Evening star., 1934-05-25

NILE f>TeSlQeIC ana MIS- fSoooC-
welt entertained at luncheon
today in the White House in
Il honor of Admiral Sir Lewis
Bayly of the Royal British
Navy and his niece, Miss Voysey.
Other guests were the Ambassador of
Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay;
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Lloyd Chand-
Ter, Capt anj Mrs Walter N. Vernon,
Mr.. w. F. Detwiler. jr.; Mr.. Bruce
Boyce, Mr.. Frank Porter, Miss Mar
guerite LELAND, secretary to the
President, and Mrs. James Helm, and
Mrs. Malvina Thompson Schneider,
secretaries to Mrs. Roosevelt This
evening the visitors will be the
honor guests at dinner of the acting
chief of the naval operations and Mrs.
Joseph K. TausSig.
The annual garden party for the
veterans In the local service hospitals
will be held tomorrow afternoon. hav-
ing been postponed because of the
weather.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
a delightfully."- informal party last eve
ming, when their guests were news
paper men and women with the men,
bers of the hosts official family" as
we'll as members Of the little cabinet.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were as
sisted by the Vice President and Mrs
Garner. the hostess and Mrs. Garner
receiving in the north end OF the
east room, standing before the fire
place, the guests walking to the south
end of the room to greet the PreSi-
dent and the Vice President, who
stood beside him before one of the
southern windows.
The Marine Band Orchestra, Lieut..
William H. Santelmann, jr., conduc-
tor, played in the main corridor dur
ing the reception, and a New York
dance orchestra, conducted by Joe
Moss many of its members being
Washington musicians, including
Harry Albert, violinist, played for
dancing in the East Room, the floor
being crowded throughout the eve
ming Mrs. Curtis B. Dali, daughter
of the hosts and her brother, Mr.. Ell
lott Roosevelt, who is spending a
short time with his parents, started
the dancing.
Talented members of the Gridiron
Club and of the White House CORE
spondents, gave a brief program, Tom
Brahany of the Gridiron Club acting
as master of ceremonies. George
O'Connor and Matt Horn of the
White House correspondents gave sew
eral numbers, the guests making
wide lane down the center of the
room that the President, at the other
end of the room, might see and hear.
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick,
George H. Wilson playing the accom-
paniment, sang rousing st. Patricks S
song, at the close of which Mrs.
Roosevelt stepped onto the platform
and addressing the President by way
of including him in the tribute, she
made a particularly gracious short
speech of appreciation to those who
gave the program especially the gen.
tlemen who chose the st. Patricks
song, knowing that we, particularly,
celebrate that day." which is the an
niversary of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt's wedding. Others on the
program were Edward c. Steffe,
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, Fred
East and William T. Raymond.
Although the doors were open and
punch was served on the south por-
tico, the inclement weather prevented
the guests from enjoying the gardens
as they did last year at a similar
entertainment given by the Chief
Executive and First Lady. There
were small tables and chairs placed
in the main corridor for the comfort
of the guests with a punch bowl in
ho onrridOr ond after the nr0-
gram light refreshments were served
in the state dining room.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. first
cousin of the hostess, stopped to chat
for several minutes with Mrs. Roose-
welt and Mrs. Garner and later in
the evening sat with the President in
animated conversation for a long
time Mrs. Longworth was the CEN
ter Of an admiring group wherever
she stopped in the various rooms
Those in the cabinet circle at the
party included the Secretary OF State
and Mrs. Hull the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau, the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Dern
the Attorney General and Mrs Cum
mings, the Postmaster General, Mr.
Farley; Mrs. Henry A. Wallace. wife
of the Secretary of Agriculture; the
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Roper and the Secretary Of Labor,
Miss Perkins. Also in the company
were the Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. Phillips and many others of
the little cabinet, the chairman of
the Tariff Commission and Mrs.
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Mrs Charles