Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-20

girls who come out. the Lon
don debutante has a long and
glorious season. Not just any
girl whose parents can scrape
together enough money to give
a luncheon or tea and there
after strain every financial
nerve to keep their little bud
in bloom-can bow in London.
A debutante has to be pre-
sented to the Queen and the
person sponsoring her must
have been presented at the
Court of st. James before
her. And the Lord Chamber
lain notifies the sponsor that
she is held personally RESPONSE
BILE both as to social position
and character of the person
she's presenting.
These things don't eliminate
the non-rich or the nouveau-
richie but they do provide a
very nice check on a situation
that the British take very
seriously.
AS for the length of the sea-
son, Washington girls have a
damned whirl for two weeks at
Christmas and 10 days in June
and they've had it. But the
London debutante starts off in
April getting to know the other
girls at luncheons. teas and
occasional cocktail parties, goes
into high gear the middle of
May and thereafter until the
end of July goes to a dinner
and dance, sometimes two
dances. every night.
She has such highllghtS as
Ascot with the dance at the
Guards Boat Club at Maiden
head. the big, gay celebration
at Eaton on June 4. and Queen
Charlotte'S subscription ball
for all debutanteS in May.
A British girl has a debut
worth having. Think of it-a
whirl two-and one-half to
months long! But think of the
clothes she would have to
have!
The regulation for this sea-
sons presentation parties were
printed in the London Times
last year. They read: The Lord
Chamberlain announces that
the Queen with the Duke of
Edinburgh will hold afternoon
parties for the presentation
of the ladies at Buckingham
Palace next year Ladies whose
applications include the names
Of the debutantes will be sum-
moned to make the preSenta-
tons at one of the parties to
be held April 3 and 4. Ladies
whose applications do not in
clude the name of a debutante
will be summoned to attend one
of the garden parties in July"
1t went on to say that
ladies presented in SIS or SO
were not eligible to attend
unless presenting an unmar-
ried daughter. Also. it said,
no former debutante who was
unmarried could be a sponsor
+. Alas, for the spinisters
They are never credited with
Judgment
"A lady eligible to make
presentation who wishes to
present her daughters andfor
daughter-in-law, may present
one other lady. Otherwise
ladies can present one lady
only. On the occasion of their
own presentation, ladies can
also present their daughters or
daughters in law" That
means two generations of a
whole family can show up in
a body one day.
Husbands of ladies making
a presentation can come only
if their names are included in
the application and if space
permits. =. Who said Eng
land is a mans country?
The part that concerns
erican women reads.
Ladies of foreign nationality
can only be presented through
the diplomatic representative
Of the country concerned. :"
And. it states, ambassadors
wives can make a number OF
presentations in one season. :"
-. If you hope to make the
grade at st. James Court, Mrs.
Jock Whitney will have to be
ynlr SpOnSor