Evening star., 1934-02-05

sentative Isabella Greenway
N and Mrs. Charles Cary Rum
| sey, will attend the Junior
League cabaret ball Friday
evening, and will wear the dresses
worn when they made their debuts
and joined the Junior League. Mrs.
Rumsey will wear the dress OF pink
silk trimmed with pink rosebuds. and
Mrs Roosevelt has had reproduction
of her gown of blue satin, trimmed
with tulle and rosebuds, made for the
occasion. Representative Greenway
will wear the gown of Mrs. John G.
Breckenridge of gray satin, embro1d-
cred in iris. Mrs. Rumsey, as Miss
Mary Hartman, organized the first
Junior League in New York with Mrs.
Joseph R. Swami. then Miss Nathallne
Henderson, feeling that the eight
debutantes of 1901 should organize to
assist in the charity work in their
ueighborhoods. Mrs. Rumsey, who
also attended Mrs. Roosevelt's press
conference this morning, had much to
say about the tendency of the present.
day Junior Leagues, feeling that they
are fast growing away from the origl-
nal idea of assisting others. Mrs.
Breckinridge's daughter, Miss Marta
Breckenridge, was also present at the
conference. Mrs. Roosevelt, with
Representative Greenway and Mrs.
Rumsey were photographed at the
White House this morning for the
Junior League.
Mrs. Roosevelt will go to New York
Wednesday, returning Thursday after
F@r iy,fO q
party, when Mr.. Marcel GrandJany,
French harpist, who will be one of
the artists at Mrs. Townsend's morn
ing musicale Wednesday. will play for
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt pre-
ceding the reception. Friday Mrs.
Roosevelt will entertain at luncheon
in compliment to Miss Mollie Dewson.
followed by a program of music given
by Nine. Lillian Evanti, soprano Of
Washington, who has won acclaim in
foreign countries as we'll as in her
own.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Roosevelt will
receive the Society of Sponsors, which
will meet here this week, and they will
remain for tea that afternoon from
3 to 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at
luncheon today at the Executive Man.
sion. when her guests were the wives
OF the cabinet officers. The luncheon
was one of the series of monthly
events the First Lady is giving for
the cabinet group. This afternoon
Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain a COM
pany at tea.
Presidents Mother Going to
Canada for Robbins Wedding.
The Minister Of Canada and Mrs
Herridge will go to Ottawa this week
to attend the wedding of Miss Irene
Helen Robbins, daughter of the United
States Minister to Canada and Mrs.
Warren Delano Robbins, to Mr.. Alex
Ander Cochrane Forbes, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Murray Forbes of Boston,
which will take place Saturday. Among
others from Washington who will at
tend the wedding are Representative
and Mrs Robert Low Bacon, Mr.. Hugh
D. Auchincloss, former United States
Ambassador to the Argentine and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Mr.. John Caswell,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane, the at
tache of the British embassy and Mrs.
Harold Sims and Mr.. Garnet Smith.
Mrs. James Roosevelt. mother Of the
President, will attend the wedding, ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. Price
Collier of New York, grandmother of
the bride.
Msgr. Joseph Charbonneau, vicar
general of the diocese of Ottawa, will
off1ciate in the absence of Archbishop
Forbes, who leaves this week for Eu-
rope. The wedding will be private, at
4 o'clock next Saturday afternoon, in
the parlors of the archbishop's palace
The guests. in the meantime, will as
semble in the stately and historic
basilica. After the ceremony the
couple will proceed to the basilica and
there receive the nuptial blessing
Miss Robbins will have her cousin.