Evening star., 1941-02-23

Rayburn, and the same afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. John Caswel will
entertain at cocktails for Mrs. War
rem Delano Robbins.
Next Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Dun
can Phillips will entertain at a
luncheon and that evening Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Lippmann will be
dinner hosts. Also next Sunday is
the party which Mrs. Edward Beale
Mclean will give for members of
the neWspaperWomen'S clubs of the
city.
Members of the 18th Club, of
which Mrs. Luther Patrick of Ala
bama is president, already are plan
ming the luncheon they will have to
honor Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose-
velt. The luncheon will be held
March 20 at the Kennedy-Warren.
Thrift Shop Mardi Gras
Scheduled Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday will find society
enjoying truly delightful and fes-
tive affair, for this is the day set
for the merry Thrift Shop Mardi
Gras. The jolly event will be staged
at the Sulgrave Club and manv
dinner and cocktail parties will be
given before the party gets under
way
Regal robes and sparkling Jewels
VIII adorn the king and queen of
| the colorful festival. And thew will
be authentic, for Mrs. Charles Sew
ourn Williams of New Orleans
former queen of that city's historic
carnival, has sent them on to Mrs.
William Beverly Mason, ir., chair
man Of the Decorations Committee
FOR TWO weeks, members of Mrs
John r, Williams Junior Committee
nave been selling votes for queen
and on the night of the ball guests
may cast their votes for the five
debutantes who have received the
largest number of votes. From these
five the winner will be chosen. the
1our runnerS-up TO be attendants
But the identity of the king will
remain state secret until the mo-
ment of his appearance with his
queen.
Members of Mrs. Mason's commit
tee are making plans to transform
the ballroom at the club into a real
Mardl Gras scene, using sugar cane,
cotton and Spanish moss which have
been sent from the South. In addi-
ton, miles of green, yellow and
purple crepe paper and hundreds of
h1 IlOnnC will
All day Tuesday Miss Eleanor Meem,
Mrs. Moran MCConihe, Mrs. Lauris-
ton Hardin, ir.; Miss Kitty Hill, Miss
Peggy LansdoWne, Miss Billie Byrd
West and Mrs. Mason will be busy
at Sulgrave Club getting everything
ready for the party which will aid
Washington's childrens' charities.
Carnival to Have Several
Booths and Floor Show.
Countess de Baillet-Latour, chair
man of the Program Committee. has
been securing the town for ads for
the program, assisted by Miss
Marilynn Hines, Miss Elaine Darl-
ington, Mrs. George Wheeler and
Miss Anne Wilkinson. Souvenir pro-
grams, in which Mrs. Williams has
written her annual message about
the work of the Thrift Shop and
its six member organizations, will be
given the guests.
There are to be any number of
booths, side attractions and anus
ing features. Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis
will tell fortunes, and Miss Patricia
Prochnik, daughter of the former
Minister of Austria and Nine
Prochnik, will sing a number OF
songs during the floor show.
Miss Marilynn Hines, who has re-
Gently turned her artistic talent to
practical use, has designed the gay
costumes which members of the
Junior Committee will wear-White
pique with green polka dots.
Mrs. Roosevelt, honorary pa
troness of the benefit, has promised