The Washington times., 1936-02-04


The next three Wednesdays
will see the end of the ."at
homes" Of the Cabinet Ladies'
and there will be three receiving
each day instead Of the usual
two as during the past month.
Tomorrow Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife
of the Secretary Of State; Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau. jr., wife of
the Secretary Of the Treasury,
and Mrs. George H. Dern, wife
Of the Secretary of War, will be
those entertaining.
Mrs. Hull will have assisting her
Mrs. Joseph Robinson, Mrs. Key
Pittman, Mrs. Edward Costigan,
Mrs. Wallace White, Mrs. Heron
Pearson, Mrs. Sam McReynoldS,
Mrs. Walter Chandler and Mrs.
Bertrand Smell.
Mrs. Morgenthau will have re-
ceiving with her Mrs. T. Jeffer-
son Coolidge, wife Of the retiring
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury. Those who will take turns
at the tea table include Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings, Nine. Bos-
from, wife of the Minister Of
Sweden; Mrs. Stanley F. Reed,
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Frank
West, Mrs. Edward FinkenStaedt
and Miss Anne Squire.
The next Wednesday, which IS
Lincoln'S Birthday, Mrs. Homer
s. Cummings, wife Of the At
torney General: Mrs. James A.
Farley, wife Of the Postmaster
General, and Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, wife of the Secretary
Of the Navy, will receive in
their homes. On February 10,
the three remaining Cabinet
hostesses-Mrs. Henry A. Wal
lace, wife of the Secretary Of
Agriculture; Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper, wife of the Secretary Of
Commerce, and Miss Frances
Perkins, the Secretary Of Labor,
viii be Eat home"
Dinner Tonight
The Vice President, Mr.. John
Nance Garner, attends no parties,
but once a year he and his popular
wife entertain in honor of PreSi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. This eve
ming the annual dinner will take
place at the Hotel Washington,
where the GarnerS make their
home. These are always most en-
joyable affairs with all manner of
novel entertainment, usually i'm
ported from way off somewhere, so
there Is quite a bit of suspense
about what surprises there will be
this evening.
Mrs. Garner, like her husband, is
not overly fond Of going places" "
and usually remains at home with
him, but does weaken in the case
of luncheonS and attends the mid
day parties given. She will be the
guest Of Mrs. Henry A. Wallace
on February IL and other hoStesSes
who will fete her are Mrs. Harry
B. Hawes and Mrs. j. Borden Har-
riman. The former will entertain
Thursday and the latter on Febru-
ary 13.
White House Reception
Among the parties this week
there is, of course, the White House
reception, when the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will be hosts to the
members of the Treasury, Post Of
flee, Interior, Agriculture, Com
merce and Labor Departments and
the Federal Agencies.
Tomorrow evening, the Minister
Of Austria and Nine. Prochnik will
entertain at dinner. They will
again be hosts on Sunday. Thurs
day evening the Ambassador Of
Turkey and Nine. Ertegun will be
hosts at dinner in honor Of the
retiring Minister Of Bulgaria and
Nine. Petroff
The Ambassador Of Brazil, Mr..
OSwaldo Aranha, who has gone to
New York with his daughter, Mile.
Zazi Aranha, and Mile. Alzira
Vargas, daughter Of the President
Of their country, will return at
the end Of the week when the
Brazilian Embassy will be ablaze
with light for the small dance the
Envoy and his wife will give for
their house guest on Saturday
night.
Sunday the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Farley will be guests
in whose honor the retiring AS
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert
will give a reception at the May
flower Hotel.
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