The Washington times., 1937-01-27
Society Ladies
Will Receive

Guests at the Presidents Birth.
day Ball Saturday night will be
greeted by a receiving line at each
of the seven hotels. Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke. chairman of the
ladies' reception committee, has
named a chairman and commit
tee for each hotel.
Cooperating with the floor COM
mittee named by Chairman John
Saul, the ladies committee will
serve as escort to Mrs. Roosevelt
and her party at each hotel. The
itinerary of the White House party
will not be disclosed, but Mrs.
Roosevelt and her friends will
visit each hotel, remaining for a
short time in the special box pre-
pared for her in each of the ball
rooms.
On Committee
In the meantime Miss Catherine
Harrison, daughter of Senator
Pat" Harrison of Mississippi, has
organized a bevy of Senators
daughters and other socially promi-
nent women who have taken over
the sale of tickets in the various
department stores. On Miss Har-
rison's committee are Miss Noreen
McCarren, daughter of Senator
McCarren, Mrs. George Neville,
Mrs. Joe ConoVer, Mrs. Molly Al
len Gagoe, niece of Commissioner
Allen; Mrs. Robert Goodale, Miss
Marjorie Nye, daughter of Senator
Nye; Miss Elizabeth Adams, daugh-
ter of Senator and Mrs. Alva B.
Adams, Miss Marian Donahey,
daughter of Senator Donahey;
Miss Lyla Townsend, daughter of
Senator Townsend; Miss Janet
johnson, daughter of Senator
johnson, and Mrs. Walter Bran
hall.
On the reception committee
Mrs. Brooke has elected to head
the group at the Raleigh Hotel
in person. She will be assisted by
Mrs. Ella A. Bocock,' Mrs. J. A..
Talbot, Mrs. E. Goring Bliss, Mrs.
George c. Rutland, Mrs. Joseph
D. kaufman and Mrs. Robert
SWope.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty will
be chairman at the Willard Hotel
and will be assisted by Mrs. M. M.
Ritter Mrs. E. Thomas Dunlop,
Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. R. w.
Wilson, Mrs. Gusts Lee Hall, Mrs.
Ernest w. Brown, Mrs. Adam F.
Arnold, Mrs. Thomas Holcomb
and Mrs. Charles D. Drayton.
The Secretary of Labor Nine.
Perkins will be chairman at the
Washington Hotel and will be
assisted by Mrs. Chatfield Taylor,
Mrs. Owen Roberts, Mrs. L. M.
Smith, Mrs. E. Barrett Pretty
man, Mrs. w. w. Wheeler and
Mrs. Harry C. Butcher.
At Various Hotels
Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper and
Mrs. Charles C. Glover, jr., will
act as chairmen at the Hamilton
Hotel and will be assisted by Mrs.
Daniel C. Donovan, Mrs. Thomas
E. Lodge, Mrs. Lee D. Butler,
Mrs. Hardie Meakin and Mrs. H.
E. Lohmeyer.
Mrs. Warren Austin will be
chairman at the Mayflower Hotel
and will be assisted by Mrs. Cary
T. Grayson, Mrs. j. Hamilton
Lewis, Mrs. Herbert S. Howard,
Mrs. William w. Mackall, Mrs.
George P. Mangan and Miss Mabel
Boardman.
Mrs. Mary Norton will be chair
man at the Wardman Park Hotel
and will be assisted by Mrs.
George E. Allen, Mrs. Henry Graf
tan Doyle, Mrs. Wiley E. Elgen,
Mrs. Ernest William Howard, Mrs.
William M. Sweet. Mrs. Andrew
Saul and Mrs. Edgar Morris.
Mrs. William H King will be
chairman at the Shoreham Hotel
and will be assisted by Mrs.
Gardner Moore, Mrs. Melvin c..
Hazen, Mrs. Edward A. Dent, Mrs.
Elwood H. Seal, Mrs. Eugene Ford,
Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mrs. Ed
ward Larkin, Mrs. Claude A..
Swanson and Mrs. Lawrence Clay
ton.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett H. Co.
nant, of Maplewood, Mo-. are in
town for a few days and during
their visit they will be at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. Gray,
Of Boston, Mass. have come to
Washington and have taken an
apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel.
They will be here several weeks.