Evening star., 1948-03-18

fairly small diplomatic line as it
filed in saw no representatives at all
from the embassies Of Bulgaria,
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, or
Czechoslovakia. Whatever the i'm
plications, there were also no Dip
lomats present from the missions Of
Turkey, Iraq, Iran or Syria.
The galleries were practically
filled by IL o'clock, a half hour be-
fore the President was due to arrive.
An interested threesome in the front
row taking In the whole scene from
beginning to end included the Dutch
Ambassadors wife, Nine. van Klef-
fens, In q smart black and yellow
checked suit; pretty Mrs. Stanley
Woodward and stunning Nine. Den
dramis, wife of the Greek Ambas-
sador. The latter literally hung on
every word of the Chief Executives
message.
Missing from their usual places
were both Mrs. Truman and Miss
Margaret Truman. The latter
couldn't be present because of ILL
ness, and Mrs. Truman left yester-
day morning by train for New York
in order to be on hand for the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick dinner
at which her husband spoke last
night.
Seated in the section where the
first lady is customarily found were
Mrs. Fred M, Vinson, Mrs. Truxtun
Beale, Mrs. Tom Clark in a pretty
pink-trimmed bonnet, Mrs. Julius
Krug, Mrs. Clinton Anderson, the
Special Counsel to the President and
Mrs. Clark Clifford, and Mrs. George
Mesta with her sister and niece, Mrs.
George Tyson and Mrs. Tyson Lyeth.
All the latter three were in fash
ionable black or navy blue topped
by colorful Easter hats. Mrs. Tom
Connally, chic in a tailored cos
tune, and lovely looking Mrs. Brlen
Mcmahon in beige and black were
two Senator's wives who took their
places early. !
At 1922 members Of the United
States Senate entered the floor OF
the House and sat down In the 'front.'
section reserved for them. Every
one stood and clapped when they
walked in and somehow the ap-
plause seemed especially directed at
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg.
ALI stood and applauded again
when the cabinet entered. headed
by the distinguished Secretary OF
State, Gen. George G. Marshall,
whose large green-tinted carnation
adorned the lapel Of a light gray
suit. Only seven members Of the
cabinet were there, the absentees
being Postmaster General Jesse M.
Donaldson and Secretary OF Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach.
The moment for whom all waited
arrived at 1890 when the Chief
Executive entered, and hardly a
minute later, when the ovation had
subsidized, he began his address.
Assistant Secretary of State, Nor
man Armour leaned forward in the
front row of the diplomatic section
Of the gallery to hear the address,
while standing in the rear was the
State Departments Chief OF Pro-
tocol Stanley Woodward. Nearby sat
Mrs. Bruggmann, wife of the Swiss
Minister and sister Of Henry Wal"
lace.
The wearers Of the green were
many. Mrs. Bruggman had on a
green hat, Mrs. George Malone
very gay green and white millinery
creation and Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock
a green dress. Representative Mar
garet Chase Smith wore green
dress, too, with her carnation, and
Representative Edith NourSe
Rogers, who is never seen with |
out a corsage, wore the floral
tribute to St. Patrick next to al
single red rose.
Others glimpsed in the galleries
were Mrs. Claude Pepper with her
brother, Mr.. Clyde Webster; Mrs.
Ralph Church, Mrs. John Davis
Lodge, Mrs. Robert Guggenheim In
blue wool dress with silver blue mink
stole, Mr.. Cornelius Moore, a promi-
nent Democrat from Newport, r. l.;
Mrs. Carl Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs
Nathaniel Luttrell and Mrs. Owen
Brewster, who broke bread later with
Mrs. Morris Cafritz in the Senate
lunchroom.
1t wasn't the gayest st. Patrick's
Day, but thanks to st. Patrick
there was a lilt anyway.