Evening star., 1939-03-04
Press Women Fro|ic
Before Feminine
NotabIes :
Distinguished Guests
See RoyoI Sotire and
Hear Mrs. Roosevelt

Some 400 women, including scores
OF distinguished career" womer
from out of town, engaged in un.
escorted merry-making last night
from dusk until dawn, when mem.
bers Of the Women's National Pres.
Club entertained with their annua
dinner and stunt party at the Will
lard Hotel, preceded and followed BY
numerous cocktail and supper par
ties.
With Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
heading the list of honor guests, ar
audience extensively decorated with
orchids and gardenias saw the forth
coming visit of King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain
forecast in satire, Our Town." the
title borrowed from last years Pu-
liter Prize play.
Lady Lindsay, American-born wife
OF the British Ambassador to the
United States, witnessed the news
paper womenS version of their maj
estes encountering Washington for
the first time, along with as many
WOlIlCll III pOAlI1Co, IllC "a oo
science, sports and journalism as
have ever been gathered together
in any one spot at any one time.
Washington official, residential and
diplomatic society was well repre-
sented.
Mrs. Roosevelt Speaks.
Mrs. Roosevelt, only Presidents
wife ever to be a member of the
club, concluded the program with
an off-the-record speech. She was
introduced by Mrs. Hope Ridings
Miller, president of the organization.
"Our Town" opened with the in
terlocutor, Doris Fleeson, explaining
that two white columns represented
the White House and two ladders its
second floor. Around them vignettes
Of life in the National Capital were
presented. with the theme song of
"Our Town" turning out to be:
"Stop beating round the mulberry
bush.
And get me on the pay roll"
Famous lady biographers carrying
money bags represented Mrs. Roose-
welt, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs.
Alice LongWorth and Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean. A whirling dervish
represented an extra man" in
Washington, busily engaged in spin
ming from one free dinner to an
other.
Crown Falls in Poker.
From there on the satire CEN
tered on the doings of the King and
Queen, including "Bertie" losing his
crown in poker game with Vice
President Garner and Jimmy Roose-
welt and the Queen being inter-
viewed by a newspaperwoman on
the subject of David and Wally.
Guests from the literary world
present included Julia Peterkin,
Alice Duer Miller, Bess Streeter AL
drich, Audrey Wurdeman (Mrs.
Joseph Auslander), Margery Sharp
and Claire Booth.
Women present who have
achieved notable success in other
fields included Neysa McMein, art
ist; Gertrude B. Lane. editor of
Women's Home Companion; Betsy
Talbot Blackwell editor of Made
moiselle: DR.. Louise Boyd, explorer
and geographer; Katharine B.
Blodgett, scientist; Cornelia Van A.
Chaplin. sculptor. and her sister.
Katherine Chaplin. poet, and Helen
Jacobs, former tennis champion.
Cabinet Circle Well Represented.
From the cabinet circle came Mrs.
Cordell Hull, Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, Mrs Harry Woodring. Mrs
Claude Swanson. Mrs Harold Ickes
and Mrs. Henry Wallace Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, wife of the
Chief Justice, and Mrs. William B.
Bankhead, wife of the Speaker, were
also present.
Women of the diplomatic corps
present included the Countess van
der Straten-Ponthoz, wife of the
Belgian Ambassador: Nine. Erte-
gun, wife of the Turkish Ambassa-
dor: Sonora Dona Isabel Reyes de
Lopez. wife of the Colombian Am
bassador: Nine Horinouchi, wife of
the Japanese Ambassador and Nine
Marc Peter, wife of the Swiss Am
bassador
Parties were given all over our
town before the dinner, beginning
as early as 6 o'clock. the hostesses
of the largest being Mrs. Jouett
Shouse and Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson and Mrs. Alice Long
worth entertained after the show
with supper parties.
The caste of "Our Town" was
made up of Doris Fleeson, Mary
Hornaday, Beth Campbell. Helen
Essary, Ruth Jones, Virgila Stevens.
Ruby Black, Celeste Page. Carolyn
Bell, Gerry Dick, Dorothea Lewis,
Alice Rogers Hager, Violet Sweet
Haven, Vesta Cummings, Betty
Hynes, Helen Hill Weed, Elizabeth
May Craig, Jessie Arnt, Katherine
burlington, Mary johnson, Esther
Tufty. Corinne Frazier, Babs Lin
coin. Katherine Wilson, Ruth Van
Denman and Malvina Lindsay.
The guest list included
AcIneson Mrs Dean Anderson Miss Mary
econ mrs Howard Andrews. Mrs Elmer
Adams Mrs. g. H. AnSley Mrs Katherine
ADAMS. Miss Mary B Arndt Miss Jessie Ash
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