Evening star., 1947-02-06
Attendance At Tea
Manifesfs Interest
In the Lodges
By Gretchen Smifh
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The interest which has arisen in
Washington in the two handsome
Republican brothers, newly elected
to Congress, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and Representative John
Davis Lodge and their wives, was
evident to all attending the tea
given in their honor yesterday by
the American Newspaper Women's s
Club.
Representative and Mrs. Lodge
and Mrs. Henry Lodge arrived
promptly at the clubhouse at 1904
Twentieth street NV. but the Sen
ator was almost an hour late due
to emergency work which he found
waiting in his Office upon his arrival
from Boston. He had gone there
earlier via plane to attend the fu-
neral of friend.
While awaiting arrival of the
Senator, the Representative and his
wife and the Senator'S wife posed
cheerfully for photographers in the
Office In the clubhouse which has
been leased to the League of Re-
publican Women as headquarters.
Representative Lodge remarked
amusingly as he took a large Re-
publican elephant from the manteI
where 1t had been placed by the
League ladies, that with the ele-
phant around no one could mistake
him for a New Dealer. The same
persons who heard the Representa-
tive's remark chuckled inwardly a
short while later when they saw the
handsome ex-Hollywood star en-
crossed in conversation with Mrs.
Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator
from Florida, and as the lady left
the party, heard Mr.. Lodge say,
remember me to your husband"
Considerable interest centered
around the Representative later
when he engaged in fluent French
conversation with a guest at the
party, Commandant Jean Chatel,
former aide and liaison officer to the
French hero of North Africa, Gen.
Philippe LIE Clerc. The American
Congressman who wore in his lapel
the highly coveted ribbons of tie
French Legion of Honor and the
Croix de Guerre was chatting with
the French commandant about his
service during the war when he was
a lieutenant commander with the
Navy serving in the Medi-
terranean. He told how as liaison
between the United States Navy and
the French Navy he had had duty
for a brief time in Toulon where
he declared "the Mayor of Toulon
at that time was definitely COM
munistic." In spite of the Commu-
mist mayors red leanings and his
lack of cordiality to the, Americans,
Representative Lodge smilingly as
sured the French officer that he
still loved the French people"
Representative Lodges pretty Ital-
ian-born wife and the tall, attractive
wife Of Senator Lodge also proved
popular guests and following Sena-
tor Lodges arrival, so many lad
assembled around them that it was
almost impossible to make way
through the throngs to show Sena-
tor and Mrs. Lodge the tiny rooms
in the clubhouse which interested
them.
Many prominent guests attended
the party, including Brig.s Gen.
Young, District Engineer Commits
sioner, and Mrs. Young, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Amos Fries, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Luther Sheldon, DR.. and
Mrs. Henry A. Monat, Commandant
and Nine. Chatel, Mrs. Thad Brown,
jr.; Mrs. Ollie James, Miss Eliza
beth Can't, Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm
Muchmore, Mrs. Carl Farman, Mrs.
Meade Fletcher, Miss Mabel Strider,
Mrs. Martin Vogel and Mrs. Pepper.
Associate members who attended
included Mrs. Robert Patterson,
wife OF the Secretary of War, who
assisted at the tea table; Mrs.
George Mesta, Mrs. Emil Hurja,
Mrs. Edward E. Gam, Mrs. VIII
Leonard Lowrie, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe
Ross, Director of the Mint and Mrs.
Tomas Cajigas, who served as chair
man of hostesses.
Arriving unfortunately after the
honor guests had departed were MIR.
and Mrs. John r. Steelman, as
sistant to the President. Mrs. Mar
garet Hart Candy, the president, re-
ceived with the honor guests.