bryan wore a white nylor
net strapless gown made over pale
blue taffeta. It was trimmed with
a cummerbund and a wide sidt
streamer of pale blue velveteen
She wore a short lei of white baby
orchids flown from Hawaii for her
Miss Scherer'S gown was silver anc
white brocade, also strapless, anc
it has a very full skirt. She carried
an old-fashioned bouquet Of rec
and white carnations.
Mrs. Bryan had on a dusty pinl
taffeta strapless gown, made with
a very full skirt, and she also wore
a lei Of small white orchids. Fol
her daughters party, Mrs. Scherel
selected a turquoise blue faille tai.
feta dress and a corsage of butter.
| fly orchids.
Sidney and his orchestra playec
for this party too. and most of tht
young people went on to Miss Joar
Carson's dance at the Washington
Club.
Worried Interests
Miss Bryan attended Nationa
Cathedral School and was gradu.
lated last June from Madeira. Sh,
now is freshman at Mount Holyoks
college. Her main interests ar,
music-she is studying piano