Evening star., 1933-04-22
|SHBEL MACDONALD.
HAS CROWDED DAY.
Daughter of British Premier
Meets Miss Perkins-Guest
at Dog Show. t
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
For Ishbel Macdonald, daughter of
the British prime minister, who has long
been labor's champion, today was an
exceedingly busy day. having its start
with the meeting of Miss Frances Per-
kins. Secretary of Labor and the first
woman cabinet member
Knowing Ishbels deep interest in all
labor subjects, evidenced on her last
visit here three and half years ago
when she talked at length with two
women bureau chiefs of the Labor De-
partment, Mrs. Roosevelt invited Miss
Perkins to the White House.
1t SO happens that open hearings on
the amenoment suggested by Miss Per-
klns to the Black 30-hour-work week
bill, which would give the Labor Secre-
tary broad powers, are scheduled for
mittee. when Miss Macdonald will still
be White House guest.
Gets "the Background"
So today Ishbel had an opportunity to
get from Miss Perkins what the Capital
calls the background" in case she
nnds time An crowded schedule to 20
up on the Hill" and see American Ia
Dor history in the making.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter.
Anna Dali. planned to start the day
with before breakfast horseback ride,
put they didn't rouse Ishbel from her
pretty blue bed room in the Executive
Mansion.
She still feels the steamer roll"
MRS. Roosevelt explained when todays
plans were gone over to q chorus of
strident yelpings at last nights dog
show where the Presidents wife, Miss
Macdonald and Miss Marguerite LIE
Hand, the Presidents secretary, were
guests.
For the Scotch girl with the bonny
brown eyes and crisply-curling hair
coiled low on the neck, the dog show
was an entirely new experience.
Mrs. Roosevelt has evidently inherited
the devotion of dogdom that her father,
Elliott Roosevelt, who once described
the set" of a hunting dog as 1.-The
prettiest thing-the best picture I can
imagine"
For her experienced eye took in the
line points, and her face shone with
interest as she watched ''the parade of
the champions" presenting the ribbon
to each winner.
Ishbel leaned over the arena, more
interested in Mrs. Roosevelt than in the
dogs, though she liked the,l, too. Once
she pointed to one that especially in
terested her, all white, with the unmis-
taxable wise look of Scottie.
The Presidents wife planned to be
present at her house guests morning
press conference. For Ishbel, this was
to be followed by National Womens
Press Club luncheon, at which she was
to be speaker; a garden party at the
British Embassy, at which she was
to be the honor guest, and the state
dinner in her fathers honor at the
White House.
Tomorrow will bring rest-on the
maiden voyage of the reconditioned
yacht Sequoia.
At the dog show last night, Miss
Macdonald was gowned in black with
an evening wrap of red topped by
f1esh-colored ruff. The White House
party took seats close to the arena
where champions were on parade; and
Mrs Roosevelt Immediately saw one
of the many Roosevelt relatives. Pris-
ella st. George, daughter of her hus-
bands cousin, who was showing a
spaniel.
Ishbel sat leaning toward the arena,
taking in every detail of the first dog
show she had ever seen. SO she said,
and pointing now to a scottie and again
to skye, as she talked with Miss
Marguerite LELAND, the Presidents
secretary.
Mrs. Roosevelt. as the show drew to
a close, went into the ring and handed
out all the ribbons to the proud owners
of the champion dogs.