Evening star., 1934-03-20
ROOSEVELT CODE"
IS HIT SK|T OF CLUB
Women's Press 0rganiza-
ton Urges N. R. A. for
Official Family.

nual 0lnner ana snow OF Ine women 3
National Press Club last night at the
Willard Hotel was skit called "A
Code for the Roosevelts." The cast
was: The Blue Eagle, Dorothy Lewis;
Robbie, Betty Garnett; F. D. r. Rep
resentative, Elizabeth May Craig; T.
r. Representative, Catherine Hackett
burlington; First Consumer, Doris
FleeSon, and Second Consumer, Julia
BonWit.
1t took the form of a code hearing
for the Roosevelts, presided over by a
solemn Blue Eagle Gen. Johnson,
while lawyers wrangled over hours
per week and literary output for the
F. D. and T. R. branches of the
family.
Urge 16S-Hour Week.
st propose that we agree on 168-
hour week, days and "a hours a
day." said the F. D. Representative,
and for the female end of the family
overtime must be allowed whenever
| there is anything to be done"
The Teddy Roosevelt branch, how
ever, demanded a shorter work week
! in order to spread employment among
needy Roosevelts. There's unem-
ployment in our branch of our family
and I insist on a 48-hour week" he
said
In behalf of Paulina," continued
the T. r. Representative, Il ask that
Sistie and Buzzie and all the other
| little RooSevelts in your branch Of
! Fo ilJy no forbidden write hooks
magazine articles, syndicated news
paper articles and to make radio talks
until they are 10 years old"
The hearing ended when 1t was
decided that all RooSeveltS should be-
come executives Somberly the Blue
Eagle told the two representatives that
| Roosevelts should be nothing but ex-
ecutiveS. At this the T. r. Repre-
sentative Smelt rat and asked
whether that meant that if Roosevelts
were not executives, they were Moth
| ing. This the Blue Eagle replied to
BY saying, The Blue Eagle never eX-
plains"
Another popular act was a scene in
Little America, SatiriZing Mrs. ROOSe-
velt's travels. Three explorers, Maud
McDougall. Flora G. Orr and Martha
Strayer, dressed in furS from head to
foot, huddled around a campfire some
where in the Antarctic. They told
how pleasant life was away from q
| country where personal affairs were
! pried into and ones life managed
Just as they settled down to a good,
happy. free discussion they heard a
I 1NnjSn hahirod nd tn n
they saw visitor approaching. My
| God! It's Mrs. Roosevelt" they
gasped.
TugweII Cast in Roll.
The RoOSeVelts and Gen. johnson
/ weren't the only ones to get a gentle
, hiding. Rexford Guy TugweIl, AS
sistant Secretary of Agriculture, au-
| thor of the much debated food and
drugs act, was cast in the roll of a
| hard-hearted, soft-headed prohibition
enforcement agent. The scene was
! set in bootleg beauty parlor raid
The beauty parlor, called "Ye
Raggee, Bonee, Hankee Beauty
! Shoppe," reSembled prohibition
speakeasy. with customers gaining ad-
mission by a secret series of knocks
| Contraband cosmetics were dispensed
| nail polish was recommended as
embassy stuff" henna rinse was
kept in reserve because y. Ham
Lewis was sending in his whiskers
| to be hennaed."
Raiders pounded at the door and
the customers and operators snapped
things into place and hustled around
so that when Agent Tugwell broke
in it all looked like a bridge party
"Just as I suspected" said Mr.. Tug
we'll shifting, illicit lotions!" The
proprietresS vigorously denied this
The ladies are having a friendly
little game of bridge" and one of the
| customers broke in: We're Just men,
bers of the Civilian Conversation
| Corps
At one point during the evening
photographer. Martha HOrnaday
ran on the stage and pointed his
| camera at Mrs. Roosevelt, who wa!
sitting up on the dais at the head
tabla. He asked her to pose and give
nice, big smile, just as though her
| horse had thrown her in the park
! Then he turned to Secretary of Labor
Perkins and asked her to pose. He
stopped, scratched his head and said
| there was something wrong, Its be-
! cause YOU haven't got your tricorne
on" he decided, and continued, you
mustn't get angry, you have gotten
the people used to that tricorne and
they expect it of you now. Maybe
you could bend that hat near you
into one"
Other skits included Mae West. a
/ Republican Bust: Three Little Pigs
Under the New Deal; wives of Sen
ator Hugo Blacks Victims" "Salome
and John, the Reserve Board" and
Fashions and Cookery Column"
500 in Attendance.
The ball room of the Willard. where
the dinner and the show took place
was crowded with more than SOC
women. At the head table sat Mrs
| Genevieve Forbes Herrick, president OF
! the club. with Mrs. Roosevelt on one
side of her and Mrs. Garner on the
| other. Also at that table were Miss
Frances Perkins. Mrs. Cordel Hull
Mrs. Claude Swanson, Mrs. Homer
Cummings, Mrs. Harold Ickes. Mrs
Daniel C. Roper, Mrs. James Farley
! Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.; Mrs
Henry T. Rainey, Lady Lindsey, wife
of the Ambassador of Great Britain,
Nine. de la Boulaye. wife of the AM
bassador of France: Sonora de Car
denas, wife of the Ambassador o.
Spain; Sonora de Lima e Silva, Wift
of the Ambassador of Brazil, anc
Nine. Saito. wife of the Ambassador
of Japan. Between each of the guests