Evening star., 1960-12-24
BY AMELIA YOUNG
Star Stan Writer

ing the passage, IS young
ladies made their ofncial way
into Washington society last
night.
The occasion was the WASH
ington Debutante Ball, most
formal and traditional of the
local dehut-season events.
Yesterday was its 10th an
niverSary.
The 750 who gathered In
the Maynower ballroom to
enjoy it included parents.
relatives and friends, debut
tantes Of seasons past and
what seemed like an endless
stream Of handsome young
men.
The white.tie party began
at 8 O'Clock with o cocktail
hour in the Promenade fol.
lowed by o dinner in the
East Room, both lust for the
debutantes, their parents and
the 43 members Of the Floor
Committee.
When the dinner ended
after q toast to the girls made
by Peter GeSell. o toast to
the mothers by John Sweeney
and q toast to the fathers
by Stephen Ely-the debu-
tantes moved into the Chi
nese Room. antechamber to
the ballroom, to receive the
guests. Alternating two ana
three ct q time, the mothers
assisted at the head Of the
long seInicircular line.
The greetings continued
for over an hour and 1t was
almost midnight when the
orchestra sounded the truEn.
pets Tor the presentation ana
cotillion figure.
Holly and Carnations
This climactic portion OF
the evening Is annually con.
Quoted by Mr.. Samuel H.
Kaufman. one Of the
founders Of the ball, who
introduces the debutantes
as they appear.
The girls paraded one by
one to the center Of the
ballroom, each escorted by
her father or some close
male relative. then turned
ard took their places in the
figure.
They were dressed in floor.
length white gowns and they
Carried bouquets of varie-
gated holly and white car
nations to harmonic with
the ballroom setting.
At either end Of the room
were green and white striped
canopieS. one above the en-
trance and the other above
the bandstand. both SEEM
ingly supported by tall
Christmas trees. The trees
and garlands Of laurel leaves
strung along the boxes were
set with twinklinR lights
and silver stars, and silver
balls hung from big white
satin bows at the center Of
each canopy.
The presentation com.
pleted, Mr.. Kaufman an.
nounced a waltz for the
fathers and daughters as the
fnale to the simple ritual.
Dancing Until ) Am. 3
Five minutes later every
body was dancing, or almost
everybody. and the young
people kept it. up until Harry
Marchard's Orchestra played
Home Sweet Home" at 3
Am. A supper Of scrambled
eggs and corned beef hash
was served In the East Room
from 1880 on.
The girls presented at the
ball this year were the Misses
Anne Potter Arnold, daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Potter Arnold: Jane Barnes,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
Tracy Barnes: Rosalind Cor.
don Brown. daughter Of the
Assistant Secretary Of Labor
and Mrs. Newell Brown;
Elizabeth T. Cabot, daughter
Of the American Ambassador
to Brazil and Mrs. John
Moors Cabot; Susan Dalton
Cooley, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Cooley, and Eliz.
abeth Rogers Dominick,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Weston Dominick.
Also making their bow
were the Misses Carter Laird
Dunlop, daughter Of Mrs.
William Laird Dunlop. III;
Theodore Chatfield Ecker,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Ecker; jeanne Field,
daughter OF Mr.. Marshall
Field and Mrs. John Adams
Bross: Alice Peck Fales,
daughter Of MFR. and Mrs.
Herbert Peck Fales; Victoire
Conley Grimm, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard B.
Grimm: Patricia Pike Gesell,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerhard Alden Gesell: Alice
Winslow Greene, daughter Of
Mr.. Joseph N. . Greene, jr.,
currently Of London, and
Mrs. Edith Cowles Greene,
and Nelse Lawrence Green
way, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert c. Greenway.
Others presented were the
Misses Beverley Ann Haynes,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Marvin Haynes; Mar
jorie Hornblower. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Horn.
blower; Dora Mason Parker
Howe. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Locke Howe: