Evening star., 1934-03-18
BY SALLIE v. III. PICKETT.

Sunshine greeted Mrs. Roosevelt on
her return to Washington yesterday,
both within and without the White
House, and last nights dinner party
TO celebrate the twenty-ninth ami
versary of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelts wedding day was an I'M
pretentious but decidedly lively affair
Indeed it is doubtful if the real
wedding day feast was more enjoy
able An almost innumerable num-
Der of unopened gifts awaited Mrs.
Roosevelt's arrival and letters and
kilograms of congratulations almost
swamped the offices.
Like the first robin of Spring was
announcement of the first White
House garden party, which awaited
her, though perhaps she and the
President long ago talked over the
matter of entertaining the President S
Harvard class, 'O4, Oh April 21. Two
years ago ne had the class as his
guests at Warm Springs, and this
year they will enjoy the privileges
of the White House and its gardens.
Another interesting announcement ac-
companied Mrs. RooSevelt's return,
that from the Congressional Club for
its annual breakfast in honor of
the Presidents wife. This super event
of the club will be held at the Will
lard Hotel, a decidedly convenient
and fitting place, at noon Thursday.
April II.
Preceding the breakfast. there will
be a grand rush of excitement in ar
ranging the sale of Congressional
Club cook books, to lift the debts of
the club, and most interesting of the
program will be the practical demon
stration of the cook book recipes in
the big ball room of the Willard,
starting the first and continuing to
the end of the week. Mrs. Clarence
Dill, president of the Congressional
Club, is interesting her friends and
Mrs. Guy D. Golf is director.
There can be no dull days in Wash
tngton and Lenten days have been
greatly taken up in visiting the many
shrines in and near the Capital,
throngs of officials new to Washing
ton crowding Mount Vernon, Arling-
ton House, and travelling far afield to
visit the various historic spots in Vir-
ginia and Maryland. st. Marys City,
a mere suggestion of a town, but a
beauty spot nevertheless. has had its
pilgrims in lesser number, but st.
Marys stamp day and the opening Of
the Tricentennial will almost swamp
that part of the country for accom-
modationS.
A tea party of rather gigantic pro-
portions is that of Thursday after
noon at the Girl Scouts Little House,
on New York avenue, from 4:30 to
6 o'clock, when many foreign coun-
tries will be represented by their Am
bassadors, Ministers and lesser diplo-
mats and their wives. 20 countries be-
ing honored. Members of the Girl
Scout Council will attend the tea and
Mrs. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., acting COM
missioner of the Girl Scouts of the
District, will receive the guests. The
Presidents wife, always honorary
councillor, will likely be present. The
Scouts have broken bread and poured
tea for her at Little House before now
and one remembers with keen interest
the constant devotion of Mrs. Hoover
to the Girl Scout movement not only
here, but all over the country.
Concerts, like bridge, always per-
missible events even for holy week,
will have a generous part in this
weeks program Tuesday afternoon at
4:40 O'Clock, Mrs. Dorsey presenting
Tito Schipa, premier lyric tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera Co., who will
make his only Washington recital ap-
pearance of this season. Boxes and
seats have been engaged by Washington
music lovers, enough to fill Constitu-
ton Hail. Another concert. which Ii