Evening star., 1934-02-11
Administrations First
Social Season Brilliant
And Delightful Record
Innovations and Improvements IN State Func-
tons ARRANGEMENTS Mile
stone in History.

The first official social season of
the new administration closed Thurs
day, making record Of brilliant and
delightful entertainment in the White
House.
Lent will begin Wednesday and the
Winter of le33-34 at the Executive
Mansion will go down in social history
as marking milestone of innova-
tions and Improvements in the ar
rangements of the state functions
In the historic old mansion.
These last few days just preceding
Ash Wednesday are crowded ones for
official as we'll as resident society,
each day filled with entertainments
until the gay and colorful Bal Boheme
on Shrove Tuesday rings down the
curtain on festivity. In all these busy
days Mrs. Roosevelt has found time
to attend exhibits and musicaleS, and
even "sandwiched" in a musicale be-
tween an informal dinner party and
the reception to the Army and Navy
Thursday evening Yesterday she at
tended the Southern matinee given
by Miss Alice Louise Williams at the
Shoreham and the afternoon before
she went to the exhibit of Oriental
antiques which Is being held by Miss
Minnie E. Burch in her apartment in
Woodley Park Towers for the benefit
Of the Women'S Overseas League.
Full week as it was in Washington,
the First Lady, with characteristic
vigor, was in New York for the dinner
OF the University Women's Club. of
which she was a new member She
was back again at the White House
without missing function, after an
absence of little more than "a hours.
1t was most interesting, TO Washing
tonians particularly, to see pictures of
the present mistress of the White
House with a former much beloved
and worthwhile mistress of the man.
sion, Mrs. Thomas F. Preston, known
here as the beautiful wife of another
Democratic President, Grover Cleve-
lands Washington knew her first in
her g1rlish charm, a lovely brunette
bride in the White House. Old ad-
l7lirers and aCQualntanceS were thrilled
10 see her in her matronly beauty
with white hair and still lovely face.
Mrs. Preston has been in Washington
only two or three times since she left
the White House with her retiring
husband at the close of his second
administration.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the only
widow of a Democratic President liv-
ing in Washington, was constantly
surrounded by friends at the Junior
League Ball Friday night, many of
those in the company having known
her before her marriage to the late
President Wilson, when, as the widow
OF Norman Gait, she made her home
In Washington.
The last of the bachelors cotil-
Hons for this season. the next evening
function to interest society, will be
gwen tomorrow night at the May
hover, and the annual Bal Boheme of
the Arts Club at the Willard will be
the outstanding feature of Shrove
tuesday night. The bachelors are
rejoicing in very successful season
with brilliant companies and charm
ing features. The Bal Boheme will be
the final burst of glory and literally
VIII usher in Ash Wednesday. Every
feature OF circus will be found there
except the live animals and the lady
rapeze artist. 1t promises to be the
pest oall the club has yet given and
a percentage of the proceeds will be
added to the fund for unemployed
artists.
shrove Tuesday will be a gala eve
ming for music lovers as the final con-
cert this season of the Philadelphia
Orchestra will be given in Constitu-
ton Hall and many plan to "look In"