Evening star., 1934-06-03

fourth Of their previous sum; went
twice to New York, once to the we'd
ding of a former pupil of Todhunter
School and once to speak at din
ner in honor of Secretary of Labor
Perkins: motored to Luray, Va, to
see the caves.
April. 1933-Flew twice to New
York, once to attend a Consumers
League conference and once TO speak
before 5000 women at a luncheon
given by the Federation for the Sup
port OF Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
On the second trip she came back in
the plane with Amelia Erhart, who
piloted the plane for a short spell
Mrs. Roosevelt sat with the regular
pilot, but did not touch the controls.
May, l933-This was the start Of
the motoring season. Mrs. Roosevelt
started on May 10 on motor trip
through upstate New York On May
l9 she motored up to Groton to see
her sons, Franklin, jr., and John. On
May 80 she motored down into Vir-
ginia, going to Monticello and Char
lotteSVille.
Travels 1858 Miles by Air.
June, 1933-Mrs. Roosevelt began
this sunny month by flying out West
to see her son Elliott. Her air route
was from Washington through st.
Louis. Dallas, Kansas City. Tucson to
Los Angeles and back 1t was esti-
mated that on this trip she covered
1858 miles, passed over or stopped in
IA States and was in the air 55 hours.
After seeing her son Franklin. jr.,
graduate from Groton. on June 10,
she motored back to Hyde Park with
Nancy Cook and planned an automo-
bile trip which would keep her busy
until her return to Washington the
first part of July. This excursion in
cluded visit to the Bear Mountain
camp for unemployed women. a con-
ference with the women leaders of the
New York Democratic State party
in Syracuse, a visit to Rye Beach, N.
H. where her son James and his wife
and children had a Summer cottage,
and one to the Roosevelt Summer
home in Campo Bello, Me.
July. l933-From the Fourth Of
July, when she saw Franklin, jr., sail
from New York, until the twenty
eighth, when she returned to Wash
ington to go to Hyde Park with the
President, Mrs. Roosevelt spent a va
cation in her car. From time to time
the press picked her up. She was
seen bathing at Glenn Falls, N. Y.
At Waterbury. VT. accompanied by
Lorena Hickok, she inspected a re-
torestation camp. At Littleton, N
H., she visited her son John. Then,
she and Miss Hickok were traced to
Quebec, Murray Bay, Campo Bello,
back to Albany, and thence to Chau-
tauqua, N. Y, where she made a
speech. During this three-week trip
she motored nearly 1000 miles. In
order to get back to Washington on
certain date she put $50 miles on
the speedometer the last day.
On July 27 she took the midnight
train to Hyde Park with the PreSi-
dent. This was his vacation.
Speaks at Vassar College.
August, 1888. was an equally active
month. On the 4th Mrs. Roosevelt
spoke at Vassar College. On the 9th
she accepted tho Craftsmanship of the
Woman's Committee for the Mobiliza-
ton of Human Nee is On the 18th,
accompanied by Nancy Cook, her sec
retary: Mrs. Schneider and a group of
newspaper women, she went to Abing-
don, Va, for the White Top Mountain
festival. This was in the nature Of a
sentimental journey, because her IA
ther, Elliott Roosevelt, had travelled
extensively there and had loved the
people and the country.
On the 18th she popped into Nor
gantown, w. Va. on a surprise visit.
Then she returned to Hyde Park.
September, 1888. This seems to be
a blank month. There is no record
Of any activities. It must have been
q literal vacation.
October, 1888. On the % the Presi-