Evening star., 1939-01-01

HluSt nave ulnerlCeu mucn OF ner
she personally superintends the
comforts of house guests, and is said
to be a wizard in finding out their
little foibles, likes and dislikes.
Trade Delegation
White House Guests.
A few years ago when the farm
women of the world met in WASH
ington it was largely through the
suggestions of Mrs. Roosevelt that
they were given an opportunity to
see the things in their Government
which would most appeal to them,
and the parts of the White House
that would be interesting to house
wives. In 1896, for the first time
In the history of the Republic, a
trade delegation was invited to be
the house guests of the President
Of the United States while in off,
cial residence. Mrs. Roosevelt, who
for more than 20 years had worked
with the women's trade organiza-
tions and knew Miss Mary Dreier,
head of the New York delegation,
wanted to give them a glimpse of
the daily life in the mansion and
allow them to enjoy its historic sur
roundings.
The delegates were simply zee-zee
when they arrived and were shown
to their rooms-historic bedrooms
once occupied by President Adams,
Jefferson-the first Democrat to
sleep in the mansion-Andrew Jack
son, the bewitching Dolly Madison,
and that great big bed known as
the Lincoln bed-as big as the bed
of Ware. At breakfast first one
and then another sat at the head
Of the table and poured coffee, and
the astonishment was that after
the first time Mrs. Roosevelt re-
membered which ones took cream
and sugar and which ones straight.
She supervised arrangements of the
bed tables at night, fruit, books and
magazines. 1t was all so much like
an Aladdin dream that Miss Dowd,
delegate, kept a diary of the hap
penings, so that they could have a
memory of having dined where the
great men and women of the world
had broken bread. They spent six
days of happiness as guests of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Fish Does Not
Mind Congresswomen.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, jr., who rep
resents the Presidents county in
the House, who dares at all times
to differ with his party, has the dis
tinction of having graduated cum
laude after only three years at Har-
ward University. He has sporting
qualities too, and evidently feels
that the ladies Of the Congress add
a certain charm to the chamber
If nothing else. He was captain of
the Harvard football team and cap
tain of the colored infantry known
as the 369th Regiment Infantry,
World War. His bette noir is the
Reds, and he never tires of turning
the spotlight on their activities in
America; and there are some who
might think his hat would look nice
IN the ring in 1910. He likes west
ern life and it likes him. And, may
we say, Mr.. Fish has another dis
tinction: He is the brother of Miss
Janet Fish, superintendent of nurses
at Emergency Hospital, and a reg
ularly trained nurse who combines
professional and executive ability,
and has made her division of the
hospital very human; goes around
and says good night to patients,
looks in where a smile means a
lot, and whose favorite recreation
Is a game of bridge-nothing tech
nical-just for pleasure.
Women Sculptors
At Worlds Fair.
And how about it, Mr.. Fish: Four
Of the worlds most distinguished
women sculptors have won COM
missions for the New York 1899
Worlds Fair. Miss Malvina Hoff-
man who wrote those delightful
recollections, and who was the crea-
tor Of the series, THE Races of
Man. for the Field Museum of Chi
cago wonderful knowledge of
anthropology, is creating the
Dances of the Races" a huge drum
some is feet high around the cir
cumference of which a bas-relief
Of figures representing the varying
dance arts in many parts of the
world Mrs. Gertrude Wander
bilt Whitney, who has reared
family and found time for her
various activities in welfare, as we'll
as achievements in art, is finishing
a heroic piece . while Augusta
Savage has finished her piece, and
Brenda Putnam is now engaged in
awaiting the enlargement of her
unique conception. This is to be
a fountain in the Consumers In
terests Building It will be recalled
that Augusta Savage is a Negro
sculptress, whose work has been
outstanding, and who has in large
degree exemplified, or rather inter-
preted, the emotional pathos and
sensuouSness of her race.
Mrs. Acheson Makes Bow
At Corcoran Gallery.
Mrs. Dean Acheson, wife of for
mer Undersecretary of Treasury,
Is making her bow at the Corcoran
Gallery in a one-man show and also
contributing to the 43d Annual Ex-
hibition Of the Washington Water
Color Club, which this winter has
an unusually good showing of home
talent. In her solo exhibit Mrs.
Acheson has some charming scenes
in old Quebec; the French Canadian