Evening star., 1939-01-13
CongressFeted
In Reception
ByPresident
Postmaster General
Center of Attraction
At Official Function
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which has been noted at similar
affairs in previous years.
Assisting in the ever-so- smooth
running Of the party last night, in
addition to the aides, were Mr..
Howell Grim, chief usher. and his
assistants, Mr.. Woodrow Searles
and Mr.. Charles Claunce.
Speaker and Mrs. Bankhead
First to Be Received.
In the absence of the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Garner, who have
attended their one and only state
function at the White House this
season-the dinner in their honor
Tuesday night-the first to be re-
ceived last night were the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and
Mrs. William B. Bankhead The
Speakers wife wore a striking gown
Of parma violet lame made on long,
straight lines with halter neckline.
Accompanying Speaker and Mrs.
Bankhead were the formers brother
and sister -in-law, Senator and Mrs.
John H. Bankhead, I'd, the latter
wearing a brocaded lame in shades
of gold and canary yellow.
Next followed State governors, in
cluding M. Clifford Townsend of
Indiana. James H. Price of Virginia
and Richard C. McMullen of Dala-
ware. and then the members of
the Senate and their wives.
There were many prominent Sem
ators and members of the Lower
House absent from the line last
night. The Dean of the Senate and
Mrs. William E. Borah, Majority
Leader of the Senate and Mrs. Alben
W. Barkley and Minority Leader of
the Upper House and Mrs. Charles
L. McNary were among the alb
sentees.
The dean of the House, Repre-
sentative Adolph J. SABBATH of IL
Inois, was present and was received
after the senatorial group, as was
the minority leader of the House,
Representative Joseph @. Martin,
jr., Of Massachusetts.
White House Familiar Place
For New Senator From Ohio.
There were, of course, many new
faces in the line last night. with
the new members of the Senate and
House attending their first formal
reception at the mansion since
taking their places. The scene, how
ever, was not altogether a new one
for some of the new lawmakers.
Senator and Mrs. Robert A. Taft
Of Ohio, although newcomers to
the Senate circle, are far from
strangers in Washington, where
they both grew up. Senator Taft
was a schoolboy when his father,
the late Chief Justice William
Howard Taft, was President, and
the White House is familiar place
to him. Mrs. Taft formerly was
Miss Martha Bowers, daughter of
Mrs. Lloyd w. Bowers of New York
and the late Mr.. Bowers, who was
Solicitor General during the Wilson
administration. Mrs. Taft wore to
the party last night becoming
gown Of gray satin made on long
lines, the skirt having short train
and the short Jacket having gray
fox fur about the neck and sleeves.
Senator and Mrs. D. Worth Clark,
also among the newcomers to the
Senate group, have been in Wash
ington for some ytars, for Senator
Clark was member Of the Lower
House. Mrs. Clark wore cameo
pink, the very full skirt of satin and
the fitted bodice of net finished in
a heart shaped neckline. A scarf
of the net was thrown across the
front of the bodice and fell to the
edge of the skirt in the back forming
two long sash ends.
Senator and Mrs. Clark were ac-
companied by the latters sister,
Mrs. Lucille Strong, whose costume
was a fuchsia purple crepe made
with a shirred bodice and long,
full skirt. The only trimming on the