Evening star., 1933-04-30
BY SALLIE ". H. PICKETT.


After a week devoted to the enter
tainment of foreign guests, social life
at the White House took on an all
American" atmosphere last evening,
when Mrs. Roosevelt evolved from the
somewhat misty outline of entertain
ment for woman cabinet member a
unique and delightful affair. Miss
Perkins, Secretary Of Labor, who was
left out of the Gridiron dinner last
night, when the President and other
members Of his cabinet were honor
guests, was herself chief guest at Mrs.
Roosevelt's buffet supper party.
The lady Secretary has had but little
time for accepting social engagements
since her appointment to the cabinet
and had met but few of Washington's
large and ever-growing woman con-
tingent of the newspaper profession.
The women who attended the First
Lady's press conference and some 9TH
ers were there to meet Miss Perkins.
It was a graceful gesture on the part of
Mrs. Roosevelt and quite In accord with
her big and proper way Of looking at
things.
As one important parsonage in world
affairs leaves the Capital with blaze
of social glory behind him, as we'll as
substantial achievement in better un-
ond III
will be for many weeks while the ennis
saries sent from other important coun-
tries come in answer to President
Roosevelt's call for conferences on eco
nomic subjects. Already Mr.. Ramsay
Macdonald, prime minister of Great
Britain; Mr.. Herriot, former premier OF
France. and Prime Minister Bennett of
Canada have started things going for
the coming Economic Conference, and
this week DR.. LIE Breton, former Am
bassador of Argentina to this country,
will arrive from his post in France and
will be generously feted between White
House conferences with the President.
Signor Guido Jung, finance minister OF
Italy. will land in New York Tuesday.
Representatives from Germany and
Mexico also will arrive this week. Quite
q charming atmosphere of domesticity
was given the visit of Prime Minister
Bennett, since he is the guest OF his
brother-in-law and sister, the Minister
of Canada and his charming lady. Mrs.
Herridee. at the Canadian legation.
Then there came the dashing officers
of the Spanish naval training ship,
.h,an Sebastian de Elcano, and adding
to the brilliancy Of events by a big
dinner at the Spanish embassy Friday
night. followed by ball. The luncheon
MANNED and almost executed by COL
Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, for the officers. was called
off at the eleventh hour by the delay IN
the ship's arrival in dock here, only to
he riyen later on, and the well planned
nroeram for officers and men went of
charmingly.
Besides the several official dinners at
which the First Lady presided. she was
the gracious guest and often the speak
er on numerous other occasions.
wednesday she was the guest and spoke
at the Women's Democratic Club lunch
con. attended the meeting Of the
Daughters of 1912 and spoke, and kept
various other engagements, and Wednes-
day evening she attended the banquet
of the League of Women Voters and
spoke for few moments, hurrying back
to the White House to be with the
President when he received guests for
the formal dinner. A program followed
fhe edipuey. and aS the First Lady speed