Evening star., 1934-11-27

Met Edith Nourse Rogers. fluffy
haired Republican Representative
from Massachusetts,, in tea room the
other noon. Just a fleeting visit. she
said.
"Good-by until January ! good
byed
mot at ALL" she replied, "I'm
coming back for Mrs. Rooserelts
masquerade; 1rouldn't miss it tor
anything"
What 1oiH she uear? That's
secret.
A secret, too, what most Of the
guests are to represent. Report from
the costumers indicates that Wash
ington women are no different from
women the country over-most Of
them yearn to be Cleopatra, Mae
West, or Spanish dancer with a
rose in the teeth. Many of them
will too, I fear. And generous quota
of Dolly Madisons
Greatest speculations-what will
Florence Kahn, witty Representative
from California "a Republican who
came through in hard fght) wear?
The betting is heavy that she'll take
a prize.
Frances Perkins Is spending every
moment she can away from her job,
in the hospital room of Mary Rum
sey, who is laid up with a painful nip
fracture, four fractured ribs, received
in a spill from her horse. The two
women, specifically so different.
share the same house, many of the
same views.
The Secretary of the Nary, true
to the tradition OF his ser, isn't
crazv about ladies' tea parties. But
the other afternoon uhen his iDite
entertained the netrSpdper1Comen,
10, the tall Virginia gentleman ap-
peared in the receiUing line. Seemed
to enjoy himselt, too.
When her husband is on the JOB
diplomats spouse dare not talk overly
much about her pets or preJudlceS IN
the land of her husbands post. Per-
haps it's because the Greek minister,
Charalambos Simopoulos, popular here
for Is years, is leaving presently Tor
q new post In London that his sprlghtly
wife (who does know how to wear
black-so many women don't recently
declared that of all the cabinet wives
she has known during her stay IN
Washington, Mrs Cordell Hull, wife
OF the present Secretary OF state,
stands out with particular charm.
Mrs. Hull. you know, is described as
her husbands shadow" tall and slim,
she has consistently refused to hold
any office in any organization. She
won't make a speech. But she does
make friends.
Mrs. Henry Wallace, wife OF the
Secretary of Agriculture, Is the only
college sorority woman in the cabinet
circle. She's a Delta Delta Delta. The
tri-delts, celebrating the forty-siXth
anniversary Of the sorority's founding,
gave a dinner in her honor few
days ago.
Anna Roosevelt Dali is an Alpha
Phi Betsy Dern, daughter OF me
Secretary of War, is Pi Beta Pm.
THQtS Lne same SOIOItLy " UhiSt
Mrs. Coolidge belongs. It's n
Phi arrow on her salmon-colored
relret gown oper on the Udr fig
urine at the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. Recently lot OF talk about
the arro,U is pointing in the ,Crong
direction Mrs. HooUer is a Kappa
Kappa Gamma. So tCaS Lemonade
Lucy" Hayes. Ruth Bryan O'cen,
our Minister to Denmark, is q
Delta Gamma.
A couple Of lads, attending the school
for candidates for the Department Of
Justices investigating division while
wandering around the corridors of the
new Justice Building the other after
noon, almost ran into tall man. The
tall man, when he caught his breath,
inquired If there was anything he
could do for the boys.
They said there surely was-they'd
like to take a peak at the Attorney
Generals private office; were wonder
ing how to do it.
The tall man said he'd help them.
He marched doUn the corridor,
through an drte.roons, and flung