Evening star., 1948-02-23

Others among the several nunQreo
guests at this farewell fete were
Senator and Mrs. G. Wayland
Brooks. Senator and Mrs. John l..
Mcclellan, Speaker of the House
Joseph w. Martin, jr., Representa-
tive and Mrs. Fadjo Cravens and
Representative and Mrs. Charles A.
Halleck.
The Secretary of the Army and
Mrs. Kenneth G. Royal were there,
as were the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. John l.. Sullivan, the Sec
ertary of the Interior and Mrs.
julius A. Krug, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
e. F. Thorpe of Franklin, S. c.,
DR.. and Mrs. Samuel Alexander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bingham
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Biff1e and Mrs
Robert L. Dennison, to mention only
q few.
During their short stay the West
Virginia visitors also were guests
at the luncheon given Friday by
Mrs. Davis Elkins and similar al
fair given Saturday by Mrs. Royal
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Lewis OF
Tallahassee arrived in Washington
today to spend a few days with
Senator and Mrs. Spessard l.. Hol-
land of Florida. The visitors are
the father-in- law and mother-in-
law of Senator and Mrs. Holland S
daughter, Mrs. Jefferson DAVIS
Lewis. No parties have been ar
ranged by the Hollands for thelr
guests, but coming up on the Con-
gressional Club calender is din
ner dance Thursday evening ana
hobby show FRIDAY for the enter
tainment of members and their
guests.
The hobby show, by the way, al
ready has scores of entries. There
will be a hand-painted punch bow
and plate exhibited by Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Gam. who did this
bit of handiwork when she was lr
her teens. and Mrs. Harley M. Kill
gore will have on display a scrap
book of inspirational thoughts
which she began when she was SLY
years old. All of it Is In her oWr
hand writing.
ANTIQUE bottles collected by Mrs
Everett M. Dirksen, old glass be-
longing to Mrs. John w. Bricker
antique cups and saucers owned, oJ
Mrs E. c. Gathings and Mrs
Wright Patman's collection OF an
tioue glass have been entered
other exhibits will include mus
tache cups from Mrs. Lansdale u
Sasscer's collection, pictures entered
bv Mrs. Edward Martin, glass slip
pers collected by both Mrs. Karl M
LeCompte and Mrs. j. Harry NC
Gregor and demi tasse pieces ina
are the hobby of Mrs. r. Walter
Riehlman.
There will be dolls. of course
some belonging to Mrs. over
Brewster and some to Mrs. j. j
williams, both of whom have many
from foreign lands. Mrs. Anne d
Forsnd has entered some needle
noint and Mrs. James G. DAVIS
who goes in for flowers, will eHhloi'
a variety of arrangements OF 1resn
blossoms.
Mrs, Judson C. Clements has two
interesting entries, weddlng oress
of 1850 and also her mother
wedding costume, and Mrs. Aloer'
Thomas has entered her collectlol
of souvenirs from Europe.
Mrs. Errett P. Scrivner. chairman
of the show, will have her souvenirs
from China and Japan on taol'
where all sorts of Oriental art Graf
will be shown.
Mrs Wallace H. White, Jr., Whos
hobby is books, will talk on th'
romance of books and Mrs. JONI
]. Riley, whose hobby is music
will play piano selections.
In family circles, there is neV
member in the household OF Rep
resentative and Mrs. Carl A!oer
of Oklahoma. Mary Francis Aloer
arrived six weeks ago last Weo
nesdav to make the family trio:
Mrs, Edward o. McCowen, VII
of Representative McCowen OF ono
NAV be off late this week or earl.
next week to see her young grano
daughter, Corliss Carter, Wf1om sn
has not visited for several montns
Corliss has just turned her mrs
birthday anniversary and is Tn
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. william
T, Garter of Hartford, Conn.
I,ate-comers on the local seen
are Mrs. Jack z. Anderson, wife o
Representative Anderson OF Can
fornia, and their youngest daugn
ter, Nancy. Their oldest daughtef
.1e9n Eliza beth, is attending stat