Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-04
mrs. ROOSEVELT
Z" FACES BUSY DAY
Will Receive More Than 1000
Guests at White House
After Inaugural.

BY the Associated Press.
Eleanor Roosevelt, who as a girl and
later as a young married woman
watched two inaugurations from the
side-lincs. today was central figure
in a thirl,-one which placed her hus-
band In office as the thirty-second Pres
ident of the United States.
For the next four years she will be
mistress of the Nations most 1mpor-
tant household. Her profram today was
filled with the sort OF oncial engage
ments allotted to the wife Of Presl-
dent.
Receives at White House.
Her most important task was to re-
ceive ct the White House late today,
after the inaugural parade more than
1000 guests. many OF whom nave
travelled thousands Of miles for today's
ceremonies.
Although Mrs. Roosevelt's social &C
tivities were considerably curtailed be-
cause Of the death Of Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, who was to have been
member Of her husbands cabinet. she
decided to have the reception because
many of those invited might not be
able to visit washington soon again
She will go to the inaugural ball Tor
q short time tonight. too. because after
it was announced that she would not
attend. many tickets to the ball,
charity affair. were turned back. In
making this decision she was influenced
also to a great extent by members OF
the Walsh family. who insisted the
Senator would not have wanted any
of the festivities Cancelled in difference
to himself.
Will Attend Services.
Mrs. Roosevelt's crowded inaugural
schedule called first for service IN
the chapel of St. Johns Episcopal
Church. on Lafayette Square, across
from the White House, for the incoming
President, his cabinet members, and
his secretaries and their families.
Next was the ride with Mrs. Hoover
from the White House along Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Capitol. After
that. the Inauguration, the ride back
to the White House. family luncheon,
and the inaugural parade.
Tonight she will have enc unofficial
engagement before proceeding to the
inaugural ball. At the White House,
the Roosevelts will entertain u Of
their relatives at a buffet supper.
While the guests gasped in amaze
ment at her endurance and her good
nature, Mrs. Roosevelt. smiling and
unruf1ed, shook hands yesterday after
noon with nearly 1000 women at
reception to which 300 had been invited.
Chats With Mrs. Hoover.
Then, looking as fresh as though she
were just leaving the hotel for the first
time that day. she went off with her
husband and her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs James Roosevelt, to
have tea at the White House, which
tomorrow is to become here home, and
to chat quietly for an hour with Mrs.
Hoover about picnics and camping.
10 pm. with the last Of her weekly
radio speeches.
Even before Mrs. Roosevelt arrived,
a queue of fashionably dressed women
had begun to form on the walk outside
the National Women's Democratic Club
yesterday. BY the time she had taken
her place in the receiving line with
Mrs. John N. Garner, Mrs. woodrow
Wilson. and the officers of the club, the
crowd extended, four or five abreast,
away out to the sidewalk. and it was
practically impossible to move in the
rather small rooms Of the club house.
An Officer of the club, obviously dis
tresscd. stood at the door with out
stretched arms trying to hold the crowd
back.
she can't shake hands with every
body" she said. Its physically i'm
possible"
A few of the women agreed with her
and turned away, but most Of them
moved inexorably forward, and Mrs.
Roosevelt shook hands with all Of them
and appeared to enjoy herself thor
oughly.
She then moved on to the Congress
sional Women'S Club, where there was
another big crowd but she could not
stay there so long, being obliged to
hurry back to the Mayflower Hotel to
accompany her husband to the White
House.