Evening star., 1948-02-11

very full skirt.
Mrs. James P. KEN, wife of Sen
ator KEN, who is in his Missouri
home, went to the White House for
the fete and had with her her
daughter, Miss Evelyn KEN. The
latter wore a green satin robe de
style and her mother was dressed
in apricot lace.
Senator and Mrs. Gail A. Hatch
were accompanied by their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Hatch. The senior Mrs.
Hatch wore black taffeta made with
small hoops over the hips and
dropped shoulders and her only
ornaments were pearls. The younger
Mrs. Hatch was in black crepe made
with tunic.
Senate Dean Present
The dean of the Senate, Senator
Kenneth McKellar, was there and
Senator Guy Gordon was accom-
panied by Mrs. Gordon who arrived
in Washington yesterday morning
from her home in Oregon.
Senator and Mrs. Dennis Chavez
were there, the latter wearing white
and silver brocade with fitted bodice
and moderately full skirt. The
gown had no trimming but she wore
mantilla of exquisite black lace.
Senator Claude Pepper escorted
his wife and their houseguest, Mrs.
John Ringing of Florida. The for
mer was clad in a midnight blue
satin robe de style; Mrs. Ringing
in champagne lace.
Mrs. John C. Stennis, who accom-
panied her Senator husband was in
light blue chiffon with rhinestone
clips. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Swalberg
represented the latter's parents,
Senator and Mrs. Arthur v. Watkins,
who are out of town, and Mrs. Sterl-
ing Dean, daughter of Senator and
Mrs. Charles w. Tobey, was without
her parents.
Mrs. Henry c. Dworshak, wife of
the Senator from Idaho, attended
the reception, her son, Mr.. Calvin
Dworshak, acting as her escort.
Senator and Mrs. Ebert D. Thomas
were in the large company, the latter
wearing egg plant color crepe, the
skirt gracefully draped and the off,
the-shoulder bodice trimmed with
beads.
Senator and Mrs. Harvey M. Kill
gore also were present, Mrs. Kilgore
wearing gray lace embroidered in
irridescent sequins and sweetheart
rosebuds in her hair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee Howsom
Of Colorado, son-in-law and daugh-
ter of Senator and Mrs. Edwin C.
johnson of Colorado, attended the
interesting reception. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howsom recently found an apart
ment at II Galveston street S.w.
The latter wore black velvet robe
de style.
Senator and Mrs. Wayne Morse
were there, the latter wearing SAL
mon pink crepe with a cape collar
trimmed with gold bugles, the whole
set off by slippers of American
beauty satin.
Senator Albert w. Hawkes. of New
Jersey escorted Mrs. Hawkes., who
wore gray satin trimmed with
crystals, and Senator and Mrs. Will
liam F. Knowland of California were
noted in the line, the latter wearing
a dress Of royal blue trimmed with
two large black roses.
The Chairman of the Appropria-
tions Committee of the House and
Mrs. John Taber were In the gather
Ing. The latter wore a royal blue
crepe gown with cap sleeves and
trimmed in sequins. With her cos
tune she wore a gardenia corsage.
Also there were Representative and
Mrs. John Elliott Rankin, accom-
panied by their daughter, Miss Annie
Laurie Rankin. Mrs. Rankin chose
a flame crepe dress. with a yoke of
baby blue sequins and cap sleeves
Their daughter, who went to the
dance at the United Nations Club
after the White House party, wore
white taffeta. The dress had blue
satin ribbon bowknotS, appliqued and
outlined with rhinestones.
At the reception with the Chair
man of the Banking and Currency
Committee of the House and Mrs.
Jesse P. Wolcott were their niece,
Miss Patricia Sullivan of Toledo,
Ohio, and their son, Jesse, jr., who
was attending his first party at the
White House. Mrs. Wolcott's gown
was white crepe trimmed with gold
sequins and Miss Sullivan wore a
pale blue crepe off the shoulder
dress with a full skirt. Both wore
gardenias.
Representative and Mrs. Zimmer-
man were there, too Mrs. thinner
man had on a silver lame gown,
with cap sleeves and draped at the
side, and with it she wore lace mitts
trimmed with silver sequins.
Cocktail Parties Precede
Four Representatives from Vir-
ginia and their wives-all Demo-
crats-met for cocktails in the apart
ment of Representative and Mrs.
Thomas B. Stanley at the Mayflow-
er before the reception and went to
the White House together. The
Stanleys' guests were Representative
and Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland,
Representative and Mrs. Porter
Hardy, jr.; Representative and Mrs.
j. Lindsay Almond, jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh H. Chatham of Stanley
town, Va, son-in-law and daughter
of the hosts, who are here for a
visit.
Mrs. Stanley wore a coral chiffon
gown beaded in pearls and corsage
of white orchids; Mrs. Bland wore
black satin elaborately trimmed
with jet beads; Mrs. Almond wore a
rhinestone choker and pink camel
las with her off shoulder gown of
black lace; Mrs. Hardy's Grecian-
style gown of blue jersey had an &C
cordion-pleated skirt and bands of
gold around the waistline, and Mrs.
Chatham's black-lace gown had an
shoulder neckline and full skirt
and she wore pink camellias.
Another group which met for
cocktails before the reception in
cluded two Republican Representa-
tiyeS from, roHfor,,;o o~d tboir