Evening star., 1935-05-23
. RESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSE-
- WELT have issued invitations
for q dinner at the White
House Tuesday evening, Ju

for q dinner at the White
House Tuesday evening, June 4.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
entertain a company at dinner tomor-
row evening preceding the dance they
will give for members of the Fourth
Estate.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be hostess at a
garden party this afternoon at 5
O'Clock, when her guests will be men,
bers of the Women's National Press
Club and of the Newspaper Womens
Club, of which latter organization
Mrs, Roosevelt is an honorary mem
ber
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Roose-
welt accompanied Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, jr., using the limousine Of the
Secretary of the Treasury. to Ridge
lands, the home of Senator and Mrs.
Key Pittman, where they attended the
garden party of the Women's National
Democratic Club.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Morgen-
thau arrived shortly after S o'clock
and the Presidents wife drew the four
lucky numbers for the gate prizes and
then received those who attended the
party. standing on the wide veranda
Of the house. Mrs. Roosevelt was in
q becoming gown of Eleanor blue and
white figured crepe with long coat
of flannel in blue, the generous la
pels faced with the figured crepe. Her
natural color straw hat with grace
full brim was we'll tilted over her right
eve and turned up in the back. About
the crown was a ribbon of darker
shade of blue. Mrs. Morgenthau was
in a figured crepe gown, the black
backgrounds having small figures OF
yellow and red, and about her shoul-
ders a wide scarf of pointed fox fur.
Her hat was black straw, with a mod
crate brim.
Receiving with Mrs. Roosevelt
were Mrs. Pittman, hostess for the
Democratic Club; Mrs. Edward B.
Meigs, president of the club: Mrs.
Cordell Hull, Mrs. Morgenthau, Mrs.
George H. Dern. Mrs. Harold L. Ickes
and the Secretary of Labor, Miss
Frances Perkins.
Mrs Hull, always smartly gowned,
wore q becoming costume of figured
crepe in shades of golden yellow,
brown and touches of red. The collar
was wide and plated. and her hat was
q golden shade of straw. wide of brim
and shallow of crown and had a mar
row band of brown ribbon about the
base of the crown. With this she wore
Gauntlet gloves of brown and brown
shoes. Mrs. Dern was in pale-blue
crepe, with a long coat of deeper
shade of blue and white hat with
moderate brim which had a narrow
band of dark-blue ribbon about the
base Of the low crown. Mrs. Ickes
was In all-white, the only touch of
color being the bright blue buttons on
the dress and on the coat at the
waitline. The gown was of white
crepe, with coat almost as long as
the skirt of her dress. and her hat,
also white, had a narrow band of
dark-blue ribbon about the crown.
Miss Perkins wore black coat which
completely covered her costume. 1t
was made on straight lines and had
q shallow cape. and she wore a close
fitting black straw hat. Mrs. Pitt
man wore a figured crepe dress in
shades of yellow and green and a
white hat with moderate brim. Mrs.
Meigs was also in figured crepe, the
background of black with small white
figures, and she had black hat with
moderate brim.
The director of the mint, Mrs. Nellie
Taylce Ross, held the lucky num-
Der drawn by Mrs. Roosevelt and was
awarded the first prize. Mrs. Ross
wore q becoming dress of crepe in
small red and white figures, the hip
length coat being made straight, and
with it she wore black stitched silk
hat with narrow brim and a starched
net veil falling inches of the brim.
Amcng others in the large company
were Mrs. Clark, wife of Senator
Bennett Champ Clark, wearing a light
blue and white figured crepe with a
long tan coat and a generous brimmed
brown straw hat; the Assistant Treas
urer of the United States, Mrs. Blair
Banister. in red and white crepe with
which she wore quilted taffeta cape
to her elbows and a wide e-brimmed
black straw hat; Mrs. Marvin H. Nc
Intyre, wife Of the secretary to the
President. was in pearl gray chiffon
made with a frilled collar over which
she wore q dark blue flannel redingote
and q small dark blue hat. Her
daughter, Miss Marie Mcintyre, was
also in gray, her costume being q