Evening star., 1940-04-15
GridirOn
Club DrOnes
Entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. Foote
Are Honor Guests
At Parties

Mr.. Mark Foote. president of the
Gridiron Club. and Mrs. Foote were
honor guests at one of the several
delightful parties over the week end.
Hosts at the cocktail party for Mr..
and Mrs. Foote were the Gridiron
Drones. former active members of
the club.
Receiving with the guests of honor
were the Drones, who took turns in
greeting the arriving guests. Mrs.
Foote wore an afternoon dress of
black with bodice of white lace,
and her gay flowered hat added
charm to the costume. Her corsage
was of gardenias.
Serving at the tea and coffee
table during the afternoon were
Mrs. George R. Holmes, Mrs. j.
Harry Cunningham. Mrs. Mark
Thistlethwaite, Mrs. H. w. Talburt,
Mrs. Uric Bell, Mrs. Harold Bray
man, Mrs. John Callan OLoughlin,
Mrs. Jay Hayden, Mrs James l..
Wright. Mrs. Charles o. Gridley.
Mrs. Ray Henle. Mrs. John Russell
Aooilt' NllC VI VIC tlCW b'Stl lGJ
Commissioner: Mrs Lewis Wood.
Mrs. Turner Catledge. Mrs Bernard
Kilgore, Mrs. Edwin w. Gableman,
Mrs. Walker S. Buel, Mrs. J. C..
O'Brien, Mrs. Walter Karig. Mrs.
Franklyn Waltman. jr.: Mrs. Charles
G. Ross, Mrs. Paul r. Leach and
Mrs. Lyle Wilson.
Presidential Candidates
Hear "Stunts" Repeated.
Presidential candidates. who were
among the guests at the annual
spring dinner of the Gridiron Club
Saturday evening, were present yes
terday and saw the outstanding
stunts repeated. Senator and Mrs.
Arthur H, Vandenberg. the Adminis-
traitor Of Social Security Agency
and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt, Mr..
Thomas E. Dewey and Mr.. Frank E.
Gannett Of New York were among
those who heard themselves "men-
toned" in the several skits, and
others in the large company were
the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Harry H. Woodring, the Minister of
Finland and Nine. Procope, who
held a veritable reception Of their
own: the Netherlands Minister and
Nine. Loudon, Senator Arthur Cap
per, Senator STYLES Bridges. Mrs
Burton K. Wheeler, Mrs. Bennett
Champ Clark, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative Joe
Martin, the Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr. Herbert E. CASTOR:
Mrs Nicholas Longworth. former
United States Ambassador to Mexico
and Mrs Henry Prather Fletcher,
former Assistant Secretary of Com
merce and Mrs. William P. Mac
Cracken. Mr., and Mrs. Emil Hurja,
Mrs. William Chaplin HUNTINGTON.
Mrs. Thad Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Jouett Shouse, former United States
Ambassador to Turkey. Mr.. Robert
Skinner: Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose,
Mrs John w. Davidee. Mrs. William
A. Morgan. Mrs. Ridley Mclean.
Justice and Mrs Pevton Gordon.
Mr.. and Mrs Hardie Meakin. former
Attorney General, Mr. Homer S.
Cummings; Mr.. and Mrs. John
ODonnell. Mr.. and Mrs Bulklev S.
Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Her
rick, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Morris. Mr.
and Mrs. Duke Shoop. Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Harkness, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Suydam former leader of the
United States Band, Capt. Taylor
RrapSon and Mre RransOp. Mr.
and Mrs. James Haley. Mrs Edward
c. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Null
ligan, Mr.. and Mrs. Al Warner, Mr.
and Mrs. Byron Price. Miss Carolyn
Harmon of Boston. who came with
her sister, Miss Dudley Harmon.
whose guest she is in Washington:
Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris. Mr.. Paul
McGahan, Mr.. Earl Venable and
Mr.. Kirk Simpson.