Evening star., 1935-01-16
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will Be
Guests at Dinner This Evening Of
Vice President and Mrs. Garner.

"HE President and Mrs, Roose-
welt will be the guests In whose
honor the Vice President and
i Mrs. John Nance Garner will
entertain at dinner this eve
ming at the Washington Hotel. The
dinner tonight is the only Official
dinner party which the President at
tends, the dinner given by the MEM
bers of the cabinet having been aban-
doned in this administration. Fol-
lowing the dinner there will be pro-
gram entertainment arranged by Mr..
Gene Buck of New York, well known
theatrical producer.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the guest in
whose honor Mrs. James A. Farley,
wife of the Postmaster General, enter
tanned at luncheon today at the May
flower. The other guests were Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings, Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper, Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns. Mrs.
A. Harry Moore, Mrs W. w. Howes,
Mrs. James A. Moffett. Mrs. Bruce
Kremer, Mrs. James F. Curtis, and
the house guests of the hostess, Mrs.
Daniel H. McKettrick, Mrs. Salvatore
A. Cotillo, Mrs. Howard Chandler
Christy, Mrs Lucius Boomer, Mrs.
ContesSa Cippico, Mrs. Louis Gimbel,
Mrs. c. p. Feldman, Mrs. Gene Pope,
Mrs. Thomas F. Burke and Mrs.
Daniel H. SHILLING and Miss Beth
Leary of New York; Mrs. Edward Post
of Montclair, N. j.: Mrs. James Mar
tin and Miss Betty Hynes.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be hostess to a
group of guests this afternoon at tea
from 4 to O'Clock, and from to
$50 she will receive the members OF
the Board of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs here for their an
nual meeting.
The President paid a short visit to
his son and daughter-in- law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. at their home
near Leesburg last Saturday. He was
their luncheon guest and spent several
hours with the young couple.
Mr.. and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt were
honor guests of Mr.. W. H. Lipscomb
at dinner party at his home RaSp-
berry Plain, near LeeSburg. Among
the other guests were Judge and Mrs.
j. r. H. Alexander, Mrs. Patrick j..
Hurley, Mrs. Emma Hopkins, Mr.. L..
Clark Hoge and Mr.. Arthur
Chichester.
Mrs. Roosevelt held her weekly press
conference this morning. having re-
turned in time for breakfast after two
days in the country, where she went
to recuperate from a bad cold. To-
morrow the First Lady will be hostess
at luncheon to the wives of the men,
berS of the cabinet, and later in the
day is expected to veiw some of the
interesting new exhibits in the Ma
tional Museum and, with the Chief
Executive, will be host in the evening
to the judiciary at the annual state
reception Friday evening Mrs. Roose-
welt will give few words of welcome
to the Housing Conference. which will
be held here the end of this week.
The Smith College Alumnae in
Washington will be received by Mrs.
Roosevelt Saturday at noon, after
which she will attend the luncheon
of the District League of Women
Voters. In the afternoon the First
Lady will attend a meeting of the
Woman Geographers. which will be
held at o'clock in the home of Mrs.
Charles D. Walcott.
The Charleston Singers will sing
for the President and Mrs Roosevelt.
The organization will be in Washing
ton to give the concert in the home
of Mrs. William Corcoran EuStis for
the benefit of the Robert E. Lee Memo
rial Foundation. The group of singers
are more formally known as the So
ciety for the Preservation of Negro
SpiritualS. Mrs. Pennebacker and
Mrs. Gait will arrive Sunday to be
guests of Mrs. Roosevelt for brief
stay, and Monday Mrs. Roosevelt will
be hostess at buffet luncheon, en-
tertaining the members of the Cha
taugua Women's Club.