Nadejda de Braganza makes debut

July 7, 1928

Miss Nadejda de Braganza, daughter of Princess Miguel de Braganza, "made her bow to society tonight at the Newport Country Club." She is the first debutante of the season.
She made her debut at a ball hosted jointly by her mother and her uncle, William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr. The ball "proved of great brilliance, both in the matter of decorations, and in the assembly of guests." The New York Times reported that the assembly of guests, "of whom there were 500," came from New York and other cities.
The clubhouse's interior "had been turned into a veritable oak and floral bower, lighted by thousands of varicolored electric lights and by large Japanese lanterns. Baskets of white and pink Japanese rambler roses where hung from the ceiling. The tables were places outside on the terrace, "which was illuminated with lights arranged among the bushes and plants at the edge."
Miss de Braganza received her guests with her mother and her uncle "before a bank of floral gifts that had been sent by many friends. Two orchestras played music throughout the evening, except during "the serving of supper." Earlier in the evening, Miss de Braganza was a guest at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bristow and their daughter, Miss Romaine Bristow, "for young people at their home on Bellevue Avenue."
Princess de Braganza and her brother were among the guests at a dinner at the Clambake Club.