Evening star., 1935-01-24
THE President and Mrs Roosevelt
4 will give the annual state din
ner in honor of the chiefs OF
II fnreinn missions in washing

T%HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will give the annual state din
ner in honor of the chiefs OF
Il foreign missions in washing
ton this evening at the White
House. The dinner will be followed by
o program of music to which addi-
tional guests have been invited.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the honor guest
at luncheon today of Mrs. Claude A,
Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, who entertained in her home on
r street. The company included Mrs
John Nance Garner. Mrs Cordell Hull
Mrs. George H. Dern, Mrs. Harold L.
IckeS, Mrs. Henry A. wallace, Sonora
de Espil, Nine. Saito, Nine. BoStrom,
Nine. Pelenyi, Mrs. Hiram Johnson
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. Will
liam H. Standley, Mrs. James CraW-
ford Biggs, Mrs. Alexander, Wedden.
Mrs. Henry Roosevelt, Mrs. Stanley
Rinehart, Mrs. William Corcoran
EustiS, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Miss
Mary Patten, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mrs
Cary GraySon, Mrs David F. Sellers
Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. William
Caben Bruce, Mrs. Jacob Leander
Loose, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs. Ed
gar L. Woods and Mrs. Frank J.
Fletcher. Mrs. woodrow Wilson as
sisted the hostess.
In honor of the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Dern the Assistant Secretary
of War and Mrs. Woodring have is
sued invitations for a reception on
GIYnIory OF tho NHoudpJ1tor Hotel
Courageous callers were well re-
warded yesterday when after some
what perilous drive through minia-
ture hills and valleys in the beauti-
full storm Of yesterday they arrived
at the home of the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Harold L. Ickes
in Spring Valley. Yesterday was Mrs
IckeS' first at home" of this season
the cabinet hostesseS having been di-
vided into four groups for their Off
cial afternoon receptions. Secretary
and Mrs. Ickes' house is situated on
a hill surrounded by tall trees and
at the foot Of the incline a tiny
brook sings merrily in warm weather
and yesterday and today sparkling
icicles hanging from the rocks. Mrs
Ickes received in the drawing room
where warm, glowing fire cracked
in the fireplace, and was assisted by
Mrs. Theodore A. Walters, wife OF
the Assistant Secretary Of the Interior
The hostess wore gown OF black
satin, severely plain, its only trim
ming being a narrow band of chin
chilla fur at the neck. and Mrs. Wal
terS was in white lace bodice with
q black crepe skirt. and on her shoul-
der spray of gardenias. The tea
table, laid in the dining room, had
a gay centerpiece of Spring flowers,
a marked contrast to the storm out
side and the glowing fire in the draw
ing room.
The new portrait Of the Secretary
done by Mr.. H. J. Hubbell, who was
in the company, was much admired,
as was the portrait of Mr.. Raymond
IckeS in Indian dress, also done by
Mr.. Hubbeu.
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture, was the other
cabinet hostess receiving yesterday
afternoon and was at home in her
apartment in Wardman Park Hotel
The rooms were gay with flowers, red
carnations, with Gala lilies, and
freeSia, narciSSuS and roses were in
vases and low bowls and in the center
of the tea table in the dining room a
large low mound of gay Spring bios
SONS. Washingtonians being more ac-
customed to going to Wardman Park
Hotel than to Spring Valley, there
were more callers at Mrs Wallace'S
than at Mrs. Ickes', as many were too
timid to brave the storm in the
suburbs.