Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
GUESTS
AT White HOUSE
President and Mrs. Hoover
Tender Reception-0ther
Prominent Officials Attend.

Senators of the United States showed
their usual apathy for White House re-
ceptions when last evening the Presi-
dent and Mrs Hoover for the second
time in this administration held re-
ception especially in their honor. The
same apathy was shown in the Roose-
! welt administration and he let them
attend or not, just as they wished, but
when President Taft came into the
White House a more comfortable ar
rangement was made for these guests Of
| honor and they we're given cards of en-
| trance by the south front door,
This solution, however, worked but
| little difference and they still attended
| in small numbers. They attended the
| glittering diplomatic reception but failed
| to represent their constituents at the
reception in their honor.
The reception last evening, which
started at 9:10 o'clock, closed at 1920
| o'clock. The party was large one, not
because of the attendance of Senators,
but because the 1900 guests received
included many officers of all branches
of the service and civilian Washington.
Cabinet Members Attend.
The President and Mrs. Hoover, pre-
coded by the military and naval aides of
the White House, followed by Vice
President Curtis and his sister, Mrs.
Gam; the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Stimson, the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Hurley, the Attorney General and Mrs.
Mitchell, the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Brown, the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Adams, the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, with the Sec
rotary Of Commerce, Mr.. Lamont; the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Hyde
and the Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Doak. Mrs. Lamont is in New York for
the week the Secretary of the Treasury
MIR. Mellon, walked alone to the blue
room. Mrs. Adams remained a short
time and then was escorted by the Sec
rotary to her car and she returned
home, while the Secretary remained
until the close of the reception.
First Senators in Line.
Senator and Mrs George H. Moses of
New Hampshire were the first to be re-
ceived last evening, making their way
into the green room where they stopped
and awaited Senator and Mrs. Hiram
Bingham and Senator and Mrs. Walter
F. George and their son, Mr.. Heard
George. The little group stopped to
chat and were shortly joined by others
of the senatorial circle as they came
through after being received.
There were many absentees from the
Upper House in whose honor the recep-
ton was given Among the missing
were Senator and Mrs. Alben W. Bark
ley, Senator and Mrs. Hugo L. Black,
Senator and Mrs John j. Blaine, SEN
ator and Mrs. Coleman L. Blease Sen
ator and Mrs William E. Borah, Sena-
tor Smith W. Brookhart, although Mrs.
Brookhart attended the party with their
son, Mr.. Charles E. Brookhart; Senator
and Mrs. Carter Glass, Senator and
Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Senator and
Mrs. Robert NJ La Toilette, IT., Senator
and Mrs. Peter Norbeck, Senator and
Mrs. George w Norris, Senator and
Mrs. Joseph Z. Ransdell Senator and
Mrs. Henrik Shipstead, Senator and
Mrs. John Thomas, and Senator Burton
K. Wheeler.
Newcomers Well Represented.
The newcomers to the Senate cham
Der were well represented in Senator and
Mrs. Robert Cary from Wyoming, who
were accompanied by their daughter,
Miss Sara Cary. and Miss Margaret Glib
bins, daughter of Col. lid Mrs. Gibbins
OF washington Senator Cary succeeded
Senator Patrick Sullivan. Senator and
Mrs. Robert NJ. Buckley of Ohio at
tended their first state reception in the
White House since the Senator sue
ceeded Senator Roscoe c. McCulloch.
Senator and Mrs. Cameron Morrison
also were among the newcomers, appear
ing for the first time at such a func-
ton since the Senator was sworn in to
succeed the late Senator Lee Slater
Oyerman of North Carolina.
Senator and Mrs. James j. Davis,
though not strangers in Washington,
are newcomers to this circle of officiai
society and last evening greeted many
old friends in their new roles Senator
and Mrs. Davis are having their first
experiences in watching the Chief Ex-
ecutive, First Lady of the Land and
members of the cabinet and their wives
make the formal march down the stair
way and into the blue room, having
been part OF that imposing procession
for nine years.
The president, officers and board of
directors of the General Federation of
Womens Clubs, who are meeting here
this week, were received by President
Hoover during the day yesterday and
he extended a personal invitation to
them to attend the reception last eve
ming. Mrs. John D. Sherman, former
president OF the federation, also was
in the company.
Guests From Out of Town.
Among those from out of town were
group of women prominent in poll
tics in the Bay State-Mrs Frank Roe
Batchelder, vice chairman Of the Mas
Sachusetts Republican Committee: Mrs.
National Thayer, national committee
woman from that State, and Miss Kath-
arine Parker. president of the Massa-
chusetts Woman's Republican Club.
Mrs. Hoover was unusually lovely in
a velvet gown in the new blackberry
shade, the bodice modelled to the fig
IRE, with a bertha of rare old lace
dropping over the shoulders and form
inc fiY7u "a clr{ y-h
full and fen gracefully in soft folds
and trailed the floor at the back. She
wore fine platinum chain studded in
diamonds.
Charming Gowns in Evidence.
Mrs. Gam wore gown Of silver lace,
embroidered in rhinestones and crystals
The bodice was sinnnlY designed and