Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1933, Page 21

Capital’s Social Highlights SOCIETY SECTION he Swundwy Star, WASHINGTON, D. C, f e MISS LOUISE HOOVER, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hoover, announce her engagement to Ensign Charles Burrows Lanman. —Hessler-Henderson Photo. White House Formalities Necessary, But Often Too Rigid, Says First L,ady3 Traditions Valuable in Life of a People and Should Never Be Changed by Small Circumstances. Dignity and Pomp Beneficial. BY MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (Wif2 of the President) Copyright, 1933, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. HE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, July 1.—A number of years I ago I paid my first visit to the White House. I had come back from Europe only a little while before and was very much Roosevelt) my aunt and my cousins, whom I had not seen for three years, at least. My fear soon wore off as I found myself living quite a natural though rather tumultous life—much the same type of life I had seen ved before at Oyster Bay and in New York City, and though I never ost my awe of the President it was awe of his office and not of the awed and not a little terrified at visiting my uncle, (Thecdore | uman being. I have since heard of people who ~isited the White House and spent {i"’“" in their rooms waiting for some- | gttach to their work, and second, be- | Admiral cause 1t forces us to think about our | ne to come and tell them dinner was ‘yready, wondering whether to go out and awander aimlessly around or to stay where they were. I can quite realize their feelirg. I have suffered in the same way in great houses in Europe or in very formal big houses in this country, and I do not think that is the kind of tradition we wish to build up either in the White House or in any other house in which American life is being carried on by servants of our Government. Influence of Tradition. Tradition is something that, uncon- sciously, we all of us ficd an influence in our daily lives. Habits and customs grow up because of the necessities in the life of the people, and eventually these customs become traditions. Many times such traditions are extra- ordinarily valuable in the life of a people. They mean preservation of health, preservation of historical feel- ings and an attitude which makes a people individual and stamps them in their own mold. There are certain things which we always, for instance, connect with an Englishman or with a Frenchman—traits of character, man- | nerisms, traditions, customs and habits. Many of these we none of us ever want to change. In a bigger sense the traditions of & people should never be changed by small things, such as questions of etiquette or formality; manners and customs of daily life should change enly With the need of the time and to fit the type of life and the individual that is at the moment crossing Ham- let's “stage.” In Washington it has sometimes peemed to me that while many cus- toms were certainly good, some of them were unnecessary in a democracy. ‘Wherever a certain procedure has beén adopted out of a desire to emphasize the importance and the respect due the public office and therefore due the individual holding that office, I think that for us in America it is a very good thing to observe it. We should always try to enhance in every way the respect due our men and ‘women holding public office, first be- eause it will bring to them realization what they mean to the people of the | country and how much importance we | public servants and their work. After |all, there is so little recompense ma- | terially in public office that it needs all the recognition possible from the point | of view of intangible rewards. Rules About Foreigners. | Then there is another set of rules | which have grown up in Washington |and which are undoubtedly wise and necessary—those concerning represen- tatives of foreign countries. In observ- ing them we are simply being polite to our guests in a way they expect and | understand, and it is the least we can | !do es hosts. But in the midst of these necessary forms there have crept in a few rules and regulations (perhaps more a spirit which is always intangible) | which we in America do not want in our contact with any part of our Government. ‘We like on formal occasions to see | whatever ceremony is going on carried out with as much dignity and pomp as necessary to emphasize its importance. But when we are not partakers in a ceremony but are trying to find out something and learn something about the people representing us in Wash- |ington, I think we like to feel that | they are accessible—that it is possible |if we meet them to do so in just the |same way as before they held public | office, and particularly do we feel this where the familics of our office holders are concerned. We expect {hat wheneser possible they will be tke same pecple and on informal occasions make us feel that we are in the same relationship to them as before they happened to live in Washington. It makes our Gov- ernment come closer to us and makes our visits to Washington something which gives us an insight, perhaps, into the problems our cffice holders face. It makes us go away from the White House, the executive office, or the ers with a little more knowledge— sometimes of the office holders them- selves, sometimes of their problems, sometimes only of their familles, but through their families may be reflected « (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.). [} offices cf any of the other office hcld- | MRS. CHARLES R. CRISP, JR Daughter-in-law of forme: Representative and Mrs. Crisp, visiting in the o, Daughter of Federal Power M: o s N MISS LAURA BRADLEY MANLEY, Capital. —Hessler-Henderson Photo o Commissioner and Mrs. Basil anley, to visit in New York. —Baghrach Photo. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY S 2 &y Features for Women MISS MADELINE COTTER, Midseason debutante of 1933-4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Cotter, and a college student in New York. —Bachrach Photo. White House to Reflect New Life With Return of MISS SALLIE ANNE WILLIAMS, Granddaughter of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, college girl, who mingles with debutantes. Adm. Thomas Craven To Leave Capital For West August 6 and Mrs. Pratt Have Gone to Maine for Summer Season. | Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven, |U. S. N, who has been chief co-or- dinator of the Government, will leave Washington August 6 for his new de- tail as commander, battleship division, First Battle Force on the West Coast. ‘The former chief of naval opera- tions and Mrs. William V. Pratt have left Washington for their place in Maine, where they will spend the re- mainder of the season. Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. 8. N, retired, has gone to the Culver Mili- |tary Academy, Culver, Ind, where he | will spend July and August as the di- |rector of the Summer school there. Mrs. Rodman will remain in Washing- ton during the Summer. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O. Fu- qua have with them in the house at 1826 Jefferson place, which they leased for the Summer, their son, Lieut. Stephen O. Fuqua, jr., who graduated last month from the Military Academy at West Point. Miss Jeannette PFuqua will sail Wednesday with Mrs. Waggaman Pul- |ver and Mrs. Howard N. Tucker for | France, where they will visit Mile. | Reine Claudel, daughter of the for- | mer Ambassador of Prance and Mme. | Claudel. They will be absent two | months. Maj. Carroli A Bagby, U. S. A, has been ordered to Chester, Pa,, for' duty at the Pennsylvania Military College. | Maj. Bagby has attended the Army ‘War College, and with Mrs. Bagby and their five children will leave today for his new post. Cadet Carroll K. Bagby, on furlough from the Military Acad- |emy at West Point, will accompany them. Comdr. and Mrs. Schuyler F. Heim moved to Wardman Park Hotel last week, where they have taken an apart- ment and will make their home In the future. They have with them for the present, Mrs. E. McCudden. Lieut. Carleton McGauley, U. 8. N, has arrived in Washington for duty at the Anacostia flying fleld, and is at the Martinique for sn indefini te | Mme. Veverka will entertain at a buf- Ambassador of Japan T'o Visit Chicago Thursday Sir Ronald Lindsay Is Spending Holiday on Long Island After Visit to New York. ‘The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi will leave Washington for Chi- cago, Thursday, to attend the Japanese day celebration at the Century of Prog- ress Exposition. They will return to the city Tuesday, July 11. ‘The Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay, is spending the week end and Fourth of July on Long Island, where he went yesterday after | a few days in New York. ‘The Ambassador of Peru, Senor Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander, went yesterday to Eagles Mere, Pa., where he has taken a cottage for the season. He was accompanied by his two children, Frank and Peggy, who will remain there until October. The Ambassador will make frequent brief visits in Wash- ington during the season. ‘The newly appointed Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Manuel Trucco, is ex- pected to leave his home in South America the middle of the month and will arrive in Washington by the first of August. The Minister of Greece, Mr. Simo- poulos, has joined Mme. Simoupoulos and his son in their cottage at Nonquit, Mass., for & week or 10 days’ stay. ‘The Minister of Yugoslavia, Dr. Pita- mic, is expected to return Tuesday or Wednesday to Washington, from Bos- ton, where he went the middle of the week. ‘The Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles A. Davila, is spending a brief holiday in Newport, where he went at the end of the week. ‘The Minister of the Union of South Africa’ and Mrs. Louw retirned yester- day from a few days’ stay in New York. ‘The Minister of Czechoslovakia and fet )umhun'iwa:w. i compliment to the company of visiting Czecho- slovakia Sokols who came to Washing- ton from Chicago. Dr. Bukowsky, president of the Czechoslovakia Union of Sokol, is a member of the company and came with them to this country for the celebration last week in Chicago. The Minister and Mme. Veverka also were in Chicago for the celebration and were accompanied by their daugh- ter, Mille. Nella Veverka, who returned with them to Washington the middle of the week. Sokol translated into English is Fal- con and the group from Czechoslovakia are expert gymnasts and are a popular group of entertainers in their native land. The Minister of Venezuela and Senora de Arcaya and their family left yesterday for Atlantic City, where they have taken a cottage for the remainder of the Summer. ‘The Minister of China, Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, has gone to Watch Hill, R. I, to remain over July 4 with Mr. and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers. The charge d'affaires of Belgium, Viscount de Lantsheere, will return to Washington the middle of the week from Virginia, where he went to attend the Institute of Politics at the Uni- versity of Virginia in Charlottesville, and is spending the week end and holi- day in the mountains. The charge d'affaires of Chile, Senor Don Benjamin Cohen, is at Charlottes- ville, where he went to attend the In- stitute of Public Affairs at the Uni- versity of Virginia. Senor Cohen will return to Washington the middle of the week. ‘The charge d'affaires of Bulgaria, Mr. Manoloff, has gone to Skyland, Va., to remain over Sunday and until after July 4. The counselor of the Polish embassy (Continued on Page 3, Column &) —Underwood Photo. Mr. William Phillips In Bay State to Visit Family for Holiday| Secretary Swanson Cruising With parfy on Potomac} for Week End. The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. ‘Willilam Phillips, is spending the week | end and holiday with Mrs. Phillips and | thefr family in their Summer home at | North Beverly, Mass. ‘The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Claude A. Swanson, with a party of friends, is cruising on the Potomac aboard the Sequoia. Mrs. Swanson, who is visiting |in Virginia, will return to Washington | E the middle of the month. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will have a few friends | | dining with them today. Miss Grace | Roper, daughter of the Secretary and Mrs. Roper, has gone to Atlantic City for a vacation. The newly appointed United States Minister to Czechoslovakia and Mrs. Francis White joined the latter's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Brew- ster, in Baltimore for the holiday. Mr. “White, who is serving as Assistant Sec- retary of State until the return of the Secretary, Mr. Hull, will come back to Washington the middle of the week. Mrs. White will remain with her family in Baltimore until later this month, when she will go to Newport. Mr. and Mrs. White expect to sail in August for the former's new post at Prague. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo left ‘Washington yesterday in his plane, the Blue Streak, for Los Angeles, where he will spend part of the Summer. Representative John 8. Wood of Can- ton, Ga, who spent & few days at ‘Wardman Park Hotel last week, has re- turned to his home. The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Harry H. Woodring, has gone to Fitch- burg, Mass.,, where he is the guest of Senator and Mrs. Marcus A. Coolidge and their daughter, Miss Helen Cool- idge, for the holiday. The marriage of First Lady to C ity Today Official Social Events Are Many Weeks Away. but Mrs. Roosevel t Has Much Ahead to Keep Her Busy. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. The White House doors will swing wide today to welcome back ‘1ts mistress after an absence of many days and when she resumes her press conferences tomorrow there will be new life in the Capital with plenty to write and talk about. The reading world is conversant with her prowess during almost every moment of her time since leav- ing the city, but to hear her tell little incidents that are never writ- ten, to watch her joyous smile and hear future plans is a rich reward | for those engaged in the arduous task of news gathering. Social events are in abeyance Iori weeks to come, but there is always & | agmin; | istration. simple hospitality in the President’s e Mrs. Rumsey’s father house during this administration, friends coming and going and small parties of out-of-town folk to be entertained. Then Mrs. Roosevelt will find time for writing, and especially is her signed story of today interesting here. After reading it many will recall the meet- ing here of the foreign bar association and the remark of a titled English| visitor who, at & country house lunch- eon, went here, there and everywhere looking for her hostess, who had so cordially welcomed her. She wished to bid her good-by and thank her for her hospitality. “In this country,” she said, “one receives a warm welcome, but there is never a hostess at the door to bid you God speed.” ‘While Mrs. Roosevelt travels far afield her mail keeps steadily on the increase, and just now she is being besought to lend her interest in furthering a simple Midsummer dance at the Raleigh the night of July 7 for the benefit of a young patient at Warm Springs, Ga., who already has much to thank her for. The hotel ball room will be given free, as will a splendid line of artists from the theaters, and broadcasting companies will tell the world and Wash- ington about it over several stations, thus interesting the public in the af- fair. Except for Mrs. Roosevelt’s return | Washington is a deserted city until Wednesday morning, when there will come teeming back to the Capital those who were able to make a brief Visit| {to the seaside or mountain resort or join house partys. But there are pleas- ant things to remember in the past week, like the informal entertaining at the French embassy for the French author, Andre Maurois, and his pretty, charming wife; the supper given them by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman at her house high up on the hills, where one may dine and see the twinkling lights of the city, and an almost hourly en- tertainment for them. Too, the visiting author interested himself in the textile code hearings, a popular hangout for society women of serious turn of mind. One of the most interested women at the hearings is Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey, sitting in as chairman of the Consumers’ Advis- » | was E. H. Harriman, the ratlroad mag- |nate, and her brothers have offices in ‘Wall Street. She has a fiing for serious | subjects and it was with her close | friend, Mrs. Alice Rooseveit Longworth, that she watched the last days of Con- gress. The Secretary of Labor, Miss Perkins, and Mrs. Rumsey are fast ‘xrlends and share the same abode. Tonight Mr. Woodin, the musical member of the President’s cabinet, will attend, at Westport, Conn., the second twilight concert of the Manhattan Sym- iphony Orchestra, which will present one of his own compositions—a fa- vorite with the President—the “Gallant Tin Soldier,” and after the music there will be a reception in his honor. Mrs. Woodin, who is as fond of music as is !her husband, will attend the concert | with him. | e i In _reckoning Summer abodes for i Washington society one finds favor | equally divided between the Blue Ridge }Moum.ulng of Virginia, the spas of the | Old Dominion and resorts along the Chesapeake and other ‘waterways in the vicinity of the Capital, both on the | Virginia and Maryland side of the line, Really there are few cities with such fascinating possibilities for Summer comfort within an hour's ride of the Capital. Mrs. Carl Williams, whose husband was & member of the Federal Farm Board, has found an ideal place, | Bay Cliff, at Fairhaven, Md., where |from their pretty cottage they can see | boats ply up and down Chesapeake Bay |and the night the sailing boats passed on their way to Gibsons Island the show was quite as mnrilling as when they were in the heat of the yacht race. There were miles of twinkling lights as they passed the point at North Beach and continued on their way. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer Hosts At Anniversary Party Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brewer enter- tained &t a birthday anniversary party Wednesday evening for their daughter, Miss Priscilla Brewer. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Trigg, Mrs Cecelia Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Alexandria Dellavalle, Miss Gloria Deliavalle and Mr. Stephen