Evening star., 1937-01-24
Birthday Ball
Assured Big
T u r n O u t
Mrs. Roosevelt to Ap-
pear at All Seven
Functions Here.
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box which Is being arranged in each
ball room. The itinerary Of the First
Lady in visiting the hotels has not
been disclosed.
Proceeds of the birthday ball in
Washington will be divided between
Children's Hospital. the only tnstitu-
ton in Washington treating infantile
paralysis, and the Warm Springs Re
search Foundation, whose work bene-
fits the whole country. including this
city. Noted stars of the screen, stage
and radio will be present and have a
part In the floor shows at the various
hotels.
One Of the special features is the
gold plate" breakfast, for which SIS
plate will be charged. Mr.. Jesse Jones,
chairman Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, is chairman for this
event. which Is to be held at the Carl
ton, ard he promises capacity crowd.
Chairman Allen hopes to make it
gala carnival night Of pleasure for
every one. Various private parties are
being arranged, the proceeds to go
to the fund, and there will be two
midnight shows for those who do not
care to dance.
But the really interested people are
the youngsters out at Children's Hos
pital, whose hopes Of walking, in many
instances, depend on the generosity
Of those who dance Saturday night.
The list Of patrons and patronesses
for the event represents all circles
Of society In the Capital, boasting such
names as the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Cordell Hull, the Secretary Of
the Treasury and Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, jr.; the Attorney General
and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, the
Postmaster General, Mr.. James A. Far
ley; the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, the Secretary
Of Labor, Miss Frances Perkins; the
Chief Justice and Mrs Charles Evans
Hughes, Associate Justice and Mrs.
Losas Brandeis. Associate Justice and
Mrs. Owen j. Roberts, his Britannia
majesty's Ambassador and the Hon.
Lady Lindsay. the Ambassador Of
France, M. Andre de Laboulaye: the
Ambassador Of Cuba. Senior DR.. Gull
lermo Patterson y de Jauregui; the
Ambassador Of Argentina. Senior Don
Felipe A. Espil; the Italian Ambas-
sador and Donna Matilde de Suvich;
the Mexican Ambassador. Senor DR..
Don Francisco Castillo Najera; the
Speaker of the House, Mr.. william
B. Bankhead; the Minister OF Switger-
land and Nine. Peter; Mime. Prochnik,
wife Of the Austrian Minister: the
Minister Of the Irish Free State and
Mrs. MacWhite; the Minister of Portu-
gal and Sonora de Bianchi, the Min
lister Of the Union of South Africa and
Mrs. Close, the Minister of Norway
and Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne,
the Minister of Colombia and Sonora
Donna Isabel Reyes de Lopez, the
Minister Of Egypt, Mr. Mohamed
Anime Youssef: the Minister Of Yugo-
slavia and Nine. Fotitch, the Min
lister Of the Dominican Republic and
Sonora de Pastoriza, the Minister of
CZechosrovakia and Nine. Hurban.
Gen. John ]. Pershing, Senator and
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo, Senator
and Mrs. Alben w. Barkley, Senator
William H. King, Senator Warren Aus
tin, Senator George McGill, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Capt. Paul H.
Bastedo, Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs.
Adolph Caspar Miller, Col. and Mrs.
E. Goring Bliss, Mr.. Frederick H.
BROOKS. Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roose-
welt, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles d. Draw
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. A.
Mitchell Palmer, Mrs. Wilson Lee, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles s. Hamlin, Commissioner
and Mrs. Melvin c. Hazen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Henderson, Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean. Miss Bertha LOCKER,
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, Dr.. and
Mrs. Edward Meigs and Mrs. John F,
wilkins.