Evening star., 1935-05-14
FRS. JOHN NANCE GARNER.
MI wife of the Vice President,
IVt made the trip to the STRAIT

KRS. JOHN NANCE GARNER,
MI wife of the Vice President,
V made the trip to the STRAIT
4 ' Il ford Hall, the Colonial home
of the Lees of Virginia in
Westmoreland County, Va, with the
Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club, of
which she is the president. Mrs.
Harry B. Halves, wife of former Sena-
tor Halves of Missouri, was the hostess
to the club. AS an active member of
the board of directors of the Robert
E. Lee Memorial Foundation, which
Is restoring the great house of the
Lees of Colonial Virginia. Mrs. Hawes
has been associated with the making
of this national shrine since its in
ception six years ago. This is the Sec
ond visit Of the distinguished women
comprising the United States Senate
ladies group. Their first visit. nearly
two years ago, also marked the occa-
sion of the coming to Stratford of
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Today's
meeting centerS around the visit of
Mrs. Garner, Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson and other men,
berS of the club.
Mrs. HaWes received her guests in
the recently resotred great hall of
the historic Colonial mansion, which
was the birthplace of Gen. Robert E.
Lee and of his illuStriouS kinSman,
Richard Henry Lee, President of the
Congress of l785 and signer of the
Declaration of independence Among
other Stratford directors assisting her
are Mrs. H. Snowden Marshall of New
York and Charleston, Mrs. David Rob-
erts OF Alabama, Mrs. william H. Fain
of New York and Greenwich. Mrs.
Granville G. Valentine and Mrs.
Charles E. Boiling of Richmond. Mrs.
Cheatham and Gen. B. F. Cheatham,
former quartermaster general Of the
United States Army and now resident
superintendent of Stratford.
Following an inspection of the
changes and improvements made in
the mansion and grounds since their
last visit, the Senate ladies were
served luncheon in what, 200 years
ago, was the under room Office" of
the builder of Stratford, Col. Thomas
Lee, president and commander in
chief of the colony Of Virginia. The
table decorations were comprised en-
tirely of the blossoms of the towering
trees of this 1,100-acre plantation on
the Lower Potomac-kalmia, dog
wood and redbud.
The State of Texas, within the past
six months has taken a notable part
in the Stratford restoration work, un-
the direction nf Mrs DaujS Of
Waco. Mrs Morris Sheppard and
Mrs. Tom Connally are also repre-
senting their State today at STRAIT
ford.
Representing other States which are
especially active in the making of
this great new national shrine, are
from Alabama, Mrs. Hugo L. Black;
New Hampshire, Mrs. Fred H. Brown
and Mrs. Henry w. Keyes; Maryland,
Mrs. William Cabell Bruce and Mrs.
George L. Radcliffe; Missouri, Mrs.
Bennett c. Clark and Mrs. Harry S.
Truman; Rhode Island, Mrs. Peter C.
Gerry and Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf;
Mississippi, Mrs Pat Harrison: Della
ware, Mrs Daniel O. Hasting; West
Virginia Miss Holt; California, Mrs.
Hiram W. johnson: New Jersey, Mrs.
A. Harry Moore; Louisiana, Mrs John
H. Overton; Washington, D. c., Mrs.
Rice Means, Mrs A. o. Standby, Mrs.
Robert L. Taylor, Mrs. John M. Rob-
inson, Mrs. Frederick B. Gillett, Mrs.
Nathaniel Dial and Mrs. Hiram Bing-
ham. Others present were Mrs. Alva
B. Adams, Mrs. William E. Borah,
Mrs. William J. Bulow, Mrs. Edward
R. Burke, Mrs. Marcus A. Coolidge,
Mrs. Edward P Costigan, Mrs. Vic
Donahey, Miss Gibson, Mrs. Thomas
P. Gore, Mrs. Carl A. Hatch, Mrs.
Carl Hayden, Mrs. William H. King,
Mrs. Robert M. La Toilette, jr.; Mrs.
Pat McCarran, Mrs. Sherman Minton,
Mrs. Gerald P. Nye, Mrs. Joseph C..
O'Mahoney. Mrs. Key Pittman, Mrs.
James P. Pope, Mrs. Thomas D. Schall,
Mrs. Elbert D. Thomas, Mrs. Elmer
Thomas, Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenburg,
Mrs. Frederick Van Nuys, Mrs. Burton
x Wheeler and Mrs. Wallace H.
White, jr.
Mrs. Cordell Hull wife of the Sec
retary of State, will receive at the tea
this afternoon given in honor Of Mrs.
John G. Gilmore of Tenn, by Mrs.
George Knox Berry in the Newspaper
Women's Club. Mrs. Gilmore came
to Washington to present portrait of
Andrew Jackson to Speaker Joseph
w. ByrnS. The painting was given
by the Tennessee Women's Auxiliary
of the American Legion, of which
Mrs Berry was second president.
Also assisting Mrs. Berry in receiv-
ing will be Mrs. Byrns and the civil
service commissioner, Mrs. Lucille F.
McMillin, and Mrs. Hamilton Knox,