The Washington times., 1936-03-20
Bloom Originated in South America

two widely diversified topics,
Mrs. Wallace was attired in
black. Black Persian lamb
trimmed her cloth coat and her
small brimleSS felt hat had a
brief nose veil. A happy touch
of coloring to her costume was
the corsage of Belmont gar
denias. She remained near the
door receiving her guests until
the arrival of Mrs. Roosevelt and
the Presidents mother, Mrs.
James Roosevelt. Then she &C.
companied her White House Wis
itors around the colorful display.
COstumed in Rust
: The First Lady was wearing a
: wooden suit of rust. The three
, quarter length coat had a luxuri-
: Gus collar of beaver. With this
{ she wore a black velvet hat and
: black accessories. Her mother-in-
! law had on a coat of black car
: acul collared with silver fox and
: . small close-fitting hat of black
; velvet. Mrs. James Helm, in
: oxford gray, and Mrs. Malvina
! Scheider in brown herringbone
{ tweed, accompanied them.
: Even the miserable rain failed
: to discourage those hidden to the
/ show, who arrived in a steady
: stream, prolonging the show un-
: til an attendant made his way
. through the visitors to Mrs. Wal
lace and announced that a recent
bulletin promised a foot of water
in that neighborhood within half
an hour. That put very definite
end to the preview.
! Early Arrival
: Mrs. Malin Craig, wife of the
Army Chief Of Staff, was among
the early arrivals, having safely
made the crossing from her home
! at Fort Myer. She was attired in
.. black, her coat trimmed with
{ cross-fox. Mrs. Carroll Miller, Sis
ter Of Senator Joseph Guffey of
] Pennsylvania, had planned to
: leave today for her home near
. Pittsburgh, but is forced to re-
main here in town. She was cos
/. TUNED in brown.
Among those seen were Nine
Saito, diminutive wife Of the
Japanese Ambassador, whose
homeland is famous for its lovely
flowers. She was wearing black,
IS was her companion, Nine. Yoshi-
gawa, wife of the Counselor of ;he
Embassy. Nine. Morgenstierne, at
. tractive young wife of the Minis
ter of Norway, who was wearing
q smart beige suit, with a large
collar of matching fox and small
black hat, brought with her, her
small d1ughter, Marjorie, clad in
light blue. Little Miss Marjorie
gazed in earnest at the array OF
. potted plants and then seriously
asked her mother if they could
have garden like that.
!. Mrs. Fred Biermann, wife Of
. the Representative from Iowa, COS
tuned in modish black, was ac-
companied by Mrs. Stephen Young,
who was wearing a coat of olive
green with brown hat and accesso-
, ries, and her daughter, Miss Mar
jorie Young, who was in henna
! tweed.
Accompanied by Sister
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of the
Minister OF Ecuador, and her sis
ter, Sonora de Sosa, both chose
. black for their costumes.
Others present included Mrs.
Luke Wilson, in black with sill
yer fox scarf; Representative Flor
ence Kahn; Mrs. William r. Cas-
tie, in brown trimmed with sable;
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the
Secretary Of Commerce, wearing
black, ner hat of rough, shiny
straw, trimmed with narrow bands
of velvet; Mrs. Charles D. Walker,
, Representative and Mrs. Guy NJ
Gillette, the latter in brown with
touches of yellow at the neck;
Baroness Won Below, Mrs. Wayne
Chatfield Taylor, Mrs. William
|. Jennings Price, and Mrs. Tracy
DowS.
Nine. IroyanOVSKy, Wl1e OF Lne
Ambassador of the Union Of Soviet
Socialist Republics, was costumed
in dark blue, her coat trimmed
with ermine. With her was Nine.
! Burzin, wife of the Soviet Mill
. tary Attache, who was in black,
] her tricorne hat covered by cir
cular veil.
. Nine. Peter, wife of the Swiss
l Minister, wore black trimmed with
! gray Persian lamb, and was &C.
companied by Nine. Schlatter,
! whose tailored navy blue outfit
was completed by handsome sill
J yer fox scarf.
! ENJOYS Present
Among the ENJOYS seen were the
! Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther; the Minister Of Uru-
quay, Mr.. Jose Richling; the
Minister OF Egypt. Mr.. Mohamed
! Anime Youssef, and the Minister
Of Sweden and Nine. Bostrom, the
a1atter in black with beret and
teravat of powder blue velvet.
; Also there were Nine. Rajmai.
sSri, wife Of the Siamese Minister,