Evening star., 1933-01-28

Room, where she was joined q few
moments later by Mrs. Hoover. After
an informal chat, they started on their
inspection tour.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is not a stranger to
the White House, having been a fire.
quent visitor during the administration
OF President Wilson, when her husband
was Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
and during the administration of her
uncle, Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. RooSevelt'S visit lasted an hour
and fifteen minutes. As she left the
White House she declined the use Of
Mrs. Hoovers private limousine, which
was stationed close by at the front por-
tico, and walked through the grounds
to Pennsylvania avenue where at the
corner Of West Executive avenue she
hailed q passing 20-cent taxicab and
started in the direction of her hotel.
Arriving in Washington at O'Clock
from New York, Mrs. Roosevelt went to
the hotel, where she received callers
until shortly before IL O'Clock, when she
started her walk to the White House
with a friend, Mrs. Leola Hitchcock. The
latter, newspaper woman, walked only
as far as the west gate to the White
House grounds. Although Mrs. Hoover
had offered to send car, Mrs. Roose-
welt declined, saying she liked to walk.
Phones Mrs. Garner.
One of the first things she did after
breakfast was to telephone Mrs. John
N. Garner, wife Of the Vice President
elect She suggested that, If Mrs.
Garner was going to be at home, she
might drop in and see her after she was
through at the White House. Mrs.
Roosevelt had never met Mrs. Garner.
Mrs. Garner suggested, however, that
she call on Mrs. Roosevelt instead, and
was invited to stop in before Mrs.
Roosevelt left for the White House.
"She sounds nice" was Mrs. Roosc-
velt's comment after the telephone con-
versation.
The visit to the White House was
followed by a luncheon with friends,
and early in the afternoon Mrs. Roose-
welt planned to leave for Atlanta by
airplane with her son Elliott, who ac-
companied her from New York. They
will motor to Warm Springs tonight and
plan to be with the President-elect on
his birthday anniversary Monday.
Distinguished Visitors.
During her stay at the hotel Mrs.
Roosevelt occupied the same suite as
that of the President-elect on his two
recent visits to Washington. She was
visited during the day by Warren
Delano Robbins, chief ceremonial officer
of the White House, and Mrs. Robbins,
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman Of
the Washington inaugural Committee;
Frederic A. Delano, uncle Of the Presi-
dent-elect and vice chairman of the
Inaugural Committee, and Ray +.
Baker, director Of the Mint during the
Wilson administration. now chairman
of the Committee on Reception Of Dis
tinguished Guests for the inaugural
celebration. 49,.
It has been the custom for years for
the wife Of the incoming President to
make q social visit at the White House
shortly before the change Of admins
tration, as q courtesy to the outgoing
First Lady, to acquaint herself with the
house over which she Is to preside, and
to make suggestions As to any immedi-
ate changes.
OF course, any drastic changes in the
general arrangement Of furniture and
draperies are not undertaken until the
new administration has formally taken
over the presidential home.