Evening star., 1957-12-24
ny DAISY CLELAND

nv uAASN CLELAND
The most elamorous and
elite debut party Of the sea-
son took place last evening.
b The seventh annual Wash
ington Dehutante Ball drew
hundreds to the ornate, ro-
COCO grand ballroom Of the
Mayfiower Hotel where they
|, saw rs girls presented TO So
Z ciety.
The girls selected by an
unnamed committee repre-
sent some Of the best known
residential families In WASH
/. ington.
The party was started ac-
cording to one committee
member of this year. be
cause. 1t was felt that resi-
dental Washington needed q
traditional ball"
And STEPPED in color and
tradition. It Is.
List Of Debs
The debutantes Of this
year were Miss Elisalex de
Baillet-Latour, granddaugh-
ter Of former Ambassador
and Mrs. James Clement I
Dunn: Miss Eleanor Poe Bar
low. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joel Barlow; Miss
Daphne Barnard. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lawrence
Barnard. and Miss Avis
Thayer Bohlen. daughter Of
Ambassador and Mrs. Char
les +. Bohlen.
Also were Miss Eleanor
Harrison Boothe. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Armi-
stead Lloyd Boothe: Miss
Lucinda Burling. daughter
Of Mr.. Edward Burling. jr..
and Mrs. Thomas Tyler: Miss
Clarissa Caccia. daughter Of
British Ambassador and Lady
Caccia: Miss Lalittle McKaig
Carusi. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Cassin Carusi:
Miss Victoria Mosby Cole
man. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beverly Mosby Coleman.
and Miss Margaret Devereux
Cooley. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Calvin Cooley.
Others were Miss Isabella
Gardner Coolidge, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold JEFF
fefson Coolidge: Miss Eda
Winslow DarnieIle. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hopewell
Hebb DarneiIle. jr.: Miss
Diana Chatfield Davis. step
daughter and daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. @. Willing Pep
per: Miss Anne Emmett,
daughter Of Mrs. Eustis EN-
met: Miss Villa Foster
Fales. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Peck Fales. and
Miss Janet Marion Farr.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Sharon Farr. and
Miss Margaret Graham.
Slaughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stephens Graham.
ALSO making their bows
we're Miss Sarah Grant Hand.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Hand: Miss Ada Nc
Crea Hawkins. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hays
Hawkins: Miss Katherine
Winthrop Kean. daughter Of
Representative and Mrs. Rob-
ert Winthrop Kean: Miss
Jane Rightor Lee. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Bill
ings Lee, and Miss Ann Far
nandis Mitchell. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dorsey
Mitchell.
Completing the list were
Miss Alice Anne Robinson,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton Robinson; Miss
Elizabeth Rodriguez. daugh-
ter Of former Chilean AM
bassador and Sonora de Rod
riguez tshe is the former Mar
jorie Talman and made her
debut here), and Miss Edith
Van Slyck. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. De Forest Van Slyck.
The list is alphabetical in
order. although they were not
presented in that manner. As
one committee member COM
mented. Each girl is just as
important as the other,
whether she is the daughter
Of an Ambassador or a law
yer-we are just a group Of
friends getting together for
the debutantes."
Great pains were taken to
assure the girls just that kind
Of a party. In the receiving
line. which formed in the
Chinese Room at IL o'clock,
the debutantes were lined up
according to height with the
shortest, Victoria Coleman,
coming first. Two mothers
received with the girls at 5
minute intervals.
White Tie Event
The reverse was done when
the debutantes entered the
ballroom on the arms Of their
fathers. resplendent in white
tie and tails-the tallest.
Nancy Davis was the first to
be picked up in the spotlight.
The highlight Of the ball
was the figure performed py
the debutantes and their
fathers right after the re-
ceiving line broke up.
Each Of the girls came in
on the arm of her father with
the exception Of Miss Ballet
Latour who was escorted by
her grandfather; Miss Davis
by her stepfather, and Miss
Bernard by her stepgrand-
father. Mr.. Stephen Hurlburt
Of Stonington, Conn.
Mr.. Bernard is a foreign
service officer in Belgium and
was unable to be at the
marty