Evening star., 1934-01-30
CAPITAL STAGE SET
| FOR BIRTHDAY FETE
Will Rogers to Be Master of
Ceremonies at Shore
ham Ball.

other communities In all parts of the
country tonight in an intensive effort
to give President Roosevelt the one
birthday present that he desires above
all others-an endowment fund of ST.
100000 for the Warm Springs Founda-
ton.
The celebration In Washington will
center about the Happy Birthday
Ball. at the Shoreham Hotel Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt will be guest
Of honor at this affair and viii Rogers
humorist and political commentator
will act as master Of ceremonies. 1t
was announced
All over the country. from the At
lantic to The Pacific and from the Ca
madam border to Mexico, there will be
balls, dinners, special shows, card
parties and a thousand-and-one other
forms OF entertainment. Proceeds OF
all OF them will be added to the fund
Mrs Roosevelt and her only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali, are
scheduled to arrive at the hotel soon
after the ball gets under way. They
will be escorted to their box by men,
bers Of the Floor Committee, headed by
Brig Gen. William E. Horton. u S. A.,
retired.
Tickets Still on Sale.
Although the ball is virtually "sell-
out, few tickets still are on sale at
hotels and Western Union Offices
throughout the city. according to Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, chairman of
aa in rhnr Sxlra leo
may be purchased at the committee s
headquarters, 1881 H street. Admission
tickets are IS and table tickets 81 ad-
ditional.
Among the many noted guests ex-
pected is Peggy Hopkins Joyce. who
telegraphed from New York yesterday
that she and group Of friends wished
to have a table reserved for them
Through an anonymous contributor
who sent the committee a donation OF
81 900, table also has been reserved
for 10 World War heroes-5 from Wal
ter Reed Hospital and from Naval
Hospital
Col. and Mrs Henry l.. Doherty OF
New York also will be present. as will
hundreds of other notables, including
cabinet officers. members of the House
and Senate and leaders OF business and
industry
In appreciation Of the thousancs O!
parties being held in his honor. the
President will desert his own private
party at the White House long enough
to address the Nation over the radio
He is scheduled to 60 "on the air" a,
1920 pm. Loud speakers will carry
his voice not only to the guests al
the Shoreham, but also to millions OF
other persons just about everywhere
that there Is a radio. Both the National
Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia
BrOadcaSting System will broadcast the
address, which he will deliver, accord
ing to a White House announcement
in behalf Of the crippled children OF
the Nation, particularly those stricken
with infantile paralysis"
Symphonic Concert Feature.
One Of the features of the ball will
be concert by the National Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by DR.. Hans
Kinder There also will be concert
by the Philadelphia Harmonica Band
led by Albert N. Hoxie. and dance music
including Eddie Duchin's. George
Gaul's. Maxim Loves, Sidney's, Gold
mans and Barnee's.
Will DC pTONlCcQ Uy
Jack Pearl, better known as Baron
Munchausen": Lois Moran, Victor
Moore and William Gaxton. stars OF
Let EN- Eat Cake" and "Of Thee
Sing" and numerous other headliners
On her way back TO the White House
from the Shoreham. Mrs. Roosevelt will
drop in at the Raleigh Hotel. where an
other happy birthday BALI will be in
progress. There she will be greeted by
MIS-. Elsie Ballentine. 27-year-old in
fantile paralysis victim, who recently
returned from War Springs
The ball at the Raleigh will be held
by the All-States Officers Society, OF
which w. E Hoffheins is president
With Mrs. Ballentine when she greets
the First Lady will be Mrs. Hoffheins
Mrs Mable r. Peirce Of Vermont, Miss
Gertrude Lewis of Iowa and Miss Mary
w. Merrick Of Maryland
Mrs. Roosevelt also is expected tc
look in" for moment or two al
the Fox Theater. where all the motion
picture houses Of Washington will pre-
sent a special midnight show for the
benefit of the fund. The combined
stage shows Of both the Fox and the
Earle Theaters will be featured ant
there also will be several amateur acts
Another feature. chosen especially fol
the occasion, will be one-reel short
The Family of Roosevelt in America.
Overture and Stage Show.
The stage show will get under way
after an overture by the combined Fo,
and Earle orchestras, directed by Phi
Lampkin. Henry Nestor, the singing
policeman. will furnish the vocal inter.
ludes
In addition, there will be numerou.
other affairs in all parts Of the city
including a dinner dance at the Elks
Home, a knights of Columbus dinner
at the Willard Hotel. a ball at the
Jewish Community Center. an enter
tainment at the Central High Schoo
auditorium and a vaudeville program
at the Government Printing Office
All the Jewish organizations of the
District will cooperate in holding the
community center ball, arrangements
for which were made by committee
headed by David Wiener. Sylvia Kap-
lowitz, accordionist, will play her owr
composition, "A Russian Fantasy" al
both the ball and the G. P. O. enter.
tainment. which will be held in Harding
Hall
Meanwhile, contributions are continu-
ing to pour INTO the headquarters OF
Mrs. Dougherty's committee, many per-
sons, who, for one reason or another
do not care to attend any Of the cele-
brations. sending checks, money orders
and cash for addition to the fund.