The Washington times., 1929-03-05
Who s Who Among Mrs. HOOUer's Aids?
Social Secretary an Important Parsonage

"I would like to speak to
Mrs. Hoover secretary.
In response to this request
this morning, the inquirer
was connected with Miss
Ruth Fessler, so, although
no official announcement has
been made, it seems safe to
assume that she is the secre-
tary whom the First Lady
has chosen as her "liaison
officer" between the White
House and the public.
: g Two?
The two young ladies whom
she has had as secretaries =
Miss Ruth Fessler and Miss
Mildred Hall-were on duty
yesterday in the former home
of the President and Mrs.
Hoover on S Street and are on
duty at the White House today.
Or Three?
Il may be, however, that Mrs.
Hoover, like the President. will
also have three secretaries. Which
would probably mean that some
one more established in Washing
ton life wotld be given the role VI
"First Secretary to the First
Lady"
Thus far Miss Aida Henriques
is the only one who might be
termed Washingtonian. who
has been associated with Mrs.
Hoover in this capacity. Several
years ago Miss Henriques filled
this role, but more recently she
has been merely a friend and
occasional adviser. The friend
ship between the two is very
cordial.
Rumor
The rumor that Miss Mary Ran
dolph, who served as social secre-
tary to Mrs. Coolidge, would re-
main at the White House until the
new Administration got started,
is denied by the preparations of
Miss Randolph to leave Washing
ton within a few days for a long
period of rest and recuperation
from the strenuous season just
ended.
If one of the two present secre-
taries of Mrs. Hoover is officially
made White House social secre'
tary, then it is pretty sure to be
Miss Fessler. She has been with
Mrs. Hoover for few years-hav-
ing gone to her from service as
secretary to DIR. Vernon Kellogg,
close friend of the President, and
being a graduate Of Mrs. Hoove' S
own university, Leland Stanford
Miss Fessler is a pretty blonde
with college-trained mind and
one well versed in secretarial work.
She has acted not only as secre-
tary to Mrs. Hoover but has fire.
quently assisted her in entertain
Ing.
Miss Hall. pretty brunette, has
been with Mrs. Hoover about
year and her duties have been TO
attend to the more personal part
of Mrs. Hoover's correspondence
and to aid in the Girl Scout work.
She is Maryland girl-born and
reared just outside of Washing
ton.
Headquarters
The Mayflower seems to be
for the present at least-the
headquarters of the new Admin
istration. Not only does the Vice
President make his home there,
but Mr.. Kellogg, who is pinch
hitting for Henry L. Stimson, the
Secretary of State, and Mrs, Kel-
logg have moved out of their
house in Nineteenth Street and
have taken IAN apartment at the
hotel until they leave Washing
ton. The Postmaster General and
Mrs. Walter Brown have lived at
the MayflOwer ever since COM
ing to Washington two or three
years ago. And among other men,
bers of the Presidents official
family quartered there are the
Secretary of War and Mrs. James
w. Goode, the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde
and the Secretary of Commerce,
Robert Patterson Lamont.
Mrs. Lamont, who is on her
way home from Italy, will join
Mr.. Lamont here the last of this
month. The Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Larz Anderson. Secretary and Mrs.
Stimson, it will be remembered,
are on their way back to this
country from the Philippines.
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Mrs. David K. E. Bruce, who
was the guest of her father, the
Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Mellon, for the inauguration, has
Island.
Guarantors
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, .chai..
man of the Metropolitan Opera
committee, has announced the
following as among those who
have contributed to the guarantee
Iunu Tor Lne Inf6S performances
of the Metropolitan Opera Com.
pany here on April II, Is and 90:
Mrs. Montgomery Blair. Mrs.
Schuyler Merritt, Mrs. Halkett,
Ray Baker. Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, Sumner Welles, Mrs. Pierre
Gaillard, Thomas Bell Sweeney,
Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, Mrs Ed.
ward d. Meigs, Mrs. Wilson
Greene, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Princess Boncampagni. Mrs. Gift
ford Pinchot and George Garrett.
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Carnival
William Bowie Clarke is chair
man of the floor committee for
the series of skating carnivals
at the Washington Auditorium,