Evening star., 1937-01-20
Mrs. Roosevelt
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specimen of this bloom has been named for her.
Likewise. her name Identifies an unusual chrys-
anthemum
Her favorite dish, declares her housekeeper.
Mrs. Henrietta Nesbtt, is a simple one called
"kedgeree." 1t is made OF rice butter. onions
and spice. However, she arranges as often as
possible to serve sea food at her table because
the President is very fond of it. The scrambled
eggs served at Sunday morning breakfasts and
later suppers at the White House were first-
page news this last year when the American
Society OF Gourmets tested the recipe and pro-
nounced it good. Mrs. Roosevelt gives tho
recipe in this way: Melt squares Of butter in
q chafing dish: Add tablespoonfuls Of cream;
break eggs into the dish and stir with Q
wooden spoon until cooked. Serve piping
hot after seasoning with salt and pepper"
The family anniversaries are not forgotten
amid the ceremony and schedule of White
House life. On March IT, last, the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt celebrated their thirty-first
wedding anniversary two days before leaving
for Florida vacation. On that occasion Mrs.
Roosevelt appeared at the dinner given for q
few intimate friends wearing the Gibson girl.
pin on watch that her husband had designed
and given her for wedding gift 81 years
before.
Her press conferences have established the
First Lady firmly in the affections OF ladies
of the press. Scrupulously she keeps within
what she judges to be her own field as she
chats with from 30 to so woman newspaper
correspondents, who one and all, respect her
wishes not to be Questioned upon certain sub
jects. Invariably she arrives promptly and
makes the rounds. shaking hands and ex-
changing pleasantries. Throughout the year
these writer's questioned her upon great va
riety of matters. They learned for the coun-
try among other things. that her radio ap-
pearances earn about $36,0O0 for the Friends
Service Committee Of Philadelphia; that she
received 100000 letters in single year and
entertained 2,492 guests at the White House
Eleanor Roosevelt was educated in England
and returned to the United States for her
debut when she was 18 years old. Her parents
were Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt her father
being the younger brother of Theodore Roose-
welt. He died before she was 10. After her debut
she became engrossed in social work at the
Rivngton Street Settlement House in New York
City and later allied herself with the League
of Women Voters travelling extensively in the
interests of bills having to do with labor and
welfare legislation. For many years she has
been q member of the Women's Trade Union
League and was active politically in 1928, when
she aided, with other Democratic women. AL
Smiths nomination, although she was not in
accord with his policy with respect to the liquor
question.
When President Roosevelt begins his second
term of Office and Eleanor Roosevelt enters her
fifth year as mistress of the White House there
is no reason to believe that she will alter the rou-
tine established in the past four years. mind
sharpened by contacts with current problems;
a wit and energy engrossed with the betterment
of living conditions everywhere; a warm, hos
pitable nature and vital and compelling in
terest in human beings again will align them
selves, enriched and broadened by experience.
to the purpose already outlined. These she will
bring in the next four years to the field that.
in accordance with her own inner conviction.
constitutes her Job"