The Washington times., 1924-06-23

however. Mrs. Roosevelt has been
actively engaged in organization
.. work among Democratic women and
she has developed into q speaker OF
considerable attainment. 1t will be
remembered that she and Miss Mar
bury came to Washington for the
annual meeting of the Democratic
National Committee in the spring,
at which New York was selected rs
the convention city; and she slipped
into town once or twice later for
day or two in connection with the
Box peace prize Investigation, Mrs.
Roosevelt having been one Of Mr..
Bok's ablest assistants In the whole
enterprise. Born a Roosevelt, Mrs..
Roosevelt is q distant cousin Of her
husband, whom Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., describes az the one
stray sheep from the good Repub.
llcan Roosevelt flock.
The first official" party Of the
convention period was the garden
fete given by Miss Elizabeth Mar.
bury on Saturday evening to national
committeewomen and other impor.
tant feminine visitors. Miss Marbury
lives in picturesque Sutton place
rescued from the slums by a group
Of men and women prominent in
society, and for this occasion the
community gardens, which stretch
between this pleasant row Of houses
and the river, were thrown open
to guests and decked out with gay.
striped umbrellas and garden chairs.
A sudden shower-New York has
'em as well as Washington-sent
k,N
Miss Marbury's charming house, but
failed to dampen their enthusiasm.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Is a
neighbor Of Miss Marbury in Sutton
place and another is Miss Anne Nor
gan. daughter of the late J. p. Nor
gan, who with Miss Marbury and
Miss Elsie Dewolf form a trio OF
brilliant women, spinsters all, who
have been friends for years and who
individually or collectively have
been associated with all manner Of
interesting activities, social. civic
and political. Both Miss Morgau's
house and Miss Marbury's were
done" by Miss Dewolf, who is In
ternationally known as an interior
decorator.
Washington women were much in
evidence at Miss .Marbury's party.
Mrs. Roosevelt was assisting, Of
course, as a member of the com.
mittee of nine, and a much sought
after guest was Mrs. Cordell Hull,
wife of the chairman of the Demo.
cratic national convention. Then,
there were Mrs Emily Newell Blair
and Mrs. James Campbell Cantrill,
listed respectively as committee.
women from Missouri and Ken.
lucky, but both Washingtonians by
long adoption. Mrs. Cantrill, the
widow of Congressman Cantrill, of
Kentucky, makes her home in the
Capitol the greater part of the year
She is an astute politician, who
was regarded as her husbands right
hand man during his lifetime, and
who has inherited much of his in.
fluence.
AS for Mrs. Blair, her position
as vice chairman Of the national
committee makes her definitely a
resident of Washington. Her head.
quarters, with Mrs. Blair Banister,
her ablest lieutenant and sister of
Senator Carter Glass, are now es.
tablished at the Waldorf, and she
is one of the busiest bees in all this
hum of activity. Mrs. Blair is fre.
quently described as the one woman
in politics who comes nearest ITO
delivering the goods" from the mems
viewpoint. And one never talks to
her without thinking of the aptness
of those who dub her Southern
Comfortable name of a good old.
fashioned Missouri drink which
slips down the throat like velvet
and five minutes later has the kick
of a mule
Mrs. Walter Farwell was another