Evening star., 1933-05-16
SOCIETY
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and MIS-, william Howard Taft. Thei
other guests we're Mrs. Warren R. Aus
tin, Mrs. James F. Byrnes, Mrs. Marcus
A. Coolidge, Mrs. Royal S. Copeland
Mrs. Robert r. Reynolds, Mrs. Morris
Sheppard, Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys. wives o
Senators; Mrs. John j. Cochran, wifi
Of Representative Cochran; Mrs. Johr
r. Dockweiler, wife of Representative
Dockweiler; Mrs. F. c. Alexander. Mrs
F. j. Davidson, Mrs. McKensey Dawson
Mrs. Clarence Grosner, Mrs. Sam Mich
OILS, Mrs. j. M. Spears. Mrs. Paul Town
send. Mrs. T. B. Walton, Mrs. Herber,
Whitehurst and Miss Gladys Wood.
Senator John G. Townsend. jr.. and
his daughter, Miss Lyla M. Townsend
we're hosts at dinner last night at the
Shcreham. entertaining Senator anc
Mrs. ROYAL S. Copeland. Senator and
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator
and Mrs. Richard B. Russell. Miss
Grace Roper. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler
Mr.. James Clement Dunn and Mr.
Walter Hardinty.
Senator Marcus A. Coolidge OF Mas
sachusetts, and Mrs. Coolidge enter
tanned at dinner at the Shoreham Mon
day, May 15 in honor of Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Benjamin Andrew Poore OF Fitch
burg. Mass. Their guests were the As
sistant Secretary Of War. Mr.. Harry
Woodring; Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Fred
erick w. Coleman, Maj. Gen. George S.
Simonds. Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Martin
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank R. Keefer
Col. and Mrs Donald A. Robinson. Mrs
Alice Smoot and Miss Helen Coolidge.
The newly appointed Ambassador to
italy and Mrs Breckenridge Long will
be the honor guests at dinner this eve
ming in New York to be given by the
italy American Society. There will be
about 100 guests at the function.
First and Second Ladies
Due for Trip to Stratford.
List Of members Of Board Of Direc-
tors serving as hosts to Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Garner and the ladies Of the
Senate at Stratford on Wednesday,
May II:
Mrs. Charles D. Lanier, president,
Greenwich, Conn; Mrs. Harry B. Halves,
II,
Senator HaweS of Missouri: Mrs. Gaze
move Lee, director tor District Of CO.
lumbia; Mrs Horace van Deventer, di-
rector for Tennessee and vice regent for
Tennessee Mount Vernon Ladies As
sociation; Mrs. Alfred I. du Pont. dl-
rector for Delaware; Mrs. Pope Yeat-
man, director for Pennsylvania; Mrs.
William Cabell Bruce of Maryland, Miss
Helen Knox of New York, finance chair
man and acting treasurer: Mrs. Walter
D. Lamar, director for Georgia: Mrs.
Edward A. Lindsey Of Nashville, Tenn;
Miss Annie Burr Jennings of Connecti-
cut and Connecticut vice regent for
Mount Vernon Ladies Association: Mrs.
Granville G. Valentine and Mrs. Charles
e. Boiling of Richmond. Va; Mrs. Am
brose c. Ford. director for Virginia;
Mrs. Orton Bishop Brown, director for
New Hampshire; Mrs. Wilson Norfleet
Fielder of Greenwich, Conn: Mrs. j.
retary to the board: Mrs Egbert Jones,
director for Mississippi; Mrs. Rufus N.
Garrett, director for Arkansas; Mrs.
Edward Guest Gibson, director for
Maryland Miss Ethel Ames, historian
and research authority for the Robert
E. Lee Memorial Foundation, and Maj.
Gen. B. F. Cheatham, U. S. A. retired,
resident superintendent of Stratford.
The group of Lee Foundation officials
will be assisted in receiving Mrs. Roose-
welt and the Senate ladies by the fol-
lowing members Of the Stratford Com
mittee of the Garden Club Of Virginia:
Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. D. C. Sands
of Middleburg. Miss Charlotte Noland.
Mrs. Henry Fairfax, Mrs. Andrew
Christian, Mrs. Massie.
tee Of the Lee Foundation. of which
Mrs. W. N. Chinn of Hague is chair
man. will also assist.
Mrs. Roosevelt has accepted an in
vitation to attend an exhibition of way
side stands and shops at the home of
Miss Florence Ward. chairman of home
economics, at her Virginia place May
25. the exhibition being an all-day af-
fair
The unusually interesting event is
under the auspices Of the Federation
of Womens Clubs, and many of the
farm women themselves from Virginia,
Maryland and elsewhere will be pres
ent and conduct their own exhibitions.
One of the most pleasing exhibitions
and one in which, perhaps, Mrs. Roose-
welt is most interested will be the fur
niture made of hickory grown in the
mountains and for more than 200 years
manufactured by mountain families
No nails are used and the finish. style
and material have remained the same
through this course of years.
Other exhibitions will include tour
ist exhibit and the work Of the home
farm women sold by them at their way
side stands and stores. The object IS
to 50 interest other women in their
products that the middleman may be
eliminated.
A delicious, well-balanced supper will
be served at the annual House of Mercy
garden party Thursday in the Cathedral
Close. The party will begin at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon and supper will be
served from $50 to $50 o'clock under
the Craftsmanship of Mrs. Henry Curtis
Morris Chairmen and members Of the
other committees arranging the party
will remain for the supper, which will
include cold meats, deviled crabs and
such other dishes as will be attractive
for . supper. with especial care for
the needs and likes Of children, many
q whom will accompany their parents
10 the party and remain for supper.
Committees in charge of various at