Evening star., 1934-04-15
BY SALLIE v. III. PICKETT.

HernapS the very preLC1eSC Cn1ng on
Mrs. Roosevelt's social calendar for
this week is the Cherry Blossom ball
at the Mayfower Saturday night, with
a sprinkling of cherry blossoms across
her path most of the week. The
Festival of Cherry Blossoms, which
opens Thursday with grand pageant
and closes late Saturday night with
the ball, presents dozens of interest
ing phases, in all of which she is in
tereSted. She will see her young cous-
in, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, crowned
queen of the fete. and will witness
the beautiful parade in the ball room
Saturday night, when Miss Roosevelt
and her ladies in waiting will head
the procession. The ball room will
show, as a decoration, thousands of
cherry blossoms, and what will in
terest the First Lady most is that
they are paper blossoms made by the
nimble fingers of the children Of the
Americanization School Association
80 the trees in Potomac Park may
bear their own burden Of blossoms
for days to come.
A trail Of interesting events fol-
lowed Mrs. Roosevelt's return to the
White House, and the largest was the
Congressional Club breakfast at the
Willard, when flowers and music add
ed interest to the scene To EMU
merate ali the things which engage
the First Lady in the course of
week would be to fill pages, but al
ways there are such interesting things
happening, as the christening of the
Lenox china tea set presented to Mrs.
Roosevelt by the committee of New
York residents arranging various prof.
ects in the interest of unemployed
artists and architects. Following the
idea of famous potters in this and
other countries, the tea set bears a
decoration of early American scenes
and historic spots. The potters' art
interests Mrs. Roosevelt almost as
much as Goes period furniture, and
she owns many rare pieces, and 1t
was with pride that she paraded the
gift at the first tea party she gave
last week.
The south garden of the White
House. with its rolling grounds, beau
tiful fountain, Colonial flower gardens
and historic trees, appeals to Mrs.
Roosevelt and it is wagered that as
Spring becomes better balanced she
will turn as many of her little teas
and other entertainments as possible
into al fresco affairs. She will be a
guest at the Democratic Women's
Club musicale and tea today, and
she Is quite certain to drive out to
Highwood, the home of Secretary of
War and Mrs. Dern, when the club
gives its first outdoor affair Of the
season, May Is, with Mrs. H. E. c..
Bryant, chairman; Mrs. Edward Keat-
ing, Mrs. George M. Eckles and Mrs.
Samuel Herrick, who are so planning
the event as benefit for the Women's
Democratic Club.
At the dinner and musicale in the
White House tomorrow night the
President will be overwhelmed with
congratulations on his improvement
in health from the two-week cruise
in Southern waters. Never was there
such a unique ovation staged for a
President in Washington as that given
MIR. Roosevelt when he reached the
Union Station the middle of the week.
Perhaps Gen. Jackson was given an
equal greeting, but that was for his
inauguration, and instead of a con-
gressional delegation meeting the
doughty general, the company was
largely made up Of his woman ad-
mirers.
Social events circle about the visit