Evening star., 1934-10-07
BY SALLIE v. H. PICKETT,

It is difficult for women to vision
the varied program carried out by
Mrs. Roosevelt in the few days since
her return to the White House, for it
has embraced national, civic and
merely domestic affairs, and a dozen
important things as yet "off the
record" But whether on or off the
record, Mrs. Roosevelt keeps the news
paper women who attend her confer
ences thrilled with her personality and
she always makes copy" The state
dining room, where sit in state the
titled visitors, diplomats, American
officials and in fact. the great of the
earth who are asked to break bread
with the President and his Lady, was
the scene of the conference last week
and looking down upon the eager
throng was life-size standing por-
trait of Abraham Lincoln, the only
picture in the room.
It is intimated that the Winters
ofhcial social program may be little
late in starting, owing to the addition
to the executive Offices and the neceS-
sity for housing the Office force in
the White House. However hoSteSSeS
who hold their own plans in allegiance
until the White House speaks may
depend upon Mrs. Roosevelt doing her
utmost to accommodate the social
public.
Aside from her busy days of last
week Mrs. Roosevelt announced that
she had but few advance engagements,
keynote to them being her engage
ment to attend the Hadassah Con-
Vention of Jewish Women at Ward
man Park which opens next Sunday
and to be the guest speaker at their
banquet, the chief social event of the
congress. Then there is the tree
planting for TIM Women's City Club
at Mcmillan Pa k, the afternoon OF
October 81, and various other en-
gagementS of great local interest. The
tree planting annually carried out by
the Women's City Club has claimed
both Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Hoover
in turning up first earth in the
past. 1t is arranged by the civic
section of the club. Tomorrow night
Mrs. Roosevelt is claimed by another
civic movement, when she is to speak
before the District Housing Commit
tee in the auditorium of the Chamber
OF Commerce.
A glowing feature of the White
House conference for women Wednes-
day was the presence of Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen, who is the embodiment
OF everything that one could wish in
the representative of one country to
another. That she is held in affection
and reverence by the people of both
Denmark and Greenland, her ac-
credited territories. was evidenced in
charming little gifts from them. From
the picturesque Eskimos of Greenland
she wore a Seagull pin carved from
warus tusk, and a heavy set ring
bearing legend in Eskimo. She was
particularly delighted in procuring as
gift to President Roosevelt not only
charming water color painting of
the rugged coast, atmospheric and skill
fully done, but an ash tray, round,
bowl-like article carved from the ma
tive black stone of Greenland and with
a Notwithstanding walruS climbing its
sides and showing long white tusks.
While Mrs. Roosevelt was deploring
the misconception of the subsistence
homes enterprise at Reedsville, w. Va
and was preparing for trip there at
the end Of this week, she yet found
time to motor to Widworthy, the
charming but modest estate leased by
her son, Mr.. Elliott Roosevelt, neal
Leesburg, Va. where he, his wife and
baby are now ensconced. Mrs. Dali
accompanied her for the little visit
Already Mrs. Roosevelt has given her
name TO head the list of patrons fol-
both the series of concerts arranged