Evening star., 1933-04-28
~ RESIDENT and Mrs. Roosevelt
l. had guests lunching with them
today the company including the
i Secretary of War, Mr.. George H.

today the company including the
L Secretary of War, Mr.. George H
Dern and the newly appointed
Governor General of the Philippines
Mr. Frank Murphy.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
q dinner party last evening in honor oi
their house guest, the prime minis
ter of Canada, Mr. R. B. Bennett. The
company also included the Minister
of Canada and Mrs William Duncan
Herridge. Mr.. R. K. Finlayson, who ac-
companied the prime minister to Wash
ington, and the counselor and Mrs
Hume Wrong and the commercial coun-
selor and Mrs. Merchant Mahoney OF
the Canadian legation. officials of the
United States who were guests at the
dinner were the Speaker Of the House
and Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull. the
Secretary of War and Mrs. George H
Dern, the Attorney General and Mrs
Homer Cummings. the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, the
Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.. Henry A.
Wallace; Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman,
Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson,
Senator and Mrs. Hiram w. johnson,
Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland,
Senator Robert F. Wagner, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Bertrand H. Smell, Rep
reSentative and Mrs. Sam D. McRey-
noldS, the UnderSecretary of State and
Mrs. William Phillips. governor of the
Federal Reserve Board and Mrs. Charles
S. Hamiin, the chairman of the Fed
eral Farm Board and Mrs. Henry M.
Morgenthau, jr.; the chief of protocol
of the State Department and Mrs. War
rem Delano Robbins, the secretaries to
the President Mr.. Louis McH Howe,
Mr.. Marvin H Mcintyre and Mrs. NC
Intyre and Miss Marguerite lie Hand;
Mr. Vincent Astor, Mr.. Louis Wiley,
Mrs. James Clement Dunn. Miss Sidney
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs James Roose-
welt and the Presidents naval and mill
tary aides, Capt. Walter N. Vernon and
Mrs. Vernon, and Col. Campbell B.
Hodges
Red tulips with narcissus and guam
titles of maidenhair fern enhanced the
beauty of the famous gold service and
historic china of past administratic -.
The mantel and fireplace, banked with
delicate fern, brought out the beauty in
the wood paneling of the state dining
room.
the dinner, when motion pictures were
shown in the east room.
= The prime minister of Canada, Mr.
Bennett. who has been the guest of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt a few
days. will leave this afternoon en- route
to his home in Canada. Yesterday the
prime minister had luncheon with the
President, forgetting the time of his en-
gagement with his brother-in-law and
Sister, the Minister of Canada and Mrs
Herridge. while engrossed in his talk
with his host. Mrs. Roosevelt. accom-
panied by Mrs. Henry M. Morgenthau,
Jr.. driving in the formers small car,
drove into the country and stopped at
The Olney Inn for luncheon.
. Mrs. Garner, wife of the Vice Pres
tdent, was the guest in whose honor
Miss Maxine Davis entertained at
luncheon yesterday in her residence in
Georgetown.
The Ambassador of France and Nine.
de Laboulaye entertained at dinner last
evening in compliment to M. Edouard
HeTriot, former premier of France. The
other guests were the Secretary of
Commerce, Mr.. Daniel C. Roper; Senator
William E. Borah, Representative Jo-
seph Byrns, Representative A. Piatt
Andrews, the Assistant Secretary of
State, DR. Raymond Moley; Mr.. Adolph
William c. Bullftt, Mr.. James Warburg
of New York, the Marquis de Cham
brun, other members of the French
mission and members of the embassy
staff.
] The Ambassador of Spain and Sonora
de Cardenas will entertain a large COM
pany at dinner this evening in the
embassy in honor of the officers of
.fhe Spanish naval training ship Juan
Sebastian de Elcano Additional guests
Twill join the company for dancing.
Congressional Club Celebrates
Silver Anniversary Starting Today.
Mrs. Roosevelt attended the break
fast at midday today, which the Con-
.gressional Club gave in celebration of
The twenty-fifth anniversary of its
founding, and Mrs. Garner, herself
made brief talk to the large company.
THE party was held In the Roosevelt
Hotel, a near neighbor of the club
house, which is not large enough to
accommodate SO large number as at
tended the breakfast. Mrs. Henry T.
'Rainey, wife of the Speaker, another
;of the founders, told of "Our First
Home" which was at 1435 K street
northwest, the present club house hav-
dng been presented to the organization
10y the late Mrs: John B. Henderson,
lWllO was hAlOWI do VIC
l'mother' of the club. Other honor
guests today were Mrs. Corden Hull,
MRS. Homer Cummings, Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson. Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mrs.
Daniel G. Roper, Mrs. George Suther-
land, founder; Mrs. Pierce Butler,
Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall
and her hostess in Washington, Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty; Mrs. James r.
Mann and Mrs Timothy T. Ansberry,
Mrs. Daniel R. Anthony, Mrs. Robert
Love Taylor, Mrs. Francis G. Newlands,
Mrs. William B. Cravens, Mrs. John H.
Small, Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon and Mrs.
John H. Russell, founders of the club.
Others who were invited as guests
of honor were Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, Mrs. Charles G. Dawes, the
Secretary of Labor, Miss Perkins; the
newly appointed United States Minister
to Denmark, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,
and Senator Hattie Caraway, who,
though not founder, was the treasurer
of the club in its early years.
An interesting program will be given
in the club house after the luncheon,
Mrs. Clarence c. Dill, president of the
club, welcoming the company on its
arrival from the Roosevelt. Mrs.
Herbert Parsons, in whose honor the
club was organized, and Mrs. Lowden,