Evening star., 1935-02-20
FRS. ROOSEVELT entertained
M at luncheon today at the
W White House, followed by q
nrnpram of music in the east

M at luncheon today at the
Nl White House, followed by a
4 ' i program Of music in the east
room.
The guests were Countess van der
Straten- -Ponthoz, Mrne Peter, Mrs.
MacWhite, Sonora de Alfaro, Princess
Damras, Nine. Blanchet, Sonora de
Brache, Mrs. Morgenthau, Mrs. Dern,
Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Ellison d. Smith,
Mrs Henry w. Keyes, Mrs. Peter Nor
beck, Mrs. Thomas D. Schall, Mrs.
Josiah w. Bailey, Mrs. John H. Bank
head, Mrs. William Bulow, Mrs. Mar
Gus A. Coolidge, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative Vlr-
ginia E. Jenckes Mrs. Carl E. Mapes,
Mrs Andrew ]. Montague, Mrs. John
G. Cooper, Mrs. Riley j. Wilson. Mrs.
Frank Crowther, Mrs. Thomas l..
Blanton, Sonora de Campos- Ortiz,
Mrs. David l. Sultan, Miss M. A. Best,
Miss Nancy Cook. Miss Mary Dewson,
Mrs. Stephen T. Early, Mrs. Adelbert
p. Flynn, Miss Ida v. Guffey, Mrs.
Charles S. Hamlin, Miss Margaret Poe
Hart, DR.. Mary H. S. Hayes, Miss
Dorothy Junge, Princess Alexandra
Kropotkin, Miss Mary La Dame, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Edward B.
Meigs, Mrs. Jay Pierrepont Moffat,
Miss Margaret Moore, Mrs. Albert P.
Niblack, Miss Helen Patten. Mrs.
Stanley F. Reed, Miss Ida Tarbell,
Mrs. James H. Wolfe, Miss Marguerite
LELAND, Mrs. Malvina T. Schneider
and Mrs. James M. Helm.
The program was given by the Lilly
Langtry Literary Circle, Miss Mollie
A. Best in character sketches and
Mrs. Blanca Aldini, soprano, accom-
panied by Mr.. Harry M. Gilbert.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
gave the last state dinner of the sea-
son last night at the mansion. when
they entertained in honor OF the
Speaker of the House and Mrs. Joseph
w. Byrns. The company included
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, Senator
Kenneth McKellar. Senator and Mrs.
James Couzens, Senator and Mrs. Bur-
ton K. Wheeler, Senator and Mrs.
Jesse H. Metcalf, Senator and Mrs.
Robert NJ La Toilette, jr.; Senator
and Mrs. Gerald p Nye. Senator and
Mrs. Frederick Steiwer, Senator and
Mrs. Elmer Thomas, Senator Millard
E. Tydings, Senator and Mrs. Tom
Connally, Senator and Mrs. Robert J.
Bulkley, Senator and Mrs. Edward P.
Costigan, Senator Hattie w. Caraway,
Representative Adolph SABBATH, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Edward T. Taylor,
Representative Allen T. Treadway,
Representative and Mrs. Carl Vim
son, Representative and Mrs. George
P. Darrow, Representative and Mrs.
Frederick r. Lehlbach, Representative
and Mrs. Bertrand H. Smell, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. James NJ. Mead,
Representative and Mrs. Harry c..
Ransley, Representative and Mrs.
John e. Rankin, Representative and
Mrs. Arthur H. Greenwood, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John Taber, Rep
Sesentative and Mrs. Clifton A. Wood
rum, Representative John j. OCon-
nor, Representative and Mrs. Paul
Kvale, Representative Isabella Green
way, Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief
of Staff, U. S. A.; Mr.. Louis McHenry
Howe, secretary to the President: the
Second Assistant Postmaster General
and Mrs. Arthur j. Altmeyer, the COM
4IldIlddAU Va bAlC nAAl2OdAy EANuaShhJ oS
West Point and Mrs. William D.
Connor, the superintendent of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis and
Mrs David F. Sellers. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. William H. TSchappat, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Harold r. Stark,
Capt. and Mrs. Emmet C. Gudger of
Hampton Roads, the chief of the
Trade Agreements Section, State De-
partment, and Mrs. Henry F. Grady;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwen Denny, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Fred Essary, Mr.. and Mrs.
John o. Herrick, Miss Grace Roper,
Mrs. Lionel Smith Gordon, Miss Laura
Delano and Miss Marguerite LELAND.
The table had an effective arrange
inent Of pink roses, snapdragonS, sweet
peas. freesia and Baldii fern.
Additional guests were asked for the
musicale following the dinner, when
the program was given by Miss
Kathryn Meisle, contralto, accom-
panied by Mr.. Arthur Rosenstein, and
piano duets by Miss Ethel Bartlett
and Mr.. Rae Robertson. Piano duets
opened the program and included
Phillipp's arrangement of the scherzo
from Mendelssohn's Midsummer
Nights Dream" and Arensky's
Romance and Waltz" Miss Meisle
sang the aria from Tschaikowsky's
coronation cantata Moscow" Gret-
chaninov's "Snowflakes" and the aria
~Ah! Mon Fills" from Meyerbeer's lie
Prophete." For their second appear
ance Miss Bartlett and MIR. Robertson
played a polka written by Lenox
Berkeley and dedicated to Miss Bart