Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1937, Page 2

A—2 wx» SOCIAL MARATHON BEGUN N LONDON Millions in Jewels Taken From Vaults—14 Ameri- cans Bow to Rulers. B the Assoctated Press. LONDON, May 6.—Millions of dol- lars’ worth of jewels and costly gowns will be worn in the coronation social marathon just launched, and the precious stones promise to turn som- ber Westminster Abbey into a glit- tering treasure chest at the crowning of George VI next Wednesday. Valuable family gems are being taken from vaults and refurbished for the tremendous program of balls, banquets, dinners and garden par- ties scheduled during the next two months. The coronation social season opened in the gold-decked ball room of Buck- m Palace last night, when 500 including 14 Americans, bows before King George Elizabeth in the first of e royal courts woman at the Abbey rom thes Queen down—will the most precious jewels she v\rs—v. aras, necklaces and brace- lets The wort cere- famous Kolinoor diamond, n by flast Queen Mrry for 25 years, from the Queen's new plat Set Wizh Diamonds. It is set ewtirely with diamonds, topped by a jeweled orb and cross mounted on the summit of gem-stud- ded bands above the purple velvet | cap. Queen Mary will wear jewels | estinated to be worth more than a miilion do! The diadem portion of the crown used for her coronation in 1811 wiil top her famous pompadour, and a brilliant diamond necklace and waarm‘Ls “ll encircle her throat and J Elizabeth, heiress . and her Rose, wi coronets—of silver and without jewels. and pearls were predomi- oices of the distinguished o will set in Westminster do not clash with the Of course, there will al pphires and &quamar One coi WEar > and s of a neck- pearls. An- e and earrings of | and ' diamonds—and 3 on | through a dazzling gala Debutantes Receive Thrill. tion debutantes received | e Americans, who Mrs. Robert W. Bm_hzrr wife of the United States Ambassador, the brilliant ceremony | climaxed several weeks of study in | deportment and cos! ssembling. women p a glowing | uthful beauty in their - ‘gowns as they fil | ugh several con- | were “scared | e picture of tward calm at the big moment. It has meant so much prepara- tion,” said one American debutante, “but it is worth every bit of it. is a wonderful expe e The court began at 9:30, when the and Queen and other members royal fam walked in' pro- n from the state dining room to the ball room with the lord cham- berlain. Great officers of state walked ‘ backward before them. fessed bef to death,” ou For an evening ensemble in her new wardrobe Mrs. Wallis Simpson has chosen this model, a coat of navy crin net worn over a frock of navy blue crepe printed with col- THE EVENING STAR, Another of the new creations reflecting Mrs. Simp- son’s simple taste, a dress of wool challis striped with curlycue lines in red wine, with the leather belt of red repeating the design. | pleased with | finally said, ored butterflies. Soft treatment is achieved by a small inset of shrrrmm and narmu' self-tie roIIan WASHINGTON D. A carbon blue crepe creation spotted with morn- The neck is tied w ribbon, the waist belted with blue leather. ing-glories. Simpson is to wear this model redingote closed with buttons. C., THURSDAY MAY 6, 1937. ith blue grosgrain Mrs. with a dark blue ers 14U. 5. WOMEN CURTSY T0 KING Coronation Pageant Is Launched With Presenta- tion Ceremonies. B3 the Assoctated Press. LONDON, May 6.—Fourteen Amere ican women and more than 400 oth= ers in shimmering gowns and jewels curtsied last night before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the first court of the new reign. The presentations, made amid glit- tering scenes of regal splendor, launched London's three-month coro= nation fashion pageant The Kinz and Queen entered ball room -first and took their on the gold and red velvet thrones | at the end of the room, surrounded by others of the royal family and | high court officials the places A ripple-skirted white organdie froc selected for Summer wear. stony whiteness of the skirt two fiery red lobsters appear, flanked by printed flow- Lobster red organdie fashions the high incrusted girdle. by Schiaparelli. . Against the All were dsigned —A. P, Photos Washington Wayside Tales FEAT. T A COCKTAIL party in War- | renton after the Gold Cup | races last week end a young | A lady from Washington became | | engaged in conversation with a| stranger approximately 9 feet tall and | wearing a sort of actively angelic smile | (and a blue suit, so there). This chap grinned and grinned and | tossed down cocktails and looked himself until the girl| “What on earth put you in such a good humor?” 'm celebrating,” he said. \illflnfll Anthem Played. fell on the throng as a of the Scots Guards ional anthem and theur majesties ascended their thrones. The | lord chambe announced the | name of the first woman to pass the | da s and V“P fi ¢ court of George VI's | A | i bar played the n court will be held to- women from Australia, and Canada will be presented keep. with the King's that dominions take active part in the coronation season. The hird court will take place July 1. nizht'’s debutantes formed a | of nodding white plumes with r headdresses as they moved slow- y past the thrones at the rate of about 10 every minute. Each gave her card to a court official, heard her name called and swept into a low curtsy before the King. She curtsied again to the Queen and moved slowly away, keeping her facc toward the Toyal pair. The King was in military uniform and the Queen wore a richly embroid- ered gown and sparkling jewels. Reception at Danish Legation. On tonight's social program was a | reception at the Danish Legation in | honor of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark, marking the silver jubilee of King Christian X, The reception will be given by the Danish Minister and Countess Ashleveldt-Laurvig. Queen Mary will be the first queen | mother in English history to see her son crowned King. The widowed Queen Alexandra, by contrast, did not gee George V crowned in 1811, but fol- lowed court precedent by remaining in geclusion at Sandringham, where she attended private services in the state | chapel with the Czarina of Russia. | Next Wednesday will be a day 01‘ memories for Queen Mary. She will | not take direct part in the ceremony. Little more than a spectator, she will look down the long nave of the abbey waiting for the approach of the royal procession, and her thoughts may go back to her own coronation 26 years ago, when she stood beside the slight, bearded George V, her husband. , when South Africa Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Routine business. ‘Wheeler Committee resumes investi- gation of railroad financing. Judiciary Committee resumes hear- ings on O'Mahoney Federal incorpo- ration bill. House: Hears general debate. Naval Affairs Committee investi- gates proposals to recover California oil lands. Judiciary Committee considers bill to control real estate bondholders’ pro- tective committees. Flood-Control Committee begins hearings on flood-control proposals. TOMORROW. Benate: Not expected to meet. Appropriations Committee to act on second deficiency bill. (Executive.) District rubcommittee meets on | King bill relating to slaughter houses and certain other industries. 2 p.m. ¢ bicycle.” elebrating what?” “My grandmother's anniversary. It | was just & year ago today the old girl | finally did it.” “All right, she finally said the girl. “Achieved her lifelong ambition. | One year ago today it was that granny | rode down the circular staircase on a did what?” N ox ok CHOICE SPOT. One night early this week the following radio call went out from Station WPDW, the Washington police broadcasting center: “Scout No. 11, there is a Packard sedan parked in the 400 block of C street northwest in front of the Municipal Court Building. This car belongs to one of the judges of the court. There is a drunk asleep on the rear seat. Remorve him. The judge wants to go home. Time 1:40. That is all.” ok ¥ % HUNGER. LU)VCHING in a downtown cafeteria recently one of our feminine operatives had finished her meal and was about to leave when she saw a woman at the next table staring longingly at an untouched roll on our | friend's plate. F. O. (for feminine operative) be- ®an to feel very uncomfortable about the situation, having not quite the nerve to offer the roll to her neighbor, vet fearful that the woman might ac- tually be starving and need it no end. Eventually, as F. O. was finishing coffee, thc woman solved the problem by stepping up boldly and saying, “Please, may I have the roll?” “Surely,” said F. O, very much re- lieved, “do take it.” Woman picked it up, went back to her table, lifted a coffee cup out of its saucer, used the roll to sop up the overflow that is always spilled in cafe- terias, then put the cup back in the dry saucer. “Now it won't drip,” she said, smil- ing at F. O. She forgot, however, to add, “Dunk you very much.” * ok ok % NOSTALGIA. OUR favorite sociological and his- torical commentator, “Old Yegg,” of the Lorton Reformatory’s monthly magazine, Time and Tied, has been much perturbed of ntz by people who oppose paroles for convicted criminals. Describing the plight of the unfortu- nates who happen to land in jail (as apparently & meager percentage does, according to what we read in the papers), “Old Yegg” says in the cur- rent issue: “Yu' pgotta remember with music like that. Times, when Ted Lewis was at old Rector's an’ yu’ listened to ’im with beautiful twists all around yu’, dancin’ and singin’, carefree and happy. That was livin'. Tell them Bquare Johns the hell an’ punishment in these points is memory. Memory, neggin’ an’ tearin’ in the utter hope- less longin’ for the future 8o far away. Yu' think of long Summer nights Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things in Capital. that'll be wasted, when Summer breezes’ll fan the leaves overhead in a soughin’ love song, while shimmerin’ moonbeams trickle thru on some lake, an’ yu' won't be there! Here jt'll be the soft pad, pad of some .scre\s‘ takin' the midnight count, an’ the jangle o' keys. | “Yu think of Atlantic City in | September, in the early morning when | the sun in sliding up out o' the At- lantic over the big breakers rolling ‘n a mile wide! Yu think o' Radio City and the Roxyettes doin' a preamble fer Gracie Moore's ‘One Night o’ Love.’ | Yu think o' orange groves 10 miles square in blossom, or slender branches weighted to the ground with their | golden fruit. Yu think o' trustin', lovin’ arms around your neck, when your sweetie looked into your eyes an’ told yu she loved you. But the only sounds you'll hear night after n.ght‘ is the psycopathic moaning of some | passion-starved moron ravin' in his | sleep, an’ yu know you'll hear it 365 | nights, plus, plus, plus . . . till your | reason snaps and you're about ready t'| blow your top. Tell them Square Johns th’ kind o' 'coddlin’ we get is from memory’s club! “You writin’ guys can tell people things with no one swingin’ back at yu. Yu got a one way shillalah. So take a good holt on that typewriter, | Old Timer, an’ let ‘em have all (hc keys. Throw your words together good, | ou're speakin’ fer three thousand | o' us. Wind up by tellin’ 'em !hese‘ Jjoints'd still be hell if we had valets, swimmin’ pools, and ice cream—'cause we still got memory!"” You mean, you actually feel that way about Atlantic City? FILMS OF SPAN SHOWN Engineers Sponsor Movies of San Francisco-Oakland Bridge. Motion pictures of the building of the $77,000,000 San Francisco-Oak- land Bridge were shown last night in the Commerce Department audi- torium under the sponsorship of the District of Columbia section, Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers, and other local engineering societies. C. F. Goodrich, chief engineer of the American Bridge Co., described the technical and engineering devices used in constructing the bridge, in- chiding the process of spinning the 28-inch-thick cables * which support the bridge deck. Dispatches from France tod Windsor that they will spend th.el)" Daylight Saving Letters Provoking Curiosity atCapitol Advocates of Plan All Write on Same Kind of Paper. There was a feeling among House District Committee members today that some one is attempting to “stufl the ballot box" in connection with the | present informal referendum on the | Sacks bill to put Washington on a daylight-saving schedule. Chairman Norton, for instance. re- ceived 26 letters in the morning mall 20 approving and six opposing day- light saving. The 20 indorsements, however, appeared to have been writ- | ten with the same typewriter and on | the same stationery. At the same time, Representative Sacks, Democrat, | indorsing it. All of them were in the same envelope. _— MUSEUM DIRECTORS MEET TOMORROW Annual Sessions Will Be Held | in Corcoran Gallery of Art. The annual meeting of the As- sociation of Art Museum Directors | will open tomorrow morning at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. George E. Hamilton, sr, president of the Cor- coran Gallery, will greet the directors at the initial session. The meeting will continue through Saturday and In addition to business sessions to- morrow, the association will hear an informal talk at 4 pm. by Edward Bruce, chief of the painting and sculp- ture section of the Procurement Di- vision, Treasury Department. Later, the directors will make a tour with Bruce to inspect murals in some of the Federal buildings. In the evening, the directors will view the paintings in the Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings at the gallery. While the exhibition will continue through Sunday, the last evening in- spection period will be from 7:30 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. On the program for Saturday is a visit to Dumbarton Oaks, home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. On Saturday evening, the museum directors will be guests of the tyustees of the Corcoran Gallery at a dinner at the Chevy Chase Country Club. ) of Pennsylvania, | sponsor of the bill, received 75 letters | Pimlico By the Associated Press. FIRST RACE -The $1.000. 2-year-olds Soring’ Meadow (Lauch) Last Lav (Failon Chase Him (O M, Broken Rhythm (Merritt) Hunting_Home (Wagner) Droop (Knapp) Time and Again (Saunders) Haddon SECOND €100 clal steeplechase Whisonia. (Waters) Quick Verdict (Eaby) (Haley) (Brooks) r._Theodore) zzzLittle Dan (Meehan)_ Wilfrid G (Ansteatt) Bad Bob (McGovern) 22Gifted (Clellan) 7zSeven pounds claimed for rider zzzTen pounds ciaimed for rider. THIRD RACE—The Blue Ridze S1.000: maidens: 3 furlongs Badee of purse. nd 4 year olds. € Honor (O'Mall | Tzigane (Palumbo) Mr. Canron i\Wagner) Ske. achado) Rova) Specire aderritt) Riopling Ry (No Boy !ll'n Lane (Garrett) te Day (Saunders) e o Gay Water (Pallon) FOURTH RACE——The purse. $1.000; claiming furiongs. Bertillon (Kurtsinger) _ Bojangles (Saunders) River Dee (Richards) Madame Walter (Bejshak) Prank Brooke (Machado) Waugh Scout (Root! Never Cease (Lauck FIFTH RACE— S1.000. clatming turlongs. Aroused XBiscayne oy Bowling Brook S-year-oids; 4'z (Fa Blue SIXTH RACE-The Kalitan: S1.000, A-year-olds and up. Kievex (Merritt) . purse, Bob's Boys (Schmidi) Triple Action (O'Malley) Master Lad (Rosengarten) Scotch Bun (Knaoi = SEVENTH RACE- $1.000. maidens. 3 and 4 year olds (second division): & furlongs. ap (Knapp) = Tom's Boy (Johnson) __ Locomotive (Morris) Flag Raising (Palumbo) _ Abbot’s Hour (Grige) Lapis (Garrett) __ = Red Nose (Faust) = Grey Heels (Fallon) Bewitched Obb Boy Morris! Deloraine (‘\lrl)ern\on\ EIGHTH RACE—The Dung 81 Ulr(l claiming; ~The Blue Ridge: purse. (Machado) ™ Strathmore: 4-vear-olds and mil xLedter Box. AMrCombv Sallandry (Scott 5 Xandra (Schmidl) i Worthington (Shanks) O Malies) Maddening (Palumbo) xApprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear and fast. Shooting Gallery Man Killed. KANSAS CITY, May 6 (#).—Acci- dental discharge of a pistol by a cus- tomer at a shooting gallery was blamed by police today for the death of the gallery operator, John Baugh- man, 61, last night. said that Mrs. Wallis s:m son had agreed with the Duke of honeymoon in this ancien caxtle, at asserleonburg, opyright, A. P. Austria, firephoto. . » > I Fear Bomb i Windsor and Mrs. Simpson 1t Wedding Gifts Duke and Fiancee Reuntted on Tuesday after five- month separation, Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson have taken refuge in chateau at Monts, France, where plans for the wedding are being speeded. Reunion followed Mrs. Simpson's final di- vorce decree on Monday. Foundation of British empire was shaken last December, when Ed- ward renounced his throne for love of the American-born divorcee. BY the Assoctated Press. MONTS, France, May 6.—In the fear | that a bomb might be disguised as s | wedding gift, police maintained a close lis Simpson, the former monarch's as- sociates disclosed. Police take the parcels from the Tours Post Office to Mrs. Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, the betrothed couple’s Touraine retreat, where she zingerly inspects the senders’ ad- dresses. If she does not recognize them she instructs the officers to return the packages unopened. received, Edward's associates said, and more were expected. One, apparently opened before the present precautions 1 were taken, was said to have contained several rabbits’ feet to assure luck and prosperity. posed the tune to which he and Mrs. Wallis Simpson will march to the altar. The duke played the march on his bagpipe last nignt for his bride-to-be, and the turreted Chateau de Cande echoed to the shrill music. A member of the chateau house- hold said Edward had written the composition especially for his Ameri- can-born fiancee. Years ago he com- pcsed a spirited military march for bagpipes which was adopted by an English guard regiment. Preparations for the marriage, meanwhile, seemed virtually ready for the ceremony soon after Edward's brother, George VI, is crowned in London next Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Kent (the duchess is the former Princess Marina of Greece) and the Earl and Countess of Harewood (the countess is Edward's sister Mary, the princess royal) may be the only representa- tives of Britain's royal family at the wedding, a source close to the Chateau de Cande said. Kent May Be Best Man. Edward’s youngest brother, the Duke of Kent, probably will be best man, and Herman L. Rogers, friend and spokesman of Mrs. Simpson and her former host at Cannes, will give the bride in marriage. Soon after the wedding the couple are expected to leave the chateau. Re- decoration of their prospective honey- moon retreat in Southern Austria, Wasserleonburg Castle, will be com- pleted about June 1. Edward rented the Austrian castle for $400 a month. Perhaps a week will elapse between the coronation and Edward's marriage, in line with the duke’s plan to detract as little attention as possible from the London celebration. Plans for after the honeymoon, it was said authoritatively, were still un- certain. One project understood to be under consideration would take the duke and duchess on a good-will tour of African and other British colonies. Within the past four weeks Edward bought and studied maps of Africa. It was understood he offered his serv- ices to King George after his fare- well radio address in last December’s abdication. Providing the government approved, Edward might become an “elder statesman.” His career as the em- pire’s “traveling salesman” while he was Prince of Wales qualified him to become again a good-will ambassador. Mrs. Simpson's wedding gown, the creation of a Paris fashion house, is nearly ready. Her spokesman, Her- man L. Rogers of New York, another chateau guest, announced she had ordered new clothes and that the order “includes the dress she will wear at her wedding.” Fittings of the bridal costume were scrutiny today on packages delivered | to the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wal- | Several parcels already have been | The duke was said to have com-! Inspect Addresses | and Return the Packages Bearing Those Not Recognized. 4| BACKGROUND— | being made at the chateau, but no other details were disclosed Apparently the former monarch had in a manner first argument with the future duchess —if an argument it was—for it was learned last night she had consented to an Austrian honeymoon of several months duration in the gray, thirteenth century Wasserleonburg castle, amid the Alpine lakes of Southern Austria. British won his Previously the couple had been de- | scribed as discussing the comparative | | merits of a future home in Austria or | America, with the former Baltimore | debutante insisting on the land of her | birth. A weck ago, before Edward broke his self-imposed exile at St. Wolfgang, Austria, to hurry to his fiancee when her English divorce became absolute, nounce he had rented the castle from his friend, Count Paul Muenster, for the Summer months. He let it be | known he intended to go there after i his wedding While deferring for the present her wishes on their future home, Mrs Simpson was described as still holding out for a home in the United States or, as second choice, Canada. | Country He Has Come to Love. The Wasserieonburg he has come to love. Mountain climb- ing, swimming and golf would be readily available and the castle would make an ideal headquarters for yacht- ing trips on the Adriatic. The castle, a 40-room structure built in 1250 and rebuilt in 1747, has beauti- ful gardens and a simple chapel. It stands near near the junction of the Austrian, Italian and Yugoslav frontiers. Rogers said no pr representatives would be received by the duke for at | least a fortnight. A superstition that ill luck would follow his bride if ne and Mrs. Simpson were photographed together before the wedding was held to pose with her now. The duke learned of the superstition through an Austrian countess who acted as a fortune teller a few days before he left St. Wolfgang. Spend Afternoon at Gelf. The slim, athletic duke—in shorts and blue sweater—and Mrs. Simpson whiled away yesterday afternoon on the Chateau de Cande's 18-hole golf course, guarded on all sides by French and British police. Mrs. Simpson did not play, but walked around the course, ever near the duke. Edward was matched against Rogers, and the spokesman told news- paper men he defeated the former King, 2 up. The couple were visible over most of the course from a nearby roadside. Mrs. Simpson, in a pale blue Summer dress and a darker blue sweater, part of the time carried the duke’s terrier, 8nooky, to keep him out of the line of play. She talked vivaciously as she sauntered along with Edward. —_— . INSTALLATION RITES FORDR. N. C. POWELL Newly Elected Cathedral Dean to Be Honored at Festival Service at Cathedral. Rev. Dr. Noble C. Powell, newly elected dean of Washington Cathdral, is to be formally installed at a festival service in the great choir at 4 p.m. today. The ceremonies of induction will be in charge of Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, and the clergy and representative laymen of the Washington diocese are invited to attend. Meanwhile the annual meeting of the National Cathedrnl Association is in session at Whitby Hall, Woodley road, beginning at 11 am. The pro- gram includes addresses by Bishop Freeman, Dean Powell, Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, Mrs. William Adams Brown, Dr. Douglas 8. Preeman of Richmond, former Undersecretary of State Willlam R. Castle and others. the duke permitted his suite to an- | honeymoon | would take Edward back to a country | Arnoldstein, Carinthia, | responsible for Edward’s decision not | They stood to receive members of the diplomatic corps after whom came the long line of women. Queen | Dowager Mary did not attend. Her presence would have required three | thrones and three curtsies. w would have retarded the long cere monies. | Queen Elizabeth wore a gown of gold brocade with a scroll design, embroidered diamante and a clotr gold train with embroidered jewel- colored crystals; a tiara and neck- | lace of diamonds and rubies and the Order of the Garter conferred on her | by the King in New Year honors. The | King was in full dress with a scarlet gold uniform of a fleld marshal. Behind them in the royal circle | stood the Duke and Duchess of Glou- cester, the princess royal (Countess of Harewood), Lady Maud Carnegie, the Countess of Athlone and Earl of Ath- lone, the Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise ‘The white and gold ball room was | decorated with roses and hydranzeas. Mrs. Robert W. Bingham, wife of the | United States Ambassador, presented the Americans. She wore a gown maize and yellow with jewelled belt and maize chiffon Her a im’ silver brocade | train of applique with brocade | jewels included diamond tiara, | necklace and a bracelet The Ambassador wore the tradi- tional black velvet knee breeches and coat. Their da Henrietta was in blue satin with matching train, and pearls Fach woman stepped forward as her name was called to curtsy first efore the Kingz. then to the Queen, and move away while still facing throne chairs, carefully maneuveri: long trains. Miss Eleanore Bowdoin of Aiken, S. C.. wore a Molyneux gown of w | tulle with a silver lame train and car- ried a large bouquet of white cam= elias Gown of Miss Culbertson. Miss Vesta Putman Culbertson Chicago chose a Molyneux gown ice white designed with a s silver lame train She carried & white onnm fan and wore a single strand of The gown of Mrs. George Temple Bowdoin of New York City was of silver lame brocaded in Chinese pat- tern and finished with a sparkling | Jeweled belt. It accompanied a train of silver lame with an embroidered diamante. She carried a white ostrica fan and wore diamond .bracelets and a pear] nemklace. Mrs. F. Vernon of West Orange, N. J. a niece of Norman H. Davis, Urited States Ambassador ai Large, was attired in a white chiffon empire gown. She carried a white ostrica | fan \IL\~ Lydia Fuller of Bosion, a nter of former Gov. Alvan T. ller of Massachusetts, wore a boufe shell pink tulle. em- accompanied a pink tulle tram sim: larly embroidered. She carried a p: ostrich fan. A picturesque gown of ivory tulle embroidered with sequins flowers was worn by Mrs. Dozier L. Gardner of St. Louis. It had a court train of tulle likewise embroidered with shin- ing sequins. She wore a pearl neck- lace with a diamond aquama pendant. Miss Julia Henry of Philadeiphia was attired in a dress of white taf- eta applique with silver roses, with a finished train of silver lame. She wore a pearl necklace and carried a white ostrich fan Miss Catherine M. Maher of Lin- coln, Nebr., selected a Vionnet dress of white crepe cut along Greek lines accented with braided silver lame girdle. Its white train lined with silver lame was held at the shoulders with diamond cli; She carried a bouquet of white carnations Mrs. Perrin of Boston. A gown of oyster white brocade finished with pale green satin and a train lined with silver lame was worn by Mrs. John Perrin of Boston. Her fan and shoes were of pale green Miss Anne Schenck of New Yor City chose a white slipper satin gov and train and carried a bouquet of mixed white flowers. Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife of | the United States Attorney Genera wore a gown of red chiffon embroid- ered with silver bamboo branches. Her train was of similar materia} edged with similar embroidery and lined with silver lame. Her fan was of a shading deep rose to red. PRESIDENT SPENDS EXTRA DAY ON GULF By the Associated Press. GALVESTON, Tex., May 6.—Presi- dent Roosevelt took time out from fishing today to work on urgent mail flown to the U. 8. S. Potomac off Port Aransas by naval plane from here. He decided to prolong his cruise in the Gulf one day to take advantage of the excellent fishing, which yester- day brought the party a batch of kingfish, but no tarpon. He will land here next Tuesday moming instead of Monday as first planned. He will carry out his original return journey schedule, but will not reach Washington until May 14, a day late. Conferences with congressional lead- ers that week end are expected to take place with a view to speeding up Capitol activity. Because of a rough sea, the Presi- dent cruised back to Port Aransas yes- terday from Port Isabel, close to Mexi- can waters. The party trolled from the Potomac on the way up the coast, catching eight “‘excellent” kingfish. A presi- dential message to White House head- quarters here last night said the P tomac arrived late yesterday at Port Aransas, where the party caught 14 tarpon Monday. £ 1