Evening star., 1935-01-05

But the two women who attracted
the biggest slice of attention were
minus both flowers and furs. The
two were Eleanor Roosevelt. in tailored
blue with touches of white; and, clear
across the room, physically as well as
politically, Cousin Alice Roosevelt
Longworth, in tailored blue with
touches of silver.
Mrs. Roosevelt WaS there TO see
her good friend. Caroline O'Day,
s1rorn in as ne,r Representative
at Large from NeW York And
then, such are the social demands
on the utte OF President, she
had to leare ,Uithout congratulate
ing her friend. in order to be
promptly on hand as guest of
honor at Mrs. George fSecretary
OF War Dern's luncheon.
Mrs. Longworth was there to see
everything on which she leveled her
lorgnette. And to look back, no doubt.
to the days when her own husband,
the debonaire Nick" was Speaker.
Mrs. Byrns Wary.
Nearby. with a huge corsage OF
orchids almost. not quite, hiding her
smile, sat Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns, wife
of the new Speaker Of the House. A
little wary Of publicity, Mrs. Byrns
limited her interview to the quite
harmless, "I am very happy. I am
very proud" and let it go at that.
Down on the floor of the House.
where once Dolly Madison had seat,
Of honor, but no vote, five women, hat
less according to the unwritten rule,
took the oath Of Office.
Four of the five were old-timers.
Mary T. Norton, pioneer woman DEM
ocrat, whom New Jersey first sent to
Congress in 1924 and has been sending
ever since, was in mourning for the
husband who died last Summer. A
shoulder bouquet Of white set of her
Irish black hair, her Irish eyes Of
black.
Florence Kahn, California Re-
publican, 1Uho has friends on both
sides of the political aisle, ,Uas
Rugged by elderly gentlemen until
the Dhite gardenids at her iOdist
Uere almost smothered.
Edith Nourse Rogers, attractive
Massachusetts, Republican. was wear
ing all the orchids she could manage.
But messenger brought In big box,
and she doubled the orchids.
Virginia Jenckes, fairly new Demo-
cratic member from Indiana, carried,
or was carried, by vast mass Of
bright red poppies.
Black Dress Luck Omen.
Caroline O'Day, wearing, as an omen
of good luck, the black dress in which
she made her victorious campaign,
wore no flowers. But she started the
day with spotless white kid gloves.
Took them of, however, when she
was made a teller. She got bit
confused recording the votes; but then,
so did her four men colleagues. It was
only an honor anyway. There's a
man, on the bench in front, who Is
paid to keep official tally.
There should have been sixth
gentlewoman"-as the Speaker gal
lartly dubs the ladieS-but Isabella
Greenway or Arizona was tarrying in
Chicago at the home of her daughter
and son-in-law, the Charles Breasteds.
Something about becoming a grand
mother, the rumor sped around the
gallery.
And away in the back of the room
sat Kathryn OLoughlin Mccarthy,
hn
term and was defeated for reelection.
Up in the diplomatic gallery there
was but one woman, handsome young
Nine. Espil (the former Courtney
Let's of Chicago, wife of the Argen-
tine Ambassador.
Friends With First Lady.
With Mrs. Roosevelt were her good
friends Nancy Cook and Marion Dick
erman, down from New York, and her
secretary, Mrs. Malvina Schneider. The
Presidents secretary, Marguerite Le-
hand, was there, chatting for q while
with Bill Bullitt, our Ambassador to
Russia, home on leave.
Right in the middle of the pro-
ceedings the usher rushed down with
a note for Mrs. Roosevelt. It was from
q high school boy. editor of his paper
He wanted Mrs. Roosevelt to give him
an immediate interview on what she
thought of coeducation.
The only cabinet ,Dtte ,Dho put
In an appearance iDds Mrs. Homer
Cummings, Wite OF the Attorney
General.
Over on the Senate side, the gal
lery boxes filled early.' Senatorial wives
by the dozens. Mrs. Jim Davis was
in the front row, with an assortment
of the little "J's." The Davises have
i've children, al with names beginning