Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
VETERANS FETED
At WHITE HOUSE
Nearly 1000 Attend Garden
Party-Mrs. Hoover Helps
Entertain Guests.

President and Mrs. Hoover were hosts
ut a garden party in the White House
grounds yesterday afternoon to almost
1000 veterans from the service hos
pitals In and near Washington.
The occasion was notable as the nrSt
large function at the White House Tor
nearly three months at which MRS.
Hoover has been able to be present, due
TO her recent illness. She appeared
with the President smiling and appar-
emily in the best of health, and easily
withstood the fatiguing task OF greeting
each veteran and other guests present
with a handShake. Congratulations 10
Mrs Hoover on her recovery were eX-
tended on all sides.
the scene on the White House GROUNDS
was reminiscent of war days and TINS
erect was heightened by the presence
of many veterans in UNIFORM ana Lns
tnictlIresuue uniforms worn by the REQ
Gross and other relief organlzatloh
workers.
The United States Marine Band, leo
BY Capt. Taylor BranSon, from pano,
stand near the spraying fountain played
world war tunes and other patriotic
ballads and songs Gay striped mar
o1Iees In different parts OF the grouIloS
eheltered refreshment tables piled nlgn
with sandwiches. cakes, candies aces
and other delicacies.
Three Cabinet Members Present.
Three cabinet officers, Secretary OF
state Henry L. Stimson. Secretary OF
the TREASURY Andrew w. Mellon ana
ssecretarv of War Patrick J. Hurley, were
sr,o1e the most active assistants OF the
Chief Executive and the First Lazy All
entertaining the guests OF honor' -
The secretary of the Treasury, as IN
former wears, found his autograph great
IL in demand on the identification caros
Of the veterans. -.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah ana ms
hr;Ge u,ere present. President and MRS.
TJooyer greeted the couple, who are tnelI
house guests at present, as tney pHSSeG
down the line after the veterans mao
hee,, received, Mrs. Smoot wore a
gown of coiorful Powered chinon' WIFI
an eggshell hat and slippers.
Another group attracting wlde atoen-
%ioy1 was the bouquet OF American
heauttes." pretty girls in gay Summer
tracks selected from the personnel OF
the Veterans Bureau and representing
every State in the Union. Iney wors
vide sashes identifying their States an9
carried baskets of cigarettes which mao
faen Contributed by the Red Cross 10
be distributed among the veterans
THE veterans arrived by Army ous'
anhIlanca and other conveyances. a
,,ots If sadness crept through the
n,srrv groups when a huge Army truck
iInlosded a number of wheel chairs anu
these were placed with military pre-
cision side by side facing the Sou w
rortico of the White House, down the
stems Of which President and MRS. Hoo
YER. escorted by their aides, would pass
on their way to the big oak, where tney
stood to receive their guests.
"Hail to the Chief" Played.
When all the guests and the veterans
had assembled the notes OF han 70 tlis
Chief were sounded by the UnlIeo
States Marine Band, and President ana
Mrs Hoover, preceded by the White
House military and Navy aides in wnlte
SUMMER uniforms, came down the steps
and went to the receiving place.
Then the long procession of veterans
began. President and Mrs. hoover hao
. smile and handshake for eacn.
Mrs. Hoover wore gown OF placK
figured chiffon. fashioned on long grace
ful lines with a narrow scarf OF the
material falling to the watstline at tne
back. She had on a black horsenair
braid hat, slippers to correspond ana
carried a vari-hued woven straw bag,
with an amber top which matched the
long string of beads she wore:
The line passing before the nosts WaS
RTeGJRQ III a COIIlHhAatANNAy oAsO~S
10 the accompaniment of camera smut
tiers. and the whirr Of movie machines
gathered in a semi-circle facing the
presidential group to make PICTORIAL
record of the occasion.
President and Mrs. Hoover strolled
about after they had received their
guests. stopping occasionally to talk with
some man in a wheel chair or to chat
with groups A party of G. A, r. vet
Grams sitting under the trees were very
much pleased when the Chief Execu-
tive and Mrs. Hoover joined them. Sew
eral of the veterans took the opportu-
aity to tell the President what they
thought of the political situation.
Mrs. Reyers Takes Active Part.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
of Massachusetts. who has served In
several past administrations as well as
the present as the special representa-
tive of the President in interest of the
WOrld War Veterans, was among those
who oficiated in introducing the Presi-
dent to his guests. Mrs. Rogers, VINO
was one of the original Grey Ladies of
Walter Reed Hospital, did not wear her
uniform, but instead a gown Of black
and white chiffon with small white
hat With Mrs. Rogers were the Assist
ant Secretary of War and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Paine.
Conspicuous among the Grey Ladies
was Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the
Secretary of Labor. Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam strolled about the lawn
stopping TO greet little groups. She
wore a gown of Powered chiffon fash
toned on graceful lines with the " neck
line with vest effect of ecru lace
She wore q straw hat to match the
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