Evening star., 1932-04-10
Oath Annual Banquet
OF Columbian Women
Is Colorful Occasion
Many Prominent Personages
Are Present-Two Repre-
sentatives Are Speakers.

The twenty-fourth annual banquet
of Columbian Women of the George
Washington University on Friday night
at the Chevy Chase Club was a pic
torially interesting and Intellectually
lustrous occasion
With Representative Florence P
Kahn of California and Representative
Ruth Bryan Owen OF Florida, as the
speakers, $50 university women as
sembled at the banquet.
Three ranking official hosteSSes, Mrs.
William D. Mitchell, wife Of the At
torney General. Mrs. William E. Borah
wife of the Senator from Idaho. and
Mrs. w w. Husband, wife of the Sec
ond Assistant Secretary Of Labor; with
Mrs Cloyd Heck Marvin. first lady Of
the university, graced the speakers
table
Preceding the banquet officers of
guests received in the parlors of the
club. Heading the receiving line was
Miss Harriet GarrelS, first vice preSi-
dent, dainty Colonial figure, carrying
an arm bouquet Of pink roses and blue
delphin1um.
Guests were escorted to the banquet
hall by group OF university girls who
carried wands of red, white and blue,
the gift of Mrs. William J. Mallory,
table decorations, carried out in the
national colorS, further accented the
Bicentennial note of the occasion
Opening the banquet program Miss
GarrelS read greetings from Mrs. NAL
lory, whose inability to be present was
keenly regretted.
Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., of the board
OF trustees of the university, chairman
OF the program committee and toast
afcfr NF h. i,orr %k1,, ,,,Nr
duced. Building her remarks about the
Characterization of the honor guests by
her small son as lady doers, Mrs. Evans
presented Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs Borah,
Mrs. Husband and Mrs. Marvin with a
word as to their own accomplishments
and those Of their distinguished hus-
bands; with passing reference to Mrs.
Kahn and Mrs. Owens who were ito
be heard from later
First on the program was a group of
dances presented by Miss Marian Chace
and Mr.. Lester Shafer, accompanied by
Mr. George CornWell. Gorgeous in
white satin and Swirling tulle their cos
tunes, the court dress of the Louis XIV
period. these charming dancers stepped
through the measured PAGES of the
stately minuet and the courtly pavan.
Following the dances Mrs. Evans in
troduced some of the women who
dNLCO aS libobNSoSS' dlhOIiS tIlcul MIS-.
Henry Alvah Strong. a member of the
board Of trustees of the university; Mrs.
Arthur Peter. Mrs. Abram LiSner Mrs.
Charles r. Mann Mrs Stephen K.
Kramer, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, and
Mrs. Merle Thorpe, wives of members
Of the board.
Mrs. Kahn delighted the company with
a word of greeting compounded Of
amusing anecdote and flashing wit, be-.
fore yielding the floor to Mrs Owen.
Putting the choice OF subject to a
vote of the house, Mrs. Owen offered to
share either her work or her play-to
reveal what goes on behind the scenes
of Congress, or to tell of her recent trip
by motor caravan through Denmark.
Play won, and the audience followed
this member of the House on a pill
grimage with a group of children to
the home Of Hans Anderson and the
haunts Of the fairy tale, her vivid de-
scription and ready humor holding
them enthrslled.
The program closed with the sing.
ing Of Aud Lang Syne."