The sun., 1919-08-17

WAShlNVIONg august ~.
TIME crowd that turned out tol
hear President Wilson's high
= cost of living message to Com
gress included many women. The
latter Of course looked longest and
hardest at the executive gallery, and
in the executive gallery at the two
front "psws" reserved for the White
House party. When Mrs. Wilson.
Miss Margaret. Mrs. James Woodrow
the Presidents cousin: John Randolph
BoMng, DIR. Stockton Arson and DR..
Sterling Ruffin came in all eyes
studied the party.
Mrs. Wilson stood the scrutiny with
composure. She had on an Alice blue
georgette, it was noted, beaded with
white. the skirt made ankle length
With 1t she wore a hat of darker blue
satin faced with black velvet, and with
chou Of tulle to match the gown. A
long scarf of the same came down and
twisted around her throat, which also
is one of the new styles which has
evidently made a hit with Mrs. Wilson.
Several Of her hats have it.
The most interesting item in her
attire was the fiat. round fan of white
leather, one of the newest things from
Paris, which set one wondering
whether that pattern would replace
the sweeping ostrich feather fan OF
which Mrs. Wilson seems to have an
unlimited collection. She carried one
when In afternoon or evening dress,
and seemed to have a different one to
harmonic or contrast with each gown.
The vogue of the peacock fan the
First Lady never succumbed to. Per-
haps she didn't want to take any
chances of spelling her wonderful luck.
Miss Margaret Wilson wore white
serge with a narrow collar of dark fur
and a picture hat of tan colored geor-
eette with a softly rolling brim, It's
only trimming a large pink rose. the
whole softly shrouded in tan colored
tulle, with the same scarf effect that
Mrs. Wilson takes so kindly to.
Mrs. Mitchell Palmer was in the gal
lery. Most of the rest OF the Cabinet
women were out of town, except OF
course Mrs. Marshall, who was not in
tAc cAcCuuNo cutlery Dut uiTcCtly Op-
posite in the front pew" OF the men,
bers' family gallery as the guest of
Mrs. Gillett. wife of the Speaker. Mrs
GiIlett, who was all in white, had with
her also her daughter. Miss Louisa
Hoar. and Mrs. Frank Mondell. wife OF
the Republican floor leader.
Mrs. Marshall wore a particularly
becoming gown of yellow wolfe, en-
broidered in modish design in white
and a big black hat with touches OF
French blue. She looked well. In fact
Mrs. Marshall is getting better look
ing every day.
Mrs. James woodrow in Party.
To 60 back to the White House
party, comparatively few persons rec
ognized Mrs. James Woodrow. Hei
husband is young kinsman of the
Presidents, his father being the Pres
ident's first cousin. He is a brother Of
that young Fltzhugh Woodrow, whC
during the first years OF the Wilson
regime made his home with the family
at the White House and had a Govern
ment job.
AS soon as the war broke botf
brothers went into officers training
camps, "Fitz" Woodrow here at For
Myer, his brother at Fort Oglethorpe
where ultimately Fitz also went ant
finally got his commission. Botl
brothers won their commissions a
Lieutenants. Fitz managed to &c
overseas early in the game. and wa
back here about the first Of the yea
wearing a Captains bars He's beel
out of uniform for several month
now.
James stayed on this side and re
manned a Lieutenant. Also about thu
time the armistice was signed he &C
uuired a charming little wife ant
brought her up to Washington. The!
were happily settled in a home on
Georgetown way.
Speaking of Fitz woodrow recalls I
story on little Dickie Hunt, tho Drum
Hunts eldest, about 10 years old Tn
family are army" from way back
Dick Hunt. ST., just back from over
seas, Is a grandson Of old Gen. Drum
Evelyn Hunt-Evelyn Cronin she wa.
also comes Of army stock, and the,
know most of the really Southern Sc
here. F1tz woodrow and Col. e. 7
Brown OF Atlanta, whose family ar
frequent guests at the White House
are Ole friends of the Hunts and fire
duently when they have been staying
at the White House have gone out L
the Hunt residence at Bethesda in tn
White House cars, which quite thrille
young Dick.
He, poor child, was simply yearninI
to have his family acquire a cal
Finally his best chum's family got ons
and little Dick was terribly cut u
about it until he bethought him an
then he dried his eyes and went OH
travely facing down all the boys with
Jaw, faint anything to have a cal