The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-02
Guests Arrive Early


These visitors were keenly in.
terested women. Many when see
ing a place for the first time or
being in a huge gathering might
think up questions and secretly
puzzle over them, put not so yes
terday'S guests at the White
House. One approached an aide
and inquired the exact date of
the construction of the building,
another was interested in the
grand old magnolia tree and
wanted to know about it, still an
other was curious about the
glasses used to serve punch to so
many guests, and so on.
Cabinet Members Present
Among the Cabinet members who
attended the party, were: Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings. wife of the
Attorney General, in a bright
printed crepe with brown baku
straw<hat, the brim turned up on
the left side exposing a narrow
band of flowers shading from
pale yellow to deep orange; Mrs.
George H. Dern, wife of the Sec
rotary of War, in black and
white printed chiffon with a wide
brimmed black hat; Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr., wife of the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. wearing
gray chiffon with lavender hat;
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Daniel c. Roper the lat
ter in black georgette printed
with red flowers and having a
collar Of black lace; and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace, wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture, in a gay
flowered print.
Others seen we're Mrs. Wilbur j.
Carr, Mrs. Sol. Bloom, Mrs. Will.
liam e. Borah, Mrs. MacWhite,
wife of the Minister of the Irish
Free State, and the Minister of
Latvia, DR.. Alfred Bilmanis.
Guests Today
This afternoon the First Lady
will receive at tea time Sir Ernest
and Lady Balm and their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Noble, friends Of DR.. Har-
vey Gushing, to whose daughter
the President and Mrs. RooSevelt'S
son, James, is married. Overnight
guests tomorrow at the White
House will be Lady Reading and
the United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, Mr.. Robert Worth
Bingham, who landed yesterday in
New York aboard the Queen Mary,
and who doubtless will have many
interesting tales to tell of the
crossing.
Mrs. Roosevelt will go to New
York Thursday and on Friday
she will attend the commence.
ment exercises at the Todhunter
School. Then on Saturday she will
leave for the middle West, for on
Monday, June 8, she will deliver
the commencement address at
Drake University.
The President will leave on Mon.
day for q weeks speaking tour
through Arkansas. Texas and In
diana, and he will be joined en-
route by Mrs. Roosevelt who will
travel with him until June II
when they expect to be in Vincen.
mes, Ind. She will leave then for
a two-day visit with Mrs. James
Helm, White House social Secre
tary, in GRANVILLE, Ill.
To See Son
One date that Mrs. Roosevelt
will make a special effort to keep
will be to see her son, Franklin
jr.. row on Friday, June 10, in the
Harvard-Yale Boat races. Their
after that she will head South
going to White Sulphur Springs tx
attend the banquet and make the
award to be given by the CHI
Omega Sorority. She will return
to the White House on June Is.
Mrs. Roosevelt visited the PreSi
dents mother, Mrs. James Roose
welt, in Hyde Park Sunday anc
found her getting along nicely
after her recent accident. She wa!
extremely cheerful and delighted
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