Evening star., 1934-12-19

- WELT gave the first Of the ofh-
cial functions at the White
House this season when they
entertained at dinner in honor
Of the members of the cabinet and
their wives. Plans for the party were
much the same as in former years, the
White House itself being "spic and
span" in its new paint and wall COW
erings. The red room, just completed,
with new draperies matching the walls
and new curtains, was particularly
noticeable, as the portraits have not
yet been rehung.
The guests last evening were seated
at . U-shaped table, the historic gold
plate being enhanced by the use OF
delicate pink roses, and pink snap
dragons with stevia and maiden hair
fern adding delicate color, and in the
tall compotes were luscious fruits with
large punches of grapes hanging from
the sides. The service plates Of the
Wilson administration were used and
the only new pieces on the table were
the small glasses, one for sherry and
one for champagne, which are cut to
match the water gobletS and bear the
presidential seal, cut in the glass, the
seal which appears on all the china
and glass of the White House, repro
duction Of the seal in the floor OF the
corridor Of the mansion.
The guests 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
nnings, the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Farley, the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Swanson, the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. Ickes, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace
the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs
Roper, the Secretary of Labor. Miss
Frances Perkins; Senator and Mrs
Pat Harrison, the United States Am
bassador to Italy and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Long, the United States Ambas-
sador to Argentina and Mrs. Alex
ander w. Weddell, the United States
Ambassador to the Union OF Soviet
Socialist Republics, MIR. William G
Bullitt; the United States Minister tc
The Netherlands and Mrs. Grenvnle
r. Emmet, the Assistant Secretary OF
State, Mr.. r. Walton Moore; the
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs. Mariner S. Eccles, the
Assistant Secretary of Interior, Mr.
Oscar L. Chapman; the Assistant
Secretary Of Commerce, Mr.. Edwin
Y. Mitchell; the director general OF
the Pan American Union, DR.. Leo S
Rowe: the treasurer of the United
States and Mrs. William A. Julian
the controller Of the United States
and Mrs. J. r. McCarl, the librarian
of the Library of Congress, Mr.. Her
bert Putnam; Mr.. Charles S. Ham
lin of the Federal Reserve Board ano
Mrs. Hamlin, the Bishop Of Wash
ington, the Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man and Mrs. Freeman; the chair
man Of the r. F. c. and Mrs. Jesse
H. Jones, the administrator OF the
r. z. r. A. and Mrs. Harry L. Hop.
kins, the chairman of the Fedora
Alcohol Control Board and Mrs. Jo'
seph II. Choate, jr.; the chairman o
the National Industrial Recover.
Board and Mrs. S. Clay Williams
chairman of the Federal Deposi
Insurance Corp, Mr.. Leo T. Crow
ley; executive director of the Nationa
Emergency Council and Mrs. Donald
Richberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Bid
del, the secretary to the Presiden
and Mrs. Louis McH. Howe, the secre'
tary to the President and Mrs. Stephef
Early, Mrs. Harry Baxter, daughter o
Secretary and Mrs. Dern; Mr.. ant
Mrs. M. L. Benedum, Mr.. and Mrs
Chester A. Braman of New York, cou
sin of Mrs. Roosevelt; Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Hutcheson, the head of tn
Washington bureau Of the Associated
Press and Mrs. Byron Price, Mr.. Kirk
L. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle c. vii
son, Mrs. Roosevelt Dali, daughter o
the hosts; Miss Lorena Hickok, Mis-
Marguerite LIE Hand, secretary to tn
President, and Mrs. Roosevelt's Secre
taries, Mrs. Malvina T. Schneider ant
Mrs. James M. Helm.
Additional guests were asked for tn
musicale which followed when tn
program was given by Nine. Elisabeth
Schumann, soprano, and Ernes
Hutcheson, pianist, with Conrad V
Bos playing the accompaniments TO
Mime. Schumann. Mr.. Hutchesol
opened the program with group o
Chopin compositions including hi
'MaZlrka in B Minor" Prelude il
B Flat Minor" and the "Ballade in
Flat" Mime. Schumann sang thre
Schubert songs, "Wohin," I'm Aben
drot" and Der Juengling an de
Quelle"; John Eccles' "a Song Of tn
She Gallant" of the sixteenth an
seventeenth century; Cyril Scott
Lullaby" and Debussy's "Ici Bas.
Mr.. Hutcheson's second numbe
opened with his own arrangement, tn
scherzo from Merdelssohn's "A Mid
Summer Nights Dream; followed b
Liszt's arrangement Of Schubert
'eBy the Sea-" and closed with List
'Etude de Concert in r Minor" Tn
closing number on the program wa
given by Nine. Schumann who chos
two Brahms compositions, "Vergeh
liches Staendchen" and "Weigenleid
and three of Richard Strauss "A
Mein Gedanken," 'Morgen" an
"Schlechtes Wetter."
Mrs. Roosevelt Cancelled her plan {
attend Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
opening morning musicale today be
cause Of the death Of Mrs. Charlie
Cary Runsey, and will leave late toda
for New York to remain until Sunda.
Secretary and Mrs. Dern
Guests at Panama Legation.
The Secretary Of War and Mr.
George H. Dern will be the guests !
whose honor the Minister Of Panam
and Sonora de Alfaro will entertain q
dinner this evening.
Senorita Amelita Alfaro, daughter {
the Minister and Sonora de Alfaro, wi
come from her studies at Knox Schot