Evening star., 1940-03-10
White House
HOstesses'
WOmen's Press
Club in Annual
Stunt Party
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Ambassador has next to the longest
service of the Ambassadors at this
post and, as the Peruvian Ambas-
sador, Senor Don Manuel de Freyre
y Santander, dean of the corps, is
a widower, Sonora de Espil is the
ranking hostess of that group Nine.
Bostrom, wife of the Swedish Min
lister, who is dean of the ENJOYS in
Washington. also was among the
honor guests.
Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, wife
Of the Chief Justice, who has been
popular as the hostess for presiding
justice OF the Supreme Court in all
OF his former posts since he served
as solicitor general, represented the
judiciary among the honor guests.
Women members of the Congress,
Senator Hattie w. Caraway and the
feminine Representatives, including
the newest member, Frances Bolton
OF Ohio, were among the honor
guests invited. And, of course, the
wives of prominent candidates for
the presidency, Mrs. Robert A. Taft,
Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark. Mrs.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mrs. Burton
K. Wheeler, Mrs. Paul V. McNutt
and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey.
Oracle Allen Among
Other Prominent Guests.
Oracle Allen, who announced dur
ing one of her recent radio pro-
grams her own candidacy for Presi-
dent, came to Washington by plane
to be an honor guest of the club
last evening. Other women of
achievement in varied fields of en-
deavor who were honor guests last
evening were Mrs. Albert G.. Simms,
first woman to be co-manager in
the campaign for President, serving
with Mr.. Russell Sprague in the
work for Mr.. Dewey. Also honor
guests were Mrs. Vincent Astor,
who headed the women's activities
at the New York Worlds Fair last
year with great success; Mrs. George
Baker. who is active in the man.
agement of her husbands news
paper, the New York Post, as we'll
as in civic and philanthropic ven
lures; Miss Faith Baldwin, we'll
known novelist; Miss Clare Briggs,
cartoonist: Miss Antoinette Dom
nelly, editor of the Women's AL
manac; DR.. Meta Glass. president
OF Sweet Briar College; Mrs. Gilmore
Herrick, regional director of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board; Miss
Mildred Helen McAfee. president of
Wellesley College; Mrs. Duncan
Phillips, art connoisseur and as
Marjorie Phillips a successful artist
in her own right; Miss Luise Rainer,
stage and screen star; Nine. Helena
Rubinstein, famous beauty expert,
who is Princess Gourielli- -Tchkonia
in private life; Mrs. Ruth Shipley,
chief of the Passport Division of the
State Department: Mrs. William H.
Vanderbilt, wife of the Governor
of Rhode Island, who is successful
housewife, mother and campaign
worker for her husband, and Miss
Helen Worden, feature writer on
the New York World Telegram and
winner of the New York Newspaper
Women's Club prize for feature
stories.
Wizard of Or
Is Burlesqued.
The series of skits which were pre-
sented by members of the club fol-
lowing the dinner were based on
actions and reactions in political and
social Washington regarding third
terms and the needed wizardry for
the Republicans to return to the
White House. Catherine burlington
was chairman for the party and the
program went off smoothly and with
out delays.
A brief summary of what was pre-
sented to the large group of over 400
members and guests included the
education of little Dorothy Repub-
llcan by the Wizard of OF after be-
ing blown off her orbit by that
awful Roosevelt tornado The Re-
publican Scarecrow, looking for
BRAIN" was first encountered by
little Dorothy and they were joinsd
by the G. o. P. Tin Woodman who
felt no sensation at all about people
being hungry AS they debated how
to get back to the Promised Land the
Fairy appeared to lead them to the
Wizard, admonishing them that "the
way to get there is to promise
promise-promise." Among the