Evening star., 1940-04-28
Garden Party
Season Is
Approaching
White House Lawn
Will Be Center
Of Entertaining
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close to 5000 guests and should
there be unfavorable weather the
affair will be held in the mansion.
Senate Ladies
Picnic Luncheon.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the cabinet
hostesses will give their annual
picnic luncheon on the White House
lawn for the members of the Senate
Ladies Luncheon Club May 20. Fol-
lowing tradition each of the cabinet
ladies will furnish part of the menu
with the Presidents wife's share
being the place, "the set up per-
haps a luscious ham, and surely the
tea or coffee, whatever the case may
be.
May 16 will be the day Mrs.
Roosevelt will give garden party
for the members of the American
Law Institute and, while not an al
fresco affair to the letter, at the
dance the President and Mrs. Roose-
velt will give May 81 in honor of
members of the newspaper profess
sion. the guests will, weather per-
mitting, enjoy stroll in the lovely
White House garden.
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Attend Flower Mart.
In addition to finding much
pleasure in entertaining in an al
fresco setting Mrs. Roosevelt also
is happy when attending a function
where Mother Nature provides the
background.
The Presidents wife will lead the
pilgrimage to the Washington Cath
edral Wednesday to delight in the
second annual Flower Mart of All
Hallows Guild. On the impressive
Pilgrim steps with the Gothic glory
of the Cathedral riding above a
repetition of the successful and en-
joyable event held there last year
will be presented Nineteen booths
will line the steps for this unique
affair given by the garden guild of
the Cathedral to raise funds to i'm
prove and sustain the bishops gar
den and its surroundings.
A new feature of the interesting
benefit will be the May Pole. Chill
dren from the third grade of Beau
voir, the elementary unit of the
Cathedral School group will SYM
bolize May Day by dance about
the pole, which is to be set at the
foot of the Pilgrim steps.
Taking part in the gay dance
will be Connie Bingham, Robert
Bradner, Anne Clague, Dorothy
Dodge, Joy Ellicott, jeanne Hol-
brook, Joseph H. Levi, jr.; Jonathan
Lindley, Michael McSherry, Lalla
Mead Pearson, Alice Blake, Mar
jorie Morgenstierne, Holly Reynolds,
Richard G. Ridgeway, Robert Shorb,
Susan Vance and Keister White.
Miss Bell Gurnee
Again is Chairman.
Miss Bell Gurnee, the capable
general chairman of the first Flower
Mart Is again serving in this capa-
city.
Cut flowers, potted plants and
sweet-scented herbs will be found
prominently displayed at various
booths. All will not be flowers, how
ever, for there will be both fresh
vegetables and fruits to be had as
well as many attractive and novel
articles including beautiful cathed-
raj glass.
my Vitamins," is the designa-
ton used by Mrs, Charles Warren in
referring to members of her COM
mittee for the vegetable and fruit
booth. Mrs. Henry A. Wallece, wife
of the Secretary of Agriculture, and
a number of other prominent host
esses will assist at Mrs. Warren's
booth.
Chinese baskets brought from San
Francisco by Mrs. Henry Leonard
as a gift to the committee will be
used for hampers as long as they
last. The local containers will be
used then. Another "vitamin" is
Mrs. Stanley Reed, wife of Mr.. JUS
tice Reed of the United States Su-
preme Court and Mrs. James M.
Helm, social secretary to Mrs.
Roosevelt.
An out-of-town member is Mrs.
Borden Covel of Boston. Others in
the group are Mrs. Albert P. Nib
lack, Miss Elizabeth E. Poe, Mrs.
Philip Bonsal, Mrs. j. Harry Coving-
ton, Mrs. Lewis Clark, Mrs. Eleanor
Connolly, Mrs. Noble Powell and
Mrs. Edward Browning Meigs.
Garden Clubs
Make Contribution.
Leading garden clubs will CON-
tribute to the affair and for the
convenience of participants and
visitors from great distances lunch