Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-01
White House
Series Of cas-
Comes to End
Mrs. Churchill
To Be Honored
By Frances Lide

Mrs. Truman gave the last of her
alphabetical teas" yesterday, which
have entertained approximately g.
500 guests at the White House since
the series began December 3.
With one exception, the teas were
also the last of her official enter
tainments until after the Lenten
season. A luncheon for Mrs. Wins
ton Churchill, wife of the former
British Prime Minister, and their
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Churchill
Oliver, will be held at the White
House Tuesday.
In the meantime, Mrs. Truman's
activities will be "off the record"
this week end. Mrs. James M. Helm,
her social secretary, told reporters
yesterday that the Presidents wife
and Miss Margaret Truman expect
to make long planned out-of- town
trip, but prefer not to make their
destination known.
When reporters inquired about
their plans for Easter costumes, Mrs.
Truman's personal secretary, Miss
Reathel Odum, relayed the word
that neither Mrs. Truman nor Mar
garet know just what they will wear
The message pointed out, however,
that Easter falls on April 81 and
indicated that Mrs. Truman will buy
some spring clothes before that date. |
Attendance at the White House
teas, given in groups of two, has
averaged about 200 at each enter
tainment, but the guest lists were
larger than usual yesterday. Al
though they entertain both cficialI
and residential society, the alpha
betical teas" are so-called because
members of Congress and their wives
have been invited in alphabetical
order.
Mrs. Malcolm c. Tarver, wife of
the Representative from Georgia,
was laughing yesterday because she
is always near the end of any alpha
betical list. THAT applies to nylons
as we'll as White House tea" she
lamented.
Most of the congressional guests
yesterday ranged from the SIS to the
rs, but there was at least one whose
name begins with an IN" That
was Mrs. Helen Mankin, the newly
elected Representative from Georgia.
Wearing trim black suit, Mrs.
Mankin was the center of an in
terested group from the time of her
arrival.
Mrs. Truman, who wore an orchid
with her smart Street-length dress
Of black, beaded on the bodice in
pink and crystals, received in the
red room. She soon joined her
guests in the State dining room,
however, where 1t. Col. James H.
Bate, White House aide, presented
the late-comers.
AS usual, service circles were we'll
represented. Mrs. Arthur William
Radford, wife of Vice Admiral Rad
ford, and Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Irving M. McQuiston were among
those present. In another Navy
group, Capt. and Mrs. Ben Scott
Custer were chatting with Capt. and
Mrs. Robert A. Dyer and their at
tractive daughters, Misses Elenita
and Dorothy Dyer. The sisters, who
look enough alike to be twins, wore
black dresses made exactly alike,
but their flower hats were different.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Carlos P. Ro-
mulo were there, the pretty wife of !
the Resident Commissioner of the 1
Philippines wearing a lovely gray !,
hat with pink feathers. Col and l
Mrs. M. S. Goldman were chatting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd l.. Cook,
who pointed out that Mrs. Goldman {
Is candidate for Congress in Hi /
nois.
Others glimpsed in the crowd in :
cluded Representative Jessie Sum- /
n9, chatting with Mrs. Wallace H. t
White. jr.; Senator and Mrs. Robert
A. Taft, Senator and Mrs. Raymond |
E. Willis, Representative Lowell s
Stockman, Representative and Mrs. {
John j. Sparkman, Mrs. Robert L. t
F. Skies, Representative and Mrs /
Victor Wickersham and the Dele
gate from Hawaii and Mrs. Joseph t
r. harrington.
Still others were 1t. Comdr. and
Mrs Jalmer o. Robson, 1t. Comdr. !,
and Mrs. William E. Day, Mr.. Vic
tor MeSSall, former secretary to ,
President Truman, and Mrs. Messall;
DR.. Tomas Cajigas, Mrs William j.
Donovan, Mrs. Robert Davis, Mrs.
Georgette Ross Howard and Miss ,
Jean Ross Howard, who is back in .
Washington after spending two ,
years with the Red Cross at an i,
AAF rIst camp on the Isle of Capri.
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