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e and the reception at the gallery
ibuted in any way to the President.
the late President, joined the crowd
after shaking hands with President
Truman.
Mrs. Kenneth c. Royal was with
her Secretary of the Army husband,
and looked smart In a reddish
brown ensemble with a mink coat.
Secretary of the Navy John L.
Sullivan arrived with Mrs. Sullivan,
who was clad in black crepe, with
a matching hat and a brown fur
cape
Dean of the women in Congress,
Representative Mary T. Norton
chose for the occasion a black gown
trimmed in rose sequins.. Her hat
was black and she wore cape of
brown fur.
Governor of Virginia and Mrs
William M. Tuck were greeting
many friends at the fete. Mrs. Tuck
had on very becoming dark cos
tune with a trimmed hat
which matched the tone of her
orchid corsage.
One of the prettiest costumes seen
at the party was that of Miss Mari
ana Evans, who was present with
her father, Mr.. Joshua Evans. Her
fetching gown of midnight blue silk
taffeta was designed on princess
lines with long fitted sleeves and the
skirt II inches from the floor fiared
at the hemline. Her hat was UNI
usually becoming. 1t was poke
bonnet shaped and trimmed with a
halo of silver grey curled ostrich
feathers.
Miss Grace McGerr, president OF
the American Newspaper Women's
Club, wore a dress of ruby satin, a
hat of matching coque feathers, and
mink jacket.
Swan Feathers Seen
Easily spotted in this gay crowd
were the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air and Mrs. John Nj
cholas Brown. One of the Capitals
loveliest hoStesSes, Mrs. Brown
chose for this festive event stun
ming gown of black velvet made
with long sleeves and trimmed with
white swan feathers.
An attractive foursome, 1t. and
Mrs. Tazewell Taylor Shepard, jr.,
of the Patuxent River Naval Air
Station and Mr.. and Mrs. Milton K.
Cummings of Huntsville, Ala, came
together The Shepards are here
with the latter's parents, Senator
and Mrs John Sparkman, who also
are hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Cum
mings. Both ladies wore black silk,
Mrs. Shepard's being complemented
with a light blue hat trimmed with
black plume and Mrs. Cummings
wearing a pink spring hat trimmed
with a bluebird.
The Undersecretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Edward H. Foley, jr.,
were there with their guests, Mrs.
Robert F. Lyon of Montgomery,
Ala, the Misses Helen and Julia
Bowdoin and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Travers. Mrs. Foley was in black
taffeta and wore straw hat
trimmed with a striped pink and
black bow. Mrs. Ligon wore a black
satin dress and matching hat and
the Bowdoins were a striking con-
trast in colors. Helen was in brown
satin and Julia in ice blue satin,
each ones hat matching her dress.
A black of -the-face hat with a
perky bow gave a smart touch to the
black silk dress trimmed with Per-
sian lamb worn by Mrs. Daniel w.
Bell. She was accompanied by Mr..
Bell and their daughter, Miss Kath-
leen Bell, the latter in a smart
tweed suit in rose colors with a
hat Of the same material.
House guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert v. Fleming who accompanied
them to the reception were Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Renchard and Mr..
and Mrs. William w. Crehore, jr.,
of New York, the latter wearing
black crepe with a tricorn hat of
black velvet. Mrs Renchard's cos
tune effectively combined a black
fallle skirt with a turquoise color
Jacket and a black hat trimmed
with single pink rose, and brunette
Mrs. Flemings dress of brown and
black changeable taffeta embroid-
cred with black braid was becom-
ingly worn with hat of black jet.
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson was
accompanied by his attractive wife,
whose two-piece dress of black taf-
feta was worn with a matching
off -the-face hat and a mink cape.
Engineer Commissioner and Mrs.
Gordon Young were there, Mrs.
Young's brown brocade dress being
set off by a necklace of canary
diamonds. She carried a round seal
skin muff to which was pinned
bouquet of brown orchids.
Missouri Governor There
Surrounded by a host of friends
and neighbors we're the Governor Of
the Presidents home State of Mis-
souri, and Mrs. Forrest Smith, who
had as their guests Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Harris of Columbia
and Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hendren
of Jefferson City.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Carpenter,
son n-in-law and daughter of the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Jesse
M. Donaldson, came with them, Mrs.
Donaldson wearing black after
noon gown made with crepe skirt
featuring a side drape and bodice
Of lace. Her hat was black with a
mauve feather, and she wore
necklace of pearls. Mrs. Carpenter
also wore an afternoon frock, hers
being of forest green accented by
gray accessories.
Mr.. William F. Patten, jr., and
Mr.. James A. Patten were there
with their mother, Mrs. Donald S.
Dawson, who was asparkle in a
rhinestone studded black crepe dress
with which she wore a corsage Of
purple orchids and an ermine hat
trimmed with ermine tails.
The Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee Of Mary
land, Mr.. Robert S. Ennis of Balti-
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