Evening star., 1935-12-01
Capitals Little Season
Gay, With Debutantes
Holding Center of Stage
President and Mrs. Roosevelt to Inaugurate
Official Social Festivities With Cabinet
Dinner December II.

Thanksgiving now being a holiday
Of the past, society turns its attention
to Christmas shopping, festivities and
holidays. Seldom has there been so
gay little season" as the one in
the midst of which society finds it
self today. The days since November
first have been filled with entertain
ments. the debutantees holding the
center of the stage. There are only
10 days before the official season will
open with the dinner to the cabinet.
which the President and Mrs Roose-
welt will give December IL, the re-
ception to the diplomatic corps the
only other state function before the
first of the year And the official en-
tertaining at the White House will be
completed February ID. week before
the curtain of Ash Wednesday and
the forty days of sack cloth and ashes
falls on society Lent will begin
February 26 next year with Easter on
April II, moderately late Easter sea-
son giving enough time for all the
festivity the worldly may wish before
TIE penlLenUldI season.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
expect to have a house party for
Christmas and the holidays. Mrs.
James Roosevelt, mother of the Presi-
dent, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. j.
Roosevelt Roosevelt, will arrive in time
for Christmas eve, and others of the
family who are expected are Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boettiger of New York,
son-in-law and daughter of the hosts:
Mrs Boettiger's children. Anna Eleanor
Dali and Curtis Roosevelt Dali, and
Mr.. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, jr.,
and Mr.. John Roosevelt, youngest sons
of the Chief Executive and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The only festivities planned during
the holidays by the President and Mrs
Roosevelt are children's party Satur-
day, December %, and the usual
family parties with personal friends
Christmas eve and Christmas night.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Roosevelt and
their daughter, Sarah Delano Roose-
welt, have made no decision on their
Christmas plans although, according
to their custom in former years, they
would spend Christmas with Mrs.
Roosevelts parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Gushing, in Boston, but they may re-
main in New York where they are
occupying the city home of Mr.. Roose-
velts parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
Roosevelt and their small daughter
will remain in Fort Worth.
Debutantes will continue to hold
the limelight until after the Christ
mas holidays, number coming from
college to be presented at that time
Not In many years has there been a
more interesting group of buds"
from the residential circles, young
women whose mothers were de-
butantes in the same year. And so
far as gayety is concerned there have
been very few such gay little sea-
sons" since the administration of the
-flrst" Roosevelt, who attracted so
many of the wealthy New Workers
who were smart" socially. Although
the late former President Theodore
Roosevelt and his interesting family
attracted them, the charm of Wash
ington has kept many of them here
or brought them back each Winter.
Two prominent families of "old"
Washington were united when Miss
Mary Woodworth Bradley and Mr..
Henry Harrison Blagden were mar
ried Thanksgiving day. The bride, a
daughter Of Mrs. Thomas Bradley and
the late Mr.. Bradley, is a member
Of that family to which belonged
Bradley Farms, now the site of the
annual National Capital Horse Show,
and for which Bradley Hills and
Bradley Lane were named. Mr.. Blag-
denis family were equally prominent
il Washington, his parents, Mr.. and
Ms. Thomas Blagden Of Upper Sara