Evening star., 1947-02-19

ked, this comes natural to Congress
crepe which was trimmed in narrow
bands beaded in gold.
Senator and Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge and Representative and Mrs.
John Davis Lodge arrived together
and had with them Representative
and Mrs. Horace Seely-Brown, jr
The handsome wife of the Senator
wore beautiful gown of black crepe,
with an exquisite black lace shawl
arranged in an of-the shoulder
effect. Three red carnations were
pinned to her shawl and matched
her evening bag and slippers.
Mrs. John Davis Lodge wore an
off-shoulder gown made with a
bodice of black lace and a skirt of
white chiffon, trimmed in bands of
the black lace.
Mrs. Seely-Brown was in a gown
of heavy black and rose striped silk
made on old-fasfioned lines and
wore white gardenias in her hair.
Minority Leader OF the House Sam
Rayburn escorted his sister, Miss
Lucinda Rayburn, to the function
| last evening. Miss Rayburn, who
came up from her home in Bonham,
Tex. for visit here, had on a black
crepe gown with lace bodice.
Among those attending the Wig
glesworths party before the reception
were the Chairman of the Agricul-
ture Committee and Mrs Clifford r.
Hope, the latter wearing a cerise
crepe dress with. black sequin trim
ming on the shoulders and the neck
line. The Chairman of the Banking
and Currency Committee and Mrs.
Jesse P. Wolcott had been invited to
attend the party given by the Rep
resentative from Massachusetts, and
his wife, but Mr. Wolcott wasn't able
to get away in time. However, they
did go to the reception, and Mrs.
! Wolcott wore a light blue lace and
crepe gown and a gardenia corsage.
The Chairman of the Appropri-
ations Committee and Mrs. John
Taber went to the dinner at the Sui
grave Club given by Representative
and Mrs. Cole, before going to the
Executive Mansion. For the occasion
Mrs. Taber chose a black lace gown
and she wore gardenia corsage.
Representative and Mrs. Everett
NJ Dirksen-he is chairman of the
District of Columbia Committee
took their daughter, Joy, with them.
Mrs. Dirksen had on costume with
a brown faille skirt and top with
variations of gold and silver sequins.
Their daughter had selected an off,
the-shoulder white taffeta gown
with metallic stripes running
through it, and her corsage was of
white camellias.
Mrs. Karl M. LeCompte, wife of
the chairman of the House Admins
tration Committee, wore a red chif-
fon gown with silver accessories, and
Mrs. Fred A. Hartley, jr., whose hus-
band is chairman of the Education
and Labor Committee, came down
from New Jersey for the party.
Woman Members
Representative Frances P. Bolton,
wearing rust velvet with a fur
trimmed jacket, was among those
who attended the Wigglesworths
dinner before the reception. Rep
Iresentative Edith Nourse Rogers also
was a dinner guest before going to
the White House. She was gowned
in black net, the skirt very full and
the bodice tight-f fitting.
Representative Margaret Chase
Smith was there and was most at
tractive in dark green satin fash
ioned with hustle and an off,
shoulder neckline. She was accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Joseph
Bernier of Skowhegan, Me, who
arrived Saturday and will be here
flor two weeks. Both were guests at
the Wigglesworths' dinner.
Representative Mary T. Norton,
wearing green lame, was among
woman members of the House who
attended, and Representative Kath-
arine St. George also was 5here,
looking very lovely in cream satin
trimmed with tiny jet beads.
Another attractive lady of the
House seen in the crowd was Rep
resentative Georgia L. Lusk, who
wore black sheer trimmed with black
sequins, pink camellias in her hair
giving dash of color.
Representative Charles A. Wolver-
ton, chairman of the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee, was
there with Mrs. Wolverton. who
wore black lace fashioned with a
lace tunic and a hustle. The cos
tune was frightened with silver
jewelry set with rhinestones and
she wore a corsage of pink camellias,
The chairman Of the Judiciary
Committee, Representative Earl c.
Michener, was not accompanied by
Mrs. Michener. who is suffering from
| injuries received in a fall.
Representative Fred Bradley,
chairman of the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, was
there with Mrs. Bradley, who was
stunning in black trimmed with
silver beads and pink camell1as in
her hair.
Mrs. Edward H. Rees accompanied
Chairman Rees of the Post Office
and Civil Service Committee, and
his sister, Miss Mary Rees. also was
along. Both ladies arrived only
Monday from their home in EN-
poria, Kans.
Young Set Add Interest
Attracting much attention were
/ the pretty young girls present. The
Special Counsel to the President
and Mrs. Clark M. Clifford brought
their two attractive blond daughters
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