Evening star., 1936-02-12

~EE President and Mrs. Roose-
welt were hosts last evening at
the last of the annual dinner
II parties on the official schedule
for this season, entertaining in honor
of the Speaker of the House OF Repre-
sentatives and Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns.
The dinner to the Speaker was added
IN the list of official entertainments
by the late President Theodore Roose-
welt, cousin of the present Chief Ex-
ecutive, in the days of the late
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, and has
held its place among the State tunc-
tions each year since.
ARRANGEMENTS for the entertain
ments last evening followed closely
those for similar parties, the guests
being received in the east room, while
the Marine Band played in the cor
ridor. Dinner was served in the state
dining room, the historic gold service
being used and in the vases OF the
famous Monroe plaque were white
buddleia and maiden-hair fern and
low mounds of salmon pink carna-
tions with white buddleia and maiden
hair fern were placed at intervals
on the table. The tall epergnes held
lucious California fruits and the lower
epergnes were filed with candies.
The company included the Cover
nor of Maine and Mrs. Louis j.
Brann, Mrs. Davis, wife Of Senator
James ]. Davis of Pennsylvania; Sen
ator Josiah w. Bailey of North Caro-
lima, Senator and Mrs. William j.
Bulow of North Dakota, Senator and
Mrs. Marcus A. Coolidge of Massa-
chusetts, Senator and Mrs. Matthew
M. Neely of West Virginia, Senator
Richard B. Russell, jr., of Georgia,
Senator and Mrs. Bennett Champ
Clark of Missouri, Representative and
Mrs. Edward T Taylor of Colorado,
Representative and Mrs. Robert L.
Doughton of North Carolina, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Carl E. Mapes of
Michigan, Representative and Mrs
Bertrand H. Smell of New York
Representative and Mrs. William B
Bankhead of Alabama, Representative
Thomas H. Cullen of New York
Representative and Mrs. Samuel B
Hill of Washington, Representative
Florence P. Kahn of California, Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Martin, Jr, OF
Massachusetts,; Representative and
Mrs. Harry L. Englebright of Califor-
mia, Representative Jere Cooper OF
Tennessee, Representative Patrick j
Boland of Pennsylvania, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Frank c. Knifin OF
Ohio. Representative and Mrs. Fred
M. Vinson of Kentucky, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Frank II. Buck OF
California, the major general COM
mandant of the Marine Corps anc
Mrs. John H. Russell, the surgeon
general, U. S. A., and Mrs. Charles
r. Reynolds, the mayor of Mil
waukee and Mrs. Hoan, the vice chair.
man of the Federal Reserve Board
MFR. Charles S. Hamlin, and Mr.
Adolph Casper Miller with Mrs. Ham.
lima and Mrs. Miller; Mrs. Flood
widow of Representative Henry D
Flood Of Virginia; Maj. Harry Hooker
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Conn.
felt of New York, house guests of the
hosts; Capt. and Mrs. w. M. Jeffers
Of Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
William Vile, Mr.. Ernest K. Lindley
.jr, of the Washington bureau Of the
New York Herald Tribune, and Mrs
Lindley; Mrs. J. Fred ESsary, wife
of the Washington correspondent OF
the Baltimore Sun; Mr.. and Mrs
George j. Atwen, Mr.. and Mrs. LenoS
r. Lohr, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B
Love of Dallas, Tex; Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred j. McCosker, Mr. and Mrs
Gene Pope, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
A. Storm, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w
Woodruff, Mr.. Nathan Adams, Mr.