The Washington times., 1932-04-13
DeIesatesA Attend
Conference and
Banquet


which was attended by about
1900 distinguished women from
Al States and the District of
Columbia, representing social,
philanthropic and civic circles
in their respective communities.
The affair was one of the most
brilliant and one of the largest
social functions of the spring
season in Washington. Evidence
of the marked interest in the or
ganization work and the four
prominent speakers was shown
not only in the large assemblage
which filled the ballroom and
the Chinese rooms of the hotel,
but also necessitated over
flow" tables in the main din
ing room.
Miss Maud Wetmore, of New
port, R. l.. chairman of the
national conference committee,
and former president of the
Women's National Republican
Club, presided. At the speak
ers' table were four speakers,
Mrs. Florence P. Kahn, Repub-
lican CongreSSwoman from Cali
fornia; Mrs. Henry MoSkowitz,
New York city, prominent in
Democratic circles; Mr.. Howard
Lee McBain, professor of con-
stitutional law at Columbia
University, and Mr.. Breckin-
ridge Long, assistant Secretary
of State in the Wilson admin
iStration: Mrs. Mary T. Nor
ton, Democratic Congresswoman
from New Jersey. and the Dis
trict of Columbia'S "MayoreSS"
Mrs. Lee Warren, chairman of
the District conference COM
mittee, and the following Of
ficers and committee chair
men of the national organiza-
tion: Mrs. Charles H. Sabin.
Mrs. Courtlandt Nicoll, Mrs.
Coffin Van Rensselaer,, Mrs.
William C. Potter, Mrs. Archi-
bald Roosevelt, Mrs. E. Roland
Hartman. Mrs. Edward Small
Moore and Mrs. Anne O'Hagan
Shinn. Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt.
Republican Congresswoman from
New York, was at one Of the
tables of especially invited
guests.
Special Guests
The organization had as its
special dinner guests, wives Of
United States Senators and
Representa- tives, who are recog-
nized as members Of the wet"
bloc. The senatorial represen-
tation included Mrs. John J.
Blaine, of Wisconsin; Mrs. w.
Warren Barbour, of New Jer-
Sey; Senator Hiram Bingham,
of Connecticut; Mrs. Harry
Halves, of Missouri; Mrs. Ham
ilton Kean, of New Jersey; Mrs.
Richard Aldrich, of New York:
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, of
New York; Mrs. Sol Bloom, of
New York; Miss Vera Bloom, of
New York; Mrs. Fred Britten,
of Illinois; Mrs. John Cochran,
of Missouri; Mrs. William Con-
merry, of Massac achusetts; Mrs. E.
w. Goss, of Connecticut; Mrs.
Anthony Griffin, of New York:
Mrs. William Hess, of Ohio;
Mrs. Ralph Horr, of Washing
ton. Mrs. William Hull. of
Illinois; Mrs. Charles Karch,
of Illinois; Mrs. N. L. Lich-
tenwalner, of Pennsylvania;
Mrs. Paul Maloney, of Louis
lana; Mrs. Charles Martin, Of
Oregon; Mrs. Charles Millard,
of New York; Mrs. Frank
Oliver, of New York city; Mrs.
William Pettengill, of Indiana;
Mrs. Seymour Person, of Mich1-
gan; Mrs. William Pittenger, of
Minnesota; Mrs. Harry Rams
ley. of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Ed
ward Stokes, Of Pennsylvania,
and Mrs. James Whitley, OF
New Yor's.
Local women present
Among the prominent Wash
ingtonians a. the dinner were:
Mrs. William Beverly Mason,
chairman of the District of Co.
lumbia division: Miss Elizabeth
Harris, Mrs. Milton King, Mrs.
Rose Yates Forester, Mrs.
Frederick Solger, Mrs. John F.
Dryden, Mrs. Henry Leonard,
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs.
Frederick Brooke, Mrs. John
F. Carter, Mrs. Shaw-Kennedy
Coleman, Mrs. Margaret Cox
and Mrs. Victor Cushman.
Mrs. Archibald Davis, Miss
Elizabeth Davis, Mrs. Charles
Mathews Dick, Mrs. George
Eckels, Mrs. Henry Flather,
Mrs. w. w. Flather, Mrs. Ar
thur Foraker, Miss Margaret
Frazer, Mrs. William Galbraith,
Mrs. Louis Greene, Mrs. P. D.
Hanson. Mrs. Reginald Huider-
koper, Mrs. Demarest Lloyd,
Miss Margaret Loughran, Mrs.
A. G.. McClintock, Mrs. James
Mitchell, Mrs. Warwick Mont
gomery, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien,
Mrs. Charles Parker Stone, Mrs.
ingalls, Sard, and Miss Anne
Squire.
Mrs. James Wadsworth, jr.,
Mrs. Horace Westcott, Mrs.
Alexander Wolf, Mrs. w. M.
Wright, Mrs. Valentine Vickery,
Mrs. Anne Archbold, Miss Elsie
CasselS, Mrs. Armestead Davis,
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
Mrs. Anthony Griffin, Mrs.
Henry Kerr, Mrs. Frank Let's,
Mrs. Reeve Lewis and Mrs.
Breckenridge Long.
Mrs. Sidney Taliaferro, Mrs.
C. e. Glover. ir Mrs Malcolm