Evening star., 1938-12-18
GridironClub
Widows Are
Entertained
'Sizzling' arty
Is Given at the
White House
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and cannot be written here. The
Presidents wife is an active member
of the Women's National Press Club
and an honorary member of the
Newspaperwomen's Club, the two
organizations responsible for much
of the program last night.
The party began at o'clock with
the skits starting after Mrs. Roose-
welt had received the several hum
dred guests. A seated supper fol-
lowed in the state dining room and
q few brief after dinner speeches
brought the gay and festive party
to an end.
The customary ceremony which is
observed at all formal parties at
the White House marked last nights
@dove" feast. The Marine Band Or
chestra played as the guests arrived,
and the state suite was as beauti-
fully decorated with flowers as it
has been at the state functions this
season.
Mrs. Roosevelt Assisted
BY Cabinet Hostesses.
Mrs. Roosevelt was generally as
sisted by dhe cabinet hostesses in
Guiding Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
wife of the Secretary of the Treas
ury: Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife
of the Attorney General; Mrs. Harry
H. Woodring, wife of the Secretary
of War; Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
wife of the Secretary of the Navy;
Mrs. Harold l.. Ickes, wife of the Sec
retary of the Interior; Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of
Agriculture; Mrs. Daniel C. Roper,
wife of the Secretary of Commerce,
and Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary
of Labor.
In addition to the cabinet women
others present were Senator Hattie
w. Caraway, Senator Gladys Pyle,
Representative Mary T. Norton and
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
Mrs. Roosevelt Member"
OF Supreme Court.
Laughter and applause fairly
shook the walls of the stately old
mansion as the clever and some
times stinging jibes got under way.
Mrs. Roosevelt saw herself por-
trayed as knitting Supreme Court
justice. scooping the world on a de-
cision still under consideration.
"Oh, nobody every really under -
stands a Supreme Court decision"
she told scandalized fellow justices,
$50 put it in MY column today and
explained what it was all about"
Mrs. Roosevelt's first day on the
bench was one of five impossible
moments" described in skits given by
the Women's National Press Club, of
which Mrs. Hope Ridings Miller is
president.
Mrs. Roosevelts selection to fill
the Supreme Court vacancy caused
Justice Butler" in that skit, ito
warn that "she will probably tell
HIM everything that goes on here"
Him in the White House, her on
the bench, Jimmy in the movies"
mourned Justice McReynolds.
They've got everything"
Justice" Roosevelt's activities in
changing the seating arrangement of
the court, and her decision to knit
red muffler for each of her COL
leagues, brought a passionate an
houncement from Justice Mercy
holds: "I quit"
Delighted, Justice" Roosevelt ex-
claimed: I'll call up Franklin right
away and tell him we have nice
new vacancy"
Those Taking Part
In the Skit.
Taking part in the skit of the
Women's National Press Club, in ad-
dition to Mrs. Miller, were Miss
Mary V. Johnson, Virginia Price,
Mrs. Helen Essary, Virgila Stevens,
Mrs. Lilly Lykes Sheperd, Helen At
water, Ruby Black, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mae Craig, Mrs. Elna Wharton,
Katherine Redman, Dorothea Lewis,