The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Reception for
Diplomats at
White House

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The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will be hosts at q
reception this evening at 9
o'clock at the White House,
entertaining in honor of the
members Of the foreign Diplo-
matte Corps in the Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Astor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ed
gell, of New York, are guests at
the White House for the recep-
ton tonight.
Mrs. Roosevelt attended the
opening session Of Congress
this morning, and later was the
guest of honor at the luncheon
given by Mrs. George H. Dern,
wife of the Secretary of War.
The First Lady was accom-.
panied to the Capitol by Mrs.
James Roosevelt, Mrs. James
Roosevelt, I'd, Miss Marion
Dickerman, Miss Nancy Cook,
Miss Marguerite Leland, Mrs.
James M. Helm, and Mrs. NAL
vina Schneider. She was espe.
cially interested in seeing her
friend, Mrs. Caroline O'Day,
sworn in as the Democratic
Representative at Large from
New York. Mrs. Roosevelt wore
a black coat, trimmed with a
sable collar, and a small black
hat.
Guests at Luncheon
Other guests of Mrs. Dern's
luncheon included, Mrs. James,
Roosevelt, mother of the Presi-
dent; Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of
the Secretary of State; Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife of
the Secretary Of the Treasury;
Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of
War; Mrs. Julian L. Schley,
wife of the Governor of the
Panama Canal Zone; Mrs.
Thomas @. Ashburn, wife Of
the Chairman of the Inland
Waterways Commission; Mrs.
Robert E. Callan, wife of the
Assistant Chief of Staff; Mrs.
Robert U. Patterson, wife of
the Surgeon General of the
Army; Mrs. John F.. Preston,
wife of the Inspector General
of the Army; Mrs. Hugh A.
Drum, wife of the Deputy Chief
of Staff; Mrs. George E. Leach,
wife of the Chief of the Ma
tional Guard; Mrs. Benjamin
D. Foulois, wife Of the Chief
of the Army Air Corps: Mrs.
James F. Mckinley, wife of the
Adjutant General; Mrs. George
S. Simonds, wife of the Com
mandant of the Army War Col
lege; Mrs. Edward Croft, wife
of the Chief of Infantry; and
Mrs. Claude E. Brigham, wife
of the Chief of Chemical War
fare Service.
Others Present
Also Mrs. Arthur w. Brown,
wife of the Judge Advocate Gen.
eral; Mrs. Louis H. Bash, wife OF
the Quartermaster General; Mrs.
Upton Birnie, jr., wife of the
Chief of Field Artillery: Mrs.
William F. Hase, wife of the
Chief of Coast Artillery; Mrs.
William H. Tschappat, wife OF
the Chief of Ordnance: Mrs.
Alva j. Braisted, wife of the
Chief of Chaplains; Mrs. Albert
E. TRULY, wife of the Assistant
Surgeon General: Mrs. James
H. Wolfe, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, director of the women's
division of the national Demo
cratic committee; Mrs. C. c.
Brooks, Mrs. James Helm, and
Mrs. Harry Baxter, daughter Of
the hostess.
Mrs. Roosevelt received from
until S o'clock yesterday after
noon those who had left cards
at the White House and from
S until 6 she entertained at the
first of a series of teas for women
officials in the Government de-
partments.
With Mrs. Roosevelt in line at
the departmental tea were Mrs.
Hull, Mrs. Morgenthau, Mrs.
Dern, Mrs. Cummings and Mrs.
Howes. Among those glimpsed
in the large company we're Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, Mrs. Blair
Banister, Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes, Mrs. Peggy Branson,
Miss Pauline Floyd, Mrs. Eliza.
beth Glover, Mrs. Florence
Blumberg, Mrs. Lucille Armen.
trout, Mrs. Blanche Rees, Mrs.
Vera Bloise, Miss Rita Holland,
Miss Mildred Robinson, Miss
Mary Mathis, Mrs. Emily Wal.
ker, Miss Julia Connor, Miss
Mabel Crafts, Miss Florence
Bell, Miss Winifred Horn, Mrs.
Shirley Hart, Miss Helen Boyd,
Miss Lillian Graham, Miss Mary
Young, Miss Miriam Vance,
Miss Frieda Baird, Miss Mar.
garet Milliken, Mrs. Helen D.
Andrews, Mrs. Southgate Hay.
ME, Mrs. L. M. Young, Miss
A1ica Tottar and Miss Helen