Evening star., 1934-12-30
BY SALLIE v. Fl. PICKETT.

Washington has lost most of its
New Year day official glamour in
abandoning the White House recep-
ton. the cabinet receptions and espe-
cially the diplomatic breakfast, but
others of society are making up for it
and more homes will be open New
Year eve and on New Year day
than in many years past. Especially
are young folk parties greater in num-
Der and far more pretentious than in
some years past, with the series of
White House parties, of course, being
unequaled in brilliancy and interest.
Every country home for miles around
will CLEAN with lights of welcome and
old fashioned cheer will obtain. House
parties are being entertained and from
breakfast until breakfast again the
festivities will continue. The National
Woman's Country Club staged its an
nual junior dance last night, and like
the dance at the White House it was
preceded by many dinner parties.
Some of the older Senators and Repre-
sentatives already in the Capital are
giving hospitable little parties for their
new colleagues, and the Congressional
Club, the busy social mart of the wives
and daughters of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, is putting on a gay buffet
supper and da,ce for the juniors in
that interesting set. The club cannot
hold its usual official day at home be
cause OF the great change in the
entire congressional structure, but the
doors soon will be opened for the con-
venience Of its old and new members
What the Congressional Club is
missing in its old-time hospitality the
Democratic Club is gaining, and in its
delightful environs every day is a
holiday. with a fine program for each
luncheon and tea. The Congressional
Club, however, is too important an
institution to have more than
temporary setback and Mrs. Clarence
C. Dill. the outgoing president, is in
New York and will come to Washing
ton for the meetings, which will take
place this week.
1t Is said by those who are observ-
ing of things pertaining to the sar-
torial art that they have actually seen
President Roosevelt wearing one of
the six necktieS Mrs Roosevelt bought
in New York at the sale of articles
made by the blind, but whether it was
black and white, red and white or vel
low and white was not ventured as
truth, but at any rate, the gift, as all
other gifts are, show the real human
side of Christmas in the old mansion
Then there is another story anent
Christmas in the White House, and
that Is that Scamper, the White
House rabbit written about by the
Presidents daughter, Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Dali, cut quite a figure
among the little tots at the party
Friday. Certain it is, both the Scam
per Book and the Scamper Bunny are
going into their umptieth edition with
this Christmas holiday.
With the debutantes having their
last glad fling before slipping quietly
into their places in the social and
near-social work after January /, the
new officials will come stepping out
and there will be wild riot of en-
tertaining for the Senators, Repre-
sentatives and their families. Already
that strong link between them and the
folks back home, the State society, Is
beginning to enlist them, and some OF
the oratory later to be heard from
the foors of Congress will ring across
the olnner tables of these same state