Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04

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Mrs. Hoover will be giving up those
upon whom she has depended, like DR..
Frances Foye, who has been her house
hold physician for some years The
Government again steps in and provides
physicians for the President and his
| family. However the professional atti-
tude of the First Lady and her well
known woman physician need not trou-
BILE their friendship.
| While Mrs Hoover is fond OF rather
severe tailored street garments, always
resorting to her Girl Scout uniform
| when necessary, or wearing ankle
length. closely fitted skirts and severely
| plain tailored jackets, she Is careful to
adapt her costume to the occasion. This
was never better shown than in the
wardrobe she selected to carry with her
on the South American trip with Pres
| ident Hoover. One of her becoming
costumes was hand-woven two-piece
suit of white, the design in the border
| adding the only relief. With this she
wore becoming soft white hat
She likes hand-woven fabrics. and an
other of her garments was long coat
of white. SO woven as to show pink In
the border She likes rose tints, but
frequently wears becoming shades of
blue.
After the death of her father last
Autumn. Mrs. Hoover adopted more
somber colors, wearing black for travel
ing. On election night when she and
President Hoover were entertaining
their friends. official and intimate, in
their Palo Alto home, Mrs. Hoover wore
one of the new printed velvetS in black
and gray. For their Florida trip Mrs
Hoover added several of the newer
printed crepe de chimes to her wardrobe,
one of white with figure in green over
which she wore a black chiffon coat,
quite long enough to cover the dress,
and a black hat and shoes. Only with
her evening gowns does Mrs. Hoover
adopt the French heel, her favorite
footwear being oxford ties, laced snugly
over the instep. She is fond of walking
and finds it an easy, pleasurable task
because she outfits herself for it.
Not Partial to Jewelry.
Mrs. Hoover is particularly dainty in
evening clothes, being fond of hand
some laces and the richer materials,
though she frequently wears soft crepe
de chimes, chiffon velvets and geor-
gettes. Mrs. Hoover is not much given
to wearing jewelry, though, like Mrs
Coolidge, she does not object to a neck
lace or chain as part of her costume
and she has decided fancy for small
ornamental combs to keep in place
some wandering lock of hair. When
she wears furs. they are of the best
carefully selected and of the most fash
ionable sort. Silver fox appeals to her
and for evening she wore to the last
few White House receptions, before Mr.
Hoover retired from the cabinet. great
fluffy white fox that left at the back
only the top of her head visible, while
the stole reached the bottom of her
coat
Women the country over always
wonder what has the First Lady of the
Land as hobby. Does she sew, knit,
paint, collect some special line of art,
| or what is it? While Mrs. Hoover has
many treasures collected in her world
travels-or perhaps acquired is a better
word-she apparently runs to no spe-
cial line, and her pictures, bric-a-brac,
books. hangings. screens and other
things that go to make house look
homelike, have for the most simply
been brought along" on her return to
the States, because they had been part
OF her household goods In other coun-
tries
The new First Lady is an adept with
her needle, and while she does little in
the way of fashionable garments. she
makes study of and executes tapestry
embroidery of all sorts and knows
many lace stitches. This, however. is
all work that requires close attention
and the thing she likes best and does
the most OF Is knitting baby sacques,
sweaters and bootees for her grand
children, Peggy Ann and Herbert. Sd.
aged about years and IA months. re-
spectively. She likes to stitch their
| dainty dresses and other garments and
there is grave suspicion that she is
baby spoiler.
Fond Of Children.
Mrs. Hoover is always very solicitous
about those two children, and exceed
ingly fond of the pretty young mother,
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr.. who before
her marriage was Miss Margaret Wat
son and, like her husband, a graduate
of Stanford. For fact, 1t was Mrs.
Hoover who went out to California to
attend the wedding and see the young
| people established in home life. She
has frequently visited them since Her.
| bert Hoover, jr., took his family to
Cambridge, where he has spent about
| two years at Harvard.
Allan Hoover, the younger son of the
President and Mrs. Hoover, % years
old, who accompanied them on their
dent, but will furnish untold interest in
his visits to the White House. The
coming of the Coolidge boys and be-
| fore that the Roosevelt boys from their
| respective schools always afforded the
public thrill.
Both of the Hoover sons were born
| in London, In the Little Red House,
which became the central meeting place
of celebrities during the World War.
However, they are typically American.
| even though, like other boys, they like
| to reminisce about their trips on the
Thames, and their acquaintance with
other boys of their age in and about
, London.
! Mrs. Hoover is the daughter of the
| late Mr.. and Mrs Charles Henry, and
was born at Waterloo, Iowa, where her
| only sister, Mrs. Jean Henry Large, also
was born. In the nineties they left
; then to Monterey, Calf, where her
i father entered the banking business.
Mr.. Henry, who died less than a year
ago at the advanced age of 81, con-
tinued to make his home in Monterey,
only going to Palo Alto in the school
season that Mrs. Large might be with
her son, Delano Large. who Is in his
early teens and attending Stanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover were married in
the Church of st. Charles Borromeo, In
Monterey, Calf. in 1899 the Req
Father Ramon Maria Mestres, pastor
of the church, officiating. 1t was
Catholic ceremony the priest, as the
only minister of the town. having spe-
cial dispensation to perform ceremonies
for Protestants.
The Hoovers wedding journey was
long one, taking them to China, where
they set up their first housekeeping In
half-American, half Oriental fashion,