Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-22

Davis, and Miss Roberta Full
bright. daughter OF Senator
and Mrs. j. William Fulbright.
Also, Miss Virlinda McCor-
mick Gibson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Mcmillan
Gibson: Miss Serafina Kent.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man Kent and Miss Anne La
bouisse. daughter of Mr.. Harry
Labouisse, who was accom-
panied by his bride of last
year, the former Mile. Eve
Curie Of Paris. They came all
the way from Beirut where
Mr.. Labouisse is director of the
United Nations Relief and
Works Program.
Also in the grand march
were Miss Elizabeth Ives Lowe,
daughter of Mrs. Ives Lowe;
Miss Eleanor Moran McConihe,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Moran McConihe; Miss Melis-
sa MacNeille, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Augustus Riggs w;
Miss Jamie Musgrave, daugh-
ter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Thomas C.. Musgrave, jr.: Miss
Alexandra Scott. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan B. Scott,
II; Miss Digna van Rotten,
daughter of the Netherlands
Ambassador and Nine. van
Rotten; Miss Margot West,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
lard F. West, jr., and Miss Jane
Wigglesworth, daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Rich
ard B. Wigglesworth.
Pose for Picture
The debutantes arrived at
the Mayflower by 7:30 to put
on their long white kid gloves,
collect their bouquets of red
camellias and pose for a group
picture on the steps of the
Chinese Room. BY 8 O'Clock
their dinner partners and
their parents and their dinner
guests were cocktailing in the
lobby between the ballroom
and the East Room.
In the group were three
girls from out of town, invited
to the debutantes' dinner as
well as the ball. One was
Kristen Norstad, daughter of
Supreme Allied Commander of
NATO, Gen. Lauris Norstad,
who will make her debut at a
reception in Paris next sum-
mer.
Kristen, a student at Con-
necticut College, said her par
ents were coming here the
last week in January. She
also said the two Paris gowns
her mother had sent to Wash
ington for this season had not
arrived, hence she was dressed
in a peach colored ballgown
of her young hostess, Jamie
Musgrave.
The other two visitors were
Miss Alicia Iverson of Ellicott
City, Md. a guest of Melissa
MacNeille's. and Miss Eliza
beth Clifford of Boston, the
granddaughter of Mrs. Raw
Inns Hume Of this city. She
was the guest Of Mary Murray
Bradley.
Floor Committee
The Floor Committee pres
ent included the Messrs. John
l.. Nebold. jr., Minot Nettle-
ton. Jan Herman van Roijen,
John Cabot, Theodore S. Will
kinson. Henry Porter, Harvey
Sloane, George F. Rogers,
Sherwood Smith, Ganson Pur-
cell, John Washington, Philip
Gignoux, Charles Gilchrist,
Malcolm Leith, Heath Cham
berlain, James Cromwell and
Walter w. Boyd. jr., who leaves
two days after Christmas to
join the American group of
scientists in Antarctica. A
glaciologist, he is probably
also the youngest.
Also on this stag list were
Ensign Lee M. Folger. and the
Messrs. E. Terhune Miller,
James Lemon. Newell Ellison,
William Hand, Henry Dryfoss
~. Edward M. Prince. C. M.
Howell Scott. James Lowe, jr.,
F. Landt Dennis. Charles
Glenn. Charles Saltzman,
James Sinclair. Crosby N.
Boyd, jr., Upton Sinclair Brady
and Thomas B. Sweeney.
First to arrive at the hotel
were Mrs. West. chairman of
the ball, in a coral net dress,
and Mrs. Darneille, chairman
OF publicity, in a pale blue
beaded gown. Mrs. Fulbright
wore a handsome black faille
with a white feather design:
Mrs. Crosby Boyd. sapphire
blue chiffon: Mrs. Walter
Boyd. crimson satin.
Clad in chic. strapless
black sheath topped by a
white ruffie. Mrs. Gibson had
a preview Of the decorations
she had ordered.
Preceded by Dinner
In the East Room. where
dinner was served. the entire
decor was gold and white.
Gold trees trimmed with gold
tinsel and interspersed with
gold candlesticks holding white
tapers. ornamented the white
covered tables. The young
stars Of the party and their
escorts sat at a large U-shaped
table. Their AZ parents sat
at six round tables in the en-
closure OF the U.
The ballroom has never been
more artistically decorated.
Against graceful green smilax.
huge red Christmas balls