Evening star., 1933-04-22
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Have Busy
Day Entertaining Distinguished
Visitors From England.


ming in honor of the Prime
Minister of Great Britain, Mr..
j. Ramsay Macdonald, and his
daughter, Miss Ishbel Macdonald, who
are their guests at the White House.
The dinner will close an exceptionally
crowded day for both Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Macdonald, the latter start
ing this morning with a conference
with newspaper women in the White
House, at which Mrs. Roosevelt also
appeared. Mrs. Roosevelt attended two
luncheons, the annual authors break
fast of the League OF American ZEN
Women at the Willard and the "l5-cent
luncheon" in the Girl Scouts Little
House. Miss Macdonald was the guest
of honor of the Womens National Press
Club at the Willard, the members OF
the club only attending the luncheon
This afternoon the distinguished visl-
tors from England will be the guests in
whose honor the Ambassador and Lady
Lindsay will give a garden party at
the new embassy, which has been COM
pleted since the last visit OF Mr.. Mac
Donald and his daughter.
Last evening President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and their guests dmed IN
formally at the White House, having
with then their daughter, Mrs. Curtis
B. Dali, who is spending the week END
with her parents. After the dinner MRS.
Roosevelt and Miss Macdonald, accom-
panied by the Presidents secretary, Miss
Marguerite lie Hand, attended the dog
show of the Washington Kennel Cluo,
the first of its kind for Miss Mac
Donald.
The Ambassador of Spain, Senor de
Cardenas, was host at luncheon yeSter-
day to Comdr. Lopez Cortijo, who Is In
command of the Spanish training snip
FL Cano. now in New York harbor.
Comdr Cortijo came to washington
Yesterday to make fomal call at the
embassy and returned to New YORK yes
terday afternoon.
Sonora de Cardenas, who was detained
by illness in New York, where she went
with the Ambassador for short visit,
will return to Washington this evening.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy, will be hostess
at tea this afternoon, entertaining the
wives of cabinet officers fnd the mem
bers of the Senate Ladies Luncheon
Club, of which Mrs. Swanson was
member until she entered the caolneI
group. Mrs Swanson will be aSSiSteo
this afternoon by Mrs. Clarence G. DIN,
president of the Congressional Club
Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf. Mrs. James F.
Byrnes and Mrs. David A. Reed. Mrs.
John N. Garner, wife of the Vice Presl-
dent, who is president of the Senate
Ladies' Luncheon Club, also will be IN
the company.
The Minister of China, DR.. Sao-Ke
Alfred SEE, is in New York where ne
was the guest of honor at luncheon yes
terday of the China Institute in Amer
hn
accented the honorary presidency
Senator and Mrs. James Couzens OF
Michigan were host at luncheon yester-
dav entertaining a family party at the
Capitol. Their guests were his son and
daliphter-in-law, the actirg Mayor o!
Detroit and Mrs. Frank Couzens, ana
his sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. ano
Mrs. William R. Yaw OF Detroit ana
Mr.. and Mrs. william JeffrleS Che"-
ming. jr., of Washington.
The Minister of Venezuela and Sonora
De Arcaya will entertain about 4o Child
rem this afternoon for the younger
members of their own family When
their children will celebrate the 1east
of Spring in their country. A large
rose will be suspended from the celhng
and when it is tipped and torn open toNS I
and candy for each OF the guests Will
be showered on them.
Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall, wife OF
the late Vice President, Will arrive II,
Washington April 27 and will oe tne
guest of Mrs. John Allan Dougherty 1oi
Some time. Mrs. Dougherty returned
from a visit in Florida week ago.
Mrs. Roosevelt Joined Other
Authors at Pen League Feast.
The annual authors breakfast OF tne
National League Of American zen
Women at the Willard at noon to9aS
was a brilliant success, nearly oOo
members and guests thoroughly ENJOY.
ing the delightful program arranged Dy
Mime, Patricia Bennett Dimltrfu, ma
tional first vice president OF the leaeue
and chairman of the breakfast.
Brief talks by six prominent authors
featured the program, which also m
cllIded a number of outstanding muSlcai
selections. |. ,.rc
Franklin d. Roosevelt and Brig. Gen.
Francisco ]. Aguilar of the Mexican
Embassy. included Mrs. Ralph H. Eitse
Coma Almona Davies, J. Franklin
Carter, Capt. John H. Cralge ana MIS-
Estelle Aubrey Brown.
MIS-. Clara heCk IlCiASbO"NA'
,resident of the Pen Women, opened
the meeting, then turned it over 10
Nine. Dimitriu, who presided and IN
troduced the speakers.
Mrs. Roosevelts delightful talk on
her work in connection with her glrs
school, was given with the unostenta-
tious charm and simplicity that CHAR
acterizes every public utterance OF our
gracious First Lady. Needless to aoo'
it was exceptionally well received.
An unusually colorful touch that
added an international aspect to the pro
gram was the gracefully worded speech
of Gen. Aguilar, military attache at tne
Mexican embassy in Washington. ne
described the literary possibilities OF
Mexico, the wealth of neglected his
torical and cultural background that
awaits the visiting writer. In closing
the general stressed the poWerIul enece
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