Evening star., 1935-03-24
BY SALLIE v. III. PICKETT.


Gloom hangs over the President S
household and social life is in abey-
ance for some time to come. Because
of the critical condition of Col. Howe,
who has been a guest within the
White House since the President S
inauguration, the birthday party of
little Anna Eleanor Dali was post
poned, and the doors have been prac-
tically closed for many days. Mrs.
Roosevelt, however, filed her radio
contract by broadcasting Friday night,
and to the small ears most of them
tucked comfortably under the covers,
she told what the refreshments were
to be whenever the party is given.
Soup, creamed chicken, frozen Gus
tard and. of course. the birthday
cake. Almost any little girl in the
land could have 3 simple party like
that, but not with the White House
as a background. Then one found
out by listening in that Mrs. Roose-
velt's Easter costume is blue-dress,
hat, and all, and that it is not well
to wear new-faShioned hat for
automobiling.
Asked to attend the Mi-Careme
ball the night of March %. to be
given by the Newspaper Womens
Club, of which she is an honorary
member, she replied she was unable
to attend, and suggested the night of
March 80, Climacus, also feast
night, or at least not fast night
in Lent Two former mistresses of
the White House besides Mrs. Roose-
velt-Mrs Hoover and Mrs. Coolidge
are honorary members, all going to
show the advantage of such feature
for q woman writers club.
Largest of all balls arranged for the
night of March 80, a night when
sober garb may be laid aside for the
carnival spirit, is the Newspaper
Women's Club ball at the Willard
Hotel, when the queens of typewriters
will turn the tables for the very first
time and play hostess to their patrons
at real ball. The Women's Ma
tional Press Club gives its annual
stunt party and dinner and takes
the members of society as guests.
The Newspaper Women's Club, having
in it's ranks many writer's interested
in the local civic life of Washington,
are working proposition to aid the
Children's Hospital in completing its
heating plant, and add something to
their own fellowship fund for the
club. For years many of the woman
writers have aided every occurring
emergency by helping out on pub
ncity, remaining in their offices over
hours to rewrite and get out copy
and they have longing for the feel
of doing something tangible on their
own hook.
Accustomed to glowing descriptions
OF other peoples balls, they will now
describe their own. But the event
will not be one merely of box parties
though there are many brilliant
ones-and a sparkling string of
also" guests, but there will be other
attractions, for what dinner party
or ball can be given nowadays with
out its program, and there will be
general dancing most of the time. The
supper Is really sumptuouS-for ball
and decries those dangerous balls
of hard frozen creams and inf1nitesmal
cakes that once regaled society at
benefit balls before the Community
Chest intervened.
80 popular has become the new club
quarters Of this Newspaper Womer1's
Club on H street, that the most Sc
date members of society feel privileged
to mount the winding, unpublished
stairs to the glow and warmth OF
the rooms and enjoy meeting interest
ing visitors and taking cup OF tea.
It is the touch of newspaper life, Bo-
hemian, If you will-for which all out
siders long. Many are the dis
tinguished guests who have been en-
tertained there and the charming,
sociable Mrs. Garner, wife of the Vice
President, most of the cabinet mem
bers' wives and others are glad TO