Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1935, Page 22

Mrs. Roosevelt Hostess At Tea This Afternoon For Washington Society 3,800 Are Expected to Attend—Children’s May-Day Basket Is Presented at White House. RS. ROOSEVELT will be host- ess at an al fresco tea this afternoon on the south lawn of the White House. The tea is one of a series given for members of Washington society who have left cards at the Mansion and have not already been entertained at the President’s home this year. There will be about 3,800 guests in the com- pany. Mrs. Roosevelt received the May day basket this morning from children representing the Child Welfare Asso- clation and later will speak over the radio. This afternoon the President’s wife will attend the exhibition of Puerto Rican needlework, which opens today at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Roosevelt was the guest of honor today at the luncheon which the Seventy-third Club, composed of wives of the Senators and Representa- tives elected to the Seventy-third Con- gress, gave at the Washington Hotel at 1 o'clock. Additional guests were Mrs. John Nance Garner, wives of the members of the cabinet and Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns. The members of the Seventy-third Club met on the roof garden for a so- cial half-hour preceding the luncheon, which was in the rose room. Members of the Marine Band fur- nished music during the luncheon and following the luncheon Mrs. James Pope, wife of the Senator from Idaho, read an original poem in honor of Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ina Holtzscheiter, soprano. sang a group of songs, & companied by Miss Marjorie Davis. Mrs. Charles J. Colden, California, president of the Seventy-third Club, presided and introduced Mrs. Roose- velt. Mrs. George Burnham, Califor- nis, chairman of the luncheon, was assisted by Mrs. James A. Meeks of Tllinels, Mrs. Fred Biermann of Iowa, Brooks Fletcher of Qhio, Mrs. John M. ©O'Connell of Rhode Island. Mrs. Phil- lip Goodwin of New York, Mrs. C. Dobbins of Illinois, Mrs. Donald H. McLean of New Jersey and Mrs. John D. Dingell of Michigan. Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of | the Vice President, was the guest in | whose honor Mrs. Black, wife of Sen- ator Hugo L. Black, of Alabama, en- tertained at luncheon today. the other guests were Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Com- merce. ‘The Secretary of War and Mrs. | George H. Dern will have as their guests in their home, Highwood, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Steiner, who will arrive in the Capital today from Florida en route to their home in Salt Lake City. ‘The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, was the guest of honor at dinner last evening of Senator and Mrs. Daniel O. Hastings, who enter- tained a company of 18. The Ambassador of Spain, Senor Don Luis Calderon, was the ranking guest at a luncheon given yesterday at the Mayflower in compliment to the visiting officers of the Juan Se- bastian de Elbano, Comdr. Fernandez Salvador, Leopoldo Boado Endeiza. The As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, Col. || Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, acted as host. The company also included | Admiral William H. Standley. Rear Admiral Dilliam D. Leahy, Capt. Wil- liam D. Puleston and Capt. J. H. Ingram, U. 8. N.; Senor Don Luis M. de Yrujo and Maj. Jose Vidal of the Spanish Embassy staff; Maj. John ‘W. Thomason and Maj. M. G. Holmes United States Marine Corps, and Lieut. Comdr. Jack H. Duncan, Lieut. Comdr. Ralph C. Alexander, Lieut. Comdr. Ernest H. von Heimburg and Lieut Lucian Ragonnet, U. S. N. ‘The Minister of Benora de Alfaro will entertain at luncheon Sunday in homor of the Apostolic delegate, the Right Rev. Amleto Giovanna Cicognani. Senora de Alfaro was hosfess at luncheon yesterday in the legation in honor of Mme. Steen, wife of the Norwegian consul general in Mont- real. Among the guests were Mme. Munir, Mme. Prochnik, Mme. Sze, Benora de Bordenave, Princess Trou- betskoi, Mrs. R. E. Schuirman, Mrs. Emerson Howe, Mrs. J. W. Turren- just behind the calendar.. and Rich’s are ready with brown or blue kid. The “FOUNTAIN” Among Moreno Lieut. Comdr. Ramon Montero Azcaraga and Lieut. Panama and | tine, Mrs. James Moran and Senora de Alfaro, daughter-in-law of the hostess. . Mme. Sze, wife of the Chinese | Minister, was the guest in whose hon- | or Mme. Broz, wife of the first sec- retary of the Czechoslovakia Legation, entertained at luncheon today. Senator and Mrs. W. Warren Bar- bour have visiting them until the middle of May, the later's mother, Mrs. L. Sidney Carrere of New York. Mrs. Bolton, wife of Representative Chester C. Bolton of Ohio, was hostess yesterday afternoon at a musicale fol- lowed by tea when she entertained a | small company of diplomatic, official |and residential hostesses. Mrs. Bol- | ton received her guests at the top of the stairs, wearing a becoming gown | of pale green crepe with black figures, made with a Russian blouse effect and having long sleeves. The company | was seated in the drawing room where Miss Doris Doe, mezzo soprano of the | Metropolitan Opera Co. gave a short | recital. Miss Doe, who is a close per- sonal friend of the hostess, was the | soloist at the breakfast Monday of | the Congressional Club in honor of Mrs. Roosevelt. She was accompanied yesterday oy Mr. Fritz Kitzinger, who also played for her Monday. | TFollowing the program tea was | served in the dining room, Mrs. White, wife of Senator Wallace H. White, jr., and Mrs. Snell, wife of Representative Bertrand H. Snell, presiding at the tea table. Mrs._O’Day to Act As Toastmistress Representative Caroline O'Day of New York will be toastmistress at the dinner in honor of Miss Jane Addams and the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Women's International | League tomorrow at the Willard Hotel. | The first speaker will be Mrs. Roose- velt, who in a recent radio broadcast | named Miss Addams in her own in-| dividual list of 11 great American women whose lives and achievements were a constant source of inspiration to her. ‘The Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold L. Ickes, will follow Mrs. Roose- velt on the speakers’ program. Mrs. Ickes, the former Miss Anna Wilmarth of Chicago, has been a lifelong friend | of Miss Addams, as was her mother, | & well-known liberal and philan- | thropist. Secretary Ickes will be fol- | lowed by Mr. Gerard Swope, Mr. Sid- | ney Hillman of the N. R. A. and Dr. | Alice Hamilton of Harvard University. Dr. Hamilton made the first survey of industrial diseases upon which all | legislation for industrial safeguards has been based. She has been closely | | associated with Miss Addams both at Hull House and in her activities for world peace and will therefore intro- duce Miss Addams as the principal speaker of the evening. The dinner program will be broadeast nationally. KAPLOWITZ THE COAT AND SUIT SPECIALTY SHOP | ON THIRTEENTH STREET | | BETWEEN EANDF i DRESSES*SPORTSWEARGOWNS COATS a» SUITS GIVE-AWAY PRICES BECAUSE WE ARE SACRIFICING OUR FINE STOCKS ... A LARGE COLLECTION MISSES JUNIORS WOMENS THE KAPLOWITZ STORE IS AIR-COOLED AIR-PURIFIED FOR A GENERATION THE BEST CLOTHES EXCLUSIVELY - The “LOTUS” A perforated oxford with e-appeal and comfort allure. ay also be had in black, $10.50 “Lovely to look at—de- lightful to wear.” T stra Footsaver which comes i P n black, blue or brown kid as well as white, $10.50 Mrs. Harold L. 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Japanese to Give Vase. ‘The Commerce and Industry Associa- tion of Osaks, Japan, will present an expensive vase to the President of the Republic of Salvador. C, WEDNESDAY, M& Flower Mart Aids National Symphony ‘The Junior League will present the “Rambling Marionettes” in & program of three plays, “Goldie Locks,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Tingling Brothers Circus” at the Mount Ver- non Seminary Alumnae Flower Mart, to be held on the school grounds, at Nebraska and Massachusetts avenue, Saturday, May 18, at 4:15 o'clock. The performance is being arranged . | to aid the National Symphony Orches- tra Association and is under the di- rection of Mrs. Forrest B. Royal, who will be assisted by Mrs. H. L. Rust, Miss Lucy Woolley, Miss Nancy Finch, Mrs. James Willett, Miss Bessie Gill, Mrs. John R. Howland, Mrs. J. Henry Moore, Mrs. George R. Littlehales, Mrs. Henry R. Fowler and Mrs. Charles Miner, Mrs. C. 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