Evening star., 1937-05-17
Anniversary
Tea Given
Yesterday
Mrs. Roosevelt At
tends Newspaper
Women's Club Tea.

of which she is an honorary member.
The party took place in the clubrooms
In the Admiral at 1910 Rhode Island
In celebration of the fifth anniver-
sary OF the organization of the club
and was planned in honor of the
officers and members Of the Board of
Governors, OF the National Press Club,
which loaned its headquarters for the
early meetings Of the Newspaper
Women's Club.
The Presidents wife arrived midway
through the reception hours, wearing
a becoming gown of f1oWered crepe,
with flowers of white on a rasberry
tinted ground with hat with low
crown and narrow brin to match
the gown, trimmed with a cluster of
flowers harmonizing with those in her
dress. She was met by the Reception
Committee composed of the second
vice president, Miss Grace McGerr, of
the Nebraska State Journal, and the
chairman of the Entertainment Com
mittee, Miss Katharine Brooks Of The
Evening Star. They escorted her to
the reception room, where the presi-
dent of the club, Miss Margaret Hart
of The Evening Star greeted her and
presented her to the officers of the
Press Club in line at that time, who
included the vice president, Mr.. Har-
old Brayman, and Mrs. Brayman, the
latter dressed in severely plain black
crepe dress and a becoming small
black straw hat. Also receiving with
Miss Hart when Mrs. Roosevelt ar
rived were Mr. Raymond Zoller Henle,
q member of the Board Of Governors,
and Mrs Henle, the latter also wear
ing black.
Mrs Roosevelt stopped to chat with
Mrs. Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock and Mrs.
Robert Whitney Imbrie, both associate
members of the club who inquired
about Bess F1lrman, formerly of the
Associated Press who in private life
Is Mrs. Robert Armstrong, jr., and
her young twins, who recently came
home to Washington from Nebraska.
They were visited by Mrs. Roosevelt
earlier In the day Mrs. Roosevelt
then sat down at the tea table where
Mrs. Leila Bathon of the Baltimore
Sun poured tea Mrs. Phillips B.
Thompson of New York, who is visit
ing Mrs John Henry Purdy, presided
at the punch bowl.
The long tea table set in the ball
room, had a center vase filled with
Gala lilies, the gift Of Mrs. William
N. Doak, an associate member of the
club who was unable to attend the
party, and bowls of white and blue
iris and bridal wreath, grown and
presented to the club by Mrs. Lillian
Arthur of The Evening Star, an active
member Of the club. The unusual
poppies, very large and of rare
shade, also were grown by Mrs. Arthur
xnd were presented to Mrs. Roosevelt
before she left the club.
Mr.. John O'Donnell, a member OF
the board of the National Press Club
and Mrs O'Donnell, better known as
Doris Fleeson of the New York Eve
ming News, candidate for president
Of the Women's National Press Club,
were among the early arrivals at the
party. They were received by Mrs.
Ned Brunson Harris of the Mime
apolis Journal, corresponding secre-
tary and candidate for president Of
the Newspaper Women's Club Mrs.
Harris is the only woman head of a
Washington bureau OF an important
newspaper and was among the assist
ants at the tea yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ODonnell remained q
short time and accompanied Mrs.
Hope Ridings Miller of the Washing
ton Post, first vice president of the
Newspaper Women's Club and can
Gidate for corresponding secretary of
the Womens National Press Club, to
another tea.
Among others assisting during the
afternoon were Miss Margaret Wade of
the New York Times and Mrs. Louise
Wassel Of Arkansas.
The guests included Miss Ruth
Eleanor Jones Of the Washington Her.
aid, Miss Jessie Ash Arndt of the
Washington Post, Mr.. G.. Gould Lin
coin, president of the Gridiron Club;
Mrs. Stanley Reed, the guest of Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, who also had
with her her son, Mr.. Douglas Hall;
Mrs. Frank Bohn, who accompanied
her mother, Mrs. Daniel G. Roper;
Mr.. Robert E. King and Mr. Edward
A. Hartman, who attended one Of the
first parties since his recent illness,
who was with Mrs. Hartman; Mrs
Frederick Augustus Eberly with her
son, Mr.. E. A. Eberly, jr, was with
Mrs. Eberly, jr., better known through
her writings as Lucie Eberly
The president of the National Press
Club, Charles o. Gridley, had ex-
pected to be present but was unex-
pectedly called to the home Office of
his paper, the Denver Post. kilograms
Of congratulations and best wishes on
the clubs anniversary were received
from absent members
With the presentation this week Of
check of half of the proceeds from
the opening of the Trans-Lux Theater,
which the club sponsored in the early
Spring, the club will have given more
than $4,000 to the Children's Hospital
for the maintenance of bed there
for less fortunate children. In addi-
ton the club has, within its five years
of existence given more than $500
to the funds for free milk to under
nourished children distributed by the
Ladies Of Charity and Providence Hos
pital. During the last five years the
club also has taken care Of individual
cases of need as well as establishing a
Fellowship Fund for its own members
when they are In distress. Through
these years the club has maintained
its own headquarters for the use and
convenience of its members.
Others who were at the party were
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, associate
members of the club, the latter &C
companied by Representative Bacon.
Also invited to celebrate the fifth an
niversary yesterday were Bascom N.
Timmons, former president of the
National Press Club, and Lee Poe
Hart, former secretary Of the club,
who uere amnnp the first tn Aid the