Evening star., 1934-01-09
SOCIETY
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts
at Dinner Followed by Musicale
Tonight in White House.

TINE President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will entertain at dinner this
evening in the Executive Man
sion. There will be about 60
guests in the company and
about 200 guests have been invited Tor
the program of music which Will follow
In the east room.
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the wives
of the members of Congress at lunch
con today. This Is another OF tho
series of monthly luncheons which the
First Lady has planned for the cab
met hostesses. This morning Mrs.
Roosevelt visited several schools in
Washington, including the Alice Deal
Junior High School.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have as their house guests Mr. and Mrs.
Edmund Rogers and Mr.. and Mrs
Delano Of New York.
Mrs. Roosevelt has cards out for tea
Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. James Roosevelt Guest
At Luncheon in New York.
Mrs. James Roosevelt mother of the
President was the honor guest at
luncheon given yesterday by Mrs
Charles G. Ayres, in the Egyptian room
Of the st. Regis Hotel, in New York.
The Minister of Hungary and Nine
Peleyni. are in New York where they
went to attend a dinner tonight given
by the President of Columbia University
and Mrs. Butler.
The Minister of Canada and Mrs.
William Duncan Herridge will enter
tain at dinner Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Ellen Ballon, Canadian
pianist who will be one of the artists at
Mrs Lawrence Townsend's morning
musicale tomorrow at the May6ower.
The Minister Of Ecuador. Senor
Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro, is arriving
in New York today on the Santa Lucia
after spending sometime In Ecuador and
Panama.
Senator David I. Walsh entertained
q few friends informally at dinner last
evening at the Carlton, where he is
stopping during the session of Congress.
Representative Martin J. Kennedy
had Mr.. Maurice Tremaine, controller
Of the State of New York. as his din
ner guest at the Carlton last evening.
Representative Edward A. Kelly has
arrived in Washington and IS at the
Carlton.
Mrs. william Howard Taft was host
ess Informally at luncheon today In her
home on Wyoming avenue.
Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, q. S.
A., retired. was host at a dinner at the
Shoreham last evening His guests
were the Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings the Assistant
Woodring, Mr. and Mrs Frederick j.
Bonham of New York City. who are
visiting the Cummings; Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose, and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ton j. Lambert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney
will entertain at dinner followed by a
program Of music Monday evening.
The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club
met today for the first time this season.
Mrs. John N. Garner, wife of the Vice
President, presided, and acting as chair
man of arrangements for the luncheon
today was Mrs. James j. Davis. The
members of the club meet for Red Cross
work each week preceding the lunch
con- Mrs. Morris Sheppard is chair
man of the Red Cross work, the articles
which are sent to the District of CO.
lumbia Chapter of the society for dis
tribution mostly in Washington.
Miss Gertrude Laughlin, debutante
daughter of the former United States
Ambassador to Spain and Mrs. Irwin
B. Laughlin, shared honors at the din
ner former Representative and Mrs.
John Philip Hill gave for their daugh-
ter, Miss Suzanne Carroll Hill before the
second Baltimore bachelors cotillon.
Lady Lister Kaye was the honor guest
at the weekly luncheon Of the National
Woman's Country Club today.
Mrs. M. de Clare Berry entertained
at the National Woman's Country Club
Mrs. ]. Crawford Biggs and Mrs. John
Rodgers
The Vice President, Mr. John N
Garner, attended the performance of
"Let En- Eat Cake" at the National
Theater last evening, having with him
in his box the Postmaster General, Mr.
James A. Farley, Senator Key Pittman
and Senator Joseph O'Mahoney.
The Vice President and Mrs. Gar
ner will be in the receiving line this
evening at the first meeting Of the
Texas Club at the Shoreham Hotel,
when Representative Clark Thompson,
a new member of Congress from Texas,
and Capt. j. w. Thomson, jr.. assist
ant to the Secretary of the Navy, will
also be guests. The Reception Com
mittee, headed by the Vice President
and Mrs. Garner, Is composed of the
members of both the House and Sen
ate, and Mr. and Mrs. Jed Adams Mr..
and Mrs Jesse Jones and Mr.. and Mrs.
Silltnan Evans.
Ehere will be program and recep-
i "a With dancing and cards. All Tex
s&hs and their friends are invited to
attend.
Second BatcheIors' Cotillion
Brilliant Event Last Night.
The figure at the second of the
Washington Bachelors Cotillions last
evening was one of the prettiest Of
these parties and was done with less
confusion, blowing of whistles and is
suing of orders than on many other oc-
casions. The party was named "Diplo-
matic night and Czechoslovakia took
the honors, the Minister and Nine.
Veverka being honor guests and their
debutante daughter. Mile. Nella Veverka,
dancing with DR.. Stanley K. Hornbeck,
who led the figure
Mrs. Donner Roosevelt came from
Philadelphia for the cotillion. She was
greeted upon her arrival by Mrs. Will
liam Laird DunlOp. ir whose efforts