Evening star., 1935-04-21

Easter in Washington has grown to
be as alluring phrase as Easter in
Rome. though the attraction here is
Springtime in the National Capital,
with cherry blossoms and dogwood
and the many woman's organizations,
patriotic for the most part, holding
annual meetings, congresses, conven-
tions and councils. The city is crowded
with visitors from all parts OF the
country and foreign lands, and there
are few, if any, private houses, hotels
or apartments not filled with guests.
The White House is no exception,
although the number OF guests Is
smaller than in other years. Mrs.
Roosevelt's sister-in-law, Mrs. Hall
Roosevelt, and her daughters have
come for Easter and to enjoy egg
rolling on the White House lawn. -,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will
attend Easter services today, ana at
noon tomorrow will greet the nun
dreds of youthful guests who assemble
on the White House lawn for Easter
egg rolling. The usual diversions
have been provided for the guests on
the lawn. and in the afternoon Mrs.
Roosevelt will be hostess indoors to a
number of children who have been
invited for the young nieces OF Mrs
Roosevelt.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt wiz
entertain the president OF Harvard
College, DR.. James Bryant Conant,
and Mrs. Conant at. dinner tomorrow
evening. DR.. and Mrs. Conant WILL
arrive tomorrow to be guests OF for
mer United States Ambassador to
Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss and are coming to Washington
to attend the annual dinner of the
Harvard Club of Washington. of which
Mr.. Charles Warren is president.
Holy week, usually the calm before
the storm" of Easter entertaining,
was this year one of the busiest for
Official hostesses, each one doing her
"bit" for delegates from home"
The D. A. r., usually the first of the
patriotic organizations to meet, COM
pleted its annual congress in time for
the Daughters of 1872, who will open
their meetings with memorial Serv-
ice today in St. Thomas Church, and
next week the National Society Of
Colonial Danes will be in Washing
ton. and in the meantime the Regents
of Mount Vernon will have their an
nual meetings at the historic home
Of the Father of His Country. Wives
of cabinet officers and ladies Of the
Congress" were among those enter
tanning the visiting Daughters" last
week, and the fact that by the church
calendar it was Holy week. had little
or no dampening effect on the fes-
tivities.
One of the thrilling moments in the
recent sessions of the D. A. r. was
when Miss Janet Richards, whose
number as a member is 1873, gave q
donation toward the reduction of the
debt on Constitution Hall in memory
of the first founder of the society,
whose idea it was to form such an
organization and who sounded the
first call to formulate plans for it,
the late Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood"
Response to Mrs. Lockwood's letter,
published July 13, 1890, in a local
paper, was immediate and October II,
1890, in her home on Twelfth street,
the 18 charter members signed the
paper which made the N. s. D. A. r.
. fact. It was Mrs. Lockwoods idea
to have the first president general, the
wife of the President, and through
her efforts and plea Mrs. Benjamin
HARRISON agreed to serve. It was but
q few hours before the election meet
ing that the final link in Mrs. Har-
rison's line was established and her
papers completed. The Caroline Scott
Harrison Memorial Building (Old Ok
ford College, at Miami University at
Oxford. Ohio, is the society's memorial
to its first president general.
Among the many visitors In the
Capital this Spring Is Baroness Won
Schoen, wife Of the German Ambas-